[music]
00:14
>> Kiss me hard before you go.
00:17
>> [music]
00:20
>> Summertime sadness. [singing]
00:21
I just wanted [music] you [singing] to
00:26
know
00:27
that baby,
00:30
you're the best.
00:31
I got my red dress on tonight,
00:33
dancing in the dark [music] in the pale
00:37
moonlight.
00:40
Done my hair up real big, [music] beauty
00:42
queen style.
00:44
High heels off, I'm feeling alive.
00:46
>> [music]
00:49
>> Oh my god, I feel it [music] in the air,
00:51
telephone wires above us sizzling like a
00:55
snake. And honey, I'm on fire. I feel it
00:59
everywhere.
01:03
>> [music]
01:04
>> Nothing scares me anymore.
01:04
>> 2 3 4
01:07
>> Kiss me hard before you go.
01:08
Summertime [music] sadness.
01:13
I just wanted you to know
01:17
>> [music]
01:21
>> that baby,
01:21
you're the best.
01:23
I got that summertime, summertime
01:26
[music]
01:28
sadness.
01:29
So so summertime, summertime [music]
01:30
sadness.
01:33
Got that summertime, summertime sadness.
01:35
[music]
01:38
Oh oh oh.
01:39
I'm feeling electric [music]
01:42
tonight,
01:44
cruising down the coast, going about 99.
01:46
Got my bad baby [music] by my heavenly
01:50
side. I I if I go,
01:53
I'll die happy tonight.
01:56
Oh
02:00
>> [music]
02:01
>> my god, I feel it in the air, telephone
02:01
wires. Above us sizzling like a snake.
02:04
And they all
02:08
>> [music]
02:09
>> on fire. I feel it everywhere. Nothing
02:09
scares me anymore. [music]
02:13
2 3 4 Kiss me hard before you go.
02:16
Summertime [music]
02:21
sadness
02:22
I just wanted you to know.
02:26
The baby you the best.
02:30
I got that summertime, summertime
02:34
[music]
02:37
sadness.
02:37
>> [singing]
02:38
>> Su- Su- summertime, summertime sadness.
02:39
>> [music]
02:43
>> Got that summertime, summertime sadness.
02:43
Oh oh.
02:48
>> [music]
02:52
>> Think I'll miss you forever.
02:52
Like the stars miss the sun in the
02:55
morning sky.
02:58
Later's better than never.
03:00
Even if you're gone, I'm going to
03:04
>> [music]
03:07
>> try.
03:11
I got that summertime,
03:13
[music and singing] summertime sadness.
03:15
Su- Su- summertime, summertime [music]
03:18
sadness. [singing]
03:20
Got that summertime, summertime sadness.
03:22
Oh oh.
03:27
>> [music]
03:28
>> Kiss me hard before you go.
03:30
Summertime [music] sadness
03:34
I just wanted you to know.
03:38
The baby
03:43
>> [music]
03:44
>> I got that summertime, summertime
03:47
sadness.
03:50
>> [music]
03:51
>> S- s- summertime, summertime sadness.
03:52
>> [music]
03:56
>> Got that summertime, summertime sadness.
03:56
>> [music]
04:01
[music]
04:07
[music]
04:16
[music]
04:25
>> Kiss me hard [music] before you go.
04:29
Summertime sadness.
04:33
>> [music]
04:37
>> I just wanted you to know
04:38
that baby, [music] you're the
04:42
best.
04:44
>> I've got my red dress on [music]
04:45
tonight.
04:48
Dancing in the dark in the pale
04:49
moonlight. [music]
04:52
Done my hair up real big, beauty queen
04:54
style.
04:57
High heels off. I'm feeling alive.
04:58
Oh
05:03
>> [music]
05:04
>> my god, I feel it in the air, telephone
05:04
wires above [music] us sizzling like a
05:08
snake. Honey, I'm
05:11
on fire. I [music] feel it everywhere.
05:13
Nothing scares me anymore. [singing]
05:16
>> Two, three, four.
05:19
>> [music]
05:20
>> Kiss me hard before you go.
