Chicago — Mother Live at Carnegie Hall

[Spoken Intro] This song, is on the new album Sort of features the horn section Doing, uh, a thing in five eight And it's supposed to uh, resemble the industry And uh, money making And, uh, pollution Which is the biggest product of money Oh well, heh heh Anyway, it's called "Mother" [Verse 1: Robert Lamm] Driving down the concrete beams Looking around and it now seems [Chorus: Robert Lamm, with bandmates] Mama Earth is nowhere Gone from your eye-eye-eyes Hidden in the crust Of man's scientific dreams She is gone [Instrumental Break] [Verse 2: Robert Lamm] Natural man took her natural face Made it a strange and alien place [Chorus: Robert Lamm, with bandmates] You can't bear to look up She ain't there-ere-ere Our Mother has been raped And left to die in disgrace She is gone