Lyrics to
Aloha Mama

This version of Aloha Mama was released by Chicago in 1979.

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Aloha mama don’t go away
Aloha mama I want you to stay
Aloha mama won’t you treat me right
I need you tender woman won’t you hold me tight
Surfridin’ sister I wanna taste your love
Le’s make it in the garden beneath the stars above
Aloha mama don’t go away
Aloha mama I want you to stay
Aloha mama have you got the cure
My heart’s all broken and I feel unsure
Surfridin’ sister I got to fly away
I’ll be back in September that’s the price I pay
Aloha mama don’t go away
Aloha mama I want you to stay
Can’t you feel the trade winds blowin’
There’s a look in your eyes you’re goin’
Don’t leave me now I’m a hurtin’
If you’d look in my eyes you’d see hunger arise
Can’t you feel all these years I’ve been cryin’ these years
Aloha mama don’t go away
Aloha mama I want you to stay
Aloha mama don’t make me cry
Aloha mama you know I’ll die
Aloha mama don’t go away
Aloha mama I want you to stay

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About Lyrics and Aloha Mama by Chicago

The lyrics for Aloha Mama are defined as the words making up the song released by Chicago in 1979. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Aloha Mama have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only Chicago and those working with them know all of the meanings behind all of the lyrics to their songs.

Some folks are interested in word and phrase etymology. It is easy to understand the lyrics to Aloha Mama by Chicago if you think through it. 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 Aloha Mama" means the words set to the music of Aloha Mama, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Chicago. 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 Aloha Mama and the lyrics to Aloha Mama are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Chicago who came here looking just for the lyrics to Aloha Mama, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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