05:21
Summertime [music] sadness.
05:25
I just wanted you to know
05:29
that baby,
05:33
you're the best.
05:35
I've got that summertime, summertime
05:38
sadness.
05:41
>> [music and singing]
05:41
>> S- s- summertime, summertime sadness.
05:43
>> [music]
05:47
>> Got summertime sadness.
05:47
Oh, oh.
05:50
I'm feeling electric [music]
05:54
tonight.
05:56
Cruising down the coast, going about
05:58
[music] 99.
06:00
Got my bad baby by my heavenly side.
06:02
[music]
06:06
I know if I go, I'll die happy tonight.
06:06
Oh
06:12
my god,
06:13
>> [music]
06:14
>> I'm feeling it in the air, telephone
06:14
wires above.
06:16
>> [music]
06:18
>> Our souls are aligned like a snake. And
06:18
me, I'm
06:20
on fire. I feel it everywhere. [music]
06:21
Nothing scares me
06:24
anymore.
06:27
>> Two, three, four.
06:28
>> Kiss me hard [music] before you go.
06:29
Summertime sadness.
06:33
I just wanted you [music] to know.
06:38
That baby, you're the
06:42
I got that summertime, summertime
06:46
sadness. [music and singing]
06:49
So, so, summertime, summertime sadness.
06:51
Got that summertime, [music]
06:55
summertime sadness. Oh, oh.
06:57
Think [music] of me still forever.
07:04
Like the stars miss the sun [music] in
07:07
the morning sky.
07:10
Latest better than ever.
07:12
>> [music]
07:15
>> Even if you're gone, I'm going to try.
07:16
>> [music]
07:20
>> Try.
07:23
I got [singing] that
07:25
summertime [music] sadness.
07:27
So, so, summertime, summertime sadness.
07:30
Got that summertime, [music]
07:34
summertime sadness. [singing]
07:36
Oh, oh.
07:38
Oh.
07:40
>> [music]
07:40
>> Kiss me before you go.
07:42
Summertime sadness.
07:46
>> [music]
07:49
>> I just wanted you to know
07:51
that baby, [music] you're the
07:55
I got [music] that summertime,
07:59
summertime sadness.
08:01
That that summertime, summertime [music]
08:04
sadness.
08:07
Got that summertime, summertime [music]
08:08
sadness.
08:11
Oh.
08:13
>> [music]
08:17
[music]
08:21
[music]
08:36
>> Kiss me hard before [singing]
08:41
you go.
08:43
>> [music]
08:45
>> Summertime sadness.
08:45
>> [music]
08:49
>> I just wanted [singing] you to know
08:50
that [music] baby,
08:54
you're the best.
08:56
I got my red dress [music] on tonight.
08:57
Dancing in the dark in the pale
09:02
moonlight.
09:04
Done my hair up real big, [music] beauty
09:06
queen style.
09:08
High heels off,
09:10
I'm feeling alive.
09:12
Oh my [music] god, I feel it in the air,
09:15
telephone wires [singing] above. All
09:19
sizzling like a [music] snake
09:22
I'm fire, I feel it everywhere. Nothing
09:25
scares [music] me anymore. [singing]
09:28
>> Two, three, four.
09:31
>> Kiss me hard before [music] you go.
09:33
Summertime sadness.
09:37
>> [music]
09:41
>> I just wanted you to know
09:41
that baby, you're
09:45
>> [music]
09:46
>> the best.
09:47
I got that summertime, summertime
09:50
[music]
09:52
[singing] sadness.
09:53
So so summertime, summertime sadness.
09:55
[music]
09:58
Got that summertime, summertime
09:59
[singing]
10:01
sadness.
10:02
I'm feeling electric tonight.
10:06
Cruising down the coast going [music]
10:10
about 99.
10:12
Got my bad baby by my heavenly side.
10:14
[music]
10:18
I know if I go, I'll die happy tonight.
10:18
Oh [music] my god, I feel it in the air,
10:24
telephone wires
10:28
>> [music]
10:29
>> above us sizzling like a snake. Honey,
10:29
I'm
10:33
on fire. I feel it everywhere. [music]
10:33
Nothing scares me anymore.
