Lyrics to
Mother

This version of Mother was released by John Lennon in 1970.

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Mother, You had Me I never had you
I wanted you but you didn’t want me
So I got to tell you
Goodbye , Goodbye

Father, You left me but I never left you
I needed you but you didn’t need me
So I just got to tell you
Goodbye , Goodbye

Children, Don’t do what I have done
I couldn’t walk so I tried to run
So I got to tell you
Goodbye , Goodbye

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About Lyrics and Mother by John Lennon

When you decide to study the lyrics to Mother, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1970 song by John Lennon. Some of the lyrics to Mother have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only John Lennon and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

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

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