As You Leave Me Here to Cry

• By: Billy Branch
• Album: Romancing The Blue Stone

Lyrics:

Vocabulary in this song:

Vocabulary	Meanings
leave /liːv/ A1	verb - to go away from
cry /kraɪ/ A1	verb - to shed tears noun - an act of crying
love /lʌv/ A1	noun - an intense feeling of affection verb - to feel deep affection for someone
years /jɪər/ A1	noun - a period of twelve months
passing /ˈpæsɪŋ/ B1	verb - to go past
gave /ɡeɪv/ A1	verb - past tense of give
own /oʊn/ A2	verb - to possess something
thing /θɪŋ/ A1	noun - an object or item
deny /dɪˈnaɪ/ B2	verb - to state that something is not true
long /lɒŋ/ A1	adjective - measuring a great distance from end to end
goodbye /ˌɡʊdˈbaɪ/ A1	noun - a farewell expression

Grammar:

• There is nothing I can do

  ➔ Existential 'There is/are' + Modal verb 'can'

  ➔ Uses the existential 'There is' to indicate the absence of options or actions available. 'Can' expresses the inability to do anything.

• If you leave me here to cry

  ➔ Conditional clause (Type 0 or Type 1, depending on interpretation)

  ➔ Expresses a potential or inevitable consequence. Here, 'leave' is in the present simple, implying a general truth (Type 0) or a likely future event (Type 1). The infinitive 'to cry' expresses the purpose of leaving.

• You know my love will follow you

  ➔ Future simple with 'will'

  ➔ 'Will' expresses a prediction or strong intention about the future.

• As the years go passing by

  ➔ Present Continuous used for emphasis on ongoing action. Could be 'go by' instead of 'go passing by'.

  ➔ While grammatically correct, 'go passing by' is slightly redundant and emphasizes the continuous nature of the years passing. 'Go by' is more common and equally valid.

• I gave you all that I own

  ➔ Past Simple + Relative Clause (that I own)

  ➔ 'Gave' is the past simple of 'give', indicating a completed action in the past. 'That I own' is a defining relative clause specifying what was given.

• That's one thing you can't deny

  ➔ Demonstrative Pronoun ('That's') + Modal Verb ('can't')

  ➔ 'That's' refers back to the preceding statement. 'Can't deny' expresses impossibility or strong certainty.

• I'm Gonna leave it up to you

  ➔ Informal Future ('Gonna') + Phrasal Verb ('leave it up to')

  ➔ 'Gonna' is a contraction of 'going to', indicating a future intention. 'Leave it up to' means to entrust a decision or responsibility to someone else.

• I'll say So long, but not goodbye

  ➔ Future Simple ('I'll say') + Contrastive Conjunction ('but')

  ➔ 'I'll say' expresses a future action or intention. 'But' introduces a contrast, indicating that 'so long' is not the same as 'goodbye', implying hope for a future meeting.