Sailor Song
Letra:
[English]
I saw her in the rightest way
Looking like Anne Hathaway
Laughing while she hit her pen
And coughed, and coughed
And then she came up to my knees
Begging, "Baby, would you please
Do the things you said you'd do
To me, to me?"
Oh, won't you kiss me on the mouth and love me like a sailor?
And when you get a taste, can you tell me what's my flavor?
I don't believe in God, but I believe that you're my savior
My mom says that she's worried, but I'm covered in this favor
And when we're getting dirty, I forget all that is wrong
I sleep so I can see you, 'cause I hate to wait so long
I sleep so I can see you, and I hate to wait so long
...
She took my fingers to her mouth
The kind of thing that makes you proud
That nothing else had ever
Worked out, worked out
And lately, I've tried other things
But nothing can capture the sting
Of the venom she's gonna
Spit out right now
Oh, won't you kiss me on the mouth and love me like a sailor?
And when you get a taste, can you tell me what's my flavor?
I don't believe in God, but I believe that you're my savior
I know that you've been worried, but you're dripping in my favor
And when we're getting dirty, I forget all that is wrong
I sleep so I can see you, 'cause I hate to wait so long
I sleep so I can see you, and I hate to wait so long
...
And we can run away to the walls inside your house
I can be the cat, baby, you can be the mouse
And we can laugh off things that we know nothing about
We can go forever until you wanna sit it out
...
Vocabulario en esta canción:
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sailor /ˈseɪlər/ A2 |
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kiss /kɪs/ A1 |
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love /lʌv/ A1 |
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flavor /ˈfleɪvər/ B1 |
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believe /bɪˈliːv/ A2 |
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savior /ˈseɪvjər/ B2 |
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worried /ˈwʌrid/ B1 |
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favor /ˈfeɪvər/ B1 |
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dirty /ˈdɜːrti/ A2 |
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sleep /sliːp/ A1 |
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hate /heɪt/ A2 |
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fingers /ˈfɪŋɡərz/ A1 |
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mouth /maʊθ/ A1 |
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proud /praʊd/ B1 |
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capture /ˈkæptʃər/ B2 |
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sting /stɪŋ/ B2 |
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venom /ˈvenəm/ B2 |
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run /rʌn/ A1 |
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walls /wɔːlz/ A1 |
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laugh /læf/ A1 |
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Gramática:
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Looking like Anne Hathaway
➔ Frase gerundio como complemento
➔ La frase "looking like Anne Hathaway" funciona como un adjetivo que describe cómo el hablante vio a la persona. El gerundio "looking" introduce la frase descriptiva.
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Begging, "Baby, would you please...
➔ Petición condicional usando "would"
➔ La frase "would you please" es una solicitud educada y algo suplicante. El uso de "would" lo hace más suave y tentativo que un imperativo directo.
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Oh, won't you kiss me on the mouth and love me like a sailor?
➔ Interrogativo negativo con "won't"
➔ La pregunta "won't you kiss me..." implica un deseo o expectativa de que la persona *besará* al hablante. La forma negativa se usa para enfatizar y puede expresar anhelo.
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And when you get a taste, can you tell me what's my flavor?
➔ Pregunta incrustada con inversión sujeto-verbo
➔ "What's my flavor?" es la pregunta directa. Está incrustada dentro de la pregunta más amplia "Can you tell me...?" La pregunta incrustada es una cláusula sustantiva que actúa como el objeto del verbo "tell".
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I don't believe in God, but I believe that you're my savior
➔ Contraste usando 'but' y cláusula nominal con 'that'
➔ La palabra "but" indica un contraste entre las dos cláusulas. 'that you're my savior' es una cláusula nominal y actúa como el objeto del verbo 'believe'.
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My mom says that she's worried, but I'm covered in this favor
➔ Discurso indirecto y expresión idiomática
➔ "My mom says that she's worried" es un discurso indirecto. La frase "covered in this favor" es idiomática y significa estar experimentando un resultado positivo o un trato preferencial.
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I sleep so I can see you, 'cause I hate to wait so long
➔ Cláusula subordinada de propósito y estructura 'so...that'
➔ La frase "so I can see you" es una cláusula subordinada de propósito. Explica la razón por la cual el hablante duerme. "so long" en 'I hate to wait so long' puede ir seguido de that + cláusula, haciéndola resultativa (aunque en la canción se usa de manera más informal)
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That nothing else had ever Worked out, worked out
➔ Tiempo pasado perfecto
➔ El pasado perfecto "had worked out" indica que el fracaso de otras cosas ocurrió antes del evento descrito en la línea anterior (llevarse los dedos a la boca). Enfatiza que *antes* de este momento, nada más había tenido éxito.