10:36
1 2 3
10:40
4, kiss [music] me hard before [singing]
10:41
you go.
10:43
Summertime sadness.
10:45
I just wanted you to know
10:50
that baby, [music] you're
10:54
the best.
10:56
I got that summertime, [music]
10:59
summertime sadness.
11:00
So so summertime, summertime [music]
11:03
sadness. [singing]
11:06
Got that summertime, summertime sadness.
11:07
>> [music]
11:12
>> Think I'll miss [music] you forever.
11:16
Like the stars miss the sun in the
11:19
morning [music and singing] sky.
11:22
Later's better than never.
11:25
Even if [music] you're gone, And I'm
11:28
going to try.
11:30
Try.
11:35
>> [music]
11:36
>> I got that [singing] Summertime
11:37
Summertime Sadness.
11:39
Su- Su- Summertime Summertime [singing]
11:42
Sadness.
11:44
Got [music] that Summertime Summertime
11:46
Sadness. [singing]
11:49
>> [music]
11:51
>> Kiss me hard before you go.
11:54
Summertime [music]
11:58
Sadness.
11:59
I just wanted you [music] to know.
12:03
That baby, you're the best.
12:07
>> [music]
12:09
>> I got that Summertime Summertime
12:11
Sadness.
12:14
Su- Su- Summertime Summertime [music]
12:16
Sadness.
12:19
Got that Summertime Summertime [music]
12:20
Sadness.
12:23
>> [music]
12:29
[music]
12:33
[music]
12:40
[music]
12:54
[music]
13:17
[music]
13:27
[music]
13:34
[music]
13:58
[music]
14:03
[music]
15:05
[music]
15:18
[music and bell]
15:24
>> Kiss me hard [music] before [singing]
15:28
you go.
15:30
Summertime sadness. [music]
15:32
I just wanted you [singing] to know
15:37
that baby,
15:41
>> [music]
15:41
>> you're the best.
15:43
>> I got my red dress [music and singing]
15:45
on tonight.
15:47
Dancing in the dark in the
15:49
pale moonlight.
15:51
>> [music]
15:53
>> Done my hair up real big, beauty queen
15:53
style.
15:56
High heels off,
15:57
I'm feeling [music] alive.
15:59
Oh my god, I feel [music] it in the air,
16:02
telephone wires above. Us sizzling like
16:06
a snake, honey, [music] I'm
16:10
on fire. I feel it everywhere. Nothing
16:12
scares me anymore. [music]
16:15
>> 2 3 4
16:18
>> Kiss me hard before you go.
16:20
Summertime [music] sadness.
16:24
I just wanted you to know
16:28
that baby,
16:32
you're the best.
16:34
>> I got that summertime summertime
16:37
sadness. [music]
16:40
Got that summertime summertime sadness.
16:42
Got that summertime summertime sadness.
16:46
[music]
16:49
I'm feeling [music] electric
16:53
tonight.
16:56
Cruising down the [music] coast,
16:57
[singing] going about 99.
16:59
Got my bad baby by my heavenly side.
17:01
[music]
17:05
I know if I go, I'll die happy tonight.
17:05
Oh my god, I feel it [music] in the air,
17:11
telephone wires above. Us sizzling like
17:14
a [music] snake, honey, I'm on me on on
17:18
fire. I feel it everywhere. Nothing
17:21
scares [music] me anymore.
17:24
>> 1 2 3 4 Kiss me [singing] out before you
17:27
go.
17:30
Summertime [music] sadness
17:32
>> I just wanted you to know.
17:37
>> Baby, you're the
17:41
>> I got that summertime summertime [music]
17:46
sadness.
17:49
Su- su- summertime summertime sadness.
17:50
>> [music]
17:54
>> Got that summertime summertime sadness.
17:54
>> [music]
18:01
>> Think of me through forever
18:03
like the stars miss the sun in the
18:06
morning [music] sky.
18:09
Later's better than never.
