Chattahoochee
Lyrics:
[English]
(engine revving)
("Chattahoochee" by Alan Jackson)
♪ Well, way down yonder on the Chattahoochee ♪
♪ It gets hotter than a hoochie coochie ♪
♪ We laid rubber on the Georgia asphalt ♪
♪ We got a little crazy but we never got caught ♪
♪ Down by the river on a Friday night ♪
♪ A pyramid of cans in the pale moonlight ♪
♪ Talking 'bout cars and dreaming 'bout women ♪
♪ Never had a plan just a livin' for the minute ♪
♪ Yeah, way down yonder on the Chattahoochee ♪
♪ Never knew how much that muddy water meant to me ♪
♪ But I learned how to swim and I learned who I was ♪
♪ A lot about livin' and a litttle 'bout love ♪
♪ Ah ha ♪
♪ Well, we fogged up the windows in my old Chevy ♪
♪ I was willing but she wasn't ready ♪
♪ So I settled for a burger and a grape snow cone ♪
♪ I dropped her off early but I didn't go home ♪
♪ Down by the river on a Friday night ♪
♪ A pyramid of cans in the pale moonlight ♪
♪ Talking 'bout cars and dreaming 'bout women ♪
♪ Never had a plan just a livin' for the minute ♪
♪ Yeah, way down yonder on the Chattahoochee ♪
♪ Never knew how much that muddy water meant to me ♪
♪ But I learned how to swim and I learned who I was ♪
♪ A lot about livin' and a little 'bout love ♪
♪ Well, way down yonder on the Chattahoochee ♪
♪ It gets hotter than a hoochie coochie ♪
♪ We laid rubber on the Georgia asphalt ♪
♪ We got a little crazy but we never got caught ♪
♪ Well, we fogged up the windows in my old Chevy ♪
♪ I was willing but she wasn't ready ♪
♪ So I settled for a burger and a grape snow cone ♪
♪ I dropped her off early but I didn't go home ♪
♪ Down by the river on a Friday night ♪
♪ A pyramid of cans in the pale moonlight ♪
♪ Talking 'bout cars and dreaming 'bout women ♪
♪ Never had a plan just a livin' for the minute ♪
♪ Yeah, way down yonder on the Chattahoochee ♪
♪ Never knew how much that muddy water meant to me ♪
♪ But I learned how to swim and I learned who I was ♪
♪ A lot about livin' and a little 'bout love ♪
♪ A lot about livin' and a little 'bout love ♪
♪ Yeah ♪
♪ That's right ♪
Vocabulary in this song:
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revving /rɪˈvɪŋ/ C1 |
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yonder /ˈjɒn.dər/ or /ˈjʌn.dər/ B2 |
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hotter /ˈhɒt.ər/ or /ˈhɑː.tɚ/ B1 |
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coochie /ˈkuː.tʃi/ C2 |
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laid /leɪd/ B2 |
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rubber /ˈrʌb.ər/ B2 |
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cans /kænz/ A2 |
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dreaming /ˈdriː.mɪŋ/ B1 |
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plan /plæn/ B1 |
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live /lɪv/ A2 |
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water /ˈwɔː.tər/ or /ˈwɑː.tər/ A1 |
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swim /swɪm/ A2 |
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love /lʌv/ A1 |
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Grammar:
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It gets hotter than a hoochie coochie
➔ Comparative form using 'more/less' or '-er' with 'than' to compare two things.
➔ The phrase 'hotter than' shows a comparison of temperature or intensity between two things.
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We got a little crazy but we never got caught
➔ Using 'got' as the past tense of 'get' to indicate possession or experience.
➔ 'Got' functions as the past simple form of 'get', here meaning 'possessed' or 'experienced'.
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Never knew how much that muddy water meant to me
➔ Using 'how much' to express the degree or amount of something, combined with 'meant to' to indicate significance.
➔ 'How much' is used here to measure the extent of the water's significance to the speaker.
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And I learned who I was
➔ Using the past simple of 'learn' to indicate a completed change in understanding or knowledge.
➔ 'Learned who I was' shows a realization or discovery about oneself that was achieved in the past.
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A lot about livin' and a little 'bout love
➔ Using 'a lot about' and 'a little about' to express degrees of knowledge or experience.
➔ 'A lot about livin' and a little 'bout love' indicates the extent of the speaker's knowledge or experience in life and love.
