A Thousand Miles – English Lyrics

• By: Terry Crews
• Album: White Chicks (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into this fun and energetic cover to practice your English! This song is perfect for learning rhythmic phrasing and emotive vocabulary through a comedic lens, making language learning feel like a celebration.

[English]

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♪ Makin’ my way downtown ♪

♪ Walkin’ fast, faces pass ♪

♪ And I’m homebound ♪

♪ Do-do, do-do, do ♪

♪ Do-do, do-do ♪

♪ And I need you ♪

♪ And I miss you ♪

♪ And now I wonder ♪

♪ If I could fall into the sky ♪

♪ Do you think time would pass me by? ♪

♪ ‘Cause you know I’d walk a thousand miles ♪

♪ If I could just see you ♪

♪ Tonight ♪

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
Makin' /ˈmeɪkɪn/ A1	verb - Creating or performing an action
Downtown /ˈdaʊntaʊn/ A2	noun - The central part or main business district of a city
Walkin' /ˈwɔːkɪn/ A1	verb - To move at a regular pace by lifting and setting down each foot in turn
Fast /fæst/ A1	adjective - Moving or capable of moving at high speed
Faces /ˈfeɪsɪz/ A1	noun - The front part of a person's head
Pass /pæs/ A1	verb - To move in a specified direction
Homebound /ˈhoʊmbaʊnd/ B2	adjective - Going towards home
Need /niːd/ A1	verb - Require something because it is essential or very important
Miss /mɪs/ A2	verb - Feel sad because someone is not present
Wonder /ˈwʌndər/ A2	verb - Desire or be curious to know something
Fall /fɔːl/ A1	verb - Move downward, typically rapidly and without control
Sky /skaɪ/ A1	noun - The region of the atmosphere seen from the earth
Time /taɪm/ A1	noun - The indefinite continued progress of existence
Thousand /ˈθaʊzənd/ A1	adjective - Equivalent to the product of ten hundred
Miles /maɪlz/ A1	noun - A unit of linear measure equal to 5,280 feet