Bir Kültür Fenomeni: Thriller Albümü (1982)

Müzik dünyasının sınırlarını aşan ve popüler kültürün DNA’sına işlenen **1982** çıkışlı bu efsanevi albüm, sadece bir ses kaydı değil; aynı zamanda modern bir müzikal deneyimdir. Albüm, yüksek enerjili ritimlerden derin duygusal baladlara uzanan bir yelpazede, hem karanlık temaları hem de ışık dolu umutları aynı potada eritmeyi başarmıştır. **Michael Jackson**'ın bu çalışması, dinleyiciyi dans pistlerinden alıp insan ruhunun en mahrem köşelerine götüren, zamanın ötesinde bir başyapıttır.

### Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'

 * **Ana Tema:** Toplumsal baskı, söylentilerle mücadele ve bireysel duruş.

 * **Lirik Analizi:** Şarkı, bireyin üzerine atılan haksız iftiralar ve kışkırtmalar karşısında takındığı savunma tavrını konu alır. "It's too high to get over" ifadesiyle, aşılması güç toplumsal engeller ve yoğun baskı ortamı betimlenir. Sanatçı, dış dünyadan gelen yıpratıcı etkilere karşı "I know I am someone" diyerek, özsaygı ve gerçeklerin ortaya çıkarılması gerekliliğini vurgular.

### Baby Be Mine

 * **Ana Tema:** Koşulsuz aşk, romantik bir teslimiyet ve yakınlık arayışı.

 * **Lirik Analizi:** Albümün en naif ve içten parçalarından biridir. Aşkın getirdiği o büyüleyici ve koruyucu duygu merkezdedir. Sevgiliye duyulan yoğun bağlılık, "I don't need no dreams when I'm by your side" dizeleriyle dile getirilir. Şarkı, bir arada olmanın verdiği huzuru ve geleceği birlikte inşa etme arzusunu kutlayan bir övgüdür.

### The Girl Is Mine

 * **Ana Tema:** Rekabet, sadakat ve aşkın sahiplenici doğası.

 * **Lirik Analizi:** İki farklı bakış açısının bir kadın için yarıştığı, teatral bir anlatıma sahiptir. Şarkıda aşkın sınırları, "doggone girl" ifadesiyle güçlendirilerek korunmaya çalışılır. Tartışma ve rekabet teması, sevginin birleştirici gücü yerine, kişinin kendi duygusundan emin olma ve "seçilmiş kişi" olma iddiasına odaklanır.

### Thriller

 * **Ana Tema:** Korku, gizem ve bilinmeyene duyulan merak.

 * **Lirik Analizi:** Albümün ana iskeletini oluşturan bu parça, sinematik bir kurguyla dinleyiciyi karanlık bir atmosferin içine çeker. Korku metaforları üzerinden, gerçek dünyadaki tehlikelerin yanı sıra hayal gücünün yaratabileceği dehşeti işler. "Creatures crawl in search of blood" gibi betimlemelerle, gecenin ve karanlığın insan üzerinde yarattığı o kaçınılmaz ürperti ustalıkla resmedilir.

### Beat It

 * **Ana Tema:** Çatışmadan kaçınma, özsaygı ve fiziksel şiddetin anlamsızlığı.

 * **Lirik Analizi:** Fiziksel bir kavgadan ziyade, kişinin kendi duruşunu belirlemesi ve "macho"luk taslayan bir çevreden uzaklaşması üzerine kuruludur. Şarkı, güç gösterisi yapmanın bir çözüm olmadığını, "It doesn't matter who's wrong or right" sözleriyle özetler. Gerçek cesaretin, şiddet döngüsüne girmeyip oradan uzaklaşmak olduğunu öğütler.

### Billie Jean

 * **Ana Tema:** Yalan haberler, mahremiyetin ihlali ve mesafeli duruş.

 * **Lirik Analizi:** Şöhretin getirdiği karanlık yanları ve kişinin özel hayatına yönelik asılsız iddiaları konu alan sert bir eleştiridir. "Billie Jean is not my lover" haykırışı, kişisel sınırları koruma çabasını simgeler. Hukuki ve sosyal bir baskı ortamında, gerçeğin "yalanın gölgesinde" kaybolmasına karşı verilen bir tepkidir.

### Human Nature

 * **Ana Tema:** Şehir hayatının karmaşası, yalnızlık ve insan doğasının öngörülemezliği.

