At Last – English Lyrics

• By: Christina Aguilera

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

(people chatting)

♪ Oh yeah ♪

♪ My love has come along ♪

♪ Ooh ♪

♪ My lonely days ♪

♪ Are over, oh ♪

(person laughing)

♪ And life is like a song ♪

♪ Ooh yeah, yeah ♪

♪ Ooh yeah ♪ (people cheering)

♪ At last ♪

♪ Mmm, yeah ♪

(person chuckling)

♪ The skies above are blue ♪

♪ My heart was wrapped up in clover ♪

♪ The night I looked at you ♪

♪ Oooh yeahh, yeahh ♪

♪ Ooh, yeah ♪

♪ I found a dream ♪

♪ That I could speak to ♪

♪ A dream that I ♪

♪ Can call my own ♪

♪ I found a thrill, ooh ♪

♪ To press my cheek to ♪

♪ A thrill that I ♪

♪ I have never known ♪

♪ Oh yeah ♪

♪ You smile ♪

♪ You smile ♪

(people cheering)

♪ Oh and then the spell will cast ♪

♪ Ooh yeah, oh ♪

♪ And here we are in heaven ♪

♪ Ooh ♪

♪ For you are mine ♪

♪ At last, ooh ♪

♪ Ooh yeah ♪

♪ Ooh ♪

♪ Yeah, yeah ♪

♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh ♪

♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeahhh ♪

♪ Ooh, yeah ♪ (person cheering)

♪ At last ♪

♪ Ooh yeah ♪

♪ Oh yeah ♪

(person chuckling) (exciting piano music)

(people cheering)

(film buzzing)

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
love /lʌv/ A1	noun - a deep affection for someone
lonely /ˈloʊnli/ A2	adjective - sad because one has no friends or company
over /ˈoʊvər/ A1	adjective - finished or ended
life /laɪf/ A1	noun - the state of being alive
song /sɒŋ/ A1	noun - a musical composition with vocals
blue /bluː/ A1	adjective - of a color like the clear sky
heart /hɑːrt/ A1	noun - the organ that pumps blood
wrapped /ræpt/ A2	verb - to cover or enclose
clover /ˈkləʊvər/ B1	noun - a plant with three-lobed leaves
night /naɪt/ A1	noun - the period between sunset and sunrise
dream /driːm/ A1	noun - a series of thoughts during sleep
thrill /θrɪl/ B1	noun - a sudden feeling of excitement
smile /smaɪl/ A1	verb - to have one’s mouth curve upward
heaven /ˈhɛvən/ A2	noun - a place of great happiness
cast /kæst/ B1	verb - to cause a spell or influence
mine /maɪn/ A1	pronoun - belonging to me

Key Grammar Structures

• My love has come along

  ➔ Present Perfect Simple

  ➔ The present perfect **"has come"** shows that the love arrived in the past and is still relevant now.

• My lonely days are over

  ➔ Present Simple of 'be'

  ➔ The present simple **"are"** links the subject to the complement **"over"**, stating a current state.

• I found a dream that I could speak to

  ➔ Past Simple + Relative Clause with modal 'could'

  ➔ The past simple **"found"** tells a completed action, while the relative clause **"that I could speak to"** adds information using the modal **"could"**.

• I have never known

  ➔ Present Perfect Negative

  ➔ The negative present perfect **"have never known"** expresses an experience that has not happened up to now.

• Here we are in heaven

  ➔ Present Simple (existential 'here we are')

  ➔ The present simple **"are"** in the existential expression **"Here we are"** points to the speakers' current location or situation.

• You smile

  ➔ Simple Present (habitual action)

  ➔ The simple present **"smile"** describes a regular or habitual action performed by the subject **"you"**.

• The skies above are blue

  ➔ Simple Present with adjective complement

  ➔ The verb **"are"** links the subject **"the skies"** to the adjective **"blue"**, forming a subject‑verb‑complement pattern.

• I could speak to

  ➔ Modal verb 'could' for ability/potential

  ➔ The modal **"could"** expresses a past ability or a hypothetical possibility in the clause **"speak to"**.

• At last

  ➔ Adverbial phrase (sentence adverb) 'at last'

  ➔ The adverbial phrase **"at last"** modifies the whole sentence, indicating that something happens finally after a wait.