Mother Earth
Eric Burdon And Jimi Hendrix Lyrics


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Mother Earth is waitin' for you, yes she is
She is big and she's round
And it's cold way down in the ground

You may not be happy all the time
You may never be that way
Mother Earth is waitin' for you
For that debt you?'e got to pay

Don't care how big you are
I don't care what you were
When it all is up
You've got to go back to Mother Earth

You could be blass with life
Only make love to foreign girls
You may have a little jet, baby
And fly all around the world

Don't care how big you are
I don't care what you were
When it all is up
You've got to go back to Mother Earth
She is waitin' for you
Yea

When it all is up
You got to go back
Way back to Mother Earth, yes

I feel so bad, oh, all I can do is sing these blues, yea
When it all is up




You've got to go back to Mother Earth
Oh baby you hear what I say

Overall Meaning

The song Mother Earth by Eric Burdon and Jimi Hendrix is a reminder that no matter who you are or what you do in life, at the end of the day, we all have to return to the earth. The song speaks about how no matter how big or powerful you may be in this world, you still have to pay your debt to the earth when it's all over. The first stanza talks about how Mother Earth is waiting for us and how big she is. It is a metaphorical way of implying that we all belong to the earth and we are all a part of her.


The second and third stanzas talk about how it doesn't matter how big or famous you are or what you do in life, everyone has to return to Mother Earth. The song talks about jet-setting across the world, making love to foreign girls, or even being blessed with life, but at the end of the day, we all return to Mother Earth. The fourth and last stanza talks about how the singer feels bad and all he can do is sing the blues as a final reminder that we are all a part of the earth and we have to respect her.


Line by Line Meaning

Mother Earth is waitin' for you, yes she is
Mother Earth is always waiting for us as the big round planet on which we live.


She is big and she's round
The earth is big and round in shape.


And it's cold way down in the ground
It is really cold when you go deeper into the earth's core.


You may not be happy all the time
Life may not always be happy, there are ups and downs in life.


You may never be that way
There is no guarantee that life will always be in a positive direction.


Mother Earth is waitin' for you For that debt you?'e got to pay
Regardless of how we live our lives, we all have to pay the debt of death and return back to mother earth.


Don't care how big you are I don't care what you were When it all is up You've got to go back to Mother Earth
None of our accomplishments or statuses will matter in the end, we all have to return to the earth after our lives are over.


You could be blass with life Only make love to foreign girls You may have a little jet, baby And fly all around the world
Even if we have everything we want in life like wealth, fame, and power, we cannot escape death and must return to the earth.


She is waitin' for you Yea
Mother Earth is always waiting for us to return when our time to pass on comes.


When it all is up You got to go back Way back to Mother Earth, yes
When our life is over, we have to go back to Mother Earth where we came from.


I feel so bad, oh, all I can do is sing these blues, yea
The singer expresses sadness about the inevitability of death, and all he can do is sing to cope with the inevitability of dying.


Oh baby you hear what I say
The singer urges listeners to understand the message of returning to the earth when our time is over.




Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: LEWIS SIMPKINS, PETER CHATMAN

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Comments from YouTube:

@alexxgonzalez4237

Increíble.. Increíble bootleg ya una pieza invaluable dada su configuración histórica ya que su servidor desconocía éstos datos acerca de la despedida de la leyenda de seattle y que había sido en england y con otros maestros de la talla del gran eric burdon que buen archivo lo grandioso de ésto es que nunca nos acabaremos de sorprender con la música de la postguerra. Gracias al canal por compartir tan increíbles archivos!!

@oscarcardozo6217

Jazz y Blues, me falta un Escoses en las rocas...
Buen trabajo Doc...

@observadorbinario

Hola, Oscar. Saludos.

@RobertSmith-ix1cu

Wish I had a poster of Jimi on the Throne with Eric John Stevie & Carl behind him/True Royalty 👑 Love your channel/Subscriber # 💯

@observadorbinario

Thank you very much, Robert.

@Luis-gc7pf

Pura filigrana ,también se ve John Mayall

@observadorbinario

John Mayall, Steve Winwood y Carl Wayne (de The Move), además de ellos dos en la foto.

@brucerhodes9283

Was this music recorded by a third grade music class?

@davidkey8172

It was recorded by an audience member with a recorder. Technology wasn’t what it is now back in 1970. Yes it’s not high quality but it documents the last recorded sounds of Jimi before he died. I can hear his guitar and music and vocals just fine. Are you a Hendrix fan and are you familiar with these songs? I’m just thankful that a recording does exist. The quality is just as good as any old 78 featuring an old Blues guy or early Jazz band(Louie Armstrong)

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