I Got The Boy

• By: Jana Kramer

Lyrics:

Vocabulary in this song:

Vocabulary	Meanings
picture /ˈpɪktʃər/ A1	noun - a painting, drawing, or photograph
girl /ɡɜːrl/ A1	noun - a female child or young woman
grown /ɡroʊn/ A2	adjective - adult, mature
dreams /driːmz/ A2	noun - a series of thoughts, images, and sensations occurring in a person's mind during sleep
love /lʌv/ A1	noun - an intense feeling of affection verb - to feel deep affection for (someone)
kids /kɪdz/ A1	noun - a child or young person
kiss /kɪs/ A1	noun - an act of touching with the lips verb - to touch with the lips
future /ˈfjuːtʃər/ A2	noun - the time or a period of time following the moment of speaking or writing; what is going to happen
past /pæst/ A2	noun - the time before the moment of speaking or writing
ring /rɪŋ/ A1	noun - a circular band, typically of metal, worn as an ornament
diamond /ˈdaɪəmənd/ B1	noun - a precious stone consisting of a clear and colorless crystalline form of pure carbon
wedding /ˈwɛdɪŋ/ A2	noun - the act or ceremony of marrying
boy /bɔɪ/ A1	noun - a male child or young man
man /mæn/ A1	noun - an adult male human being
heart /hɑːrt/ A1	noun - a hollow muscular organ that pumps the blood through the circulatory system by rhythmic contraction and dilation
hair /her/ A1	noun - any of the fine threadlike strands growing from the skin of humans, mammals, and other animals
hot /hɒt/ A1	adjective - having a high degree of heat or a high temperature

Grammar:

• Honeymoon in Jamaica, she's a lucky girl

  ➔ Subject-Verb-Complement (SVC) / Predicate Adjective

  ➔ "She's" is a contraction of "she is." "Lucky" is an adjective describing the subject "she."

• From a ball cap in a pick up, seems like another world

  ➔ Prepositional Phrases and 'seems like' + Noun Phrase

  ➔ "From a ball cap in a pick up" is a prepositional phrase modifying the implied subject (his past). "Seems like another world" uses "seems like" to express a comparison, implying his past life is very different from the present.

• We were two kids in the backseat, All fearless and young

  ➔ Past Simple, Descriptive Adjectives

  ➔ "Were" is the past tense of "be." "Fearless" and "young" are descriptive adjectives modifying "kids."

• I got the first kiss and she'll get the last

  ➔ Past Simple vs. Future Simple (will)

  ➔ "Got" is past simple, indicating a completed action in the past. "She'll get" is a contraction of "she will get," indicating a future action.

• Seems like another world

  ➔ "Seems like" + Noun Phrase: expressing comparison or impression.

  ➔ Expresses the feeling that something is very different. 'Seems like' connects to a noun phrase to indicate a subjective feeling or assessment.

• If things were different I had a choice Which would I choose?

  ➔ Second Conditional (Hypothetical Past)

  ➔ The "if" clause ("If things were different") is in the past subjunctive, expressing an unreal or hypothetical situation. The main clause uses "would" + base form of the verb to express the consequence.