Lyrics to
Mama Don’t Know

This version of Mama Don’T Know was released by Neil Diamond in 1979.

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Mama don’t know
What the preacher man know
But the preacher man know it all right
Papa don’t know
What the preacher man do
When the preacher man come out tonight
“Heal Me”
She said, “Heal me, make me whole.”

Here he comes
Well he’s talking to the weak
Here he comes
Don’t he touch you when he speaks?

Mama don’t know
What the preacher man know
But the preacher man know it all right
Papa don’t care
What the preacher man say
If the preacher man sayin’ it right
“Heal Me”
She said, “Heal me, make me whole.”

Here he comes
Well he’s talking to the weak
Here he comes
Don’t he touch you when he speaks?

Sweet Lord, we rejoice
And give ourselves to thee
True, Light, Glory and Grace

Make us see
“Heal Me, Heal Me, Heal Me, Heal Me,
Heal Me, Heal Me, Heal Me, Heal Me”

Here he comes
Well he’s talking to the weak
Here he comes
Don’t he touch you when he speaks?
Don’t he touch you when he speaks?
Don’t he touch you when he speaks?

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About Lyrics and Mama Don’T Know by Neil Diamond

The lyrics for Mama Don’T Know are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1979 song by Neil Diamond. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to Mama Don’T Know have both direct meanings and metaphorical context hidden within the song's words. All of the meanings are only truly known by the creators of the lyrics for Mama Don’T Know - Neil Diamond and any of the writers who worked with them on the song.

If you have an interest in the structure of words and phrases, you can dissect the lyrics to Mama Don’T Know by Neil Diamond in multiple ways. 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 Mama Don’T Know" means the words set to the music of Mama Don’T Know, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Neil Diamond. 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 Mama Don’T Know and the lyrics to Mama Don’T Know are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Neil Diamond who came here looking just for the lyrics to Mama Don’T Know, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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