Lyrics to
Mississippi Delta City Blues

This version of Mississippi Delta City Blues was released by Chicago in 1977.

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I’ve got a smile
That I put on
When I’m not at home
When I’m not alone.
But it is so hard
To make that smile
‘Cause I know I’ll be at home
And alone in a while
And if I look in a mirror
I see my eyes start to tear
I can’t help but cry
Since you said goodbye
I’ve got to hide
What I’m feelin’ inside
Can’t let them see
How you’re hurtin’ me.
So I guess that’s what I’ll do
Won’t let them see through
Won’t let them know
That you could hurt me so.
I’ve got a laugh
That I put on
When I’m not at home
When I’m not alone.
But it is so hard
To fake that laugh
When my insides are cryin’
And my heart’s torn in half
And all the music I hear
And things I valued so dear
Make me feel so blue
They all remind me of you.
(Now) What can I do
(Now) That our love is through
And my purpose is gone
Still I got to live on.
I guess that’s what I’ll do
I won’t let them see through
I won’t let them know
That you could hurt me so.

Chicago has released many songs over the years besides Mississippi Delta City Blues. 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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The lyrics to Mississippi Delta City Blues are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by Chicago in 1977. Elements of the lyrics to Mississippi Delta City Blues are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by Chicago and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for Mississippi Delta City Blues back when it was created.

Some people have an interest in the etymology behind words and phrases. You can take apart the lyrics to Mississippi Delta City Blues by Chicago in a number of 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 Mississippi Delta City Blues" means the words set to the music of Mississippi Delta City Blues, 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 Mississippi Delta City Blues and the lyrics to Mississippi Delta City Blues 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 Mississippi Delta City Blues, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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