Tonight You Belong To Me – English Lyrics

• By: Emma Blackery, dodie

Lyrics & Translation

Explore the enduring appeal of the classic song 'Tonight You Belong To Me' through the harmonious duet by Emma Blackery and dodie. This cover offers a chance to appreciate the song's timeless lyrics about longing and secret love, delivered with the contemporary vocal chemistry of two popular YouTube artists.

[English]

I know you belong to somebody new

but tonight

you belong to me.

Although

we're apart

you're a part

of my heart

but tonight

you belong

to me.

Way down

by the stream

how sweet it would seem

once more, just to dream

in the moonlight!

My honey, I know

(I know)

in the dawn

that you

will be gone

But tonight

you belong

to me.

(scatting)

Way down

by the stream

How sweet

it would seem

once more, just to dream

in the moonlight!

My honey, I know

in the dawn

that you

will be gone

but tonight

you belong to me!

Just to little ol' me!

Holy crap.

WE DID IT!

(Laughter)

Key Grammar Structures

• I know you belong to somebody new

  ➔ Present Simple Tense

  ➔ The verb 'belong' is in the present simple tense, indicating a habitual or general truth.

• but tonight you belong to me

  ➔ Present Simple Tense with adverb of time

  ➔ The adverb 'tonight' modifies the present simple tense, specifying a particular time.

• Although we're apart, you're a part of my heart

  ➔ Concessive clause with 'although'

  ➔ The word 'although' introduces a concessive clause, contrasting with the main idea.

• Way down by the stream

  ➔ Prepositional phrase

  ➔ The phrase 'way down by the stream' is a prepositional phrase modifying the verb 'seem'.

• My honey, I know (I know)

  ➔ Vocative and parenthetical expression

  ➔ 'My honey' is a vocative expression, and '(I know)' is a parenthetical remark.

• in the dawn that you will be gone

  ➔ Future simple in a time clause

  ➔ The phrase 'will be gone' is in the future simple tense within a time clause.

• Just to little ol' me!

  ➔ Emphatic apostrophe and informal language

  ➔ The apostrophe in 'ol'' is emphatic, and the phrase is informal.