My Sweet Summer
Lyrics:
[English]
My sweet summer is gone
She left me here with sand in my bed
She played me all night long
But I'd do it all over again, oh
My sweet summer is gone
And on my mirror, she made it clear
Her lipstick can't be wrong
My summer, summer, my sweet summer is gone
My sweet summer is gone
Warm was the weather outside the day we met
Blue was the color of skies the day she left
Short was the time we had, it was the best
'Cause long were the nights we spent with no rest
I met her on a Friday, she left on a Monday
Wrote me a letter, said she hoped to see me someday
We had a good time, I can't deny that
You can be my sunshine every time you fly back
'Cause there's another one you're loving
And I hate to see you go
My sweet summer is gone
She left me here with sand in my bed
She played me all night long
But I'd do it all over again, oh
My sweet summer is gone
And on my mirror, she made it clear
Her lipstick can't be wrong
My summer, summer, my sweet summer is gone
My sweet summer is gone
Yeah, she left in the morning, gone without warning
Fun while it lasted, lost in the moment
She played me real good, took me for a ride
Now she's off on an airplane, back to real life
Yeah, she dipped out
Smoked all my weed then she flipped out
Left in my slumber, waited 'til I passed out
And on my dresser was a paper and her number
I filled up with grass and I burned it, for summer
'Cause there's another one you're loving
And I hate to see you go (hate to see you go)
My sweet summer is gone
She left me here with sand in my bed
She played me all night long
But I'd do it all over again, oh
My sweet summer is gone
And on my mirror, she made it clear
Her lipstick can't be wrong
My summer, summer, my sweet summer is gone
My sweet summer is gone
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Left like a midnight thief (ooh-ooh-ooh)
You ain't no friend to me (ooh-ooh-ooh)
How could you lead me on (ooh-ooh-ooh)
Now my sweet summer is gone
My sweet summer is gone
Now my sweet summer is gone
My sweet summer is gone
Now my sweet summer is gone
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Vocabulary in this song:
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summer /ˈsʌmə(r)/ A2 |
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night /naɪt/ A2 |
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love /lʌv/ A2 |
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leave /liːv/ B1 |
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play /pleɪ/ A2 |
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night /naɪt/ A2 |
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light /laɪt/ A2 |
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time /taɪm/ A2 |
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day /deɪ/ A1 |
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see /siː/ A1 |
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feel /fiːl/ A2 |
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good /gʊd/ A2 |
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bright /braɪt/ B2 |
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Grammar:
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My sweet summer is gone
➔ Present Perfect Simple
➔ This sentence uses the present perfect simple tense to express that a past action (summer being present) has a present consequence (it is gone).
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She left me here with sand in my bed
➔ Past Simple
➔ This sentence uses the past simple tense "left" to describe a completed action in the past.
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But I'd do it all over again, oh
➔ Conditional Sentence (Type 2)
➔ The contraction "I'd" stands for "I would", indicating a hypothetical situation. This implies that even knowing the outcome, the speaker would repeat the experience.
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Warm was the weather outside the day we met
➔ Inversion
➔ Normally, the sentence would be 'The weather was warm...'. Inversion is used here for emphasis or stylistic effect, placing 'warm' at the beginning.
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'Cause long were the nights we spent with no rest
➔ Inversion
➔ Again, this sentence employs inversion. The standard word order would be "The nights we spent with no rest were long." Using inversion emphasizes the length of the nights.
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You can be my sunshine every time you fly back
➔ Modal Verb (can) + Conditional Clause (every time)
➔ "Can" expresses possibility or permission. "Every time you fly back" acts as a conditional clause, indicating when the action of being the sunshine will occur.
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She played me real good, took me for a ride
➔ Past Simple (Idiomatic Usage)
➔ While the verbs "played" and "took" are in the past simple, the phrases "played me real good" and "took me for a ride" are idioms. "Took me for a ride" means to deceive or trick someone.
