Bring It On Home to Me – English Lyrics

• By: Bryan Adams, Sam Moore

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

If you ever

Change your mind

About leavin'

Leavin' me behind

Oh, oh, bring it to me

Bring your sweet lovin'

Bring it on home to me

Yeah

Yeah

Yeah

I know I laughed when you left

But now I know I only hurt myself

Oh, oh, bring it to me

Bring your sweet lovin'

Bring it on home to me

Yeah

Yeah

Yeah

I know I left

When you left

But I know

That I only hurt myself

Oh, baby

Bring it to me

Bring your sweet lovin'

Bring it on home to me

Yeah

Yeah

Yeah

Yeah

Yeah

Yeah

You know I'll always

Be your slave

'Til I'm buried

Buried in my grave

Oh, baby, bring it to me

Bring your sweet lovin'

Bring it on home to me

Yeah

Yeah

Yeah

Yeah

Yeah

Yeah

Yeah

Yeah

Yeah

Yeah

Yeah

Yeah

Yeah

Yeah

Yeah

I tried

To treat you right

But you stayed out

Stayed out at night

Oh, but I forgive you

Bring it to me

Bring your sweet lovin'

Bring it on home to me

Yeah

Yeah

Yeah

Yeah

Yeah

Yeah

Yeah

Yeah

Yeah

Yeah

Yeah

Yeah

Come on!

I tried

To treat you right

But you stayed out

Stayed out all night

Oh, but I forgive you, baby

Bring it to me

Bring your sweet lovin'

Bring it on home to me

Yeah

Yeah

Yeah

Yeah

Yeah

Yeah

Yeah

Yeah

Yeah

Yeah

Yeah

Yeah

Yeah

Yeah

Yeah

Bring it to me

Bring your sweet lovin'

Bring it on home

To me

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
change /tʃeɪndʒ/ B1	verb - to make or become different noun - the act or process of becoming different
laugh /læf/ A2	verb - to make sounds and movements of the face expressing amusement
hurt /hɜːrt/ A2	verb - to cause pain to noun - physical or emotional pain
slave /sleɪv/ B2	noun - a person who is the legal property of another
buried /ˈberid/ B1	verb - to put (a dead body or object) into the ground
grave /ɡreɪv/ B1	noun - a place of burial
treat /triːt/ A2	verb - to behave towards someone or something in a particular way
night /naɪt/ A1	noun - the period from sunset to sunrise
forgive /fərˈɡɪv/ B1	verb - to stop feeling angry or resentful towards someone
sweet /swiːt/ A1	adjective - having the pleasant taste characteristic of sugar or honey
lovin' /ˈlʌvɪn/ A2	noun - affectionate feelings
home /hoʊm/ A1	noun - the place where one lives
left /left/ A1	verb - past tense of leave
always /ˈɔːlweɪz/ A2	adverb - at all times
tried /traɪd/ A2	verb - past tense of try
stayed /steɪd/ A2	verb - past tense of stay

Key Grammar Structures

• If you ever change your mind about leavin' me behind

  ➔ Conditional clause: real/first conditional (present simple in the if-clause).

  ➔ "If" introduces a conditional clause; the verb in the 'if' clause is in the present simple to talk about a possible future.

• Bring it to me

  ➔ Imperative mood: command/request without an explicit subject.

  ➔ "Bring" is in the base form used in the imperative to issue a command.

• I know I laughed when you left

  ➔ Past simple with a time clause: the action happened in the past; 'when' introduces the time clause.

  ➔ "when" introduces a time clause, showing when the action happened.

• But now I know I only hurt myself

  ➔ Adverbial contrast plus adverb 'only': emphasis on limitation of the action.

  ➔ "only" marks the limitation of what happened; the speaker contrasts current understanding with the past.

• You know I'll always be your slave

  ➔ Future will with contracted form: 'I'll' expresses a future action.

  ➔ "I'll" is a contraction for "I will," used to express a future action or commitment.

• 'Til I'm buried

  ➔ Until clause: 'Til' is an informal contraction of 'until' used to denote time up to a future point.

  ➔ "Til" means "until"; it sets a time boundary up to a future point.

• I tried to treat you right

  ➔ Past tense with infinitive: 'tried to' + bare infinitive ('to treat').

  ➔ "to" marks the infinitive after 'tried'; the speaker attempted the action of treating you well.

• Stayed out all night

  ➔ Phrasal verb: stay out + adverbial modifier; 'out' functions as an adverb indicating absence from home.

  ➔ "out" is the particle that forms the phrasal verb 'stay out', meaning to be away from home.

• Come on!

  ➔ Imperative/exclamatory phrase urging action; short pro-social exhortation.

  ➔ "Come" is an imperative verb used to urge someone to start or continue an action.