This Girl – English Lyrics
Lyrics & Translation
[English]
Money rains from the sky above
But keep the change cause I've got enough
A little time and some tenderness
You'll never buy my love
No other thing that's as precious to
No other! There's no other!
And a heart that's real and a heart that's true
Something that you've got to love this girl
Woh!
Take my hand
Go ahead my love
Take my hand
Go ahead my love
Take my hand
Go ahead my love
Take my hand
Go ahead my love
These presents don't really come for free
Your paychecks don't mean that much to me
Just take my hand and hold me tight
You'll never buy my love
You buy me this and you buy me that
To win over! Win me over!
You got me wrong and that's a fact
Something that you've got to love this
Will you realize when I'm gone
That I dance to a different song
Will you realize when I'm gone
That I dance to a different song
It's a shame but I've got to go
Woh!
Take my hand
Go ahead my love
Take my hand
Go ahead my love
Take my hand
Go ahead my love
Take my hand
Go ahead my love
Key Vocabulary
Vocabulary | Meanings |
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rains /reɪnz/ B1 |
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change /tʃeɪndʒ/ A1 |
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love /lʌv/ A1 |
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precious /ˈpreʃəs/ B2 |
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heart /hɑːrt/ A1 |
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real /riːəl/ A2 |
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true /truː/ A2 |
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take /teɪk/ A1 |
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hand /hænd/ A1 |
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presents /ˈprezənts/ A2 |
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free /friː/ A1 |
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paychecks /ˈpeɪtʃeks/ A2 |
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hold /hoʊld/ A1 |
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tight /taɪt/ A2 |
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wrong /rɔːŋ/ A1 |
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dance /dæns/ A1 |
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shame /ʃeɪm/ B1 |
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Key Grammar Structures
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But keep the change cause I've got enough
➔ Use of "cause" as a conjunction
➔ "Cause" is a shortened, informal version of "because." It's used here to express reason. Equivalent to "because" in meaning.
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A little time and some tenderness, You'll never buy my love
➔ Future tense with "will" for prediction.
➔ "You'll never buy my love" uses "will" (contracted to "'ll") + "never" + verb to indicate a future certainty or prediction. The action of buying her love will not happen.
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No other thing that's as precious to
➔ Incomplete Sentence / Ellipsis
➔ This is an example of ellipsis, where words are omitted but understood from the context. The full sentence is implied but not stated explicitly, likely to maintain rhythm or create a specific feeling. 'No other thing that's as precious to [me]'.
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Something that you've got to love this girl
➔ Modal verb "have got to" expressing obligation.
➔ "Have got to" is an informal equivalent of "have to," expressing a strong obligation or necessity. It means you *must* love this girl.
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These presents don't really come for free
➔ Present Simple Negative: don't + verb
➔ Using 'don't' + 'come' to negate the general statement that 'presents come for free'. The Present Simple describes a general truth or a habit.
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Your paychecks don't mean that much to me
➔ Demonstrative adjective "that" modifying "much".
➔ The adjective "that" specifies the degree to which the paychecks matter to the speaker. It emphasizes that the paychecks, to *that* extent, are insignificant.
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Will you realize when I'm gone
➔ Future Simple (Will + base verb) in a question; temporal clause with 'when'.
➔ This sentence poses a question about a future realization. 'Will you realize' is the future simple in interrogative form. The clause 'when I'm gone' indicates the time when the realization may occur.