Lonely Tonight – English Lyrics

• By: Blake Shelton, Ashley Monroe
• Album: BRINGING BACK THE SUNSHINE

Lyrics & Translation

Learn English through the heartfelt storytelling of "Lonely Tonight." The song's clear narrative and emotional lyrics about love and loneliness offer a great way to understand colloquial expressions and the nuances of country music's rich lyrical tradition. Its conversational tone makes it an accessible and engaging song for language learners.

[English]

I never thought you'd pick up the phone

It's Friday night you should be at home at town

Didn't think you'd be sitting at home all alone like me

Nothing on TV, nothing to do

Nothing to keep my mind off you and me

And the way it was

Are you thinking 'bout it now because

I could be there in five

One more one last time

We don't have to be lonely tonight

Need you, want you, I'm right here

We don't have to be lonely tonight

I know we shouldn't, but I don't care

I don't wanna be right, I don't wanna be strong

I just wanna hold you till the heart breaks stone

When the sun comes up, we can both move on

But we don't have to be lonely tonight

That taste, that touch, the fire I miss

Those kiss me eyes, your red wine lips, oh my

I can use to be, baby I want you, and you want me

We don't have to be lonely tonight

Need you, want you, I'm right here

We don't have to be lonely tonight

I know we shouldn't, but I don't care

I don't wanna be right, I don't wanna be strong

I just wanna hold you till the heart breaks stone

When the sun comes up, we can both move on

But we don't have to be lonely tonight

I can be there in five

One more one last time

We don't have to be lonely tonight

Need you, want you, I'm right here

We don't have to be lonely tonight

I know we shouldn't, but I don't care

I don't wanna be right, I don't wanna be strong

I just wanna hold you till the heart breaks stone

When the sun comes up, we can both move on

But we don't have to be lonely tonight

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Key Grammar Structures

• I never thought you'd pick up the phone

  ➔ Past Perfect

  ➔ The phrase 'never thought' indicates a completed action in the past before another past action ('pick up the phone').

• Didn't think you'd be sitting at home all alone like me

  ➔ Past Continuous with 'would'

  ➔ The use of 'would' with the past continuous ('be sitting') suggests a past habitual or expected action.

• We don't have to be lonely tonight

  ➔ Present Simple with 'don't have to'

  ➔ The phrase 'don't have to' expresses lack of necessity in the present situation.

• I know we shouldn't, but I don't care

  ➔ Contrastive Conjunction 'but'

  ➔ The conjunction 'but' is used to contrast two ideas: knowing they shouldn't and not caring.

• I just wanna hold you till the heart breaks stone

  ➔ Colloquial Contraction 'wanna'

  ➔ 'Wanna' is a colloquial contraction of 'want to', used informally.

• When the sun comes up, we can both move on

  ➔ Future with 'will' (implied)

  ➔ The future action ('can move on') is implied by the context without explicitly using 'will'.

• I could be there in five

  ➔ Modal Verb 'could' for Ability

  ➔ 'Could' is used to express ability or possibility in the past or present.