 * **Lirik Analizi:** Gece vaktinde şehrin winking (göz kırpan) ışıkları altında, bireyin yalnızlığı ve çevreyle etkileşimi derinlemesine işlenir. "Human nature" (insan doğası) kavramı, neden bazı davranışların yapıldığına dair bir açıklama olarak kullanılır. Şehrin ritmiyle insanın içsel ritmi arasındaki bağ, melankolik bir tonla ifade edilir.

### P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)

 * **Ana Tema:** Cazibe, romantik heyecan ve flörtöz enerji.

 * **Lirik Analizi:** Neşe ve tutku dolu bir davetiye niteliğindedir. Sevgiliyle paylaşılan anların, hayatın stresinden uzaklaştırıp kişiye huzur ve mutluluk verdiğini anlatır. "Tender lovin' care" (sevgi dolu ilgi) kavramı, aşkın iyileştirici gücü olarak vurgulanır. Şarkı, aşkın en eğlenceli ve hafif yanlarına odaklanır.

### The Lady In My Life

 * **Ana Tema:** Sonsuz bağlılık, şefkat ve sevginin zamanla olgunlaşması.

 * **Lirik Analizi:** Albümün finaline yakışır bir sadakat yemini gibidir. Sevginin "tüm ömür boyunca" (through the years) süreceğine dair verilen sözler, şarkının ana omurgasını oluşturur. Sevgiliye duyulan hayranlık, ona atfedilen "hazine" benzetmesiyle taçlandırılır. Romantizmin zirve yaptığı bu parça, kalıcı bir ilişkinin verdiği güven duygusunu hissettirir.

### Carousel

 * **Ana Tema:** Geçmişin nostaljisi, ulaşılamayan hayaller ve kaybedilen saflık.

 * **Lirik Analizi:** Bir sirk ortamının yarattığı nostaljik ama buruk atmosfer üzerinden, gerçekleşmesi imkansız aşklar işlenir. "Popcorn ve şeker" gibi çocuksu unsurların, yetişkinlikteki "hayal kırıklıkları" ile tezat oluşturması çarpıcıdır. Şarkı, anıların zihinlerde kalan parçalarının, insanın hayatındaki yerini ve o döneme duyulan özlemi yansıtır.

Michael Jackson - "Thriller" Albüm Şarkı Sözleri (1982)

"Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'"

I said you wanna be startin' somethin'

You got to be startin' somethin'

I said you wanna be startin' somethin'

You got to be startin' somethin'

It's too high to get over (Yeah, yeah)

You're too low to get under (Yeah, yeah)

You're stuck in the middle (Yeah, yeah)

And the pain is thunder (Yeah, yeah)

It's too high to get over (Yeah, yeah)

You're too low to get under (Yeah, yeah)

You're stuck in the middle (Yeah, yeah)

And the pain is thunder (Yeah, yeah)

I took my baby to the doctor with a fever

But nothin' he found

By the time this hit the street

They said she had a breakdown

Someone's always tryin'

To start my baby cryin'

Talkin', squealin', lyin'

Sayin' you just wanna be startin' somethin'

I said you wanna be startin' somethin'

You got to be startin' somethin'

I said you wanna be startin' somethin'

You got to be startin' somethin'

It's too high to get over (Yeah, yeah)

You're too low to get under (Yeah, yeah)

You're stuck in the middle (Yeah, yeah)

And the pain is thunder (Yeah, yeah)

It's too high to get over (Yeah, yeah)

You're too low to get under (Yeah, yeah)

You're stuck in the middle (Yeah, yeah)

And the pain is thunder (Yeah, yeah)

You love to pretend that you're good

When you're always up to no good

You really can't make him hate her

So your tongue became a razor

Someone's always tryin'

To keep my baby cryin'

Treacherous, cunnin', declinin'

You got my baby cryin' (Hee)

I said you wanna be startin' somethin'

You got to be startin' somethin'

I said you wanna be startin' somethin'

You got to be startin' somethin'

It's too high to get over (Yeah, yeah)

You're too low to get under (Yeah, yeah)

You're stuck in the middle (Yeah, yeah)

And the pain is thunder (Yeah, yeah)

It's too high to get over (Yeah, yeah)

You're too low to get under (Yeah, yeah)

You're stuck in the middle (Yeah, yeah)

And the pain is thunder (Yeah, yeah)

You're a vegetable (You're a vegetable)

You're a vegetable (You're a vegetable)

Still they hate you (Still they hate you)

You're a vegetable (You're a vegetable)

You're just a buffet (You're just a buffet) (You're a vegetable)

You're a vegetable (You're a vegetable)

They eat off of you (They eat off of you) (You're a vegetable)

You're a vegetable, aaow!

