Jones vs. Jones – English Lyrics

• By: Kool & The Gang

Lyrics & Translation

Delve into the poignant narrative of "Jones vs. Jones" by Kool & The Gang, a track that beautifully encapsulates the complexities of love and separation. This song offers a chance to explore emotional expression and storytelling through music, enhancing your understanding of English vocabulary and lyrical interpretation.

[English]

(gentle music)

♪ We don't feel like talking ♪

♪ There's nothing to be said ♪

♪ I guess it's just confusion ♪

♪ Rolling 'round our heads ♪

♪ Still, we know there's love here ♪

♪ We just can't work it out ♪

♪ The hardest part of all, babe ♪

♪ Is breaking up and out ♪

♪ So here is where we let go ♪

♪ So here is where we step out ♪

♪ The hardest part of all, babe ♪

♪ Is breaking up and out ♪

(gentle music)

♪ We had a love so strong ♪

♪ Tell me, where did we go wrong ♪

♪ 'Cause I received a notice ♪

♪ They called me on the phone ♪

♪ To come and sign the papers ♪

♪ Of Jones vs Jones ♪

♪ Gone are the days of me and you ♪

♪ I just can't believe it baby ♪

♪ All this love is now so crazy ♪

♪ Jones vs Jones ♪

♪ Me and you ♪

♪ You believed in me once ♪

♪ Girl, I believed in you ♪

♪ Man and woman ♪

♪ Love's so beautiful ♪

♪ Still we know there's love here ♪

♪ We just can't work it out ♪

♪ When the hardest part of all, babe ♪

♪ Is breaking up and out ♪

♪ So here is where we let go ♪

♪ So here is where we step out ♪

♪ September never seemed so cold ♪

♪ Where in the world did love go ♪

♪ Always did believe it, baby ♪

♪ All this love is now so crazy ♪

♪ Jones vs Jones ♪

♪ I received a notice ♪

♪ They called me on the phone ♪

♪ To come and sign the papers ♪

♪ Jones vs Jones ♪

♪ Gone are the days of me and you ♪

♪ I just can't believe it baby ♪

♪ All this love is now so crazy ♪

♪ Jones vs Jones ♪

♪ Mr and Mrs Jones ♪

♪ So here is where we let go ♪

♪ So here is where we step out ♪

♪ The hardest part of all, babe ♪

♪ Is breaking up, breaking up and out ♪

♪ I just can't believe it baby ♪

♪ Who's to blame for a name that's changing ♪

♪ I just can't believe it baby ♪

♪ Goodbye baby ♪

♪ Jones vs Jones ♪

Key Grammar Structures

• ♪ We don't feel like talking ♪

  ➔ Present simple with 'don't' for negation

  ➔ The phrase 'We don't feel' uses the present simple tense with 'don't' to express a habitual or general lack of desire to talk.

• ♪ There's nothing to be said ♪

  ➔ Present simple with 'there is/are'

  ➔ 'There's nothing' is a contraction of 'there is nothing,' using the present simple to state a current fact or situation.

• ♪ I guess it's just confusion ♪

  ➔ Present simple with 'guess'

  ➔ The phrase 'I guess' is used to express uncertainty or a personal opinion in the present simple tense.

• ♪ Still, we know there's love here ♪

  ➔ Present simple with 'know'

  ➔ 'We know' uses the present simple to express a fact or certainty about the existence of love.

• ♪ The hardest part of all, babe ♪

  ➔ Superlative adjective with 'the hardest'

  ➔ 'The hardest' is a superlative form of the adjective 'hard,' indicating the highest degree of difficulty.

• ♪ Gone are the days of me and you ♪

  ➔ Present perfect with 'are gone'

  ➔ 'Gone are the days' uses the present perfect to indicate that a past situation no longer exists in the present.

• ♪ All this love is now so crazy ♪

  ➔ Present simple with 'is' and adverb placement

  ➔ The phrase 'is now so crazy' uses the present simple with 'is' and places the adverb 'so' before the adjective 'crazy' to emphasize intensity.

• ♪ You believed in me once ♪

  ➔ Past simple with 'believed'

  ➔ 'You believed' uses the past simple to describe a completed action in the past.