Five Hundred Miles

• By: Justin Timberlake, Carey Mulligan, Stark Sands
• Album: Inside Llewyn Davis soundtrack

Lyrics:

Vocabulary in this song:

Vocabulary	Meanings
miss /mɪs/ A2	verb - to feel sadness at the absence of someone or something. verb - to fail to hit, reach, or come into contact with (something aimed at).
train /treɪn/ A1	noun - a series of connected railway carriages moved by a locomotive or by integral motors.
gone /ɡɒn/ A2	adjective - having departed or disappeared.
hear /hɪər/ A1	verb - perceive with the ear the sound made by (someone or something).
whistle /ˈwɪs(ə)l/ B1	noun - a clear, high-pitched sound made by forcing breath through a small hole between partly closed lips, or between one's teeth. verb - emit a clear, high-pitched sound by forcing breath through a small hole between one's lips or teeth.
blow /bləʊ/ A2	verb - (of wind) move creating an air current.
miles /maɪlz/ A1	noun - plural of mile, a unit of distance equal to 5,280 feet or 1,760 yards (approximately 1.6 kilometers).
home /həʊm/ A1	noun - the place where one lives permanently, especially as a member of a family or household.
away /əˈweɪ/ A1	adverb - to or at a distance from a particular place or person.
shirt /ʃɜːt/ A1	noun - a cloth garment for the upper body (from the neck to the waist).
back /bæk/ A1	adverb - in the direction opposite to that in which one is facing or travelling; towards the place or point that one has left.
penny /ˈpɛni/ A1	noun - a monetary unit of various denominations.

Grammar:

• If you miss the train I'm on

  ➔ Conditional sentence with 'if' to indicate a possible future event

  ➔ 'If' introduces a condition that affects the main clause

• Lord, I'm one, Lord, I'm two

  ➔ Use of the contraction 'I'm' as a form of 'I am' for emphasis in spoken language

  ➔ 'I'm' is a contraction of 'I am', often used in informal speech to emphasize the subject

• Lord, I'm five hundred miles a way from home

  ➔ Use of numerical adjective 'five hundred' to specify distance

  ➔ 'Five hundred miles' is a specific quantity used as a measure of distance

• Not a shirt on my back

  ➔ Negative phrase with 'not' for emphasis on lacking possessions

  ➔ 'Not' is used here to negate the sentence, highlighting the lack of possessions

• You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles

  ➔ Use of modal verb 'can' to express ability or possibility

  ➔ 'Can' indicates that the subject has the ability or possibility to hear the whistle

• You will know that I am gone

  ➔ Future simple tense with 'will' to express a future certainty

  ➔ 'Will' indicates a promise or certainty about what will happen in the future