Billie Jean is always talkin' when nobody else is talkin'

Tellin' lies and rubbin' shoulders

So they called her mouth a motor

Someone's always tryin'

To start my baby cryin'

Talkin', squealin', spyin'

Sayin' you just wanna be startin' somethin'

I said you wanna be startin' somethin'

You got to be startin' somethin'

I said you wanna be startin' somethin'

You got to be startin' somethin'

It's too high to get over (Yeah, yeah)

You're too low to get under (Yeah, yeah)

You're stuck in the middle (Yeah, yeah)

And the pain is thunder (Yeah, yeah)

It's too high to get over (Yeah, yeah)

You're too low to get under (Yeah, yeah)

You're stuck in the middle (Yeah, yeah)

And the pain is thunder (Yeah, yeah)

You're a vegetable (You're a vegetable)

You're a vegetable (You're a vegetable)

Still they hate you (Still they hate you)

You're a vegetable (You're a vegetable)

You're just a buffet (You're just a buffet) (You're a vegetable)

You're a vegetable (You're a vegetable)

They eat off of you (They eat off of you) (You're a vegetable)

You're a vegetable, aaow!

Aaow!

Hee-haw! (Ooh!)

If you can't feed your baby (Yeah, yeah)

Then don't have a baby (Yeah, yeah)

And don't think maybe (Yeah, yeah)

If you can't feed your baby (Yeah, yeah)

You'll be always tryin'

To stop that child from cryin'

Hustlin', stealin', lyin'

Now baby's slowly dyin'

I said you wanna be startin' somethin'

You got to be startin' somethin'

I said you wanna be startin' somethin'

You got to be startin' somethin'

It's too high to get over (Yeah, yeah)

You're too low to get under (Yeah, yeah)

You're stuck in the middle (Yeah, yeah)

And the pain is thunder (Yeah, yeah)

It's too high to get over (Yeah, yeah)

You're too low to get under (Yeah, yeah)

You're stuck in the middle (Yeah, yeah)

And the pain is thunder (Yeah, yeah)

Lift your head up high and scream out to the world

"I know I am someone," and let the truth unfurl (Hee-ha)

No one can hurt you now because you know what's true

Yes, I believe in me, so do believe in you

Help me sing it

Ma-ma-say, ma-ma-sah, ma-ma-coo-sah (Hoo-hoo)

Ma-ma-say, ma-ma-sah, ma-ma-coo-sah (Hee-hee-hee)

Ma-ma-say, ma-ma-sah, ma-ma-coo-sah (Hee-hee-hee)

Ma-ma-say, ma-ma-sah, ma-ma-coo-sah

Ma-ma-say, ma-ma-sah, ma-ma-coo-sah (Help me sing it, babe)

Ma-ma-say, ma-ma-sah, ma-ma-coo-sah (Hee-hee-hee)

Ma-ma-say, ma-ma-sah, ma-ma-coo-sah

Ma-ma-say, ma-ma-sah, ma-ma-coo-sah (Yeah, sing it to the world)

Ma-ma-say, ma-ma-sah, ma-ma-coo-sah (Sing it out loud)

Ma-ma-say, ma-ma-sah, ma-ma-coo-sah (Hoo-hoo)

Ma-ma-say, ma-ma-sah, ma-ma-coo-sah (Hee-hee-hee)

Ma-ma-say, ma-ma-sah, ma-ma-coo-sah (Help me sing it)

Ma-ma-say, ma-ma-sah, ma-ma-coo-sah (Hoo-hoo)

Ma-ma-say, ma-ma-sah, ma-ma-coo-sah (Hee-hee)

Ma-ma-say, ma-ma-sah, ma-ma-coo-sah (Help me sing it to the world)

Ma-ma-say, ma-ma-sah, ma-ma-coo-sah

Ma-ma-say, ma-ma-sah, ma-ma-coo-sah

Ma-ma-say, ma-ma-sah, ma-ma-coo-sah

Ma-ma-say, ma-ma-sah, ma-ma-coo-sah

Ma-ma-say, ma-ma-sah, ma-ma-coo-sah

Ma-ma-say, ma-ma-sah, ma-ma-coo-sah (Hoo-hoo)

