Lyrics to
Mother Earth Blues

This version of Mother Earth Blues was released by Heart in 1978.

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Well- you can have me all the time
Or you can never come my way
But Mother Earth is waiting for you
There’s a debt you’ve got to pay
I don’t care how rich you are
I don’t care what you earn
You know that when it all comes down
You’ve got to go back to Mother Earth

You know you may have a million dollars
Or you may drive a cadillac
You may have enough money
To buy anything, anything you lack
Well- I don’t care how rich you are
I don’t care what you’re worth
Cuz you know when it all comes down
You’ve got to go back
You’ve got to go back to
Mother Earth

You know you shook me, Babe
You shook me all night loooooooong
You know you shook me, Baby
You shook me all night loooooooong
You shook me so hard, Baby…..

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About Lyrics and Mother Earth Blues by Heart

The lyrics for Mother Earth Blues are defined as the words making up the song released by Heart in 1978. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Mother Earth Blues have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only Heart and those working with them know all of the meanings behind all of the lyrics to their songs.

Some folks are interested in word and phrase etymology. It is easy to understand the lyrics to Mother Earth Blues by Heart if you think through it. 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 Earth Blues" means the words set to the music of Mother Earth Blues, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Heart. 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 Earth Blues and the lyrics to Mother Earth Blues are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Heart who came here looking just for the lyrics to Mother Earth Blues, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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