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♪♪♪ 00:00
♪ I COULDN'T GUESS ♪ 00:09
♪ ALL THE THINGS GOIN' ON IN YOUR HEAD ♪ 00:11
♪ ALL THE REASONS YOU HAD WHEN YOU LEFT ♪ 00:13
♪ I DON'T NEED TO KNOW ♪ 00:16
♪ AFTER A WHILE ♪ 00:19
♪ ALL THE MEMORIES THAT I HAD LEFT ♪ 00:21
♪ WERE THE ONES I DON'T WANNA FORGET ♪ 00:23
♪ NOW I KEEP 'EM CLOSE ♪ 00:26
♪ SO WHEN YOU THINK OF ME IN THE DEAD OF NIGHT ♪ 00:30
♪ BABY, DON'T YOU CRY ♪ 00:35
♪ DARLING, I PRAY FOR YA ♪ 00:39
♪ YEAH, I PRAY FOR YA ♪ 00:42
♪ WHEREVER YOU GO, I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I PRAY ♪ 00:44
♪ ALWAYS HAVE GRACE FOR YA ♪ 00:49
♪ I'LL TAKE THE PAIN FOR YA ♪ 00:51
♪ WHEREVER YOU GO, I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I PRAY ♪ 00:54
♪ THERE WAS A TIME ♪ 00:59
♪ WHERE THE WORDS THAT YOU SAID REALLY CUT ♪ 01:00
♪ WHЕRE I COULDN'T HELP HOLDING A GRUDGE ♪ 01:03
♪ BUT I LЕT IT GO ♪ 01:05
♪ SO I WANT YOU TO FIND YOUR PEACE ♪ 01:08
♪ IT'S OKAY IF IT'S NOT ME ♪ 01:10
♪ DON'T NEED YOUR APOLOGY FOR GIVIN' ME HOPE ♪ 01:13
♪ DARLING, I PRAY FOR YA ♪ 01:18
♪ YEAH, I PRAY FOR YA ♪ 01:21
♪ WHEREVER YOU GO, I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I PRAY ♪ 01:23
♪ ALWAYS HAVE GRACE FOR YA ♪ 01:28
♪ I'LL TAKE THE PAIN FOR YA ♪ 01:30
♪ WHEREVER YOU GO, I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I PRAY ♪ 01:33
♪ YEAH, I PRAY (PRAY, PRAY, PRAY, PRAY) ♪ 01:38
♪ SAID I PRAY (PRAY, PRAY, PRAY, PRAY) ♪ 01:42
♪ SAID I PRAY-AY-AY (PRAY, PRAY, PRAY, PRAY) ♪ 01:47
♪ SAID I PRAY (PRAY, PRAY, PRAY, PRAY) ♪ 01:52
♪ WHEN YOU THINK OF ME AND YOU WANT TO CRY ♪ 01:59
♪ 'CAUSE THE THINGS YOU DID KEEP YOU UP AT NIGHT ♪ 02:04
♪ WHEN YOU THINK OF ME, BABY, DON'T THINK TWICE ♪ 02:09
♪ IT'S ALL ALRIGHT ♪ 02:14
♪ DARLING, I PRAY FOR YA ♪ 02:20
♪ YEAH, I PRAY FOR YA ♪ 02:22
♪ WHEREVER YOU GO, I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I PRAY ♪ 02:24
♪ I'LL ALWAYS HAVE GRACE FOR YA ♪ 02:29
♪ I'LL TAKE THE PAIN FOR YA (PAIN) ♪ 02:32
♪ WHEREVER YOU GO, I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I PRAY ♪ 02:34
♪ YEAH, I PRAY (PRAY, PRAY, PRAY, PRAY) ♪ 02:39
♪ SAID I PRAY (PRAY, PRAY, PRAY, PRAY) ♪ 02:44
♪ SAID I PRAY-AY-AY (PRAY, PRAY, PRAY, PRAY) ♪ 02:49
♪ WHEREVER YOU GO, I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I PRAY ♪ 02:54

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[English]

♪♪♪

♪ I COULDN'T GUESS ♪

♪ ALL THE THINGS GOIN' ON IN YOUR HEAD ♪

♪ ALL THE REASONS YOU HAD WHEN YOU LEFT ♪

♪ I DON'T NEED TO KNOW ♪

♪ AFTER A WHILE ♪

♪ ALL THE MEMORIES THAT I HAD LEFT ♪

♪ WERE THE ONES I DON'T WANNA FORGET ♪

♪ NOW I KEEP 'EM CLOSE ♪

♪ SO WHEN YOU THINK OF ME IN THE DEAD OF NIGHT ♪

♪ BABY, DON'T YOU CRY ♪

♪ DARLING, I PRAY FOR YA ♪

♪ YEAH, I PRAY FOR YA ♪

♪ WHEREVER YOU GO, I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I PRAY ♪

♪ ALWAYS HAVE GRACE FOR YA ♪

♪ I'LL TAKE THE PAIN FOR YA ♪

♪ WHEREVER YOU GO, I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I PRAY ♪

