This Old Dog – English Lyrics

• By: Mac DeMarco
• Album: This Old Dog

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the laid-back yet profoundly emotional world of Mac DeMarco's "This Old Dog." This song offers a unique blend of mellow indie pop and heartfelt introspection, making it perfect for learners to grasp everyday emotions and nuanced expressions in English. Its clear, unhurried vocals and relatable themes of loyalty and self-discovery provide an accessible and engaging way to connect with contemporary English language and culture.

[English]

Sometimes my love may be put on hold

Sometimes my heart may seem awful cold

These times come and these times go

As long as I live, all you need to know is

This old dog ain't about to forget

All we've had

And all that's next

'Long as my heart's beating in my chest

...

This old dog ain't about to forget

Often a heart tends to change its mind

A new day decides on a new design

A new day gets set on another way

As long as I live, all I've got to say is

This old dog ain't about to forget

All we've had

And all that's next

'Long as my heart's beating in my chest

...

This old dog ain't about to forget

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
love /lʌv/ A2	noun - a strong feeling of affection or deep interest verb - to feel deep romantic or passionate attachment to someone
dog /dɒg/ or /dɔːg/ A2	noun - a common domestic animal, a canine
heart /hɑːt/ A2	noun - the organ that pumps blood in the body
time /taɪm/ A2	noun - a measure of duration, moments, or periods
old /oʊld/ A2	adjective - having lived for a long time; not new
forget /fərˈɡɛt/ B1	verb - to fail to remember
change /tʃeɪndʒ/ B1	verb - to make or become different
day /deɪ/ A2	noun - a 24-hour period
set /sɛt/ B1	verb - to put or place in a specific position
beat /biːt/ B2	verb - to hit repeatedly noun - a regular rhythmic unit in music

Key Grammar Structures

• Sometimes my love may be put on hold

  ➔ modal verb + be + past participle (may be put)

  ➔ Uses the modal verb "may" to indicate possibility, combined with "be" and the past participle to form the passive voice.

• All we've had

  ➔ present perfect tense (we've had)

  ➔ Expresses an action or state that happened at an unspecified time before now, emphasizing the experience or result.

• 'Long as my heart's beating in my chest'

  ➔ conjunction + present continuous (heart's beating)

  ➔ Uses the conjunction "as long as" to indicate a condition or duration, with the present participle "beating" to show ongoing action.

• All you've had

  ➔ present perfect tense (you've had)

  ➔ Expresses a completed action or accumulated experience relevant to the present.

• A new day gets set on another way

  ➔ present simple passive (gets set)

  ➔ Uses the present simple passive voice to describe a recurring or established event—"a new day" is the subject receiving the action "gets set".