Lyrics to
Mama’s Pearl

This version of Mama’S Pearl was released by Jackson 5 in 1970.

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You send cold chills up and down my spine
We kiss for thrills, then you draw the line oh baby (oh baby)
Cause your mama told you that love ain’t right
But don’t you know that lovin’ is the spice of life, yeah.

Mama’s pearl, let down those curls
Let me give my love a whirl
Find what you been missing (what you been missing)
Ooh ooh now baby

Goody girl, let down those curls
Let me give your heart a twirl
Don’t keep me wishin’ (keep me wishin’)
(Bum ba bum ba bum ba bum bum
bum ba bum ba bum ba bum bum bum
bum ba bum ba bum ba bum bum
Bum ba bum ba bum ba bum bum bum)

You want my lovin’ yes you do do do (Yes you do, I know you do)
Know my lovin’ is true true true now baby (Oh baby)
But your conscience tells you that love is wrong (Love is wrong, ooh)
But don’t you know that lovin’ never hurt no one, oh.

Let it all hang out (Girl don’t be afraid
Oh we’ve got the first step made
Ooh, the rest is up to you
Here is what you do, let yourself go)
Let yourself just go, now now now
Let your lovin’ flow, now now now
Just give it to me
(Cause I’ve got what you need)
Got what you need
Let’s fall in love, let’s fall in love
Find out what you’re missing
Goody girl, let down your curls
Let me give your heart a twirl
Why don’t you give my love a whirl
Girl don’t be afraid
Oh we’ve got the first step made
Just give in, just give in to me
Cause I’ve got what you need
Got what you need
(Let’s fall in love, let’s fall in love
Let yourself go)
Let yourself just go, let your lovin’ flow
Just give it to me
(Cause I’ve got what you need got what you need)
(Mama’s pearl, don’t be afraid
Let’s fall in love, let’s fall in love
Daddy’s girl we’ve got it made
Let’s fall in love, let’s fall in love)
Find out what you been missing sugar
Goody goody goody girl
(Mama’s pearl, don’t be afraid
Let’s fall in love, let’s fall in love
Daddy’s girl we’ve got it made
Let’s fall in love, let’s fall in love)

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Jackson 5 has released many songs over the years besides Mama’S Pearl. Jackson 5 released songs from 1969 to 1979 spanning across albums like Diana Ross Presents The Jackson 5, ABC, Third Album, Christmas Album, Maybe Tomorrow, Goin' Back To Indiana, Lookin' Through The Windows, In Japan, Skywriter, G.I.T.: Get It Together, Dancing Machine, Moving Violation, Joyful Jukebox Music, and Boogie. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Jackson 5.

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About Lyrics and Mama’S Pearl by Jackson 5

The lyrics for Mama’S Pearl are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1970 song by Jackson 5. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to Mama’S Pearl 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’S Pearl - Jackson 5 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’S Pearl by Jackson 5 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’S Pearl" means the words set to the music of Mama’S Pearl, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Jackson 5. 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’S Pearl and the lyrics to Mama’S Pearl are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Jackson 5 who came here looking just for the lyrics to Mama’S Pearl, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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