Released: August 22, 1980
Songwriter: Bernard Edwards Nile Rodgers
Producer: Nile Rodgers Bernard Edwards
[Intro]
I'm ... coming ... out
I'm coming
I'm ... coming ... out
I'm coming out
I'm coming ... out
I'm ... coming ... out
[Hook]
I'm coming out
I want the world to know
Got to let it show
I'm coming out
I want the world to know
I got to let it show
[Verse 1]
There's a new me coming out
And I just had to live
And I wanna give
I'm completely positive
I think this time around
I am gonna do it
Like you never knew it
Oh, I'll make it through
The time has come for me
To break out of this shell
I have to shout
That I am coming out
[Hook]
I'm coming out
I want the world to know
I got to let it show
I'm coming out
I want the world to know
I got to let it show
I'm coming out
I want the world to know
I got to let it show
I'm coming out
I want the world to know
I got to let it show
[Verse 2]
I've got to show the world
All that I wanna be
And all my abilities
There's so much more to me
Somehow I'll have to make them
Just understand
I got it well in hand
And oh how I have planned
I'm spreadin' love
There is no need to fear
And I just feel so good
Every time I hear
[Hook]
I'm coming out
I want the world to know
I got to let it show
I'm coming out
I want the world to know
I got to let it show
I'm coming out
I want the world to know
I got to let it show
I'm coming out
I want the world to know
I got to let it show
[Trombone solo: Meco Monardo]
[Outro]
I'm coming out
I want the world to know
Got to let it show
I'm coming out
I want the world to know
Got to let it show
I'm coming out
I want the world to know
Got to let it show
I'm coming out
I want the world to know
Got to let it show
I'm coming out
I want the world to know
Got to let it show
I'm coming out
I want the world to know
Got to let it show
I'm, I'm coming out
I have to shout, that I'm coming out
I want the world to know
Got to let it show
I'm coming, I'm coming out
I'm ... coming ... out
I'm coming
I'm ... coming ... out
I'm coming out
I'm coming ... out
I'm ... coming ... out
[Hook]
I'm coming out
I want the world to know
Got to let it show
I'm coming out
I want the world to know
I got to let it show
[Verse 1]
There's a new me coming out
And I just had to live
And I wanna give
I'm completely positive
I think this time around
I am gonna do it
Like you never knew it
Oh, I'll make it through
The time has come for me
To break out of this shell
I have to shout
That I am coming out
[Hook]
I'm coming out
I want the world to know
I got to let it show
I'm coming out
I want the world to know
I got to let it show
I'm coming out
I want the world to know
I got to let it show
I'm coming out
I want the world to know
I got to let it show
[Verse 2]
I've got to show the world
All that I wanna be
And all my abilities
There's so much more to me
Somehow I'll have to make them
Just understand
I got it well in hand
And oh how I have planned
I'm spreadin' love
There is no need to fear
And I just feel so good
Every time I hear
[Hook]
I'm coming out
I want the world to know
I got to let it show
I'm coming out
I want the world to know
I got to let it show
I'm coming out
I want the world to know
I got to let it show
I'm coming out
I want the world to know
I got to let it show
[Trombone solo: Meco Monardo]
[Outro]
I'm coming out
I want the world to know
Got to let it show
I'm coming out
I want the world to know
Got to let it show
I'm coming out
I want the world to know
Got to let it show
I'm coming out
I want the world to know
Got to let it show
I'm coming out
I want the world to know
Got to let it show
I'm coming out
I want the world to know
Got to let it show
I'm, I'm coming out
I have to shout, that I'm coming out
I want the world to know
Got to let it show
I'm coming, I'm coming out
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