18:12
Even if you're gone, [music]
18:15
I'm going to try. Try. Try.
18:17
>> [music]
18:23
>> I got that summertime [singing]
18:24
summertime sadness.
18:26
Su- su- summertime summertime sadness.
18:29
[singing]
18:32
[music]
18:32
Got that summertime summertime sadness.
18:33
>> [music]
18:39
>> Kiss me out before you go.
18:41
Summertime [music]
18:45
sadness
18:46
>> I just [music] wanted you to know.
18:50
>> Baby, you're the
18:54
>> [music]
18:55
>> I got that summertime summertime
18:58
sadness. [music]
19:01
Su- su- summertime summertime sadness.
19:03
Got that summertime [music] summertime
19:07
sadness.
19:10
side of
19:12
>> [music]
19:17
Lyrics & Translation
Dive into the atmospheric world of 'Summertime Sadness' to master English nuances in emotional expression. This song is perfect for learning how to convey deep sentiment, melancholy, and poetic imagery through evocative vocabulary and slow, melodic phrasing.
[English]
[music]
>> Kiss me hard before you go.
>> [music]
>> Summertime sadness. [singing]
I just wanted [music] you [singing] to
know
that baby,
you're the best.
I got my red dress on tonight,
dancing in the dark [music] in the pale
moonlight.
Done my hair up real big, [music] beauty
queen style.
High heels off, I'm feeling alive.
>> [music]
>> Oh my god, I feel it [music] in the air,
telephone wires above us sizzling like a
snake. And honey, I'm on fire. I feel it
everywhere.
>> [music]
>> Nothing scares me anymore.
>> 2 3 4
>> Kiss me hard before you go.
Summertime [music] sadness.
I just wanted you to know
>> [music]
>> that baby,
you're the best.
I got that summertime, summertime
[music]
sadness.
So so summertime, summertime [music]
sadness.
Got that summertime, summertime sadness.
[music]
Oh oh oh.
I'm feeling electric [music]
tonight,
cruising down the coast, going about 99.
Got my bad baby [music] by my heavenly
side. I I if I go,
I'll die happy tonight.
Oh
>> [music]
>> my god, I feel it in the air, telephone
wires. Above us sizzling like a snake.
And they all
>> [music]
>> on fire. I feel it everywhere. Nothing
scares me anymore. [music]
2 3 4 Kiss me hard before you go.
Summertime [music]
sadness
I just wanted you to know.
The baby you the best.
I got that summertime, summertime
[music]
sadness.
>> [singing]
>> Su- Su- summertime, summertime sadness.
>> [music]
>> Got that summertime, summertime sadness.
Oh oh.
>> [music]
>> Think I'll miss you forever.
Like the stars miss the sun in the
morning sky.
Later's better than never.
Even if you're gone, I'm going to
>> [music]
>> try.
I got that summertime,
[music and singing] summertime sadness.
Su- Su- summertime, summertime [music]
sadness. [singing]
Got that summertime, summertime sadness.
Oh oh.
>> [music]
>> Kiss me hard before you go.
Summertime [music] sadness
I just wanted you to know.
The baby
>> [music]
>> I got that summertime, summertime
sadness.
>> [music]
>> S- s- summertime, summertime sadness.
>> [music]
>> Got that summertime, summertime sadness.
>> [music]
[music]
[music]
[music]
>> Kiss me hard [music] before you go.
Summertime sadness.
>> [music]
>> I just wanted you to know
that baby, [music] you're the
best.
>> I've got my red dress on [music]
tonight.
Dancing in the dark in the pale
moonlight. [music]
Done my hair up real big, beauty queen
style.
High heels off. I'm feeling alive.
Oh
>> [music]
>> my god, I feel it in the air, telephone
wires above [music] us sizzling like a
snake. Honey, I'm
on fire. I [music] feel it everywhere.
Nothing scares me anymore. [singing]
>> Two, three, four.
>> [music]
>> Kiss me hard before you go.
Summertime [music] sadness.
I just wanted you to know
that baby,
you're the best.
I've got that summertime, summertime
sadness.
