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Goin’ Back to Indiana

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Goin’ Back to Indiana Lyrics

[Chorus]
I'm goin' back to Indiana
Back to where I started from
Goin' back to Indiana
Indiana, here I come!

[Verse 1]
I spread my wings for greener pastures
I still ain't found what I was after
I've got the blues and that is why I sing
I just wanna do my thing, yeah!

[Chorus]
I'm goin' back to Indiana
Indiana, here I come, yeah, yeah
I'm goin' back to Indiana
'Cause that's where my baby's from, yeah!

Okay Tito, you got it!

[Guitar Solo]

[Chorus]
I'm goin' back to Indiana
Indiana, here I come
I'm goin' back to Indiana
Cause that's where my baby's from, yeah
[Verse 2]
Hollywood, you've got a lot of pretty things
I saw a lot of movie stars with diamond rings
But I ain't got my baby and I'm feelin' wrong
That's why I gotta sing my song, yeah

[Chorus]
I'm goin' back to Indiana
Indiana, here I come
I'm goin' back to Indiana
'Cause that is where my baby's from, yeah
Ow!

[Post-Chorus]
I'm comin', I'm comin', I'm comin', I'm comin', I'm home, yeah, yeah

[Bridge]
Ha, ha, sis-boom-bah
One more time for Roosevelt High
Johny Ray, Tex, Scooter and Lorenzo too
Watch T.W. Brown do the boogaloo!
Ev'ry soul that passes by
This song's for you from the Jackson 5
I'm comin' home, it's plain to see
I still got Indiana soul in me!
Oh, yeah!

[Chorus]
I'm goin' back to Indiana
Indiana, here I come
I'm goin' back to Indiana
'Cause that's where my baby's from

[Outro]
That's where is she is, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah (Yeah)
Hoo hoo

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