The Power of Love – English Lyrics
Lyrics & Translation
[English]
The power of love is a curious thing
Make a one man weep, make another man sing
Change a hawk to a little white dove
More than a feeling that's the power of love
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Tougher than diamonds, rich like cream
Stronger and harder than a bad girl's dream
Make a bad one good make a wrong one right
Power of love that keeps you home at night
You don't need money, don't take fame
Don't need no credit card to ride this train
It's strong and it's sudden and it's cruel sometimes
But it might just save your life
That's the power of love
That's the power of love
First time you feel it, it might make you sad
Next time you feel it it might make you mad
But you'll be glad baby when you've found
That's the power makes the world go'round
And it don't take money, don't take fame
Don't need no credit card to ride this train
It's strong and it's sudden it can be cruel sometimes
But it might just save your life
They say that all in love is fair
Yeah, but you don't care
But you know what to do
When it gets hold of you
And with a little help from above
You feel the power of love
You feel the power of love
Can you feel it?
Hmm
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It don't take money and it don't take fame
Don't need no credit card to ride this train
Tougher than diamonds and stronger than steel
You won't feel nothin' 'til you feel
You feel the power, just feel the power of love
That's the power, that's the power of love
You feel the power of love
You feel the power of love
Feel the power of love
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Key Vocabulary
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power /ˈpaʊər/ B2 |
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love /lʌv/ A2 |
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thing /θɪŋ/ A1 |
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make /meɪk/ A2 |
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change /tʃeɪndʒ/ B1 |
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feeling /ˈfiː.lɪŋ/ A2 |
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dream /driːm/ B1 |
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feel /fiːl/ A2 |
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cry /kraɪ/ A2 |
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rich /rɪtʃ/ B2 |
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diamonds /ˈdaɪ.ə.məndz/ C1 |
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steel /stiːl/ C2 |
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Key Grammar Structures
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The power of love is a curious thing
➔ Simple Present Tense
➔ Used to state general facts or truths.
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Make a one man weep, make another man sing
➔ Imperative Mood (used in causative sense)
➔ Expresses an action that causes someone to do something.
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Change a hawk to a little white dove
➔ Infinitive of Purpose / Result Clause
➔ Used to indicate the purpose or result of an action.
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It’s strong and it’s sudden and it’s cruel sometimes
➔ Conjunction 'and' linking adjectives
➔ Connecting multiple adjectives to describe the same noun.
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You don’t need money, don’t take fame
➔ Negative Present Tense with 'do not' / contractions
➔ Expresses negation in the present tense using contractions of 'do not'.
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Feel the power of love
➔ Imperative verb form
➔ Used to give commands, or instructions, often in the base form of the verb.
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You won't feel nothin' 'til you feel
➔ Future with 'will not' / Colloquial contraction 'n' for 'nothing'
➔ Expresses the negative future tense with a colloquial contraction.
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You feel the power, just feel the power of love
➔ Repetition for emphasis
➔ Using repetition in lyrics to emphasize the message or feeling.
