American Beautiful
Lyrics:
[English]
She puts her boots and bandanna on
She has a hankering for Rolling Stones
She likes her vegetables home grown
A lot like the boy waiting out in the truck
She'll take a hill like Roosevelt
Holds up her pants with a Bible belt
She cracks 'em up like a liberty bell
A whole lot of tender and a little bit tough
Ooh, ooh, ooh
She's a little unusual
Ooh, ooh, ooh
She's American beautiful
Well, he is a mutt with a pedigree
Sinatra junkie in a pair of jeans
He pays his dues in the Land of the Free
Says, "Why walk; baby, we were born to run"
Ooh, ooh, ooh
He's a little unusual
Ooh, ooh, ooh
He's American beautiful
Yeah, yeah, yeah
I saw that girl in a mirror once
With a boy like that in a cloud of dust
I think they look a lot like us
'Cause we are, we are, we are
Ooh, ooh, ooh
We are a little unusual
Ooh, ooh, ooh
We are American beautiful
Yeah, ooh, ooh, ooh
We are a little unusual
Ooh, ooh, ooh
We are American, American, American beautiful
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Vocabulary in this song:
Vocabulary | Meanings |
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boots /buːts/ B1 |
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bandanna /bænˈdænə/ B2 |
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hankering /ˈhaŋ.kər.ɪŋ/ C1 |
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vegetables /ˈvɛdʒ.tə.bəlz/ A2 |
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truck /trʌk/ A2 |
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hill /hɪl/ A2 |
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Bible /ˈbaɪ.bəl/ A2 |
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pants /pænts/ A1 |
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liberty /ˈlɪb.ər.ti/ B2 |
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pedigree /ˈpɛd.ɪ.ɡriː/ C1 |
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jeans /dʒiːnz/ A2 |
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dues /dʒuːz/ B1 |
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pedestrian /pəˈdɛs.tri.ən/ B2 |
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mirror /ˈmɪr.ər/ A2 |
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Grammar:
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She puts her boots and bandanna on
➔ Present simple tense
➔ The verb "puts" indicates a habitual action.
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He pays his dues in the Land of the Free
➔ Present simple tense
➔ The phrase "pays his dues" suggests fulfilling obligations.
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A whole lot of tender and a little bit tough
➔ Colloquial expressions
➔ The phrase "a whole lot of tender" uses informal language to convey emotion.
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She's a little unusual
➔ Adjective usage
➔ The adjective "unusual" describes a characteristic of the subject.
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We are a little unusual
➔ Present simple tense
➔ The phrase "We are" indicates a state of being.