Free Fallin' – English Lyrics

• By: John Mayer

Lyrics & Translation

Discover the nuances of American culture and the feeling of freedom through John Mayer's poignant cover of 'Free Fallin'. Learn about Californian landmarks while exploring themes of love, loss, and self-discovery, all wrapped in a mesmerizing acoustic melody.

[English]

(audience cheers and claps) (gentle music)

(gentle music continues)

(audience cheers)

♪ She's a good girl ♪ (audience cheers)

♪ Loves her mama ♪

♪ Loves Jesus and America too ♪

♪ She's a good girl ♪

♪ Crazy 'bout Elvis ♪

♪ Loves horses and her boyfriend too ♪

♪ Oh, yeah, yeah ♪

(crowd cheering) (gentle music continues)

♪ It's a long day, livin' in Reseda ♪

♪ There's a freeway runnin' through the yard ♪

♪ I'm a bad boy ♪

♪ 'Cause I don't even miss her ♪

♪ I'm a bad boy for breakin' her heart ♪

♪ And I'm free ♪

♪ Free fallin', fallin' ♪

♪ And I'm free ♪

♪ Free fallin', fallin' ♪

♪ All the vampires walkin' through the valley ♪

♪ They move west down Ventura Boulevard ♪

♪ And all the bad boys are standing the shadows ♪

♪ And the good girls are home with broken hearts ♪

♪ And I'm free ♪

♪ Free fallin', fallin' ♪

♪ Now I'm free ♪

♪ Free fallin', fallin' ♪

♪ Free fallin' now ♪

♪ I'm free fallin' now ♪

♪ Free fallin' now ♪

♪ I'm free fallin' now ♪

♪ I'm free fallin' now ♪

♪ I'm free fallin' now ♪

♪ I'm free fallin' now ♪

♪ I'm free fallin' ♪

♪ I wanna glide down over Mulholland ♪

♪ I wanna write her ♪

♪ Her name in the sky ♪

♪ I'm wanna free fall out into nothin' ♪

♪ Oh, I'm gonna leave this ♪

♪ This world for a while ♪

♪ Now I'm free ♪

♪ Free fallin', fallin' ♪

♪ Well, now I'm free ♪

♪ Free fallin', fallin' ♪

♪ And now I'm free ♪

♪ Free fallin', fallin' ♪

♪ And now I'm free ♪

♪ Free fallin', fallin' ♪

♪ Free fallin', fallin' ♪

♪ Free fallin', fallin' ♪

♪ Free fallin', fallin' ♪

♪ Ah, yeah ♪

(crowd cheering and clapping) (gentle music fades)

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
good /ɡʊd/ A1	adjective - of high quality or a high standard
love /lʌv/ A1	verb - to have a strong feeling of affection for (someone) noun - an intense feeling of affection
mama /ˈmɑː.mə/ A1	noun - mother
crazy /ˈkreɪ.zi/ B1	adjective - mentally deranged; eccentric or bizarre
boyfriend /ˈbɔɪfrend/ A1	noun - a male friend or companion
long /lɒŋ/ A1	adjective - measuring a great distance from end to end
day /deɪ/ A1	noun - each of the twenty-four-hour periods
run /rʌn/ A1	verb - move at a speed faster than a walk
bad /bæd/ A1	adjective - of poor quality or a low standard
boy /bɔɪ/ A1	noun - a male child or young man
heart /hɑːrt/ A1	noun - a hollow muscular organ that pumps the blood
free /friː/ A1	adjective - not under the control or power of someone else
walk /wɔːk/ A1	verb - move at a regular pace by lifting and setting down each foot in turn
broken /ˈbrəʊ.kən/ B1	adjective - having been fractured or damaged
name /neɪm/ A1	noun - a word or set of words by which a person, animal, place, or thing is known

Key Grammar Structures

• She's a good girl

  ➔ Use of the possessive pronoun 'She' + 's' to indicate possession or a characteristic

  ➔ 'She's' is a contraction of 'She' + 'is', used as a subject complement

• Loves her mama

  ➔ Use of simple present tense to express a habitual or general truth

  ➔ 'Loves' is the third person singular form of 'love' in the present simple tense

• And I'm free

  ➔ Use of the contraction 'I'm' as a subject pronoun + verb to indicate the state of being

  ➔ 'I'm' is a contraction of 'I' + 'am', used to describe a current state or feelings

• And all the bad boys are standing in the shadows

  ➔ Use of the present continuous tense 'are standing' to describe an ongoing action

  ➔ 'Are standing' is the present continuous tense of 'stand', indicating an action happening now

• I wanna write her her name in the sky

  ➔ Use of the informal 'wanna' (want to) plus the base verb 'write' to express desire

  ➔ 'Wanna' is an informal contraction of 'want to', used in speech to express desire