Dirt Cheap
Paroles:
[English]
They came in thinkin' top dollar
To that old cotton crop farmer
They knocked on his screen door, and he said
"Lord, what you need, boys," and they said
"You know all the others went and cashed out
We got the subdivision all mapped out
It'll sit right here on this land
And you can leave town a rich man"
And he said, "Boys, whatever you're offerin', it won't be enough
'Cause I got a little girl that used to swing right there
I still see her pink bow in her brown hair
She's in the big city, but she still calls home
What's she gonna do if she comes back, and we're gone?
And over there, under that wide oak tree
Beneath the cross is where my best buddy's buried
Lasted 13 huntin' season runnin' strong
Keep your money 'cause a man can't leave his dog
And over there is where I got down on one knee
You can't buy that kind of dirt cheap"
One man smiled and he kinda looked away
The other said, "Before we go, I gotta know one thing
Between the droughts and the floods through all the years
What in the world got you through?
How the hell'd you get here?" And he said
"That little girl that used to swing right there
I still see her pink bow in her brown hair
Runnin' up after one of them long days
A big smile makin' every little worry fade
And over there, under that wide oak tree
Beneath the cross, where my best buddy's buried
All them huntin' seasons freezin' in a Jon boat
Me and him, double-barrel and a two-stroke
And that woman that said yes when I got down on one knee
Yeah, you can't buy that kind of dirt cheap"
No, it ain't somethin' you fall into
It's somethin' God gives you
And you hold on to
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Just like that little girl who used to swing right there
I still see her pink bow in her brown hair
She's in the big city now, but she still calls home
She's comin' back next week, and man, it's been too long
And over there, under that wide oak tree
Beside the cross, where my best buddy's buried
Lays a puppy posted up in the shade
That woman never could turn away a stray
I guess this's why she said, "Yes" when I got down on one knee
Oh, long as all this is here, why the hell would I ever leave?
And you can't buy that kind of dirt cheap
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Vocabulaire dans cette chanson:
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cotton /ˈkɒtn/ A2 |
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farmer /ˈfɑːrmər/ A1 |
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town /taʊn/ A1 |
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rich /rɪtʃ/ A2 |
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girl /ɡɜːrl/ A1 |
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city /ˈsɪti/ A1 |
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hair /her/ A1 |
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buddy /ˈbʌdi/ A2 |
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dog /dɔːɡ/ A1 |
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money /ˈmʌni/ A1 |
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knee /niː/ A2 |
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dirt /dɜːrt/ A2 |
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drought /draʊt/ B1 |
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flood /flʌd/ B1 |
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smile /smaɪl/ A1 |
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worry /ˈwɜːri/ A2 |
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puppy /ˈpʌpi/ A2 |
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shade /ʃeɪd/ B1 |
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stray /streɪ/ B2 |
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Grammaire:
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They came in thinkin' top dollar
➔ Le gérondif comme nom ('thinkin')
➔ Ici, "thinkin'" (thinking) agit comme un nom, représentant l'acte de penser à quelque chose. Il est courant dans le langage informel/les chansons d'omettre le "g" des mots se terminant par "-ing". La clause complète serait "They came in, thinking they would get top dollar."
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You know all the others went and cashed out
➔ Verbe à particule: "cashed out"
➔ "Cashed out" signifie convertir un investissement en espèces, ou vendre quelque chose contre de l'argent.
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Whatever you're offerin', it won't be enough
➔ Proposition subordonnée relative réduite (Whatever you're offering)
➔ "Whatever you're offering" agit comme le sujet de la phrase. La proposition complète sous-entendue pourrait être "No matter what it is that you are offering". "Whatever" fonctionne comme un pronom relatif fusionné combinant l'antécédent et le pronom relatif lui-même.
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Cause I got a little girl that used to swing right there
➔ Proposition subordonnée relative avec "that" (définitive)
➔ L'expression "that used to swing right there" est une proposition subordonnée relative qui modifie "a little girl". "That" introduit la proposition et est un pronom relatif faisant référence au nom "girl". "used to" décrit une habitude ou un état passé.
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What's she gonna do if she comes back, and we're gone?
➔ Phrase conditionnelle (Type 1) avec "gonna" informel
➔ Il s'agit d'une phrase conditionnelle de Type 1 exprimant une possibilité réelle dans le futur. "If she comes back, what will she do?" est la structure sous-jacente. "Gonna" est une contraction informelle de "going to".
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Lasted 13 huntin' season runnin' strong
➔ Proposition relative réduite / Groupe adjectival
➔ Cette expression agit comme une description de la "huntin' season". Elle peut être interprétée comme une proposition relative réduite où le pronom relatif et l'auxiliaire sont omis (par exemple, "which was running strong"). "Huntin'" est utilisé comme un adjectif, typique du langage informel.
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Keep your money 'cause a man can't leave his dog
➔ Contraction informelle ("cause") et verbe modal ("can't")
➔ "Cause" est une contraction informelle de "because". "Can't" est une contraction de "cannot", un verbe modal exprimant l'incapacité ou l'impossibilité.
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Yeah, you can't buy that kind of dirt cheap
➔ Verbe modal ("can't") et adjectif comme adverbe ("dirt cheap")
➔ "Can't" (cannot) exprime l'impossibilité. "Dirt cheap" est un adjectif composé qui fonctionne comme un adverbe ici, modifiant "buy" (vous ne pouvez pas l'acheter d'une manière "dirt cheap"). L'utilisation d'un adjectif au lieu d'un adverbe est courante dans le langage informel.
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