Ma-ma-say, ma-ma-sah, ma-ma-coo-sah (Hee-hee-hee)

Ma-ma-say, ma-ma-sah, ma-ma-coo-sah (Hee-hee-hee)

Ma-ma-say, ma-ma-sah, ma-ma-coo-sah (Help me sing it)

Ma-ma-say, ma-ma-sah, ma-ma-coo-sah (Hee-hee-hee)

Ma-ma-say, ma-ma-sah, ma-ma-coo-sah (Yeah)

Ma-ma-say, ma-ma-sah, ma-ma-coo-sah (Sing it to the world)

Ma-ma-say, ma-ma-sah, ma-ma-coo-sah (Sing it out loud)

Ma-ma-say, ma-ma-sah, ma-ma-coo-sah (Hoo-hoo)

☆☆☆☆☆

"Baby Be Mine"

I don't need no dreams when I'm by your side, ooh-ooh

Every moment takes me to paradise

Darling, let me hold you

I'll warm you in my arms and melt your fears away

Show you all the magic that a perfect love can make

I need you night and day

So baby, be mine (Baby, you got to be mine), ow

And girl I'll give you all I got to give

So baby, be my girl (All the time), ooh-ooh

And we can share this ecstasy

As long as we believe in love

Ooh, ooh-ooh

I won't give you reason to change your mind

(I can't sit still, you thrill me, baby, be mine)

You are all the future that I desire

Girl, I need to hold you

Share my feelings in the heat of love's embrace

Show you all the passion burning in my heart today

It's never gonna fade

So baby, be mine (Baby you got to be mine), ow

And girl I'll give you all I got to give

So baby, be my girl (All the time), ooh-ooh

You're everything this world could be

The reason that I live, oh

Won't you stay with me until the morning sun

I promise you now that the dawn will be different

Lady can't you see that heaven's just begun

It's living here inside our hearts

There'll be no more mountains for us to climb

(I can't be still, you thrill me, baby, be mine)

This will be a love lasting for all time

Girl, you got to hold me

We can touch the sky and light the darkest day

Hold me, only you and I can make sweet love this way

There's no more I can say-

So baby, be mine (Baby be mine, baby you got to be mine)

Ow! (Tell me that you love me all the time)

And girl I'll give you all I got to give (Say you're thinking of me)

So baby, be mine (Girl be mine, all the time)

Ooh-ooh (Show me how it should be, hold me tight)

You're everything this world could be (Every night)

The reason that I live (It's alright, every night)

Baby, be my girl

(Baby be mine, tell me that you love me all the time)

And girl I'll give you all I got to give

(Say you're thinking of me, girl be mine)

So baby, be mine, baby, be mine

(Show me how it should be, hold me tight)

You're everything this world could be to me

(Every night, it's alright)

C'mon, girl (Baby be mine), c'mon girl (Tell me that you love me)

Ow! (All the time) hoo! (Say you're thinking of me)

So baby, be mine (Girl be mine, show me how it should be)

You're everything this world could be to me

(Every night, it's alright)

C'mon, girl (Baby be mine), c'mon girl (Tell me that you love me)

Baby be mine (All the time), hoo! (Say you're thinking of me)

So baby, be mine, girl

☆☆☆☆☆

"The Girl Is Mine"

(with Paul McCartney)

[Michael Jackson:]

Every night she walks right in my dreams

Since I met her from the start

I'm so proud I am the only one

Who is special in her heart

The girl is mine

The doggone girl is mine, m-m-m

I know she's mine

Because the doggone girl is mine, m-m-m

[Paul McCartney:]

I don't understand the way you think

Saying that she's yours, not mine

Sending roses and your silly dreams

Really just a waste of time

Because she's mine

The doggone girl is mine

Don't waste your time

Because the doggone girl is mine

I love you more than he

[Michael Jackson:]

(Take you anywhere)

Well, I love you endlessly

(Loving we will share)

So come and go with me to one town

But we both cannot have her

So it's one or the other

And one day you'll discover

That she's my girl forever and ever

[Paul McCartney:]

Don't build your hopes to be let down

[Michael Jackson:]

'Cause I really feel it's time

I know she'll tell you I'm the one for her

'Cause she said I blow her mind

The girl is mine

The doggone girl is mine

Don't waste your time

Because the doggone girl is mine

[Michael {Paul}:]

{She's mine, she's mine}

{No, no, no, she's mine}

The girl is mine, {the girl is mine}

The girl is mine, {the girl is mine}

{The girl is mine} (mine, mine); {yep, she's mine} (mine, mine)

{The girl is mine} (mine, mine); {yeah, she's mine} (mine, mine)

[Michael Jackson:]

Don't waste your time

Because the doggone girl is mine

The girl is mine, the girl is mine

[Michael {Paul}:]

(Michael, we're not going to fight about this, okay?)

