I'm Going to Go Back There Someday

"I'm Going to Go Back There Someday" is an original song written for the 1979 film The Muppet Movie. The Muppets get stranded in the desert, and as night falls they sit around a campfire. Gonzo recalls his experience flying with balloons earlier that day and expresses his longing to return to the sky in song.

In 1990, Dave Goelz performed the song with piano on stage at Jim Henson's Memorial.

Gonzo re-recorded the song for the 1999 film Muppets from Space. Although the song is not heard in the movie, it is included in the soundtrack.

In 2005, Gonzo and Paul Williams recorded a version of this song for the dualdisc set I'm Going Back There Someday.

In 2011, Rachael Yamagata performed the song on "The Green Album".

Lyrics
This looks familiar, vaguely familiar,

Almost unreal, yet, it's too soon to feel yet.

Close to my soul, yet so far away.

I'm going to go back there someday.

Sun rises, night falls, sometimes the sky calls.

Is that a song there, and do I belong there?

I've never been there, but I know the way.

I'm going to go back there someday.

Come and go with me, it's more fun to share,

We'll both be completely at home in midair.

We're flyin', not walkin', on featherless wings.

We can hold onto love like invisible strings.

There's not a word yet for old friends who've just met.

Part heaven, part space, or have I found my place?

You can just visit, but I plan to stay.

I'm going to go back there someday.

I'm going to go back there someday.