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Don't think I've ever seen your kind of pretty 00:10
Wanderin' around this midnight mad house city 00:16
You got a look that says you got it all together 00:20
So if you don't mind I'd like to know you better 00:26
Take me the long way around your town 00:31
Were you the queen with the silver crown 00:36
I want the secrets you keep, the shine underneath 00:41
Of the diamond I think I just found 00:47
Take me the long way around 00:52
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I'd love to see just where your daddy met your momma 01:03
Your hand-me-down '99 Impala 01:09
Show me the field you danced in clover 01:14
The harvest in October 01:17
When the leaves fall from the sky just like a Sunday drive 01:20
Take me the long way around your town 01:25
Were you the queen with the silver crown 01:30
I want the secrets you keep, the shine underneath 01:35
Of the diamond I think I just found 01:41
Take me the long way around 01:46
01:56
Didn't think tonight when I walked in 02:01
I'd be falling for somewhere I've never been 02:06
02:11
Take me the long way around your town 02:13
Were you the queen with the silver crown 02:18
I want your red blushin' stories 02:24
Your faults and your glories 02:28
That made you who you are right now 02:30
Take me the long way around 02:34
Take me the long way around 02:44
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The Long Way

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Brett Eldredge
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Lyrics:

[English]

Don't think I've ever seen your kind of pretty

Wanderin' around this midnight mad house city

You got a look that says you got it all together

So if you don't mind I'd like to know you better

Take me the long way around your town

Were you the queen with the silver crown

I want the secrets you keep, the shine underneath

Of the diamond I think I just found

Take me the long way around

...

I'd love to see just where your daddy met your momma

Your hand-me-down '99 Impala

Show me the field you danced in clover

The harvest in October

When the leaves fall from the sky just like a Sunday drive

Take me the long way around your town

Were you the queen with the silver crown

I want the secrets you keep, the shine underneath

Of the diamond I think I just found

Take me the long way around

...

Didn't think tonight when I walked in

I'd be falling for somewhere I've never been

...

Take me the long way around your town

Were you the queen with the silver crown

I want your red blushin' stories

Your faults and your glories

That made you who you are right now

Take me the long way around

Take me the long way around

...

Vocabulary in this song:

Vocabulary Meanings

pretty

/ˈprɪti/

A1
  • adjective
  • - attractive in a delicate way without being truly beautiful

city

/ˈsɪti/

A1
  • noun
  • - a large town

town

/taʊn/

A1
  • noun
  • - a populated place, larger than a village but smaller than a city

queen

/kwiːn/

A2
  • noun
  • - a female monarch

crown

/kraʊn/

A2
  • noun
  • - a royal headdress

secrets

/ˈsiːkrɪts/

B1
  • noun
  • - something kept hidden or unexplained

shine

/ʃaɪn/

A2
  • noun
  • - brightness produced by light
  • verb
  • - to emit light

diamond

/ˈdaɪəmənd/

B1
  • noun
  • - a precious stone consisting of a clear and colorless crystalline form of pure carbon, the hardest naturally occurring substance.

daddy

/ˈdædi/

A1
  • noun
  • - father

momma

/ˈmɑːmə/

A1
  • noun
  • - mother

field

/fiːld/

A1
  • noun
  • - an area of open land, especially one planted with crops or pasture, typically bounded by hedges or fences.

clover

/ˈkloʊvər/

B1
  • noun
  • - a plant with three leaves on each stem, often grown as food for farm animals

harvest

/ˈhɑːrvɪst/

B1
  • noun
  • - the process or period of gathering in crops
  • verb
  • - to gather a crop

leaves

/liːvz/

A1
  • noun
  • - plural of leaf: a flat, typically green, part of a plant attached to a stem or branch

faults

/fɔːlts/

B2
  • noun
  • - a weakness or failing in character; a defect

glories

/ˈɡlɔːriz/

B2
  • noun
  • - high renown or honor won by notable achievements

blushing

/ˈblʌʃɪŋ/

B2
  • adjective
  • - showing shyness, embarrassment, or shame.

Grammar:

  • Don't think I've ever seen your kind of pretty

    ➔ Present Perfect

    ➔ The phrase "I've ever seen" indicates an experience up to the present.

  • So if you don't mind I'd like to know you better

    ➔ Conditional Sentences

    ➔ The phrase "if you don't mind" sets a condition for the speaker's desire.

  • I want the secrets you keep, the shine underneath

    ➔ Relative Clauses

    ➔ The phrase "the secrets you keep" uses a relative clause to provide more information about 'secrets'.

  • I'd love to see just where your daddy met your momma

    ➔ Past Simple

    ➔ The phrase "met your momma" indicates a completed action in the past.

  • When the leaves fall from the sky just like a Sunday drive

    ➔ Similes

    ➔ The phrase "just like a Sunday drive" compares falling leaves to a leisurely drive.

  • Didn't think tonight when I walked in

    ➔ Negative Form

    ➔ The phrase "Didn't think" expresses a negative past action.

  • I want your red blushin' stories

    ➔ Present Simple

    ➔ The phrase "I want" indicates a current desire.