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Mama You Been On My Mind

This version of Mama You Been On My Mind was released by Rod Stewart in 1972.

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Perhaps it’s the color of the sun cut flat
and coverin’ the crossroads I’m standing at
or maybe it’s the weather or something like that
but mama you been on my mind

I do not mean you trouble, don’t put me down, don’t get upset
I am not pleadin’ or sayin’ I can’t forget you
I do not pace the floor, bowed down and bent, but yet
mama you been on my mind

Even tho’ my eyes are hazy
and my thoughts they might be narrow
where you been don’t bother me, or bring me down with sorrow
I don’t even mind where you be wakin’ up tomorrow
but mama you been on my mind

I’m not asking you to say words like yes or no
Please understand me, I’ve no place I’m calling you to go
I’m just whisperin’ to myself so I can pretend that I don’t know
Mama you been on my mind

When you wake up in the mornin’ baby, look inside your mirror
you know I won’t be next to you, you know I won’t be near
I’d just be curious to know if you can see yourself as clear
as someone who has had you on his mind
As someone who has had you on his mind
Mama you been on my mind

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

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