Barbra Streisand - Where Am I Going? Lyrics






Where am I going?
And what will I find?
What's in this grab bag
That I cal I my mind?
What am I doing
Alone on the shelf?
Ain't it a shame,
But no one's to blame but myself.

Which way is clear
When you've lost your way
Year after year?

Do I keep falling in love for just a kick of it?
Staggering through the thin and thick of it,
Hating each old, tired trick of it,
Know what I am,
I'm good and sick of it!

Where em I going?
Why do I care?
Run where it's foul,
Run where it's fair,
No matter where I run I meet myself there.

Looking inside me, what do I see?
Anger and hope and doubt,
What em I all about?
And where am I going?
Tell me why do I care?

No matter where I run I meet myself there
Looking inside me, what do I see?
Anger and hope and doubt
What am I al I about?
And where am I going?
Where am I going?





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  1. G.... B....

    Where am I going?
    And what will I find?
    What's in this grab bag
    That I cal I my mind?

    What am I doing
    Alone on the shelf?
    Ain't it a shame,
    But no one's to blame but myself.

    Which way is clear
    When you've lost your way
    Year after year?

    Do I keep falling in love for just a kick of it?
    Staggering through the thin and thick of it,
    Hating each old, tired trick of it,
    Know what I am,
    I'm good and sick of it!

    Where em I going?
    Why do I care?
    Run where it's foul,
    Run where it's fair,
    No matter where I run I meet myself there.

    Looking inside me, what do I see?
    Anger and hope and doubt,
    What em I all about?
    And where am I going?
    Tell me why do I care?

    No matter where I run I meet myself there
    Looking inside me, what do I see?
    Anger and hope and doubt
    What am I all about?
    And where am I going?
    Where am I going?

  2. m.... ....

    She lost the magic in her interpretations and her humor when she went west. She succeeded in what she had to prove by the late sixties. Was it the move, having a baby, lessons. I don’t know, but I hate what she became. Same thing happened when Bette Midler separated from Barry manilow and she murdered the divine miss m, which she should be tried and hung for. There is no statute of limitations on murder.

    m.... ....

    An astute analysis of how things can go wrong. Or at least drop down several rungs. I can't speak about Bette but I think you've provided a good thesis on how Barbra "lost the magic." Out west she did not have Don Costa and Peter Matz. (Am I right?) Plus she started falling for duds like Jon Peters and taking their advice. My own peeve: when I saw the album "Guilty" I said the word "prostitute" in my head (only it was the one that rhymes with "more"). Something about the West Coast brings out the desire to go slut in performers. But I think she got back on track with "The Broadway Album." And I thought she was super classy at the Clinton Inaugural.

  3. N.... B....

    Shirley MacLaine sang this song in the movie "Sweet Charity" and I have to say that it was a completely different experience.
    Finally, after hearing this song over MANY years I realize that it's the horns pushing the propulsive beat forward that creates the song's irresistible energy. Barbra rides it so effortlessly with her uncanny ability to know exactly what each note requires to bring that baby in. A fine example of stitching all the pieces together to make a stunning performance.

    N.... B....

    This is it exactly! That brass is amazing - where will you ever hear that kind of thing these days?

  4. D.... J....

    Miss Streisand makes this, like so many songs, exciting and alive!

    D.... J....

    +Douglas -- you might not think it was the same song that Shirley MacLaine sang in the movie "Sweet Charity."

  5. B.... ....

    In addition to superb vocals, this is great acting. What a wonderful interpretation!

  6. S.... W....

    Powerful performance.

  7. D.... G....

    It’s also extraordinary that Streisand didn’t read music, but this song modulates between several different key signatures. She just lands correctly on every note. Though her technical knowledge of singing and music were likely zilch, she had an amazing musicality. Many other great musicians couldn’t read music either: Sinatra, Ella, Judy, Pavarotti, McCartney.

    D.... G....

    Music was never intended to be sterilized on paper. Impossible to turn the printed note into vibrant and exuberant sound.

    D.... G....

    She did not read music but she most likely knew what possibilities it contained. In this performance and others she just didn't walk up to the microphone for the first time to try something out. She'd done her homework and the perfect outcome was the result of intuitive analysis, total commitment and a professional work ethic.

  8. W.... B....

    I love this song. It sounds like my life. Love it.

  9. C.... N....

    She so often takes a song like this, written for a specific character in a show, and transforms it into a statement that is autobiographical. Some critics see this as ego or self indulgence. I see it as personalizing the material, allowing her to express her own issues. Does that make her bigger than the song? Duh.

  10. R.... M....

    Being a staunch if not zealous fan of this era of Barbra and having just listened to Dusty Springfield's rendition (ya gotta love YouTube for enabling such comparisons at the click of a mouse), I'm going to have to give Dusty a hat's off for a fine performance but the winner here is Barbra by a nose! ;-)

    R.... M....

    I have always preferred early Barbra but I have found so few people writing about why she is so much better then.. Nothing in any of the professional writings. I think your voice is fresher more relaxed and she is more emotive

    R.... M....

    This period, the 7 albums from "People" through "The Christmas Album" could be considered the Golden Age. It's so clear in the voice -- this song being a fine example. Listen closely and you can hear that vibrato suspended at the back of the upper palate. In later work the voice dropped down into its "proper place" (the way that trained singers sing). These early albums are in a sense the untrained Barbra, singing with great bravado and full emotional range.

    R.... M....

    Yeah, the Golden Age; great bravado and full emotional range! Loves me that Barbra I do! But I would go a bit further than the first 7 albums, perhaps through to 1977's "Superman" after which she began settling in to a 'sound' that was lack-luster and largely uninspired. Elevator music meets something one puts on at a party as background music. Still a gifted singer, perhaps we can refer to this as the Brass or Tin Age. Truly though I have only myself and those of my ilk to blame having continued to buy everything she churned out well into the 90's.