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 (using 'like' for comparison)

  ➔ This line uses a simile to compare the speaker's feeling of being sexually aroused to the heat of an oven. The word "like" establishes the comparison.

• Baby, I can't hold it much longer

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

  ➔ This shows an inability to control an urge. "Can't hold it" expresses a lack of self-control. "Much longer" implies a limit is near.

• And when I get that feeling, I want sexual healing

  ➔ Conditional clause (when + present simple) + main clause (present simple)

  ➔ This is a type 0 conditional, expressing a general truth or a habit. "When I get that feeling" sets the condition for "I want sexual healing".

• Whenever blue teardrops are falling

  ➔ Adverbial clause of time (whenever + present continuous)

  ➔ "Whenever" indicates any time the condition occurs. "Are falling" (present continuous) implies a continuous action in progress.

• I can get on the telephone and call you up, baby

  ➔ Modal verb ('can') + phrasal verb ('call up')

  ➔ "Can" indicates ability or possibility. "Call up" is a phrasal verb meaning 'to telephone'.

• The love you give to me will free me

  ➔ Relative clause ('you give to me') + future simple ('will free')

  ➔ "You give to me" is a relative clause modifying "the love". "Will free" expresses a future result.

• It's not good to masturbate

  ➔ Impersonal 'it' + infinitive clause ('to masturbate')

  ➔ Here, "it" is used as an impersonal pronoun, where the actual subject is the infinitive clause "to masturbate". It expresses a general statement about something.