Gobble Gobble

• By: Matthew West
• Album: Brand New

Lyrics:

Vocabulary in this song:

Vocabulary	Meanings
songs /sɔŋz/ A1	noun - a short poem or other set of words set to music or meant to be sung.
Christmas /ˈkrɪsməs/ A1	noun - the annual Christian festival celebrating Christ's birth, held on December 25.
lights /laɪts/ A1	noun - the natural agent that stimulates sight and makes things visible.
gifts /ɡɪfts/ A1	noun - something given voluntarily without payment in return, as to show favor toward someone, honor an occasion, or make a gesture of assistance; present.
sing /sɪŋ/ A1	verb - make musical sounds with the voice, especially words with a set tune.
love /lʌv/ A1	verb - have a strong affection for.
holiday /ˈhɒlədeɪ/ A1	noun - a day of festivity or recreation when no work is done.
remembers /rɪˈmembərz/ A2	verb - have in or be able to bring to one's mind an awareness of (someone or something that one has known or experienced in the past).
change /tʃeɪndʒ/ A1	verb - make or become different.
belly /ˈbeli/ A2	noun - the abdomen or stomach.
turkey /ˈtɜːrki/ A2	noun - a large North American bird that is often eaten on Thanksgiving.
jelly /ˈdʒeli/ A2	noun - a food preparation made with gelatin and sugar and fruit juice.
happy /ˈhæpi/ A1	adjective - feeling or showing pleasure or contentment.
gravy /ˈɡreɪvi/ B1	noun - a sauce made from meat juices, stock, and flour or cornstarch.
rolls /roʊlz/ A2	noun - a piece of bread or cake, typically small and round.
mad /mæd/ A2	adjective - angry; annoyed.
singin' /ˈsɪŋɪn/ A1	verb - Present participle of sing: make musical sounds with the voice, especially words with a set tune.

Grammar:

• Now don't get me wrong, I sure love all those songs

  ➔ Imperative (Don't + verb) and use of "sure" as an intensifier.

  ➔ "Don't get me wrong" is a common idiom meaning 'please understand my intention correctly'. "Sure" here emphasizes the speaker's love for the songs.

• But one holiday gets left out

  ➔ Passive voice (gets + past participle)

  ➔ The holiday is the recipient of the action (being left out). "Gets left out" means 'is excluded'.

• I'mma eat a dozen dinner rolls

  ➔ Contraction "I'mma" (I'm going to). Informal usage.

  ➔ "I'mma" is a very informal contraction of "I'm going to". It's common in some dialects, particularly African American Vernacular English (AAVE).

• Stretchy pants on that's how I roll

  ➔ Reduced relative clause ("that's how I roll" implies "that's how I do things" or "that's my style").

  ➔ "That's how I roll" is an idiom meaning 'that's how I do things' or 'that's my style'. It implies a casual and confident approach.

• Grandpa's passed out passing gas

  ➔ Present perfect continuous (has/have been + verb+ing) abbreviated to present continuous.

  ➔ "Grandpa's passed out" likely means "Grandpa has passed out", meaning he is unconscious. "Passing gas" is a continuous action.

• But you can't be mad when the whole world's singin'

  ➔ Modal verb "can't" (cannot) expressing impossibility; reduced form "world's" (world is) and present continuous "singin'" (singing).

  ➔ "Can't be mad" expresses an inability to feel angry in that situation. "World's" is a common contraction. "Singin'" is a colloquial shortening of "singing".