>> [music and singing]
>> S- s- summertime, summertime sadness.
>> [music]
>> Got summertime sadness.
Oh, oh.
I'm feeling electric [music]
tonight.
Cruising down the coast, going about
[music] 99.
Got my bad baby by my heavenly side.
[music]
I know if I go, I'll die happy tonight.
Oh
my god,
>> [music]
>> I'm feeling it in the air, telephone
wires above.
>> [music]
>> Our souls are aligned like a snake. And
me, I'm
on fire. I feel it everywhere. [music]
Nothing scares me
anymore.
>> Two, three, four.
>> Kiss me hard [music] before you go.
Summertime sadness.
I just wanted you [music] to know.
That baby, you're the
I got that summertime, summertime
sadness. [music and singing]
So, so, summertime, summertime sadness.
Got that summertime, [music]
summertime sadness. Oh, oh.
Think [music] of me still forever.
Like the stars miss the sun [music] in
the morning sky.
Latest better than ever.
>> [music]
>> Even if you're gone, I'm going to try.
>> [music]
>> Try.
I got [singing] that
summertime [music] sadness.
So, so, summertime, summertime sadness.
Got that summertime, [music]
summertime sadness. [singing]
Oh, oh.
Oh.
>> [music]
>> Kiss me before you go.
Summertime sadness.
>> [music]
>> I just wanted you to know
that baby, [music] you're the
I got [music] that summertime,
summertime sadness.
That that summertime, summertime [music]
sadness.
Got that summertime, summertime [music]
sadness.
Oh.
>> [music]
[music]
[music]
>> Kiss me hard before [singing]
you go.
>> [music]
>> Summertime sadness.
>> [music]
>> I just wanted [singing] you to know
that [music] baby,
you're the best.
I got my red dress [music] on tonight.
Dancing in the dark in the pale
moonlight.
Done my hair up real big, [music] beauty
queen style.
High heels off,
I'm feeling alive.
Oh my [music] god, I feel it in the air,
telephone wires [singing] above. All
sizzling like a [music] snake
I'm fire, I feel it everywhere. Nothing
scares [music] me anymore. [singing]
>> Two, three, four.
>> Kiss me hard before [music] you go.
Summertime sadness.
>> [music]
>> I just wanted you to know
that baby, you're
>> [music]
>> the best.
I got that summertime, summertime
[music]
[singing] sadness.
So so summertime, summertime sadness.
[music]
Got that summertime, summertime
[singing]
sadness.
I'm feeling electric tonight.
Cruising down the coast going [music]
about 99.
Got my bad baby by my heavenly side.
[music]
I know if I go, I'll die happy tonight.
Oh [music] my god, I feel it in the air,
telephone wires
>> [music]
>> above us sizzling like a snake. Honey,
I'm
on fire. I feel it everywhere. [music]
Nothing scares me anymore.
1 2 3
4, kiss [music] me hard before [singing]
you go.
Summertime sadness.
I just wanted you to know
that baby, [music] you're
the best.
I got that summertime, [music]
summertime sadness.
So so summertime, summertime [music]
sadness. [singing]
Got that summertime, summertime sadness.
>> [music]
>> Think I'll miss [music] you forever.
Like the stars miss the sun in the
morning [music and singing] sky.
Later's better than never.
Even if [music] you're gone, And I'm
going to try.
Try.
>> [music]
>> I got that [singing] Summertime
Summertime Sadness.
Su- Su- Summertime Summertime [singing]
Sadness.
Got [music] that Summertime Summertime
Sadness. [singing]
>> [music]
>> Kiss me hard before you go.
Summertime [music]
Sadness.
I just wanted you [music] to know.
That baby, you're the best.
>> [music]
>> I got that Summertime Summertime
Sadness.
Su- Su- Summertime Summertime [music]
Sadness.
Got that Summertime Summertime [music]
Sadness.
>> [music]
[music]
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[music]
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[music]
[music and bell]
>> Kiss me hard [music] before [singing]
you go.
Summertime sadness. [music]
I just wanted you [singing] to know
that baby,
>> [music]
>> you're the best.