Ha, ha, Paul, I think I told you I'm a lover, not a fighter

{Eh, I've heard it all before, Michael}

{She told me that I'm her forever lover, you know, don't you remember?}

Well, after loving me she said she couldn't love another

{Is that what she said?}

Yeah, she said it; you keep dreaming

{I don't believe it! Mine, mine}

(No, no, no) The girl is mine (Mine, mine, mine)

{No, mine} No, mine (Mine, mine)

{She's mine, mine, mine, mine, mine} (Mine, mine, mine)

'Cause the girl is mine

{No, the girl is mine} (Mine, mine)

The girl is mine (Mine, mine, mine)

{No, the girl is mine}

The girl is mine (Mine, mine)

(No, she's mine)

☆☆☆☆☆

"Thriller"

[Michael Jackson:]

It's close to midnight and something evil's lurkin' in the dark

Under the moonlight you see a sight that almost stops your heart

You try to scream but terror takes the sound before you make it

You start to freeze as horror looks you right between the eyes,

You're paralyzed

'Cause this is thriller, thriller night

And no one's gonna save you from the beast about to strike

You know it's thriller, thriller night

You're fighting for your life inside a killer, thriller tonight

Yeah

Ooh

You hear the door slam and realize there's nowhere left to run

You feel the cold hand and wonder if you'll ever see the sun

You close your eyes and hope that this is just imagination, girl

But all the while you hear a creature creepin' up behind

You're outta time

'Cause this is thriller, thriller night

There ain't no second chance against the thing with the forty eyes, girl

Thriller, ooh, thriller night

You're fighting for your life inside a killer, thriller tonight

Night creatures call

And the dead start to walk in their masquerade

There's no escaping the jaws of the alien this time (they're open wide)

This is the end of your life, ooh

They're out to get you, there's demons closing in on every side (ooh)

They will possess you unless you change that number on your dial

Now is the time for you and I to cuddle close together, yeah

All through the night I'll save you from the terror on the screen,

I'll make you see

That this is thriller, thriller night

'Cause I can thrill you more than any ghoul could ever dare try

Thriller, ooh, thriller night

So let me hold you tight and share a killer, thriller, chiller

Thriller here tonight

'Cause this is thriller, thriller night

Girl, I can thrill you more than any ghoul could ever dare try

Thriller, ooh, thriller night

So let me hold you tight and share a killer, thriller (ow)

I'm gonna thrill you tonight

[Vincent Price:]

Darkness falls across the land

The midnight hour is close at hand

Creatures crawl in search of blood

To terrorize y'all's neighborhood

(I'm gonna thrill you tonight)

And whomsoever shall be found

Without the soul for getting down

Must stand and face the hounds of hell

And rot inside a corpse's shell

[Michael Jackson:]

I'm gonna thrill you tonight...

Thriller, ooh, babe (Thriller)

I'm gonna thrill you tonight (Thriller night)

Thriller, oh, darling (Oh, baby)

I'm gonna thrill you tonight (Thriller)

Ooh, babe (Thriller night)

I'm gonna thrill you tonight (Thriller)

Oh, darling (Oh, baby)

Thriller night, babe (Thriller night, babe)

Ooh

[Vincent Price:]

The foulest stench is in the air

The funk of forty thousand years

(Thriller night, thriller)

And grisly ghouls from every tomb

Are closing in to seal your doom

And though you fight to stay alive

Your body starts to shiver

(I'm gonna thrill you tonight)

For no mere mortal can resist

The evil of the thriller

[Into maniacal laugh, in deep echo]

☆☆☆☆☆

"Beat It"

They told him, "Don't you ever come around here

Don't wanna see your face, you better disappear"

The fire's in their eyes and their words are really clear

So beat it, just beat it (Ooh!)

You better run, you better do what you can (Ooh!)

Don't wanna see no blood, don't be a macho man (Ooh!)

