All Night Long – English Lyrics

• By: Chris Beard
• Album: Barwalkin'

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the soulful world of Chris Beard with "All Night Long"! This blues masterpiece, rich with authentic emotion and captivating guitar work, offers a fantastic opportunity to immerse yourself in the language of blues music. Through its passionate lyrics and compelling rhythm, you can explore expressions of love, devotion, and deep connection, making it a powerful and special song for language learners and blues enthusiasts alike.

[English]

My baby said she loved me

Love me all night long

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My baby said she loved me

Love me all night long

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As long as my mojo be working

She'll love me all night long

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My baby squeeze me tight

Squeeze me tight all night long

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My baby squeeze me real tight y'all

Squeeze me tight all night long

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She keeps me warm when I'm cold

She'll love me all night long

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My baby takes my blues away

Takes 'em away all night long

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My baby takes my blues away y'all

Takes 'em away all night long

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She said, "You be good to me

I'll love you 'til dawn"

Play the blues, play the blues, play the blues

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My baby said she loved me

Love me all night long

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My baby said she loved me

Love me all night long

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She said, "With a love like mine

You can never go wrong"

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
love /lʌv/ A1	verb - to have a strong feeling of affection for someone noun - a strong feeling of affection
night /naɪt/ A1	noun - the period of darkness between one day and the next
long /lɒŋ/ A1	adjective - measuring a great distance from end to end
baby /ˈbeɪ.bi/ A1	noun - a very young child
working /ˈwɜː.kɪŋ/ A2	verb - engaged in activity or employment
squeeze /skwiːz/ B1	verb - firmly press (something soft or yielding), typically with one's fingers
tight /taɪt/ B1	adjective - fitting closely
warm /wɔːrm/ A2	adjective - having or producing a comfortably high temperature verb - make or become warm
cold /koʊld/ A1	adjective - of or at a low or relatively low temperature
blues /bluːz/ B2	noun - melancholy, sadness or depression; a type of music
good /ɡʊd/ A1	adjective - to be desired or approved of
dawn /dɔːn/ B2	noun - the first light of day
play /pleɪ/ A1	verb - to engage in an activity for enjoyment and recreation rather than a serious or practical purpose. verb - to perform (music)
wrong /rɔːŋ/ A2	adjective - not correct or true
mojo /ˈmoʊ.dʒoʊ/ C1	noun - a magic spell, charm, or potion; personal magnetism or charm

Key Grammar Structures

• My baby said she loved me

  ➔ Past Simple (reported speech)

  ➔ The verb 'said' indicates reported speech. 'Loved' is the past simple, reflecting what the baby supposedly said at a point in the past.

• As long as my mojo be working

  ➔ Subjunctive Mood (informal/dialectal)

  ➔ The use of "be" instead of "is" with a third-person singular subject ('mojo') is a feature of the subjunctive mood, here used informally to express a condition. Standard English would be 'is working'.

• She keeps me warm when I'm cold

  ➔ Present Simple (general truth/habitual action)

  ➔ "Keeps" and "'m" (I am) express a general truth about their relationship or something that happens regularly.

• My baby takes my blues away

  ➔ Present Simple (general truth)

  ➔ The verb "takes" in the present simple suggests a characteristic action or general truth about the baby's influence.

• You can never go wrong

  ➔ Modal verb 'can' (possibility/certainty) + adverb of frequency 'never'

  ➔ The sentence uses 'can' to express possibility, combined with 'never' to indicate absolute certainty that nothing bad will happen.