>> I got my red dress [music and singing]
on tonight.
Dancing in the dark in the
pale moonlight.
>> [music]
>> Done my hair up real big, beauty queen
style.
High heels off,
I'm feeling [music] alive.
Oh my god, I feel [music] it in the air,
telephone wires above. Us sizzling like
a snake, honey, [music] I'm
on fire. I feel it everywhere. Nothing
scares me anymore. [music]
>> 2 3 4
>> Kiss me hard before you go.
Summertime [music] sadness.
I just wanted you to know
that baby,
you're the best.
>> I got that summertime summertime
sadness. [music]
Got that summertime summertime sadness.
Got that summertime summertime sadness.
[music]
I'm feeling [music] electric
tonight.
Cruising down the [music] coast,
[singing] going about 99.
Got my bad baby by my heavenly side.
[music]
I know if I go, I'll die happy tonight.
Oh my god, I feel it [music] in the air,
telephone wires above. Us sizzling like
a [music] snake, honey, I'm on me on on
fire. I feel it everywhere. Nothing
scares [music] me anymore.
>> 1 2 3 4 Kiss me [singing] out before you
go.
Summertime [music] sadness
>> I just wanted you to know.
>> Baby, you're the
>> I got that summertime summertime [music]
sadness.
Su- su- summertime summertime sadness.
>> [music]
>> Got that summertime summertime sadness.
>> [music]
>> Think of me through forever
like the stars miss the sun in the
morning [music] sky.
Later's better than never.
Even if you're gone, [music]
I'm going to try. Try. Try.
>> [music]
>> I got that summertime [singing]
summertime sadness.
Su- su- summertime summertime sadness.
[singing]
[music]
Got that summertime summertime sadness.
>> [music]
>> Kiss me out before you go.
Summertime [music]
sadness
>> I just [music] wanted you to know.
>> Baby, you're the
>> [music]
>> I got that summertime summertime
sadness. [music]
Su- su- summertime summertime sadness.
Got that summertime [music] summertime
sadness.
side of
>> [music]
Key Vocabulary
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sadness /ˈsædnəs/ A2 |
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moonlight /ˈmuːnlaɪt/ B1 |
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beauty /ˈbjuːti/ A2 |
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sizzling /ˈsɪzlɪŋ/ C1 |
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electric /ɪˈlektrɪk/ B1 |
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cruising /ˈkruːzɪŋ/ B2 |
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heavenly /ˈhevənli/ B2 |
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aligned /əˈlaɪnd/ B2 |
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forever /fəˈrevər/ A2 |
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alive /əˈlaɪv/ A2 |
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Key Grammar Structures
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I got my red dress on tonight.
➔ Have something + past participle (Causative structure)
➔ Using 'have something done' indicates the state of having your red dress on, meaning it is already put on.
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Nothing scares me anymore.
➔ Indefinite pronoun + verb + anymore
➔ 'Anymore' is used here to indicate that a fear that existed in the past is no longer present.
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I know if I go, I'll die happy tonight.
➔ First Conditional (If + present simple, will + verb)
➔ The first conditional expresses a real or possible condition in the future.
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Think I'll miss you forever.
➔ Reduced relative/conjunction clause (I think that I will...)
➔ In informal English, the conjunction 'that' is often omitted after verbs like 'think'.
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Even if you're gone, I'm going to try.
➔ Concessive clause (Even if + subject + be + past participle/adjective)
➔ 'Even if' introduces a condition that will not change the outcome of the main clause.
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Telephone wires above us sizzling like a snake.
➔ Participial phrase as an adjective
➔ 'Sizzling' is a present participle modifying 'wires', describing the sound/action of the wires.
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Kiss me hard before you go.
➔ Imperative sentence + temporal conjunction
➔ The imperative 'Kiss me' is followed by 'before you go', which establishes a timeline for the action.
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Got my bad baby by my heavenly side.
➔ Omitted subject (I have got...)
➔ In song lyrics, it is common to drop the subject 'I' for rhythm and flow.
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