Try That In A Small Town

• By: Jason Aldean

Lyrics:

Vocabulary in this song:

Vocabulary	Meanings
punch /pʌntʃ/ B2	verb - to strike with the fist noun - a blow with the fist
sidewalk /ˈsaɪdwɔːk/ A2	noun - a paved path for pedestrians at the side of a road
carjack /ˈkɑːrdʒæk/ C1	verb - to steal a car by force or threat of force
gun /ɡʌn/ A2	noun - a firearm
owner /ˈoʊnər/ A2	noun - a person who owns something
liquor /ˈlɪkər/ B1	noun - an alcoholic drink
store /stɔːr/ A1	noun - a place where goods are sold
cuss /kʌs/ B2	verb - to use offensive language
cop /kɒp/ A2	noun - a police officer
spit /spɪt/ B1	verb - to eject saliva from the mouth
face /feɪs/ A1	noun - the front part of the head
stomp /stɒmp/ B2	verb - to tread heavily
flag /flæɡ/ A2	noun - a piece of cloth with a distinctive design
town /taʊn/ A1	noun - a populated place, larger than a village but smaller than a city
road /roʊd/ A1	noun - a way or route between two places
fight /faɪt/ A2	noun - a violent confrontation or struggle.

Grammar:

• Sucker punch somebody on a sidewalk

  ➔ Imperative

  ➔ The line uses the imperative mood, functioning as a challenge or dare. The implicit subject is "you". "Sucker punch" is used as a verb.

• Ya think it's cool, well, act a fool if ya like

  ➔ Conditional clause and imperative

  ➔ This line contains an implicit conditional clause: "If you think it's cool". "Act a fool" is an imperative, expressing a consequence of thinking something is "cool". "If ya like" is an optional clause to emphasise.

• See how far ya make it down the road

  ➔ Indirect question and colloquial grammar

  ➔ "See how far ya make it down the road" functions as a command to observe the outcome. It contains an embedded question structure, "how far ya make it down the road". "Ya" is a colloquial shortening of "you".

• Around here, we take care of our own

  ➔ Present simple tense, possessive pronoun

  ➔ This line uses the present simple tense to express a general truth or custom. "Our own" is a possessive pronoun, meaning "our own people" or "our own kind".

• You cross that line, it won't take long

  ➔ Conditional clause (Type 1) and future simple

  ➔ This is a Type 1 conditional sentence. "If you cross that line, it will not take long..." expressing a likely outcome in the future. The contraction "won't" is used instead of "will not".

• For you to find out, I recommend you don't

  ➔ Infinitive of purpose, recommendation (subjunctive)

  ➔ The phrase "For you to find out" uses an infinitive of purpose, indicating the reason for the following recommendation. "I recommend you don't" is a shortened form of "I recommend that you do not", with the "that" omitted, and the base form of the verb used after 'recommend', reflecting the subjunctive mood (more common in formal contexts).

• Got a gun that my granddad gave me

  ➔ Relative clause (defining), past simple tense

  ➔ This line uses a defining relative clause: "that my granddad gave me", which provides essential information about the gun. The past simple tense "gave" is used to describe a completed action in the past.

• They say one day they're gonna round up

  ➔ Indirect speech, future with "gonna"

  ➔ This line reports what "they" say, functioning as indirect speech. "They're gonna round up" is a colloquial way of expressing the future, meaning "they are going to round up". "Round up" is a phrasal verb.