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One went out at a bus stop in Edinburgh 00:31

One went out in an English pub 00:35

One went out in a nightclub when I was fifteen 00:39

Little lights in my heart 00:44

One went out when I lied to my mother 00:51

Said the cigarettes she found were not mine 00:56

One went out within me, now I smoke like a chimney 01:00

Its getting dark in this heart of mine 01:04

Its getting dark in this heart of mine 01:08

We're born with millions of little lights shining in the dark 01:13

And they show us the way 01:18

One lights up 01:21

Every time you feel love in your heart 01:23

One dies when it moves away 01:27

One went out in the backstreets of Manchester 01:48

One went out in an airport in Spain 01:52

One went out, I've no doubt 01:56

When I grew up and moved out 01:58

Of the place where the boy used to play 02:00

One went out when uncle Ben got his tumour 02:08

We used to fish, and I fish no more 02:12

Though he will not return 02:16

I know one still burns 02:18

On a fishing boat off the New Jersey shore 02:21

On a fishing boat off the New Jersey shore 02:25

We're born with millions of little lights shining in the dark 02:30

And they show us the way 02:35

One lights up 02:38

Every time we feel love in our hearts 02:39

One dies when it moves away 02:43

We're born with millions of little lights shining in our hearts 02:46

And they die along the way 02:51

'Til we're old and we're cold 02:54

And we're lying in the dark 02:57

'Cause they'll all burn out one day 03:01

They'll all burn out one day, oh 03:05

They'll all burn out one day 03:09

They'll all burn out one day, yeah, oh 03:13

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All The Little Lights

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Lyrics:

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One went out at a bus stop in Edinburgh

One went out in an English pub

One went out in a nightclub when I was fifteen

Little lights in my heart

One went out when I lied to my mother

Said the cigarettes she found were not mine

One went out within me, now I smoke like a chimney

Its getting dark in this heart of mine

We're born with millions of little lights shining in the dark

And they show us the way

One lights up

Every time you feel love in your heart

One dies when it moves away

One went out in the backstreets of Manchester

One went out in an airport in Spain

One went out, I've no doubt

When I grew up and moved out

Of the place where the boy used to play

One went out when uncle Ben got his tumour

We used to fish, and I fish no more

Though he will not return

I know one still burns

On a fishing boat off the New Jersey shore

We're born with millions of little lights shining in the dark

And they show us the way

One lights up

Every time we feel love in our hearts

One dies when it moves away

We're born with millions of little lights shining in our hearts

And they die along the way

'Til we're old and we're cold

And we're lying in the dark

'Cause they'll all burn out one day

They'll all burn out one day, oh

They'll all burn out one day

They'll all burn out one day, yeah, oh

...

Vocabulary in this song:

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Vocabulary	Meanings
light /laɪt/ A2	noun - something that makes things visible or affords illumination verb - to make something bright or to ignite
dark /dɑrk/ A2	adjective - having very little or no light
heart /hɑrt/ A2	noun - the organ in your chest that sends the blood around your body noun - the central or most important part
burn /bɜrn/ B1	verb - to be on fire or to produce flames
show /ʃoʊ/ A2	verb - to allow someone to see something
feel /fiːl/ A2	verb - to experience an emotion or a physical sensation
move /muːv/ A2	verb - to change position or place
die /daɪ/ B1	verb - to stop living
cigarette /ˌsɪɡəˈrɛt/ B2	noun - a small roll of paper filled with tobacco for smoking
tumour /ˈtjuːmə/ C1	noun - an abnormal growth of tissue
fishing /ˈfɪʃɪŋ/ A2	noun - the activity of catching fish
million /ˈmɪljən/ A1	noun - the number 1,000,000
place /pleɪs/ A2	noun - a particular position or point in space
boy /bɔɪ/ A1	noun - a male child or young man

Vocabulary

Meanings

light

/laɪt/

noun
- something that makes things visible or affords illumination

verb
- to make something bright or to ignite

dark

/dɑrk/

adjective
- having very little or no light

heart

/hɑrt/

noun
- the organ in your chest that sends the blood around your body

noun
- the central or most important part

burn

/bɜrn/

verb
- to be on fire or to produce flames

show

/ʃoʊ/

verb
- to allow someone to see something

feel

/fiːl/

verb
- to experience an emotion or a physical sensation

move

/muːv/

verb
- to change position or place

die

/daɪ/

verb
- to stop living

cigarette

/ˌsɪɡəˈrɛt/

noun
- a small roll of paper filled with tobacco for smoking

tumour

/ˈtjuːmə/

noun
- an abnormal growth of tissue

fishing

/ˈfɪʃɪŋ/

noun
- the activity of catching fish

million

/ˈmɪljən/

noun
- the number 1,000,000

place

/pleɪs/

noun
- a particular position or point in space

boy

/bɔɪ/

noun
- a male child or young man

Grammar:

One went out at a bus stop in Edinburgh

➔ Past simple tense

➔ Used to describe a completed action in the past
One went out in an English pub

➔ Preposition 'in' for location

➔ 'in' is used to specify the location where the action took place
One went out when I lied to my mother

➔ Simple past tense in both clauses

➔ Both actions are completed in the past and are presented in the simple past tense
And they show us the way

➔ Present simple tense

➔ Used to describe habitual actions or general truths
One dies when it moves away

➔ Present simple tense (for general truth)

➔ Expresses a universal truth or habitual fact
We're born with millions of little lights shining in our hearts

➔ Passive voice and present continuous tense

➔ Combines passive voice with the present participle to describe ongoing conditions
They'll all burn out one day

➔ Future simple tense with 'will'

➔ Expresses a future certainty or prediction