Blues Has Got Me

• By: Pete Gage
• Album: Left Over #Blues

Lyrics:

Vocabulary in this song:

Vocabulary	Meanings
blues /bluːz/ B1	noun - a type of slow, sad music noun - a feeling of sadness
start /stɑːrt/ A1	noun - the beginning of something verb - to begin
please /pliːz/ A2	verb - to make someone happy
part /pɑːrt/ B1	verb - to separate noun - a piece of something
love /lʌv/ A1	noun - a strong feeling of affection verb - to have a strong feeling of affection for someone
true /truː/ A2	adjective - in accordance with fact or reality
left /left/ A1	verb - past tense of leave, to go away from
man /mæn/ A1	noun - an adult male human
times /taɪmz/ A1	noun - instances of something happening
home /hoʊm/ A1	noun - the place where one lives
gone /ɡɔːn/ A2	adjective - having departed; no longer present
hold /hoʊld/ B1	verb - to grasp and keep (something) noun - the act or manner of holding
forget /fərˈɡet/ A2	verb - to fail to remember

Grammar:

• Blues has got me

  ➔ Present Perfect Simple (has + past participle)

  ➔ Uses the present perfect to indicate a state that started in the past and continues to the present. Here, 'Blues' is personified as an agent affecting the speaker in the present.

• I have to make a brand new start

  ➔ Modal verb 'have to' (obligation)

  ➔ 'Have to' expresses a strong obligation or necessity. The speaker feels compelled to begin anew because of the situation.

• Nothing I can to to please you, babe

  ➔ Relative clause with implied 'that'

  ➔ The full sentence could be 'Nothing THAT I can do to please you, babe'. The 'that' is often omitted in informal speech/song.

• So I guess we have to part

  ➔ Modal verb 'have to' (necessity), Verb 'guess' (uncertainty)

  ➔ 'Have to' indicates an unavoidable necessity. 'Guess' conveys a tone of resignation; the speaker is not entirely sure, but it seems inevitable.

• You were the one

  ➔ Simple Past tense of 'to be' (identification/description)

  ➔ Simple past used to identify the person in the past. 'The one' is a substitute for a more specific noun phrase.

• Told me your love was true

  ➔ Simple Past tense (reporting past speech)

  ➔ Simple past is used to report what was said in the past. The verb 'told' introduces indirect speech.

• and what am I gonna do

  ➔ Future with 'gonna' (informal), Question formation

  ➔ 'Gonna' is a contracted form of 'going to' used for informal future tense. Inverted word order is used for question formation.

• So many times I've asked you to come home

  ➔ Present Perfect Simple (experience), 'so many times' + past action, Indirect Speech

  ➔ The present perfect shows repeated actions or experiences in the past. The structure '[time expression] + I've' emphasizes frequency. 'Asked you to come home' reports the request.

• That you're really gone

  ➔ Subject Complement with 'that' clause

  ➔ The entire clause 'that you're really gone' functions as the subject complement, describing the subject 'it' (implied: the realization).