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Hey Mama Lyrics

She don't know what she wants to be
With all the pictures in the magazines
Holding hands when she's mad at me
Cause she don't wanna go; don't wanna go
I met her at anthropology
Her purple boots and her golden dreams
Standing there like a TN Queen
Singing don't look at me; don't look at me
Singing Oh Oh won't you help me sing this song?
Singing E E E she don't ever wanna go to sleep
Singing Hey Mama don't want no drama just a kiss before I leave (ohhhh)
Hey lady don't say maybe you're the one that I can believe
Hey lover don't want no other
Finger for my ring.
Hey mama hey hey mama
Hey mama hey hey mama
Hey mama hey hey mama
Hey mama hey hey mama
Oh x 12
I could see it in her Cherokee eyes
Those baby browns and her golden thighs
What are you doing for the rest of your life
Cause I don't wanna go don't wanna go
Singing oh oh won't you help me sing this song?
Singing E E E quit your playing like a mystery
Singing hey mama don't want no drama just
a kiss before I leave (ohhhh)
Hey lady don't say maybe you're the one that I can believe
Hey lover don't want no other,
Finger for my ring
Hey mama hey hey mama
Hey mama hey hey mama
Hey mama hey hey mama
Hey mama hey hey mama
Oh oh oh oh
We couldn't be
more opposite
I'm hard to please and she's hard to get
You're Mississippi and I'm Oregon
You're she tanned and I'm porcelain
Singing Hey Mama I don't want no drama just a kiss before I leave (ohhhh)
Hey lady don't say maybe you're the one I can believe
Hey lover I don't want no other,
Finger for my ring
Hey mama hey hey mama
Hey mama hey hey mama
Hey mama hey hey mama
Hey mama hey hey mama
Oh oh oh oh oh
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Cover art for Hey Mama lyrics by Mat Kearney

This song is about the love a man feels for a young college girl, who is unsure of her place in life. This song is about the passionate love he feels for her, and he is pleading for her to stay with him, because even though he might have to go, he'll come back because she's his one and only.

My Interpretation

College girl? I thought he said Cherokee girl? Interesting the Cherokee/Tennessee connection though. Hm. Ironic.

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well he said he met her at anthropology. I kind of assumed it was a college class...and cherokee eyes...could either be a girl with cherokee anscestry or just the "look" of a cherokee.

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Oh, wait...anthropology class, perhaps? Uniquely spelled, "Anthroplogie" as if there are no apologies for her wild ingun heritage.

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