Tears of Gold – English Lyrics

• By: Faouzia

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

Mama always told me that I was too naive

Gave away my trust for pennies

I said don't you worry

Didn't think that I'll be

Broken down and crying help me

Wrecked? Check

Heart? In debt

All you do is come around

Just came here to collect

Wrecked? Check

Heart? In debt

Don't you know that I cried tears of gold for you?

I sit here poor for you

Collect my pennies and my dimes

That's why you love it when I cry

Platinum love for you

I'd give no less for you

Generosity is my enemy

So I'm broke and your heart's rich

Because of me

...

Know that this is my fault

Gave a little too much

Knew that this was gonna happen

But I'm not gonna lie

You can make me cry thousand times

I come on in back like

What is going on with my head?

Wrecked? Check

Heart? In debt

All you do is come around

Just came here to collect

Wrecked? Check

Heart? In debt

Don't you know that I cried tears of gold for you?

I sit here poor for you

Collect my pennies and my dimes

That's why you love it when I cry

Platinum love for you

I'd give no less for you

Generosity is my enemy

So I'm broke and your heart's rich

Because of me

And the worst part is I'd do it all over again

No, the worst part is, I know it's never gonna end

I keep coming right back like a maniac

I keep coming right back like

And the worst part is I'd do it all over again

No, the worst part is, I know it's never gonna end

I keep coming right back like a maniac

I cried tears of gold for you

I sit here poor for you

Collect my pennies and my dimes

That's why you love it when I cry

Platinum love for you

I'd give no less for you

Generosity is my enemy

So I'm broke and your heart's rich

Because of me

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
cry /kraɪ/ A2	verb - to shed tears as an expression of emotion noun - an act of shedding tears
tear /tɪər/ B2	noun - a drop of clear salty liquid secreted by glands in the eyes
heart /hɑːrt/ A2	noun - the organ that pumps blood through the body noun - the center of emotions, especially love and compassion
wreck /rɛk/ B2	verb - to damage or destroy something completely noun - something that has been badly damaged or destroyed
debt /dɛt/ B2	noun - money that is owed to someone
collect /kəˈlɛkt/ B1	verb - to gather or bring things together
poor /pʊr/ A2	adjective - not having much money or possessions adjective - of low quality or unsatisfactory
generosity /ˌdʒɛnəˈrɒsəti/ C1	noun - willingness to give more than necessary or expected
enemy /ˈɛnəmi/ B2	noun - a person who is opposed or hostile
rich /rɪʧ/ A2	adjective - having a lot of money or possessions adjective - containing a large amount of something
broke /broʊk/ B1	adjective - having no money
fault /fɔːlt/ B1	noun - responsibility for a mistake or problem
maniac /ˈmeɪniˌæk/ C2	noun - a person exhibiting extremely wild or violent behavior
faulty /ˈfɔːlti/ B2	adjective - having faults; imperfect or defective
platinum /ˈplætɪnəm/ C1	noun - a precious silvery-white metal, often used in jewelry and awards

Key Grammar Structures

• Mama always told me that I was too naive

  ➔ Use of past simple for reported speech

  ➔ "told" is the past simple verb used to report what Mama said

• Didn't think that I'll be

  ➔ Negative inversion in past simple and contracted auxiliary

  ➔ "Didn't think" shows negative form with auxiliary 'did not' and inversion with main verb

• Heart? In debt

  ➔ Elliptical sentence - omission of verb

  ➔ The verb 'is' is omitted; full form is 'Heart is in debt'

• Don't you know that I cried tears of gold for you?

  ➔ Use of present simple question with auxiliary 'do'

  ➔ 'Don't you know' forms a negative question in present simple tense

• I'd give no less for you

  ➔ Use of conditional modal 'would' with negation

  ➔ "I'd" is contraction of 'I would', expressing conditional willingness

• Generosity is my enemy

  ➔ Simple present used for general truth

  ➔ "is" states a habitual or generally true fact

• So I'm broke and your heart's rich

  ➔ Contraction of pronoun and verb; possessive with apostrophe-s

  ➔ "I'm" = I am; "heart's" = heart is (or heart has)

• I keep coming right back like a maniac

  ➔ Present simple with 'keep' + gerund to express repeated action

  ➔ 'keep coming' means continuing to come repeatedly