All Summer Long – English Lyrics

• By: Kid Rock
• Album: Rock N Roll Jesus

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

It was 1989

My thoughts were short, my hair was long

Caught somewhere between a boy and man

She was 17

And she was far from in-between

It was summertime in northern Michigan

Splashing through the sandbar

Talking by the campfire

It's the simple things in life like when and where

We didn't have no internet

But man, I never will forget

The way the moonlight shined upon her hair

And we were trying different things

And we were smoking funny things

Making love out by the lake to our favorite song

Sipping whiskey out the bottle

Not thinking 'bout tomorrow

Singing "Sweet Home Alabama" all summer long

Singing "Sweet Home Alabama" all summer long

Catching walleye from the dock

Watching the waves roll off the rocks

She'll forever hold a spot inside my soul

We'd blister in the sun

We couldn't wait for night to come

To hit that sand and play some rock 'n' roll

While we were trying different things

And we were smoking funny things

Making love out by the lake to our favorite song

Sipping whiskey out the bottle

Not thinking 'bout tomorrow

Singing "Sweet Home Alabama" all summer long

Singing "Sweet Home Alabama" all summer long

("Sweet Home Alabama", oh, yeah)

Now nothing seems as strange

As when the leaves began to change

Or how we thought those days would never end

Sometimes I hear that song

And I start to sing along

And think, man, I'd love to see that girl again

(Man, I'd like to see that girl again)

And we were trying different things

And we were smoking funny things

Making love out by the lake to our favorite song (our favorite song)

Sipping whiskey out the bottle

Not thinking 'bout tomorrow

Singing "Sweet Home Alabama" all summer long

We were trying different things

And we were smoking funny things

Making love down by the lake to our favorite song

Sipping whiskey out the bottle

Not thinking 'bout tomorrow

Singing "Sweet Home Alabama" all summer long

Singing "Sweet Home Alabama" all summer long

Singing "Sweet Home Alabama" all summer long

Singing "Sweet Home Alabama" all summer long

Singing "Sweet Home Alabama" all summer long

Singing home "Sweet Home Alabama", yeah

Singing all summer long

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
summer /ˈsʌmər/ A1	noun - the warm season between spring and autumn
love /lʌv/ A1	noun - deep affection or strong feeling of attachment verb - to feel deep affection for someone
lake /leɪk/ A1	noun - a large inland body of water
whiskey /ˈwɪski/ B2	noun - a distilled alcoholic drink made from fermented grain mash
song /sɒŋ/ A1	noun - a short piece of music with words
moonlight /ˈmuːn.laɪt/ B2	noun - the light emitted by the moon
campfire /ˈkæmpˌfaɪər/ B2	noun - an open fire at a campsite
walleye /ˈwɔːlˌaɪ/ C1	noun - a freshwater fish with large eyes, popular in North America
sandbar /ˈsænd.bɑːr/ B2	noun - a ridge of sand built up in a river or sea
rock /rɒk/ A1	noun - a hard natural mineral material
roll /roʊl/ A2	verb - to turn over and over; to move by rotating
night /naɪt/ A1	noun - the period of darkness between sunset and sunrise
sun /sʌn/ A1	noun - the star that gives light and heat to Earth
leaves /liːvz/ A1	noun - flat green parts of a plant that grow from stems
change /tʃeɪndʒ/ A2	verb - to make or become different
forever /fɔːrˈɛvər/ B2	adverb - for all time; eternally
soul /soʊl/ B2	noun - the spiritual or immaterial part of a person
smoking /ˈsmoʊkɪŋ/ B1	verb - the act of inhaling and exhaling the smoke of tobacco
funny /ˈfʌni/ A2	adjective - causing laughter or amusement
different /ˈdɪfərənt/ B1	adjective - not the same as another

Key Grammar Structures

• It was 1989

  ➔ Simple Past Tense

  ➔ Describes completed actions in the past using "was" (past form of "be")

• Caught somewhere between a boy and man

  ➔ Past Participle as Adjective

  ➔ "Caught" (past participle) describes a state of being, modifying the subject

• We didn't have no internet

  ➔ Double Negative (Informal)

  ➔ Informal construction where "didn't" and "no" together emphasize negation (standard: "didn't have any internet")

• Making love out by the lake to our favorite song

  ➔ Present Participle Phrase

  ➔ "Making" introduces a participial phrase showing simultaneous action with the main clause

• Not thinking 'bout tomorrow

  ➔ Negative Present Participle

  ➔ Shortened form "'bout" = about. "Not thinking" shows omitted subject + continuous action negation

• She'll forever hold a spot inside my soul

  ➔ Future Simple for Permanent Truth

  ➔ "She'll" (she will) expresses an eternal future truth, not a prediction

• When the leaves began to change

  ➔ Past Simple + Infinitive

  ➔ "Began" (past tense) + "to change" (infinitive) shows the start of an action

• I start to sing along

  ➔ Verb + Infinitive Pattern

  ➔ "Start" (verb) followed by "to sing" (infinitive) shows commencement of action