Lyrics to
Oh Mama

This version of Oh Mama was released by Joe Cocker in 1975.

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Oh mama
I don’t want to feel this way
Oh, no not another day, please
Oh mama
Take me home
I don’t want to be alone no more mama

I try to kick him off
But he hangs around
I try to stand up
But I fall back down

Rescue
A mean ol’ man’s
Got a hook on me
Oh mama

Oh mama
I try to kick him off
But he hangs around
I try to stand up
But I fall back down

Oh mama
It’s so cold
I just don’t know no more

Oh mama
Oh mama

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The lyrics to Oh Mama are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by Joe Cocker in 1975. Elements of the lyrics to Oh Mama are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by Joe Cocker and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for Oh Mama back when it was created.

Some people have an interest in the etymology behind words and phrases. You can take apart the lyrics to Oh Mama by Joe Cocker 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 Oh Mama" means the words set to the music of Oh Mama, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Joe Cocker. 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 Oh Mama and the lyrics to Oh Mama are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Joe Cocker who came here looking just for the lyrics to Oh Mama, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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