Woman – English Lyrics
Lyrics & Translation
[English]
[♪♪♪]
♪ Woman ♪
♪ Caught behind those burning eyes ♪
♪ Tangled up in morning white ♪
♪ Do you ever really know? ♪
♪ Can you ever really know? ♪
♪ Woman ♪
♪ Watch her take me by surprise ♪
♪ When she lets me call her mine ♪
♪ Do you ever really know? ♪
♪ Can you ever really know? ♪
♪ And I don't know the loneliness you've known ♪
♪ I don't hear the frosty words that call inside ♪
♪ When you're gone again ♪
♪ I can't read your mind though I'm trying all the time ♪
♪ There's something I don't know ♪
♪ I can see it in your eyes, oh ♪
♪ As the night descends, all will slow again, oh ♪
♪ I am left in awe of the woman I adore, oh ♪
♪ Woman ♪
♪ I never had such a sight ♪
♪ Burn itself into my mind ♪
♪ Do you ever really know? ♪
♪ Can you ever really know? ♪
♪ You say the sun doesn't shine for you ♪
♪ I hope you learn that that's not true, in time ♪
♪ When you're gone again ♪
♪ Just as long again ♪
♪ I can't read your mind though I'm trying all the time ♪
♪ There's something I don't know ♪
♪ I can see it in your eyes, oh ♪
♪ As the night descends, all will slow again, oh ♪
♪ But I am left in awe of the woman I adore, oh ♪
♪ I can't read your mind though I'm trying all the time ♪
♪ There's something I don't know ♪
♪ I can see it in your eyes ♪
♪ And as the night descends, all will slow again ♪
♪ But I am left in awe of the woman I adore ♪
Key Vocabulary
Vocabulary | Meanings |
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know /noʊ/ A2 |
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woman /ˈwʊm.ən/ A2 |
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eyes /aɪz/ A2 |
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white /waɪt/ A2 |
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surprise /sərˈpraɪz/ B1 |
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call /kɔːl/ A2 |
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mine /maɪn/ A2 |
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loneliness /ˈloʊnlinəs/ B2 |
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word /wɝːd/ A2 |
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try /traɪ/ A2 |
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mind /maɪnd/ B1 |
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descent /dɪˈsɛnt/ C1 |
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fall /fɔːl/ A2 |
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adore /əˈdɔːr/ B2 |
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Key Grammar Structures
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Do you ever really know?
➔ Present Simple for habitual actions.
➔ The phrase "do you ever really know" suggests a recurring question about knowledge.
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I can't read your mind though I'm trying all the time.
➔ Present Continuous for ongoing actions.
➔ The phrase "I'm trying all the time" indicates a continuous effort.
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There's something I don't know.
➔ There is/are for existence.
➔ The phrase "there's something" indicates the existence of an unknown element.
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I am left in awe of the woman I adore.
➔ Passive voice to emphasize the action on the subject.
➔ The phrase "I am left in awe" shows the effect of admiration.
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You say the sun doesn't shine for you.
➔ Reported speech to convey what someone else said.
➔ The phrase "you say" introduces a statement made by someone else.
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