Lyrics to
Alma Mater

This version of Alma Mater was released by Alice Cooper in 1972.

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Rain is falling down my cheek searching for the sea
Tomorrow like the rain I’ll be back home again
I watch the bus as it pulls out of view
Someday like that bus I will be leavin’ too
But you know it breaks my heart to leave you camelback my high school
And now alone cryin’ in my beer
’cause old friends said goodbye I guess I’ll be leavin’ too
But you know it breaks my heart to leave you Cortez I’ll miss you
Yes I will yes I will you know I will
Yes I will yes I will you know I will
Well so long so long everybody everybody I hope that I would see you again again
Goodbye goodbye everybody everybody I finally grew up they finally let me out of school
Hey remember the time remember the time
We took that snake and we we put it down little Betsy’s dress
Now I don’t think Miss Axelrod was much impressed
Now I don’t think Miss Axelrod was much impressed
Well I don’t think Miss Axelrod was much impressed
Oh goodbye goodbye everybody everybody I hope that I would see you again again
So long so long everybody everybody
How do you like that they finally let me out of school
Goodbye goodbye ah I wanna get out of here
They let me out of school how ’bout that uh
Goodbye hey goodbye guys
Maybe I’ll see maybe I’ll see you around some time uh
Ay don’t make a stranger of yourself uh remember the Coop uh
May I ho I hope you don’t forget me or nothin’ goodbye

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About Lyrics and Alma Mater by Alice Cooper

When you decide to study the lyrics to Alma Mater, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1972 song by Alice Cooper. Some of the lyrics to Alma Mater have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Alice Cooper and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

You can understand the lyrics to Alma Mater if you take apart the structure of the words. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Alma Mater" means the words set to the music of Alma Mater, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Alice Cooper. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Alma Mater and the lyrics to Alma Mater are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Alice Cooper who came here looking just for the lyrics to Alma Mater, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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