Lyrics to
Mama Take

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

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On the road
But I won’t be gone too long
Babe, I’m leavin’ you tomorrow
On my way
And you know you make me strong
I’ll be thinking ’bout you
all night long

Mama take just a little bit
Mama take just a little bit
Mama take just a little bit from my heart
Mama shake just a little bit
Mama brake just a little bit
Mama take just a little bit from my heart
All alone
And, I’m feelin’ down today
Won’t let nothin’ come between us
Say the words
And the words are meant to say
I’ll be thinkin’ about you everyday
Mama take just a little bit
Mama take just a little bit
Mama take just a little bit from my heart, oh, oh
Mama shake just a little bit
Mama brake just a little bit
Mama take just a little bit from my heart
From my heart
I believe that we belong beyond a doubt
If we have a change of heart
We can always change our mind
And I know we’ll work it out
I can see that it’s the only way to go
It’s the only chance I get
It’s the only way you’ll know
That I love to love you
Mighty love
Gettin’ hard to find today
I believe in you forever
Say the words
And the words are meant to say
I’ll be thinkin’ about you everyday

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Chicago has released many songs over the years besides Mama Take. 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 Take by Chicago

The lyrics for Mama Take are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1979 song by Chicago. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to Mama Take 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 Take - Chicago 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 Take by Chicago 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 Take" means the words set to the music of Mama Take, 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 Take and the lyrics to Mama Take 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 Take, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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