Casablanca – English Lyrics

• By: Jessica Jay

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

I fell in love with you watching Casablanca

Back row of the drive in show in the flickerin' light

Popcorn and cokes beneath the stars

Became champagne and caviar

Makin' love on a long hot summer night

I thought you fell in love with me watching Casablanca

Holdin' hands 'neath the paddle fans in Rick's candle lit cafe

Hidin' the shadows from the spies

Moroccan moonlight in your eyes

Makin' magic at the movies in my own Chevrolet

Ooh, a kiss is still a kiss in Casablanca

But a kiss is not a kiss without your sigh

Please come back to me in Casablanca

I love you more and more each day as time goes by

I guess there are many broken hearts in Casablanca

You know I've never really been there, so I don't know

I guess our love story will never be seen on the big white silver screen

But it hurts just as bad when I had to watch you go

Ooh, a kiss is still a kiss in Casablanca

But a kiss is not a kiss without your sigh

Please come back to me in Casablanca

I love you more and more each day as time goes by

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
love /lʌv/ A2	noun - an intense feeling of affection verb - to have strong affection for
kiss /kɪs/ A2	noun - a touch with the lips verb - to touch with the lips
hearts /hɑːts/ A2	noun - the organ that pumps blood; the seat of emotion
night /naɪt/ A1	noun - the period of darkness between sunset and sunrise
light /laɪt/ A1	noun - the natural agent that makes things visible
shadows /ˈʃædoʊz/ B1	noun - dark shape produced by an object blocking light
magic /ˈmædʒɪk/ B1	noun - the power of apparently influencing events
story /ˈstɔːri/ A2	noun - an account of imaginary or real people and events
time /taɪm/ A1	noun - the indefinite continued progress of existence
screen /skriːn/ B1	noun - a flat surface where images are projected
hurts /hɜːts/ A2	verb - to cause pain
broken /ˈbroʊkən/ B1	adjective - damaged or not in working order
moonlight /ˈmuːnlaɪt/ B2	noun - light from the moon
eyes /aɪz/ A1	noun - the organs of sight
watching /ˈwɑːtʃɪŋ/ A2	verb - looking at something for a period of time
fans /fænz/ A2	noun - devices used to create a current of air

Key Grammar Structures

• I fell in love with you watching Casablanca

  ➔ Past Simple tense

  ➔ The verb "fell" is the past simple of "fall" used to describe a completed action in the past.

• Back row of the drive in show in the flickerin' light

  ➔ Prepositional phrases

  ➔ The phrases "Back row of the drive in show" and "in the flickerin' light" function as prepositional phrases providing location and setting.

• Popcorn and cokes beneath the stars

  ➔ Compound subject

  ➔ The subject consists of two nouns "Popcorn" and "cokes" joined by "and" representing multiple things together.

• I thought you fell in love with me watching Casablanca

  ➔ Reported thought / Past Simple in main and subordinate clause

  ➔ The main verb "thought" (past simple) introduces a subordinate clause also in past simple "you fell in love" indicating the speaker's past assumption.

• Holdin' hands 'neath the paddle fans in Rick's candle lit cafe

  ➔ Present participle used as an adjective / informal contraction

  ➔ "Holdin'" is the informal contracted form of "holding", a present participle acting as an adjective describing simultaneous action.

• Ooh, a kiss is still a kiss in Casablanca

  ➔ Simple present tense / linking verb

  ➔ The verb "is" is the simple present form of the linking verb "to be" used to describe a general truth.

• But a kiss is not a kiss without your sigh

  ➔ Negation in simple present / Parallel structure

  ➔ The negation "is not" is used in the simple present with a repeated phrase "a kiss" to create a parallel structure for emphasis.

• I guess there are many broken hearts in Casablanca

  ➔ Existential there + Present simple

  ➔ "There are" introduces the existence of "many broken hearts", a common existential construction in English.