You wanna be tough, better do what you can

So beat it, but you wanna be bad

Just beat it, beat it, beat it, beat it

No one wants to be defeated

Showin' how funky and strong is your fight

It doesn't matter who's wrong or right

Just beat it (Beat it)

Just beat it (Beat it)

Just beat it (Beat it)

Just beat it (Beat it, uh)

They're out to get you, better leave while you can

Don't wanna be a boy, you wanna be a man

You wanna stay alive, better do what you can

So beat it, just beat it (Ooh!)

You have to show them that you're really not scared (Ooh!)

You're playin' with your life, this ain't no truth or dare (Ooh!)

They'll kick you, then they'll beat you, then they'll tell you it's fair

So beat it, but you wanna be bad

Just beat it, beat it, beat it, beat it

No one wants to be defeated

Showin' how funky and strong is your fight

It doesn't matter who's wrong or right

Just beat it, beat it, beat it, beat it

No one wants to be defeated

Showin' how funky and strong is your fight

It doesn't matter who's wrong or right

Just beat it (Beat it, beat it, beat it)

Beat it (Beat it, beat it, ha, ha, ha, ha)

Beat it (Beat it, beat it)

Beat it (Beat it, beat it)

Beat it, beat it, beat it, beat it

No one wants to be defeated

Showin' how funky and strong is your fight

It doesn't matter who's wrong or right (Who's right)

Just beat it, beat it, beat it, beat it (Hoo-hoo!)

No one wants to be defeated (Oh, lord)

Showin' how funky (Hee-hee!) and strong is your fight (Hee-hee-hee!)

It doesn't matter who's wrong or right

Just beat it, beat it, beat it, beat it (Beat it!)

No one wants to be defeated (Oh-no!)

Showin' how funky (Hoo-hoo!) and strong is your fight (Hee-hee! Hoo!)

It doesn't matter who's wrong or right

Just beat it, beat it, beat it, beat it

No one wants to be defeated

Showin' how funky and strong is your fight

It doesn't matter who's wrong or right (Who's right)

Just beat it, beat it, beat it, beat it (Hoo-hoo!)

No one wants to be defeated

☆☆☆☆☆

"Billie Jean"

She was more like a beauty queen

From a movie scene

I said, "Don't mind, but what do you mean

I am the one

Who will dance on the floor in the round?"

She said I am the one

Who will dance on the floor in the round

She told me her name was Billie Jean

As she caused a scene

Then every head turned with eyes that dreamed of being the one

Who will dance on the floor in the round

People always told me, "Be careful of what you do.

And don't go around breaking young girls' hearts."

And mother always told me, "A-be careful of who you love,

And be careful of what you do

'Cause the lie becomes the truth."

Billie Jean is not my lover

She's just a girl who claims that I am the one

But the kid is not my son

She says I am the one

But the kid is not my son

For forty days and for forty nights

Law was on her side

But who can stand

When she's in demand

Her schemes and plans

'Cause we danced on the floor in the round

So take my strong advice

Just remember to always think twice

(Do think twice, do think twice.)

She told, "My baby, we'd danced 'til three."

Then she looked at me

Then showed a photo of a baby cry

His eyes looked like mine, oh, no

Do a dance on the floor in the round, baby

A-people always told me, "Be careful of what you do

And don't go around breaking young girls' hearts."

(Don't break no heart.)

A-but she came and stood right by me

And just the smell of sweet perfume

And this happened much too soon

And she called me to her room

Billie Jean is not my lover

She's just a girl who claims that I am the one

But the kid is not my son

(No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.)

Billie Jean is not my lover

She's just a girl who claims that I am the one

But the kid is not my son

She says I am the one

But the kid is not my son

She says I am the one

But the kid is not my son

No, no, no

Billie Jean is not my lover

She's just a girl who claims that I am the one

(No, there's not me, baby.)

But the kid is not my son

(No, no, no, no, no, no, no.)

She says I am the one (No, babe.)

But the kid is not my son, no, no, no

She says I am the one

You know what you did

She says he is my son

Breaking my heart, babe

She says I am the one

Billie Jean is not my lover

Billie Jean is not my lover

Billie Jean is not my lover

She is the one

Billie Jean is not my lover

She is the one

Don't call me Billie Jean

Billie Jean is not my lover

She is the one

She stumbled onto the scene

Billie Jean is not my lover

Billie Jean is not my lover

☆☆☆☆☆

"Human Nature"

Why?

