Sailor Song
Lyrics:
[English]
I saw her in the rightest way
Looking like Anne Hathaway
Laughing while she hit her pen
And coughed, and coughed
And then she came up to my knees
Begging, "Baby, would you please
Do the things you said you'd do
To me, to me?"
Oh, won't you kiss me on the mouth and love me like a sailor?
And when you get a taste, can you tell me what's my flavor?
I don't believe in God, but I believe that you're my savior
My mom says that she's worried, but I'm covered in this favor
And when we're getting dirty, I forget all that is wrong
I sleep so I can see you, 'cause I hate to wait so long
I sleep so I can see you, and I hate to wait so long
...
She took my fingers to her mouth
The kind of thing that makes you proud
That nothing else had ever
Worked out, worked out
And lately, I've tried other things
But nothing can capture the sting
Of the venom she's gonna
Spit out right now
Oh, won't you kiss me on the mouth and love me like a sailor?
And when you get a taste, can you tell me what's my flavor?
I don't believe in God, but I believe that you're my savior
I know that you've been worried, but you're dripping in my favor
And when we're getting dirty, I forget all that is wrong
I sleep so I can see you, 'cause I hate to wait so long
I sleep so I can see you, and I hate to wait so long
...
And we can run away to the walls inside your house
I can be the cat, baby, you can be the mouse
And we can laugh off things that we know nothing about
We can go forever until you wanna sit it out
...
Vocabulary in this song:
Vocabulary | Meanings |
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sailor /ˈseɪlər/ A2 |
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kiss /kɪs/ A1 |
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love /lʌv/ A1 |
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flavor /ˈfleɪvər/ B1 |
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believe /bɪˈliːv/ A2 |
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savior /ˈseɪvjər/ B2 |
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worried /ˈwʌrid/ B1 |
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favor /ˈfeɪvər/ B1 |
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dirty /ˈdɜːrti/ A2 |
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sleep /sliːp/ A1 |
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hate /heɪt/ A2 |
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fingers /ˈfɪŋɡərz/ A1 |
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mouth /maʊθ/ A1 |
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proud /praʊd/ B1 |
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capture /ˈkæptʃər/ B2 |
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sting /stɪŋ/ B2 |
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venom /ˈvenəm/ B2 |
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run /rʌn/ A1 |
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walls /wɔːlz/ A1 |
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laugh /læf/ A1 |
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Grammar:
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Looking like Anne Hathaway
➔ Gerund Phrase as Complement
➔ The phrase "looking like Anne Hathaway" functions as an adjective describing how the speaker saw the person. The gerund "looking" introduces the descriptive phrase.
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Begging, "Baby, would you please...
➔ Conditional request using "would"
➔ The phrase "would you please" is a polite and somewhat pleading request. The use of "would" makes it softer and more tentative than a direct imperative.
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Oh, won't you kiss me on the mouth and love me like a sailor?
➔ Negative Interrogative with "won't"
➔ The question "won't you kiss me..." implies a desire or expectation that the person *will* kiss the speaker. The negative form is used for emphasis and can express longing.
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And when you get a taste, can you tell me what's my flavor?
➔ Embedded Question with Subject-Verb Inversion
➔ "What's my flavor?" is the direct question. It's embedded within the larger question "Can you tell me...?" The embedded question is a noun clause acting as the object of the verb "tell."
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I don't believe in God, but I believe that you're my savior
➔ Contrast using 'but' and Noun clause with 'that'
➔ The word "but" indicates a contrast between the two clauses. 'that you're my savior' is a noun clause and acts as the object of the verb 'believe'.
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My mom says that she's worried, but I'm covered in this favor
➔ Reported Speech and Idiomatic Expression
➔ "My mom says that she's worried" is reported speech. The phrase "covered in this favor" is idiomatic and means to be experiencing a positive outcome or preferential treatment.
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I sleep so I can see you, 'cause I hate to wait so long
➔ Subordinate Clause of Purpose and 'so...that'
➔ The phrase "so I can see you" is a subordinate clause of purpose. It explains the reason why the speaker sleeps. "so long" in 'I hate to wait so long' can be followed by that + clause, making it resultative (though in the song it's used more informally)
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That nothing else had ever Worked out, worked out
➔ Past Perfect Tense
➔ The past perfect "had worked out" indicates that the failure of other things happened before the event described in the previous line (taking fingers to her mouth). It emphasizes that *before* this moment, nothing else had been successful.