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Some Michael Jackson songs have unusual lyrics, and one of his songs that I really like is Billie Jean ;

Billie Jean by Michael Jackson 1982

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 what you do
And don't go around
Breaking young girls' hearts (Hooo)
And mother always told me,
Be careful who you love
Be careful 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 forty nights
The 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 Hooo

She told my baby
We’d danced ‘til three
Then she looked at me
Then showed a photo
My baby cried
His eyes were like mine (oh, no!)
Coz we dance on the floor, in the round, baby

People always told me
Be careful of what you do
And don't go around
Breaking young girls' hearts (Don't break no hearts)

She came and stood right by me
Then the smell of sweet perfume
This happened much too soon
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
No, no
She says I am the one (Oh, babe)
But the kid is not my son

Hee, hee, hee! Hoo! Hoo!

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

(You know what you did to me, babe)
But the kid is not my son
No, no, no, no No, no

She says I am the one
But the kid is not my son
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
Billie Jean is not my lover
Billie Jean is not my lover
Billie Jean is not my lover

Hear it ;



And for a really different ballad cover of Billie Jean by a 12 year old Romanian girl singer,
listen to Daria Stefan's very interesting cover ;



Or for her singing in her native Romanian, Daria Stefan 'Nu Se Poate' ;



An approximate English translation of the 1934 'Nu Se Poate' song is ;

It's Not Possible.

You know perfectly well that when you said "it's over",
I didn't tell you so much as a word,
I smiled at you out of the powers I don't know where I'd taken from,
And I saw you leave.

But today when I'm awakening from a nightmare
And I don't see but the emptiness you've left behind,
Today I'm wondering how I'll live on without you,
I'm wondering how I could've let you go.

It's not possible...
Let anybody else take all the best I used to have,
It's not possible...
I have nobody else to say the purest thought to,
It's not possible!

It's so unfair of you to take the last penny from a poor one,
When he'd made himself a treasure in it,
To steal a blind one's stick that he walks with,
Or to break a fiddler's violin.

It's not possible...
Ask a flower to laugh when you step over it,
It's not possible...
Sprinkle the path of your life with a teardrop of mine,
It's not possible!

Tell her that although she's deprived me of everything,
I'm giving her what she's still longing for,
Because this all means nothing,
Even this way.

But leave me despair as the last halt
And don't be by my side at the last hour,
It's not possible!
I'm not leaving you, I'm not leaving you...

(and see lyricstranslate.com/en/nu-se-poate-thats-impossible.html )

Good post Grimdad.
Some of Michael Jackson's songs do have simpler lyrics
and one I really like is You Are Not Alone ;

You Are Not Alone, Michael Jackson 1995 - R.Kelly

Another day has gone,
I'm still all alone.
How could this be ?
You're not here with me.
You never said goodbye,
Someone tell me why.
Did you have to go,
And leave my world so cold ?

Everyday I sit and ask myself,
"How did love slip away ?"
Something whispers in my ear and says,
That you are not alone.
For I am here with you,
Though you're far away.
I am here to stay.

But you are not alone,
For I am here with you.
Though we're far apart,
You're always in my heart.
But you are not alone.

'Lone, 'lone.
Why ?, 'lone.

Just the other night
I thought I heard you cry,
Asking me to come
And hold you in my arms.
I can hear your prayers.
Your burdens I will bear,
But first I need your hand
Then forever can begin.

Everyday I sit and ask myself,
"How did love slip away ?"
Something whispers in my ear and says
That you are not alone.
For I am here with you
Though you're far away.
I am here to stay.

For you are not alone,
For I am here with you.
Though we're far apart
You're always in my heart.
For you are not alone.

Whisper three words and I'll come runnin'
And girl you know that I'll be there.
I'll be there.

You are not alone,
For I am here with you.
Though you're far away
I am here to stay.
For you are not alone,
For I am here with you.
Though we're far apart,
You're always in my heart.

For you are not alone,
For I am here with you.
Though you're far away
I am here to stay.

For you are not alone,
For I am here with you.
Though we're far apart
You're always in my heart.

For you are not alone...


Listen ;

Really memorable and unforgettable moments are captured in this post. I am grateful to provide his memorable song here.

Good and his great new song now - This is It !

This Is It, Michael Jackson 2009

This is it, here I stand
I’m the light of the world, I feel grand
Got this love I can feel
And I know yes for sure it is real

And it feels as though I’ve seen your face a thousand times
And you said you really know me too yourself [?]
And I know that you have got addicted with your eyes [?]
But you say you gonna live it for yourself. [?]

I never heard a single word about you
Falling in love wasn’t my plan
I never thught that I would be your lover
C’mon baby, just understand

This is it, I can say,
I’m the light of the world, run away [?]
We can feel, this is real
Every time I’m in love that I feel

And I feel as though I’ve known you since one thousand years
And you tell me that you’ve seen my face before.
And you said to me you don’t want me hanging round
Many times, wanna do it here before [?]

I never heard a single word about you
Falling in love wasn’t my plan
I never thught that I would be your lover
C’mon baby, just understand

This is it, I can feel
I’m the light of the world, this is real
Feel my song, we can say
And I tell you I feel that way

Yes I agree that Daria Stefan is a great singer, if sometimes her choice of song is maybe poor ?