7 Summers
Lyrics:
[English]
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♪ YEAH, YOU USED TO TALK ABOUT ♪
♪ GETTIN EVEN FURTHER SOUTH ♪
♪ SOMEWHERE WHERE THE SUMMER LASTED ♪
♪ ALL YEAR ROUND ♪
♪ PROBABLY GOT A BIG OL DIAMOND ♪
♪ ON YOUR HAND RIGHT NOW ♪
♪ MAYBE A BABY OR A COUPLE BY NOW ♪
♪ LONG DRIVEWAY TO A BIG WHITE HOUSE ♪
♪ BUT I WONDER WHEN YOU'RE DRINKIN ♪
♪ IF YOU FIND YOURSELF THINKIN ♪
♪ ABOUT THAT BOY FROM EAST TENNESSEE ♪
♪ AND I KNOW WE BOTH KNEW BETTER ♪
♪ BUT WE STILL SAID FOREVER ♪
♪ AND THAT WAS SEVEN SUMMERS AGO ♪
♪ IN SOUTHERN COMFORT ♪
♪ WERE WE DUMB OR JUST YOUNGER? ♪
♪ WHO KNOWS ♪
♪ BACK THEN YOU USED TO LOVE THE RIVER ♪
♪ AND SIPPIN' ON A SIXER WITH ME ♪
♪ DOES IT EVER MAKE YOU SAD TO KNOW ♪
♪ THAT WAS SEVEN SUMMERS AGO? ♪
♪ ♪
♪ YEAH, I BET YOUR DADDY'S SO PROUD ♪
♪ OF HOW HIS LITTLE GIRL TURNED OUT ♪
♪ THINKS SHE DODGED A BULLET ♪
♪ OF A GOOD OLD BOY LIKE ME ♪
♪ CAUSE I STILL GO DRINKIN, SAME FRIENDS ON FRIDAY ♪
♪ BOUGHT A FEW ACRES, COUPLE ROADS OFF THE HIGHWAY ♪
♪ GUESS YOU NEVER SAW THINGS MY WAY, ANYWAY ♪
♪ BUT I WONDER WHEN YOU'RE DRINKIN ♪
♪ IF YOU FIND YOURSELF THINKIN ♪
♪ ABOUT THAT BOY FROM EAST TENNESSEE ♪
♪ AND I KNOW WE BOTH KNEW BETTER ♪
♪ BUT WE STILL SAID FOREVER ♪
♪ AND THAT WAS SEVEN SUMMERS AGO ♪
♪ IN SOUTHERN COMFORT ♪
♪ WERE WE DUMB OR JUST YOUNGER? ♪
♪ WHO KNOWS ♪
♪ BACK THEN YOU USED TO LOVE THE RIVER ♪
♪ AND SIPPIN ON A SIXER WITH ME ♪
♪ DOES IT EVER MAKE YOU SAD TO KNOW ♪
♪ THAT WAS SEVEN SUMMERS AGO? ♪
♪ ♪
♪ SEVEN SUMMERS AGO ♪
♪ ♪
♪ SEVEN SUMMERS AGO ♪
♪ ♪
♪ YEAH, I WONDER WHEN YOU'RE DRINKIN ♪
♪ IF YOU FIND YOURSELF THINKIN ♪
♪ ABOUT THAT BOY FROM EAST TENNESSEE ♪
♪ AND I KNOW WE BOTH KNEW BETTER ♪
♪ BUT WE STILL SAID FOREVER ♪
♪ AND THAT WAS SEVEN SUMMERS AGO ♪
♪ IN SOUTHERN COMFORT ♪
♪ WERE WE DUMB OR JUST YOUNGER? ♪
♪ WHO KNOWS ♪
♪ BACK THEN YOU USED TO LOVE THE RIVER ♪
♪ AND SIPPIN ON A SIXER WITH ME ♪
♪ DOES IT EVER MAKE YOU SAD TO KNOW ♪
♪ THAT WAS SEVEN SUMMERS AGO? ♪
♪ ♪
♪ SEVEN SUMMERS AGO ♪
♪ ♪
♪ SEVEN SUMMERS AGO ♪
♪ ♪
Vocabulary in this song:
Vocabulary | Meanings |
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talk /tɔːk/ A1 |
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summer /ˈsʌmər/ A1 |
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hand /hænd/ A1 |
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baby /ˈbeɪbi/ A1 |
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house /haʊs/ A1 |
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find /faɪnd/ A1 |
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boy /bɔɪ/ A1 |
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love /lʌv/ A1 |
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sad /sæd/ A2 |
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proud /praʊd/ A2 |
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drink /drɪŋk/ A1 |
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know /noʊ/ A1 |
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better /ˈbɛtər/ A2 |
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dumb /dʌm/ B2 |
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young /jʌŋ/ A1 |
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river /ˈrɪvər/ A1 |
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Grammar:
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And I know we both knew better
➔ Use of past simple tense with 'knew' to describe a completed past action.
➔ 'knew' is the past simple form of 'know', indicating knowledge or awareness in the past.
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Were we dumb or just younger?
➔ Use of 'were' as the past subjunctive form of 'are' in a hypothetical or interrogative sentence.
➔ 'Were' is used here to express a hypothetical situation or to question the reality of something past.
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And I still go drinkin, same friends on Friday
➔ Use of present simple tense 'go' with the gerund '-in' to describe habitual actions.
➔ 'Go' in this context is in the present simple tense, often used with '-ing' to indicate routines or habitual actions.
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Would we be dumb or just younger?
➔ Use of 'would' to form a conditional or hypothetical question.
➔ 'Would' is used here to pose a hypothetical or conditional question about a past scenario.
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And I wonder when you're drinkin'
➔ Use of 'wonder' as a verb indicating curiosity or questioning, with 'when' as a subordinate conjunction initiating the clause.
➔ 'Wonder' expresses curiosity, and 'when you're drinkin'' introduces a subordinate clause about the timing of the action.
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And I know we both knew better
➔ Use of 'both' to emphasize that two people shared the same knowledge or awareness.
➔ 'Both' emphasizes that the two individuals shared the same understanding or realization.