Looking out, across the nighttime

The city winks a sleepless eye

Hear her voice, shake my window

Sweet seducing sighs

Get me out, into the nighttime

Four walls won't hold me tonight

If this town is just an apple

Then let me take a bite

If they say why (why?), why (why?)

Tell them that it's human nature

Why (why?), why (why?), does he do me that way?

If they say why (why?), why (why?)

Tell them that it's human nature

Why (why?), why (why?), does he do me that way?

Reaching out to touch a stranger

Electric eyes are everywhere

See that girl, she knows I'm watching

She likes the way I stare

If they say why (why?), why (why?)

Just tell them that it's human nature

Why (why?), why (why?), does he do me that way?

If they say why (why?), why (why?)

(She's giving in by keeping him a'round)

Tell them that it's human nature

Why (why?), why (why?), does he do me that way?

I like livin' this way

I like lovin' this way

(That way) Why? Oh, why?

(That way) Why? Oh, why?

Looking out, across the morning

The city's heart begins to beat

Reaching out, I touch her shoulder

I'm dreaming of the street

If they say why (why?), why (why?)

Tell them that it's human nature

Why (why?), why (why?), does he do me that way?

If they say why (why?), why (why?)

(She's giving in by keeping him a'round)

Ooh-ooh, tell 'em!

Why (why?), why (why?), does he do me that way?

If they say why (why?), why (why?), why (why?)

Cha-da-cha-sha-sha-sha-sha-sha (aah-ah)

Why (why?), why (why?), does he do me that way?

If they say why (why? Why?), why (why? Why? Why?)

(She's giving in by keeping him a'round)

Ooh-ooh, tell 'em! (aah-ah)

Why (why?), why (why?), does he do me that way?

If they say why (why?), why (why?), why (why?)

Ooh, tell 'em!

Why (why?), why (why?), does he do me that way?

If they say why (why?), why (why?)

(She's giving in by keeping him a'round)

Da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da

Why (why?), why (why?), does he do me that way?

I like living this way

Why? Oh, why? (that way)

Why? Oh, why? (that way)

Why? Oh, why? (that way)

☆☆☆☆☆

"P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)"

You know you, you make me feel so good inside

I always wanted a girl just like you

Such a P.Y.T., pretty young thing, ooh

Where did you come from, lady?

And ooh won't you take me there

Right away, won't you, baby?

Tenderoni, you've got to be

Spark my nature, sugar fly with me

Don't you know now is the perfect time

We can make it right, hit the city lights

Then tonight, ease the loving pain

Let me take you to the max

I want to love you (P.Y.T.)

Pretty young thing

You need some loving (T.L.C.)

Tender lovin' care

And I'll take you there, girl, ooh-oh

I want to love you (P.Y.T.)

Pretty young thing

You need some loving (T.L.C.)

Tender lovin' care

And I'll take you there

(Anywhere you want to go)

Yes, I will, ooh

Nothing can stop this burning desire to be with you

Got to get to you, baby

Won't you come, it's emergency

Cool my fire yearning

Honey, come set me free

Don't you know now is the perfect time

We can dim the lights, just to make it right

In the night, hit the loving spot

I'll give you all that I've got

I want to love you (P.Y.T.)

Pretty young thing

You need some loving (T.L.C.)

Tender lovin' care

And I'll take you there, yes, I will, yes, I will

I want to love you (P.Y.T.)

Pretty young thing

You need some loving (T.L.C.)

Tender lovin' care

And I'll take you there

Yes, I will, hee-eh

Pretty young thing, uh!

You make me sing, ha, ha, ha

Pretty young thing, uh!

You make me sing, ha, ha, ha

Pretty young things, repeat after me

Sing, "Na-na-na" (Na-na-na)

"Na-na-na-na" (Na-na-na-na)

Sing, "Na-na-na" (Na-na-na)

"Na-na-na-na" (Na-na-na-na)

I will take you there, take you there

I want to love you (P.Y.T.)

Pretty young thing

You need some loving (T.L.C.)

Tender lovin' care

And I'll take you there, take you there, take you there

I want to love you (P.Y.T.)

Pretty young thing

You need some loving (T.L.C.)

Tender lovin' care

And I'll take you there, take you there, hoo-ooh

Hoo-ooh! (I want to love, you P.Y.T., P.Y.T.)

