Lyrics to
Mongonucleosis

This version of Mongonucleosis was released by Chicago in 1974.

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About Lyrics and Mongonucleosis by Chicago

The lyrics for Mongonucleosis are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1974 song by Chicago. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to Mongonucleosis 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 Mongonucleosis - 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 Mongonucleosis 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 Mongonucleosis" means the words set to the music of Mongonucleosis, 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 Mongonucleosis and the lyrics to Mongonucleosis 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 Mongonucleosis, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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