I Wanna Be Where You Are

I Wanna Be Where You Are is a song written by Arthur "T-Boy" Ross and Leon Ware for Michael Jackson, who took the song to number 7 in Cash Box and number 16 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. It also reached number 2 on the U.S. R&B singles chart in 1972. His third straight Top 10 Pop hit during his early solo career with Motown. It was also the first collaboration between Ware and Ross, the younger brother of legendary superstar Diana Ross. This song would be one of Jackson's most covered songs, by singers including Zulema, Marvin Gaye, Willie Hutch, Jason Weaver and later The Fugees. Ware and Ross also penned the classic Marvin Gaye hit, "I Want You" several years afterwards.

Lyrics

 * Can it be I stayed away too long
 * Did I leave your mind
 * When I was gone
 * It’s not my thing
 * Tryin’ to get back
 * But this time let me tell where I’m at
 * You don’t have to worry
 * ’Cause I’m comin’ back
 * To where I should have always stayed
 * And now I’ve learned the meaning
 * To your story
 * And it’s enough love for me to stay
 * Can it be I stayed away too long
 * Did I leave your mind
 * When I was gone
 * Well, it’s not my thing
 * Tryin’ to get back
 * But this time let me tell where I’m at
 * I wanna, wanna be where you are, o-oh
 * Anywhere you are, o-oh
 * I wanna, wanna be where you are, o-oh
 * Anywhere you are, o-oh
 * Please don’t close the door
 * To our future
 * There’s so many things
 * We haven’t tried
 * I will love you better
 * Than I used to
 * And give you all the love
 * I have inside
 * I wanna, wanna be where you are, o-oh
 * Any, any, any, anywhere you are, o-oh
 * I wanna, wanna be where you are, o-oh
 * I gotta, gotta be where you are, o-oh
 * I wanna be, I wanna be, oh
 * Yeah, yeah, baby now
 * I wanna be, I wanna be, oh
 * I wanna be, I wanna be, oh
 * I gotta, gotta be where you are, o-oh
 * I wanna be, I wanna be, oh
 * Yeah, yeah, baby now
 * I wanna be, I wanna be, oh
 * I wanna be, I wanna be, oh