Good Time Blues
Lyrics:
[English]
now what you gonna do,
when I leave and turn my back on you?
what you gonna do? what you gonna do,
when I leave and turn my back on you?
you'll be standing around, screamin' and cryin'
but there ain't a thing that you can do
you walk on around in a day just about to go out of
just about to go out of your head
you walk on around in a day just about to go out of
just about to go out of your head
you might even began to wonder wonder
if you would be better off dead
I treated you so kind better than any man should
no matter what I do for you it still didn't do me no good
what you gonna do? what you gonna do,
when I leave and turn my back on you?
you'll be standing around, screamin' and cryin'
but there ain't a damn thing that you can do
I went out and work all day
you stayed home in bed
bring you all my money but you still talk out of your head
what you gonna do? what you gonna do,
when I leave and turn my back on you?
you'll be standing around screamin, cryin, cryin, cryin,
Vocabulary in this song:
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leave /liːv/ A1 |
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turn /tɜːrn/ A1 |
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back /bæk/ A1 |
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standing /ˈstændɪŋ/ A2 |
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screaming /ˈskriːmɪŋ/ B1 |
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crying /ˈkraɪɪŋ/ A2 |
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thing /θɪŋ/ A1 |
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walk /wɔːk/ A1 |
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head /hed/ A1 |
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wonder /ˈwʌndər/ B1 |
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better /ˈbetər/ A2 |
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dead /ded/ A2 |
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treated /ˈtriːtɪd/ B1 |
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kind /kaɪnd/ A2 |
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work /wɜːrk/ A1 |
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home /hoʊm/ A1 |
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bed /bed/ A1 |
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money /ˈmʌni/ A1 |
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talk /tɔːk/ A1 |
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Grammar:
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now what you gonna do, when I leave and turn my back on you?
➔ Future simple with "gonna" (going to)
➔ "gonna" is a colloquial contraction of "going to", used to express future intentions or predictions. In this context, it asks what the listener will do in the future when the speaker leaves.
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you'll be standing around, screamin' and cryin'
➔ Future continuous tense
➔ The future continuous tense ("will be + -ing") describes an action that will be in progress at a specific time in the future. Here, it describes the state the person will be in when the speaker leaves.
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there ain't a thing that you can do
➔ Double negative (non-standard English), Relative clause with omitted relative pronoun
➔ "ain't" is a non-standard form of "is not/are not/am not/has not/have not". The double negative "ain't a thing" is used for emphasis in informal speech. "that you can do" is a relative clause modifying "thing", with the relative pronoun "that" (or "which") optionally omitted.
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you might even began to wonder wonder if you would be better off dead
➔ Modal verb "might", repetition for emphasis, Conditional clauses (mixed)
➔ "might" expresses possibility or uncertainty. The repetition of "wonder" emphasizes the feeling of doubt. The phrase "if you would be better off dead" is a conditional clause expressing a hypothetical situation; its mix because it's a hypothetical now, based on a past situation.
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I treated you so kind better than any man should
➔ Adverb of degree "so", comparative adjective ("better")
➔ "so kind" shows the extent to which the speaker treated the listener well. "better than any man should" expresses a comparison, indicating the speaker went above and beyond what is expected.
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no matter what I do for you it still didn't do me no good
➔ "No matter what" structure, Past simple tense (didn't), Double negative (didn't...no good)
➔ "No matter what" introduces a clause indicating that the outcome remains the same regardless of the speaker's actions. The use of "didn't do me no good" is another example of a double negative used for emphasis in informal speech. It means whatever the speaker did was ultimately unhelpful for them.
