Lyrics to
Mama Kin

This version of Mama Kin was released by Aerosmith in 1973.

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It ain’t easy, livin’ like a gypsy.
Tell ya, honey, how I feel.
I’ve been dreaming,
Floatin’ down stream and
Losin’ touch with all that is real.
Whole earth lover, keepin’ under cover
Never knowin’ where ya been.
You’ve been fadin’, always out paradin.
Keepin’ touch with Mama Kin.

Well you’ve always got your tail on the wag.
Shootin’ fire from your mouth just like a dragon.
You act like a perpertual drag.
You better check it out,
Or someday soon you’ll have to climb back on the wagon.

It ain’t easy, livin’ like ya wanna,
And it’s so hard to find piece of mind. Yes it is.
The way I see it, you’ve got to say shit.
But don’t forget to drop me a line.

Said you’re as bald as an egg at eighteen.
And workin’ for you dad is just a drag.
He still stuffs your mouth with your dreams.
You better check it out,
Or someday soon you’ll have to climb back on the wagon.

Keepin’ touch with Mama Kin.
Tell her where you’ve gone and been.
Livin’ out your fantasy,
Sleeping late and smoking tea.

It ain’t easy, livin’ like ya wanna,
And it’s so hard to find piece of mind. Yes it is.
The way I see it, you’ve got to say shit.
But don’t forget to drop me a line.

Said you’re as bald as an egg at eighteen.
And workin’ for you dad is just a drag.
He still stuffs your mouth with your dreams.
You better check it out,
Or someday soon you’ll have to climb back on the wagon.

Keepin’ touch with Mama Kin.
Tell her where you’ve gone and been.
Livin’ out your fantasy,
Sleeping late and smoking tea.

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When you decide to study the lyrics to Mama Kin, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1973 song by Aerosmith. Some of the lyrics to Mama Kin have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Aerosmith and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

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

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