♪ THERE WAS A TIME ♪

♪ WHERE THE WORDS THAT YOU SAID REALLY CUT ♪

♪ WHЕRE I COULDN'T HELP HOLDING A GRUDGE ♪

♪ BUT I LЕT IT GO ♪

♪ SO I WANT YOU TO FIND YOUR PEACE ♪

♪ IT'S OKAY IF IT'S NOT ME ♪

♪ DON'T NEED YOUR APOLOGY FOR GIVIN' ME HOPE ♪

♪ DARLING, I PRAY FOR YA ♪

♪ YEAH, I PRAY FOR YA ♪

♪ WHEREVER YOU GO, I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I PRAY ♪

♪ ALWAYS HAVE GRACE FOR YA ♪

♪ I'LL TAKE THE PAIN FOR YA ♪

♪ WHEREVER YOU GO, I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I PRAY ♪

♪ YEAH, I PRAY (PRAY, PRAY, PRAY, PRAY) ♪

♪ SAID I PRAY (PRAY, PRAY, PRAY, PRAY) ♪

♪ SAID I PRAY-AY-AY (PRAY, PRAY, PRAY, PRAY) ♪

♪ SAID I PRAY (PRAY, PRAY, PRAY, PRAY) ♪

♪ WHEN YOU THINK OF ME AND YOU WANT TO CRY ♪

♪ 'CAUSE THE THINGS YOU DID KEEP YOU UP AT NIGHT ♪

♪ WHEN YOU THINK OF ME, BABY, DON'T THINK TWICE ♪

♪ IT'S ALL ALRIGHT ♪

♪ DARLING, I PRAY FOR YA ♪

♪ YEAH, I PRAY FOR YA ♪

♪ WHEREVER YOU GO, I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I PRAY ♪

♪ I'LL ALWAYS HAVE GRACE FOR YA ♪

♪ I'LL TAKE THE PAIN FOR YA (PAIN) ♪

♪ WHEREVER YOU GO, I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I PRAY ♪

♪ YEAH, I PRAY (PRAY, PRAY, PRAY, PRAY) ♪

♪ SAID I PRAY (PRAY, PRAY, PRAY, PRAY) ♪

♪ SAID I PRAY-AY-AY (PRAY, PRAY, PRAY, PRAY) ♪

♪ WHEREVER YOU GO, I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I PRAY ♪

Key Vocabulary

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Key Grammar Structures

  • I COULDN'T GUESS

    ➔ Modal Verb of Past Inability

    ➔ The modal verb "couldn't" (past of 'can't') expresses an inability to perform an action in the past. Here, it means the speaker "was not able to guess".

  • ALL THE REASONS YOU HAD WHEN YOU LEFT

    ➔ Reduced Relative Clause

    ➔ The phrase "reasons you had" is a reduced relative clause. The full form would be "reasons 'that' you had," where 'that' is omitted because it's the object of the verb.

  • WERE THE ONES I DON'T WANNA FORGET

    ➔ Informal Contraction & Pronoun Reference

    "Wanna" is an informal contraction of "want to." "The 'ones'" refers back to a previously mentioned plural noun, in this context, "memories."

  • SO WHEN YOU THINK OF ME IN THE DEAD OF NIGHT

    ➔ Adverbial Clause of Time

    ➔ The clause "when you think of me in the dead of night" begins with the subordinating conjunction "when," indicating a condition or period of time for the main action.

  • WHEREVER YOU GO, I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I PRAY

    ➔ Adverbial Clause of Place

    ➔ The clause "wherever you go" uses the compound relative adverb "wherever" to indicate any place, emphasizing that the main action applies universally regardless of location.

  • THERE WAS A TIME WHERE THE WORDS THAT YOU SAID REALLY CUT

    ➔ Existential 'There' + Relative Clause

    "There was a time" uses the existential 'there' to introduce the existence of a specific time. This is followed by a relative clause "where the words that you said really cut" providing more details about that time.

  • WHERE I COULDN'T HELP HOLDING A GRUDGE

    ➔ Idiomatic Expression: 'Can't help + Gerund'

    ➔ The idiomatic expression "couldn't help 'holding' a grudge" means the speaker was unable to stop themselves from doing it, implying an involuntary action.

  • IT'S OKAY IF IT'S NOT ME

    ➔ Conditional Clause (Type 0/1)

    ➔ This is a conditional sentence using "if" to express a possible or general truth. Type 0 (general truth) or Type 1 (possible future outcome) can both apply depending on interpretation.

  • DON'T NEED YOUR APOLOGY FOR GIVIN' ME HOPE

    ➔ Preposition + Gerund

    ➔ The preposition "for" is followed by the gerund "givin'" (an informal form of 'giving'). This structure often explains the reason or purpose for something.

  • I'LL ALWAYS HAVE GRACE FOR YA

    ➔ Future Simple with 'Always' (Continuous State)

    ➔ The phrase "will 'always' have grace" uses the future simple tense with the adverb "always" to express a permanent or continuous state in the future, highlighting an unwavering feeling.