Sundown – English Lyrics

• By: Bruce Springsteen

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

I'm 25 hundred miles from where I wanna be

It feels like a hundred years since you've been near to me

I guess what goes around, baby, comes around

Just wishing you were here with me, in Sundown

Sundown ain't the kind of place you want to be on your own

It's all long, hot, endless days and cold nights all alone

I drift from bar to bar, here in lonely town

Just wishing you were here with me, come sundown

In Sundown the cafés are filled with lovers passing time

In Sundown all I've got's trouble on my mind

So I work all day out here on the county line

I tell myself it's all just gonna work out in time

When summer's through, you'll come around

That little voice in my head's all that keeps me from sinking down

Come Sundown

...

When summer's through, you'll come around

That little voice in my head's all that keeps me from sinking down

Come Sundown

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
miles /maɪlz/ A1	noun - a unit of distance equal to 1,760 yards or approximately 1.6 kilometers
wishing /ˈwɪʃɪŋ/ A2	verb - wanting something that cannot or probably will not happen
sundown /ˈsʌndaʊn/ B1	noun - the time in the evening when the sun disappears below the horizon
kind /kaɪnd/ A1	noun - a group of people or things having similar characteristics
place /pleɪs/ A1	noun - a particular position, point, or area in space
endless /ˈendləs/ B2	adjective - having or seeming to have no end or limit
cold /koʊld/ A1	adjective - having a low temperature
drift /drɪft/ B1	verb - to be carried slowly by a current of air or water
lonely /ˈloʊnli/ A2	adjective - sad because one has no friends or company
cafés /kæˈfeɪz/ A2	noun - small restaurants serving refreshments
lovers /ˈlʌvərz/ A2	noun - people who are in a romantic relationship
trouble /ˈtrʌbəl/ A2	noun - difficulty or problems
mind /maɪnd/ A1	noun - the element of a person that enables them to be aware of the world and their experiences
work /wɜːrk/ A1	verb - to be engaged in physical or mental activity in order to achieve a result
voice /vɔɪs/ A1	noun - the sound produced in a person's larynx and uttered through the mouth
sinking /ˈsɪŋkɪŋ/ B1	verb - to descend or cause to descend, especially beneath the surface of a liquid

Key Grammar Structures

• I'm 25 hundred miles from where I wanna be

  ➔ Present continuous tense

  ➔ The phrase "I'm" is a contraction of "I am," indicating present continuous tense, used to describe an action happening now or around now. Here, it emphasizes the speaker's current state of being far away.

• It feels like a hundred years since you've been near to me

  ➔ Present perfect tense

  ➔ "You've been" is a present perfect construction, indicating an action that started in the past and has relevance to the present. Here, it emphasizes the duration since the last time the person was near.

• I guess what goes around, baby, comes around

  ➔ Present simple tense with idiomatic expression

  ➔ The phrase "comes around" is an idiomatic expression meaning that actions or behaviors have consequences that return to the doer. The present simple tense is used to state a general truth or proverb.

• Just wishing you were here with me, in Sundown

  ➔ Past subjunctive mood

  ➔ "Were" is used in the past subjunctive mood to express a wish or hypothetical situation contrary to fact. Here, it conveys the speaker's desire for the person to be present.

• Sundown ain't the kind of place you want to be on your own

  ➔ Contraction and negative form

  ➔ "Ain't" is a contraction of "is not," used informally to negate the statement. The negative form emphasizes that Sundown is not a desirable place to be alone.