– English Lyrics

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

[music] come told me long ago

there's a [music] comb before the storm

I know

it's been coming for some time

when [music] it's over so let's see

it'll rain [music] Sun day I know

shining [music] down like water

I [music] want Know

Have You Ever Seen Rain

I want know

have you [music] ever seen rain

coming down Sun St

yesterday [music]

and days before B

sun is cold and rain is hot I know

been that way for all [music] my time

till forever [music]

home it go

through the circle fast and slow I know

it [music] can't stop I wonder

I want [music] to know

have you ever seen the rain

I [music] want to know have you ever

seen the rain

coming down

[music] see

yeah

[music] I want know

have you ever seen

I [music] want to know help you ever

rain [music]

coming down Sun

that was CCR Have You Ever Seen the Rain

something magical about that one for

that reason it's one of my favorite

tracks so

glad you're here to listen

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
rain /reɪn/ A2	noun - water falling from the sky verb - to fall as rain
water /ˈwɔːtər/ A1	noun - a liquid that forms rivers and rain
storm /stɔːrm/ B1	noun - a violent weather with wind, rain, or snow
long /lɔːŋ/ A1	adjective - having a great distance from end to end
see /siː/ A1	verb - to perceive with the eyes
day /deɪ/ A1	noun - a 24-hour period
know /noʊ/ A2	verb - to have information or be aware of
together /təˈɡɛðər/ B1	adverb - with or in proximity to each other
home /hoʊm/ A1	noun - the place where someone lives
fast /fæst/ A2	adjective - occurring quickly or in a short time
stop /stɑːp/ B1	verb - to cease moving or happening

Key Grammar Structures

• Someone told me long ago

  ➔ Past simple tense used to narrate completed actions in the past.

  ➔ Here, "told" is in the past simple tense, indicating a specific event that happened "long ago".

• There's a calm before the storm

  ➔ Present simple tense for general truths or statements that are always true.

  ➔ The verb "is" is in present simple, presenting "a calm before the storm" as a proverbial fact.

• I know it's been coming for some time

  ➔ Present perfect continuous tense to describe actions that started in the past and are ongoing or recently completed.

  ➔ "Been coming" uses present perfect continuous, showing the rain has been approaching gradually over time.

• When it's over, so they say, it'll rain a sunny day

  ➔ First conditional with a future tense in the main clause to express a probable future result.

  ➔ "When" introduces the condition, and "it'll rain" shows what will happen "a sunny day" as an idiom for impossible situations.

• Have you ever seen the rain?

  ➔ Present perfect with "ever" for experiences up to the present, often in questions.

  ➔ "Have you ever seen" asks about a lifetime experience, with "ever" emphasizing any occurrence in the past.

• Yesterday and days before

  ➔ Use of time adverbs to indicate specific past periods.

  ➔ "Yesterday" and "days before" are specific time references to days preceding the present.

• The sun is cold and rain is hot

  ➔ Present simple for metaphorical or inverted descriptions of states.

  ➔ "Is cold" and "is hot" invert normal perceptions, using present simple for timeless, unusual contrasts.

• It'll continue till forever

  ➔ Future continuous tense emphasizing duration into an indeterminate future.

  ➔ "It'll continue" uses future continuous to stress ongoing rain "till forever," suggesting permanence.

• It can't stop, I wonder

  ➔ Modal verb "can't" for impossibility, followed by infinitive without "to."

  ➔ "Can't" expresses inability or denial, with "stop" as the bare infinitive, followed by "I wonder" showing curiosity.