Sexual Healing

• By: Marvin Gaye

Lyrics:

Vocabulary in this song:

Vocabulary	Meanings
heal /hiːl/ B1	verb - to become healthy again; to make someone healthy again
feeling /ˈfiːlɪŋ/ A2	noun - an emotional state or reaction
love /lʌv/ A1	noun - a strong feeling of affection verb - to feel great affection for someone
mind /maɪnd/ A2	noun - the element of a person that enables them to be aware of the world and their experiences, to think, and to feel
relieve /rɪˈliːv/ B2	verb - to alleviate or reduce (pain or distress)
call /kɔːl/ A1	verb - to give someone a telephone call
free /friː/ A2	verb - release from captivity adjective - not under the control or power of someone else
sick /sɪk/ A2	adjective - affected by physical or mental illness
storming /ˈstɔːrmɪŋ/ B2	verb - to attack and capture (a place) by force verb - (of the weather) to be violent and noisy
rush /rʌʃ/ B1	noun - a sudden feeling of excitement or energy verb - to move with urgent speed
control /kənˈtroʊl/ A2	verb - determine the behavior or supervise the running of. noun - the power to influence or direct people's behavior or the course of events.
operate /ˈɑːpəreɪt/ B2	verb - control the functioning of (a machine, process, or system)
alone /əˈloʊn/ A1	adjective - having no one else present
home /hoʊm/ A1	noun - the place where one lives

Grammar:

• Baby, I'm hot just like an oven

  ➔ Simile (just like)

  ➔ Uses "just like" to compare the speaker's feeling of being hot to the heat of an oven. Similes are used to create vivid imagery and emphasize the intensity of a feeling.

• Baby, I can't hold it much longer

  ➔ Modal verb of ability (can't) + adverb of degree (much) + comparative adverb (longer)

  ➔ "Can't hold it" indicates an inability to restrain oneself. "Much longer" suggests that the feeling is intensifying over time.

• Whenever blue teardrops are falling

  ➔ Adverbial clause of time (Whenever + clause) + Present continuous (are falling)

  ➔ "Whenever blue teardrops are falling" describes a recurring situation using "whenever" to introduce the time frame. The present continuous "are falling" describes the ongoing action of crying.

• And my emotional stability is leaving me

  ➔ Present Continuous tense indicating a temporary situation (is leaving)

  ➔ The use of the present continuous "is leaving" suggests that the emotional stability is not permanently gone but is in the process of disappearing, creating a sense of urgency.

• There is something I can do

  ➔ Existential 'there is' + relative clause (that) I can do (omitted)

  ➔ The phrase "there is something" introduces the existence of a solution. The relative clause "that I can do" (where "that" is omitted) modifies "something" and explains the nature of the solution.

• If you don't know the thing you're dealing, oh

  ➔ Conditional clause (If + present simple) + noun clause (the thing you're dealing with)

  ➔ This sentence sets up a condition using "if". The phrase "the thing you're dealing (with)" is a noun clause that functions as the object of the verb "know." The 'with' is often dropped in informal speech.

• Please don't procrastinate

  ➔ Imperative sentence (negative form)

  ➔ This is a direct command using the imperative mood, advising against delaying action. The negative form "don't" makes it a request not to do something.