You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go – English Lyrics

• By: Miley Cyrus, Johnzo West
• Album: Chimes of Freedom: The Songs of Bob Dylan Honoring 50 Years of Amnesty International

Lyrics & Translation

Learning a language through music is a powerful and enjoyable experience, and Miley Cyrus's heartfelt cover of 'You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go' is a great place to start with English. The song's clear, slow-paced lyrics make it easy to follow along and pick up new vocabulary related to love, loss, and deep emotions. The poetic nature of Bob Dylan's writing, combined with Cyrus's expressive delivery, offers a rich text for understanding nuanced expression in English.

[English]

I've seen love go by my door

It's never been this close before

Never been so easy or so slow

Shooting in the dark too long

When something's not right, it's wrong

You're gonna make me lonesome when you go

Dragon clouds so high above

I've only known careless love

It's always hit me from below

But this time around it's more correct

Right on target, so direct

You're gonna make me lonesome when you go

Purple clover, Queen Anne's lace

Crimson hair across your face

You could make me cry if you don't know

Can't remember what I was thinking of

You might be spoiling me with too much love

You're gonna make me lonesome when you go

Flowers on the hillside blooming crazy

Crickets talking back and forth in rhyme

Blue river running slow and lazy

I could stay with you forever and never realize the time

Situations have ended sad

Relationships have all been bad

Mine have been like Verlaine's and Rimbaud

But there's no way I can compare

All those things to this affair

You're gonna make me lonesome when you go

You're gonna make me wonder what I'm doing

Staying far behind without you

You're gonna make me wonder what I'm saying

Make me give myself a good talking to

I'll look for you in old Honolulu

San Francisco, Ashtabula

You're gonna have to leave me now, I know

I'll see you in the sky above

In the tall grass in the ones I love

You're gonna make me lonesome when you go

Oh, you're gonna make me lonesome when you go

Oh, you're gonna make me lonesome when you go

Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh

You're gonna make me lonesome when you go

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
love /lʌv/ A1	noun - a strong feeling of affection
dark /dɑrk/ A2	adjective - having little or no light
cry /kraɪ/ A2	verb - to shed tears
time /taɪm/ A1	noun - a point of time as measured in hours and minutes
high /haɪ/ A2	adjective - at a great distance above the ground
crazy /ˈkreɪ.zi/ B1	adjective - mentally deranged; insane
relationship /rɪˈleɪ.ʃən.ʃɪp/ B2	noun - the way in which two or more people or groups regard and behave toward each other
target /ˈtɑːr.ɡɪt/ B2	noun - a person, object, or place selected as the aim of an attack
compare /kəmˈpɛr/ B2	verb - to examine the similarities and/or differences
wonder /ˈwʌn.dɚ/ B1	verb - to feel curiosity or doubt
forever /fɔːrˈɛv.ər/ B1	adverb - for all future time; for always
sad /sæd/ A2	adjective - feeling or showing sorrow
crazy /ˈkreɪ.zi/ B1	adjective - mentally deranged; insane