To be with you – English Lyrics

• By: MR BIG

Lyrics & Translation

Embark on a journey into the English language through Mr. Big's timeless power ballad, "To Be With You." This song offers a beautiful window into expressing deep affection and yearning, making it perfect for understanding emotional vocabulary and conversational nuances in English. Its clear, heartfelt lyrics and gentle acoustic arrangement provide an excellent opportunity to focus on pronunciation and listening comprehension, while also appreciating a classic example of a chart-topping love song from the 90s.

[English]

Hold on, little girl

Show me what he's done to you

Stand up little girl

Broken heart can't be that bad

When it's through, it's through

Fate will twist the both of you

So come on baby, come on over

Let me be the one to show you

I'm the one who wants to be with you

Deep inside I hope you feel it too (feel it too)

Waited on a line of greens and blues (waited on a line)

Just to be the next to be with you

Build up your confidence

So you can be on top for once

Wake up who cares about

Little boys that talk too much

I've seen it all go down

The game of love was all rained out

So come on baby, come on over

Let me be the one to hold you

I'm the one who wants to be with you (I'm the one, yeah)

Deep inside I hope you feel it too (feel it too)

Waited on a line of greens and blues (waited on a line, yeah)

Just to be the next to be with you

Why be alone when we can be together, baby?

You can make my life worthwhile

I can make you start to smile

...

When it's through, it's through

Fate will twist the both of you

So come on baby, come on over

Let me be the one to show you

I'm the one who wants to be with you (I'm the one)

Deep inside I hope you feel it too (feel it too)

Waited on a line of greens and blues (waited on a line)

Yeah, just to be the next to be with you

I'm the one who wants to be with you (I'm the one)

Deep inside I hope (deep inside) you feel it too (you feel it too)

Waited on a line of greens and blues (waited on that line)

Yeah, just to be the next to be with you

Just to be the next to be with you, ooh

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
girl /ɡɜːrl/ A1	noun - a female child or young woman
heart /hɑːrt/ A1	noun - the organ in your chest that sends the blood around your body noun - the central or most important part
fate /feɪt/ B1	noun - the development of events beyond a person's control
confidence /ˈkɒnfɪdəns/ B2	noun - the feeling or belief that one can have faith in or rely on someone or something
smile /smaɪl/ A1	verb - to make a happy or friendly expression by turning up the corners of the mouth noun - a happy or friendly expression on the face
love /lʌv/ A1	noun - a strong feeling of affection verb - to feel deep affection for someone
baby /ˈbeɪbi/ A2	noun - a very young child noun - a term of endearment for a loved one
line /laɪn/ A2	noun - a long, narrow mark or band noun - a queue or series of people or things
wait /weɪt/ A1	verb - to stay in one place until something happens
together /təˈɡɛðər/ A1	adverb - with each other; in a group
hold /hoʊld/ A2	verb - to have or keep in the hand
next /nɛkst/ A2	adjective - immediately following in time or order
make /meɪk/ A1	verb - to create or construct
down /daʊn/ A1	adverb - toward a lower place or position
feel /fiːl/ A1	verb - to perceive or experience an emotion or sensation

Key Grammar Structures

• When it's through, it's through

  ➔ Conditional clause using 'when' to refer to a specific time

  ➔ 'When' introduces a condition or time context in this sentence.

• Deep inside I hope you feel it too

  ➔ Use of 'hope' to express a desire or wish

  ➔ 'Hope' indicates wishing for something to happen or be true.

• Waiting on a line of greens and blues

  ➔ Use of 'waiting on' to indicate waiting for someone or something, with a prepositional phrase

  ➔ 'Waiting on' means to await or expect someone or something.

• Let me be the one to show you

  ➔ Use of 'let me' to make a polite suggestion or offer

  ➔ 'Let me' is a polite way to offer or suggest doing something.

• Build up your confidence

  ➔ Imperative sentence using the base verb phrase to give advice or encouragement

  ➔ 'Build up' is a phrasal verb meaning to strengthen or develop gradually.

• The game of love was all rained out

  ➔ Passive voice indicating that an event was prevented or canceled

  ➔ The phrase 'was all rained out' uses passive voice to show the event was prevented by rain.

• The fate will twist the both of you

  ➔ Future simple tense indicating an inevitable outcome

  ➔ 'Will' expresses the future tense, indicating something that will happen inevitably.