Commodores

Released: March 30, 1977

Songwriter: Ronald LaPread Lionel Richie

Producer: Commodores James Anthony Carmichael

[Verse 1]
I may be just a foolish dreamer
But I don't care
'Cause I know my happiness is waiting out there somewhere
I'm searching for that silver lining
Horizons that I've never seen
Oh, I'd like to take just a moment and dream my dream
Ohhh, dream my dream

[Chorus]
Oh, oh, Zoom
I'd like to fly far away from here
Where my mind, oh Lord, is fresh and clear
And I'd find the love that I long to see
Where everybody can be what they wanna be

[Verse 2]
Oh, I'd like the greet the sun each morning
And walk amongst the stars at night
I'd like to know the taste of honey in my life, in my life
Well, I've shared so many pains
And I've played so many games
Oh, but everyone finds the right way
Somehow...somewhere...someday

[Chorus]
Oh, Zoom
I'd like to fly far away from here
Where my mind can be fresh and clear
And I'll find the love that I long to see
People can be what they wanna be

[Verse 3]
Ohh, oh, I wish the world were truly happy
Living as one
I wish the word they call freedom someday would come
Someday would come

[Chorus]
Oh, Zoom
I'd like to fly far away from here
Where my mind can be fresh and clear
And I'd find the love that I long to see
Everybody can be what they wanna be
Hey hey, hey hey, hey baby

[Outro: Commodores + (Lionel Richie)]
Zoom zoom, I'd like to fly away
(Well, I'd like to fly away)
Zoom zoom (Well, I'd like to fly away)
Zoom (Zoom, baby) I'd like to fly away
(Well, I'd like to fly away)
Zoom zoom (Well, I'd like to fly away)
Zoom (Zoom, baby) I'd like to fly away
(Well, I'd like to fly away)
Zoom zoom (Well, I'd like to fly away)
Zoom (Zoom, baby)
Zoom (I...) Zoom zoom
Zoom (You and me, baby, walking free)
(Don't you wanna go?) Zoom zoom
(Don't you wanna go?) Zoom
(Baby, baby, baby, baby...) Zoom zoom
(Girl...) Zoom (Don't you wanna go? Don't you wanna go? Hey...)
(Don't you wanna go? Don't you wanna go? Hey...)
(Don't you wanna go? Don't you wanna go? Hey...)
(Don't you wanna go? Hey...ooh...baby, baby, baby, baby...)

Commodores are an American funk/soul band, which was at its peak in the late 1970s through the mid 1980s. The members of the group met as mostly freshmen at Tuskegee Institute (now Tuskegee University) in 1968, and signed with Motown in November 1972, having first caught the public eye opening for The Jackson 5 while on tour.

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From the albums

Commodores (1977)
The Definitive Collection (2003)

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