Everything Changes – English Lyrics

• By: Little Big Town

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into 'Everything Changes' by Little Big Town to explore themes of nostalgia and the inexorable flow of time through heartfelt country lyrics and the band's signature harmonies. This song offers a gentle yet profound English vocabulary related to personal growth and reflection, making it a perfect track for language learners.

[English]

(upbeat country music)

♪ I saw you before you saw me ♪

♪ Yeah, it really took me back ♪

♪ Can't believe how long it's been ♪

♪ Took you a while to recognize me ♪

♪ Oh, imagine that ♪

♪ When we were so close back then ♪

♪ No, nothing stays the same ♪

♪ Love, oh, it slips away ♪

♪ It slips away ♪

♪ Everything changes ♪

♪ Doesn't it, baby ♪

♪ It's amazing how time flies ♪

♪ Turning the pages ♪

♪ Of yesterday, hey ♪

♪ In only the blink of an eye ♪

♪ Everything changes ♪

♪ Everything changes ♪

♪ Everything ♪

♪ Somewhere I still have a picture ♪

♪ You were in that party dress ♪

♪ I remember dancing slow ♪

♪ Hey, I remember dancing slow ♪

♪ Thought those days would last forever ♪

♪ How soon we forget ♪

♪ And how far away they go ♪

♪ No ♪ ♪ No, nothing stays the same ♪

♪ Nothing stays the same ♪

♪ Love ♪ ♪ Love, oh, it fades away ♪

♪ It fades away ♪

♪ Everything changes ♪

♪ Doesn't it, baby ♪

♪ It's amazing how time flies ♪

♪ Turning the pages ♪

♪ Of yesterday, hey ♪

♪ In only the blink of an eye ♪

♪ Everything changes ♪

♪ Yeah, everything changes ♪

♪ Everything ♪

♪ We try to hold it in our hands ♪

♪ But love falls through like grains of sand ♪

♪ One day it's there and then it's gone ♪

♪ Gone, gone, gone ♪

♪ Everything changes ♪

♪ Doesn't it, baby ♪

♪ It's amazing how time flies ♪

♪ Turning the pages ♪

♪ Of yesterday, hey ♪

♪ In only the blink of an eye ♪

♪ Everything changes ♪

♪ Yeah, everything changes ♪

♪ Everything changes ♪

♪ Everything changes ♪ ♪ Everything changes ♪

♪ Everything ♪

Key Grammar Structures

• ♪ I saw you before you saw me ♪

  ➔ Past Simple Tense

  ➔ The verb 'saw' is in the past simple tense, indicating a completed action in the past.

• ♪ Can't believe how long it's been ♪

  ➔ Present Perfect Tense

  ➔ 'It's been' is the present perfect tense, used to describe an action that started in the past and continues to the present.

• ♪ No, nothing stays the same ♪

  ➔ Present Simple Tense with 'nothing'

  ➔ The present simple tense with 'nothing' emphasizes a general truth or permanent situation.

• ♪ It's amazing how time flies ♪

  ➔ Present Simple Tense with 'flies'

  ➔ 'Flies' is in the present simple tense, used to describe a habitual or general action.

• ♪ We try to hold it in our hands ♪

  ➔ Present Simple Tense with 'try'

  ➔ 'Try' is in the present simple tense, indicating a habitual or repeated action.

• ♪ But love falls through like grains of sand ♪

  ➔ Present Simple Tense with 'falls'

  ➔ 'Falls' is in the present simple tense, used to describe a general or ongoing action.

• ♪ One day it's there and then it's gone ♪

  ➔ Present Simple Tense with 'is'

  ➔ 'Is' is in the present simple tense, used to describe a state or condition.

• ♪ Everything changes ♪

  ➔ Present Simple Tense with 'changes'

  ➔ 'Changes' is in the present simple tense, indicating a general truth or recurring action.