Lyrics to
Mama Mama

This version of Mama Mama was released by Chicago in 1976.

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I can feel the magic
Suddenly it’s all around
I can see it clearly
I can even hear the sound
It’s all so new to me
I’m not the same
If this is love – it’s words i feel
Then you’re to blame – but can’t explain
Mama mama when you look at me
I see love in your eyes
Mama mama softly sweet tender love in your eyes
You are all I live for
Maybe that’s enough to say
And you’re the one I wrote this song for
Everywhere & everyway

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Chicago has released many songs over the years besides Mama Mama. Chicago released songs from 1969 to 2006 spanning across albums like The Chicago Transit Authority, Chicago (Chicago II), Chicago III, Chicago V, Chicago VI, Chicago VII, Chicago VIII, Chicago X, Chicago XI, Hot Streets, Chicago 13, Chicago XIV, Chicago 16, Chicago 17, Chicago 18, Chicago 19, Twenty 1, Night & Day: Big Band, Chicago XXV: The Christmas Album, and Chicago XXX. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Chicago.

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About Lyrics and Mama Mama by Chicago

The lyrics to Mama Mama are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Chicago used when the song was created in 1976. The lyrics to Mama Mama have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Chicago and any collaborators know all of the inspirations for the song.

If you like etymology or breaking apart phrases and words, it is easy to understand the lyrics to Mama Mama by Chicago. 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 Mama" means the words set to the music of Mama 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 Mama Mama and the lyrics to Mama 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 Mama Mama, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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