Who Says

• By: John Mayer

Lyrics:

Vocabulary in this song:

Vocabulary	Meanings
stoned /stoʊnd/ B2	adjective - affected by drugs or alcohol
lights /laɪts/ A1	noun - sources of illumination
telephone /ˈtelɪfoʊn/ A2	noun - a device for transmitting sound over a distance
house /haʊs/ A1	noun - a building for living in
free /friː/ A2	adjective - not under the control or power of someone else; able to act or be done as one wishes.
rewrite /ˌriːˈraɪt/ B2	verb - write (something) again so as to alter or improve it.
history /ˈhɪstəri/ A2	noun - a continuous chronological record of important or public events
night /naɪt/ A1	noun - the period of darkness between one day and the next
remember /rɪˈmembər/ A2	verb - have in or be able to bring to one's mind an awareness of (someone or something that one has known or experienced in the past).
looking /ˈlʊkɪŋ/ A1	verb - having a specified appearance
better /ˈbetər/ A1	adjective - more excellent or effective than something else.
girl /ɡɜːrl/ A1	noun - a female child or young woman.
love /lʌv/ A1	noun - an intense feeling of affection
hour /ˈaʊər/ A1	noun - a period of 60 minutes.
time /taɪm/ A1	noun - the indefinite continued progress of existence and events in the past, present, and future regarded as a whole.
fate /feɪt/ B2	noun - the development of events beyond a person's control, regarded as predetermined by a supernatural power.
trip /trɪp/ A2	noun - a journey or excursion, especially for pleasure.
matter /ˈmætər/ A2	verb - be important or significant.

Grammar:

• Who says I can't get stoned?

  ➔ Modal verbs + base verb (can't) for expressing prohibition or impossibility

  ➔ Uses **modal verb** 'can' combined with 'not' (can't) to express **impossibility** or **prohibition**.

• Turn off the lights and the telephone

  ➔ Imperative sentence using **base verb** for **commands or requests**

  ➔ Uses the **imperative form** (base verb) to give **commands or instructions**.

• Who says I can't be free?

  ➔ Question formation with **interrogative 'who'** + **modal verb** + subject + complement

  ➔ Asks a **question** using **'who'** as the subject and a **modal verb** ('can') to inquire about possibility.

• It's been a long night in New York City

  ➔ Present perfect tense to describe an **experience or duration** that started in the past and continues to the present

  ➔ Uses **present perfect** ('has been') to express a **state or experience** that started in the past and continues now.

• It's been a long time since twenty-two

  ➔ Use of **'since'** with a specific point in time to denote the start of a duration

  ➔ Uses **'since'** + specific time to indicate when a **duration** started.

• Doesn't matter if I even go

  ➔ Conditional **'if'** clause to express **possibility or indifference**

  ➔ Uses **'if'** in a **conditional clause** to indicate whether an action **even happens or not** is significant.