Lyrics to
I’m Asking

This version of I’M Asking was released by Steppenwolf in 1971.

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I’m asking all you mothers,
do your children take jive?
and God was just piled upon them
do you think they’ll survive?
you send them to the movies
what you think that they’ll see?
you know that that won’t be love
that not breathing cheaply
A vagrant or a murderer
a rapist or a cheat
I missed your millions
and violence in our streets

I’m asking!
Yes, I’m Asking!

But Las Vegas bodies
are still not for your lives
I’m asking all you mothers,
do you tell your children lies?
how do you think they’ll grow up
if they’re weened upon a gun
or stories of how the stork
and bout you, your new start
a tear in the darkness
as a wellness fills there eyes
when truth is discovered
if they leave you – don’t
don’t you be surprised
I’m asking
I’m asking all you mothers
I’m asking
all you mothers to be
I’m asking
for the sake of our children,
don’t take away the right
the right to be free

I’m asking all you young girls
have you learned about lost pleasure
or did your parents bind tomorrow
restrain you from the treasure
Tell me, look behind you
was your mama really there?
your child looks alot like you
for her sake I hope you’ll be fair
you want your kids to grow up
with the things you never had
then give them all there freedom
respect there values of good and bad

I’m asking
Yes, I’m asking
I’m asking
I’m asking
do you tell your children lies
I’m asking

I’m asking

I’m asking

I’m asking

Yes, I’m asking

I’m asking

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About Lyrics and I’M Asking by Steppenwolf

When you decide to study the lyrics to I’M Asking, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1971 song by Steppenwolf. Some of the lyrics to I’M Asking have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Steppenwolf and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

You can understand the lyrics to I’M Asking 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 I’M Asking" means the words set to the music of I’M Asking, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Steppenwolf. 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 I’M Asking and the lyrics to I’M Asking are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Steppenwolf who came here looking just for the lyrics to I’M Asking, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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