Oh, baby (I want to give, you T.L.C., T.L.C)

Oh, baby

Hold on, ooh-ooh

I want to love, you P.Y.T., P.Y.T

I want to give, you T.L.C., T.L.C

You're such a P.Y.T. to me, pretty young thing

Oh baby, oh baby, hold on

I want to love, you P.Y.T., P.Y.T. (oh, baby)

I want to give, you T.L.C., T.L.C (you can be, ooh)

I just wanna love you, you know?

Ha-ha-ha, I'll give you all that I got

☆☆☆☆☆

"The Lady In My Life"

There'll be no darkness tonight

Lady our love will shine

(Lighting the night)

Just put your trust in my heart

And meet me in paradise

(Now is the time)

Girl, you're every wonder in this world to me

A treasure time won't steal away

So listen to my heart

Lay your body close to mine

Let me fill you with my dreams

I can make you feel alright

And baby through the years gonna love you more each day

So I promise you tonight that you will always be the lady in my life

Lay back in my tenderness

Let's make this a night we won't forget

Girl, I need your sweet caress, oh

Reach out to a fantasy

Two hearts in a beat of ecstasy

Come to me, girl

And I will keep you warm

Through the shadows of the night

Let me touch you with my love

I can make you feel so right

And baby through the years

Even when we're old and gray

I will love you more each day

'Cause you will always be the lady in my life

Stay with me

I want you to stay with me

I need you by my side

Don't you go nowhere

(Ooh girl let me keep you warm)

Let me keep you warm

(You are the lady in my life)

You're my lady

(Fill you with the sweetest love)

The sweetest love

(Always the lady in my life)

I wanna touch you baby

(Lay back in my tenderness)

(You are the lady in my life)

Doo doo doo

(Rock me with your sweet caress)

(Always the lady in my life)

You're my lady and I love you girl

(Ooh girl let me keep you warm)

(You are the lady in my life)

Don't you go nowhere

(Fill you with the sweetest love)

I love you I love you

(Always the lady in my life)

I need you I want you, baby

(Lay back in my tenderness)

Stay with me

(You are the lady in my life)

Don't you go nowhere

(Rock me with your sweet caress)

And I love you baby

(Always the lady in my life)

Woo

Ooh baby

Don't you go nowhere

You're my lady

All through the night

(Ooh girl let me keep you warm)

I wanna give you all

(You are the lady in my life)

In my life

(Fill you with the sweetest love)

Let me fill you baby

(Always the lady in my life)

All over all over all over

(Lay back in my tenderness)

Lay back with me

(You are the lady in my life)

Let me touch you girl

(Rock me with your sweet caress)

Lay back with me

(Always the lady in my life)

All over

All over

All over

(Ooh girl let me keep you warm)

All over

All over

(You are the lady in my life)

All over

All over, babe, woo

(Fill you with the sweetest love)

(Always the lady in my life)

You're my lady

(Lay back in my tenderness)

You're my lady, babe

(You are the lady in my life)

Hee

☆☆☆☆☆

"Carousel"

She's from a world

Of popcorn and candy

Pony rides for a dime

Little children laughing

I'm from a world

Of disappointments and confusions

But I want her to be mine

I started talking

She kept on walking

She disappeared into the crowd, oh-oh

I lost my heart

On the carousel

To a circus girl

Who left my heart in pieces

Lost my heart

On the carousel

To a circus girl

Who ran away

I was the clown

And she was the dancer

We both knew it wouldn't work

But we took our chances

What I can't recall

Is if there was a girl at all

Or was it my imagination?

I still remember

All of those faces

And now all I have is memories

I lost my heart

On the carousel

To a circus girl

Who left my heart in pieces

Lost my heart

On the carousel

To a circus girl

Who ran away

Two different people

In love for an instant

To see that the circus came today

Sometimes I can hear the calliope

And I can hear her calling me

Don't you know?

I lost my heart

On the carousel

To a circus girl

Who left my heart in pieces

Lost my heart

On the carousel

To a circus girl

Who ran away

I lost my heart (Lost my heart)

I lost (On the carousel)

I lost my girl (To a circus girl)

Who left my heart in pieces

(Lost my heart) Lost my heart

(On the carousel) Lost my girl (To a circus girl)

Who ran away

I lost (Lost my heart)

I lost my girl (On the carousel)

Ooh, oh, lost, oh, lost (To a circus girl)

I lost

I lost my heart (Lost my heart)

I lost (On the carousel)

I lost my girl (To a circus girl)