Lyrics to
Momma

This version of Momma was released by Bob Seger in 1975.

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I was the baby brother
I was the quiet other
And I remember mother so well
I was the little stranger
I never was in danger
I could’a had a manger, pray tell

Oh, how she could control me
And when I was bad she’d scold me
Sometimes she wouldn’t hold me, and I’d cry
But momma she never told me a lie
Momma she never told me a lie

I used to stay out evenings
Stay out too late some evenings
And momma would be there seething
Back home

Momma, she sat and waited
Sat in the hall and waited
Now I know why she hated that phone
And when I’d come in she’d grab me
Right by the arm she’d grab me
And Lord, when she was finished with me
I’d cry, oh, I’d cry

But momma she never told me a lie
Momma she never told me a lie

Oh how she could control me
And when I was bad she’d scold me
Sometimes she wouldn’t hold me, and I’d cry
But momma she never told me a lie
Momma she never promised the sky
Momma she never told me a lie

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About Lyrics and Momma by Bob Seger

The lyrics for Momma are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1975 song by Bob Seger. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to Momma 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 Momma - Bob Seger 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 Momma by Bob Seger 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 Momma" means the words set to the music of Momma, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Bob Seger. 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 Momma and the lyrics to Momma are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Bob Seger who came here looking just for the lyrics to Momma, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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