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Times have changed and times are strange 00:15
Here I come, but I ain't the same 00:18
Mama, I'm comin' home 00:23
00:27
Times gone by seems to be 00:29
You could have been a better friend to me 00:32
00:36
Mama, I'm comin' home 00:38
You took me in and you drove me out 00:43
Yeah, you had me hypnotized, yeah 00:46
Lost and found and turned around 00:50
By the fire in your eyes 00:53
You made me cry, you told me lies 00:57
But I can't stand to say goodbye 01:00
Mama, I'm comin' home 01:06
I could be right, I could be wrong 01:11
It hurts so bad, it's been so long 01:14
Mama, I'm comin' home 01:19
Selfish love, yeah, we're both alone 01:25
The ride before the fall, yeah 01:28
But I'm gonna take this heart of stone 01:31
I've just got to have it all 01:35
I've seen your face a hundred times 01:39
01:43
Every day we've been apart 01:46
01:50
I don't care about the sunshine, yeah 01:53
'Cause, mama, mama, I'm comin' home 01:59
02:04
I'm comin' home 02:08
02:11
You took me in and you drove me out 02:53
Yeah, you had me hypnotized, yeah 02:56
Lost and found and turned around 03:00
By the fire in your eyes 03:03
I've seen your face a thousand times 03:07
Every day we've been apart 03:14
03:18
I don't care about the sunshine, yeah 03:21
03:25
'Cause, mama, mama, I'm comin' home 03:28
03:33
I'm comin' home 03:38
03:42
I'm comin' home 03:44
03:47
I'm comin' home 03:51
03:52

Mama, I'm Coming Home

By
Ozzy Osbourne
Album
No More Tears
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Lyrics:

[English]

Times have changed and times are strange

Here I come, but I ain't the same

Mama, I'm comin' home

...

Times gone by seems to be

You could have been a better friend to me

...

Mama, I'm comin' home

You took me in and you drove me out

Yeah, you had me hypnotized, yeah

Lost and found and turned around

By the fire in your eyes

You made me cry, you told me lies

But I can't stand to say goodbye

Mama, I'm comin' home

I could be right, I could be wrong

It hurts so bad, it's been so long

Mama, I'm comin' home

Selfish love, yeah, we're both alone

The ride before the fall, yeah

But I'm gonna take this heart of stone

I've just got to have it all

I've seen your face a hundred times

...

Every day we've been apart

...

I don't care about the sunshine, yeah

'Cause, mama, mama, I'm comin' home

...

I'm comin' home

...

You took me in and you drove me out

Yeah, you had me hypnotized, yeah

Lost and found and turned around

By the fire in your eyes

I've seen your face a thousand times

Every day we've been apart

...

I don't care about the sunshine, yeah

...

'Cause, mama, mama, I'm comin' home

...

I'm comin' home

...

I'm comin' home

...

I'm comin' home

...

Vocabulary in this song:

Vocabulary Meanings

changed

/tʃeɪndʒd/

A2
  • verb
  • - to become different
  • adjective
  • - altered or modified

strange

/streɪndʒ/

A2
  • adjective
  • - unusual or surprising; difficult to understand or explain

home

/hoʊm/

A1
  • noun
  • - the place where one lives

friend

/frɛnd/

A1
  • noun
  • - a person whom one knows and with whom one has a bond of mutual affection

hypnotized

/ˈhɪpnəˌtaɪzd/

B2
  • verb
  • - to put someone into a trance-like state
  • adjective
  • - having one's attention fixated as though by a spell.

lost

/lɔːst/

A2
  • adjective
  • - unable to find one's way; having disappeared or been taken away

found

/faʊnd/

A2
  • verb
  • - to discover unexpectedly or while looking for something
  • adjective
  • - discovered after being lost

fire

/ˈfaɪər/

A1
  • noun
  • - a process of combustion that produces heat and light

eyes

/aɪz/

A1
  • noun
  • - organs used for seeing

cry

/kraɪ/

A2
  • verb
  • - to shed tears

lies

/laɪz/

B1
  • noun
  • - an intentionally false statement
  • verb
  • - to tell lies

hurt

/hɜːrt/

A2
  • verb
  • - to cause pain or injury

selfish

/ˈsɛlfɪʃ/

B1
  • adjective
  • - lacking consideration for others; concerned chiefly with one's own personal profit or pleasure.

love

/lʌv/

A1
  • noun
  • - an intense feeling of affection

fall

/fɔːl/

A2
  • noun
  • - the act of falling; a drop to a lower level
  • verb
  • - to drop to a lower level

heart

/hɑːrt/

A1
  • noun
  • - a hollow muscular organ that pumps the blood through the circulatory system by rhythmic contraction and dilation

stone

/stoʊn/

A1
  • noun
  • - hard, solid nonmetallic mineral matter of which rock is made
  • adjective
  • - made of stone

face

/feɪs/

A1
  • noun
  • - the front part of the head, from the forehead to the chin.

apart

/əˈpɑːrt/

B1
  • adjective
  • - separated by a distance; at a distance

sunshine

/ˈsʌnˌʃaɪn/

A2
  • noun
  • - direct sunlight unbroken by cloud

Grammar:

  • Times have changed and times are strange

    ➔ Present Perfect Tense ('have changed') and Simple Present Tense ('are strange')

    ➔ The phrase "Times "have changed"" uses the present perfect to indicate a change that started in the past and continues to have relevance now. "Times "are" strange" is a simple statement about the present condition.

  • You could have been a better friend to me

    ➔ Modal verb 'could have' + past participle ('been')

    ➔ This uses "could have" + past participle to express regret or a missed opportunity in the past. It implies that the person *had* the ability or possibility to be a better friend, but they didn't act on it.

  • You took me in and you drove me out

    ➔ Simple Past Tense ('took', 'drove')

    ➔ Describes completed actions in the past. "Took in" is a phrasal verb meaning to shelter or accept. "Drove out" means to force someone to leave.

  • Yeah, you had me hypnotized, yeah

    ➔ Simple Past Tense ('had')

    ➔ Describes a past state or condition. Here, it indicates that the speaker was under the influence or control of someone else in the past.

  • I've seen your face a hundred times

    ➔ Present Perfect Tense ('have seen')

    ➔ The present perfect tense expresses an action that started in the past and continues to the present or has relevance in the present. It emphasizes the experience of seeing the face many times.

  • Every day we've been apart

    ➔ Present Perfect Continuous ('have been apart')

    ➔ This tense emphasizes the duration of a state or action that started in the past and continues up to the present. It highlights the continuous separation over time.

  • I don't care about the sunshine, yeah

    ➔ Simple Present Tense ('don't care')

    ➔ Expresses a general truth or a present state of mind. In this case, it indicates the speaker's current lack of concern for something (sunshine).