I’ve Got to Be There

Lyrics

[MAN, spoken] Ladies and gentlemen Please welcome back to the Club Twenty One Our illustrious owner Golo singing [GOLO/MICHAEL, spoken] Me? "I've Got to Be There" in A flat "I Gotta Be There" in A flat Two, three, four [GOLO/MICHAEL] When I keep seeing things and going places My life has color Without new songs, without new friends and faces 'Twould be much duller Whenever people step up To say, "Let's step tonight" If I've been low, I pep up Again the future's bright Whenever there's a party I can go to It makes the world seem right When music is playing And couples are swaying Say, I've gotta be there I've gotta be there When joy's in the making And ceilings are shaking And there's never a care I've gotta be there Check my hat And throw the stub away I'm a lamb Who's gone astray When bottles are popping And dignity's dropping And the women are fair I've gotta be there! [WOMEN] When music is playing And couples are swaying Say [GOLO/MICHAEL] I've gotta be there [WOMEN] He's gotta be there When joy's in the making And ceilings are shaking And there's never a care [GOLO/MICHAEL] I've gotta be there [WOMEN] He's gotta be there [GOLO/MICHAEL] Check my hat [WOMEN] And throw the stub away He's a lamb [GOLO/MICHAEL] Who's gone astray [GOLO/MICHAEL & WOMEN] When bottles are popping And dignity's dropping [GOLO/MICHAEL] And the women are fair I've gotta be there! [Dance break.] [GOLO/MICHAEL & ENSEMBLE] When music is playing And couples are swaying Say, I've gotta be there I've gotta be there When joy's in the making And ceilings are shaking And there's never a care I've gotta be there Check my hat And throw the stub away I'm a lamb Who's gone astray When bottles are popping And dignity's dropping And the women are fair I've gotta be there!