Massachusetts Lyrics
Feel I'm going back
To Massachusetts
Something's telling me
I must go home
[Chorus]
And the lights all went out down in Massachusetts
The day I left
Her standing on her own
[Verse 2]
Tried to hitch a ride
To San Francisco
Gotta do the things
I wanna do
[Chorus 2]
And the lights all went down in Massachusetts
They brought me back
To see my way with you
[Verse 3]
Talk about the life
In Massachusetts
Speak about the people
I have seen
And the lights all went down in Massachusetts
And Massachusetts
Is one place I have seen
[Outro]
(I will remember Massachusetts)
I will remember Massachusetts
(I will remember Massachusetts)
I will remember Massachusetts
(I will remember Massachusetts)
I will remember Massachusetts
About
“Massachusetts” is a 1967 Baroque pop and folk rock song written by the Bee Gees, released in 1968 on the album Horizontal.
The thing of it, though, is that the Gibb brothers did not initially write the song for themselves. They were trying to sell it to The Seekers, the first Australian pop quartet to have major chart and sales success in the U.K. and U.S. (including their smash hit “Georgy Girl”). When they got to London, the Gibbs were not able to make a deal with The Seekers, so they recorded the song themselves.
Q&A
Find answers to frequently asked questions about the song and explore its deeper meaning
The group wrote the song while on a boat in New York harbor as a challenge to themselves. According to an interview with Robin Gibb, it was a good exercise for the brothers. They had never been to Massachusetts before and the state’s name contained a lot of S’s, making it an unusual title. Brother Barry has a slightly different recollection about the specifics, though.
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