Sunshine – English Lyrics

• By: Aerosmith
• Album: Just Push Play

Lyrics & Translation

Explore the whimsical world of Aerosmith's 'Sunshine,' a song filled with 'Alice in Wonderland' imagery that offers a unique opportunity to learn English through vivid storytelling and creative metaphors. Discover how the band uses playful lyrics and hard rock elements to create an adventurous and surreal listening experience, perfect for expanding your vocabulary and understanding of metaphorical language .

[English]

(wind blowing)

♪♪♪

♪ I sold my soul for a one night stand ♪

♪ I followed Alice into Wonderland ♪

♪ I ate the mushroom and I danced with the queen ♪

♪ Yeah, we danced in between all the lines ♪

♪ I followed daylight right into the dark ♪

♪ Took to the Hatter like a walk in the park ♪

♪ But then I met her, yeah, she felt so right ♪

♪ No child of the night, yeah, was she ♪

♪ They called her sunshine ♪

♪ The kind that everybody knows, yeah, yeah ♪

♪ Sunshine ♪

♪ She's finer than a painted rose, yeah, yeah ♪

♪ Sunshine, yeah ♪

♪ Her kind of love's what I adore ♪

♪ What kind of trouble am I in for? ♪

♪ My kind of Heaven lies at Hell's back door ♪

♪ And I got more than I need ♪

♪ 'Cause I need sunshine ♪

♪ The kind that everybody knows, yeah, yeah ♪

♪ My sunshine ♪

♪ She's finer than a painted rose, yeah, yeah ♪

♪ Sunshine, yeah ♪

♪♪♪

♪ I got the karma, but it don't come free ♪

♪ I'll chase that rabbit up an old oak tree ♪

♪ The caterpillar's tryna cop a plea ♪

♪ But the smoke ain't got nothing on me ♪

♪ I got to have my sunshine ♪

♪ The kind that everybody knows, yeah, yeah ♪

♪ The sunshine ♪

♪ She's finer than a painted rose, yeah, yeah ♪

♪ Sunshine ♪

♪ The kind that everybody knows, yeah, yeah ♪

♪ My sunshine ♪

♪ She's finer than a painted rose, yeah, yeah ♪

♪ Sunshine ♪

♪ Sunshine, yeah ♪

Key Grammar Structures

• I sold my soul for a one night stand

  ➔ past simple tense with 'sold'

  ➔ 'sold' is the past tense of 'sell', indicating a completed action in the past.

• I followed Alice into Wonderland

  ➔ past simple tense with 'followed'

  ➔ 'followed' is the simple past of 'follow', showing an action completed in the past.

• We danced in between all the lines

  ➔ past simple tense with 'danced'

  ➔ 'danced' is the simple past of 'dance', indicating the action occurred in the past.

• I took to the Hatter like a walk in the park

  ➔ phrasal verb 'took to' indicating a developing liking or habit

  ➔ 'took to' means to begin to like or become familiar with something or someone.

• My kind of Heaven lies at Hell's back door

  ➔ noun phrase with 'kind of' indicating a category or type

  ➔ 'kind of' is used to categorize or specify a type or style of something.

• Her kind of love's what I adore

  ➔ possessive 'love's' as a contraction of 'love is'

  ➔ 'love's' is a contraction of 'love is', indicating possession or emphasis.

• What kind of trouble am I in for?

  ➔ interrogative sentence using 'what kind of' + noun phrase

  ➔ 'what kind of' introduces a question asking about a category or type of trouble.