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Someone found a letter you wrote me on the radio 00:17
And they told the world just how you felt 00:24
It must have fallen out of a hole in your old brown overcoat 00:32
They never said your name, but I knew just who they meant 00:39
Whoa-oh-oh-oh 00:45
I was so surprised and shocked, and I wondered, too 00:47
If, by chance, you heard it for yourself 00:54
I never told a soul just how I've been feeling over you 01:02
But they said it really loud, they said it on the air 01:09
On the radio, whoa-oh-oh-oh 01:13
On the radio, whoa-oh-oh-oh 01:17
On the radio, whoa-oh-oh-oh 01:20
On the radio, whoa-oh-oh-oh 01:24
Now, now, don't it kinda strike you sad when you hear our song? 01:28
Things are not the same since we broke up last June 01:35
The only thing that I wanna hear is that you love me still 01:43
And that you think you'll be comin' home real soon 01:51
Whoa-oh-oh-oh 01:57
Yeah, it kinda made me feel proud when I heard him say 01:58
You couldn't find the words to say it yourself 02:06
And now in my heart, I know I can say what I really feel 02:13
'Cause they said it really loud, they said it on the air 02:21
On the radio, whoa-oh-oh-oh 02:24
On the radio, whoa-oh-oh-oh 02:28
On the radio, whoa-oh-oh-oh 02:31
On the radio, whoa-oh-oh-oh 02:35
On the radio 02:40
02:45
If you think that love isn't found on the radio 03:19
Then tune right in, you may find the love you lost 03:26
'Cause now I'm sitting here with the man I sent away long ago 03:33
It sounded really loud, he said it really loud 03:41
On the radio, whoa-oh-oh-oh 03:45
On the radio, whoa-oh-oh-oh 03:48
On the radio, whoa-oh-oh-oh 03:52
On the radio, whoa-oh-oh-oh 03:56
On the radio 03:59
04:02

On The Radio

By
Donna Summer, Giorgio Moroder
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Lyrics:

[English]

Someone found a letter you wrote me on the radio

And they told the world just how you felt

It must have fallen out of a hole in your old brown overcoat

They never said your name, but I knew just who they meant

Whoa-oh-oh-oh

I was so surprised and shocked, and I wondered, too

If, by chance, you heard it for yourself

I never told a soul just how I've been feeling over you

But they said it really loud, they said it on the air

On the radio, whoa-oh-oh-oh

On the radio, whoa-oh-oh-oh

On the radio, whoa-oh-oh-oh

On the radio, whoa-oh-oh-oh

Now, now, don't it kinda strike you sad when you hear our song?

Things are not the same since we broke up last June

The only thing that I wanna hear is that you love me still

And that you think you'll be comin' home real soon

Whoa-oh-oh-oh

Yeah, it kinda made me feel proud when I heard him say

You couldn't find the words to say it yourself

And now in my heart, I know I can say what I really feel

'Cause they said it really loud, they said it on the air

On the radio, whoa-oh-oh-oh

On the radio, whoa-oh-oh-oh

On the radio, whoa-oh-oh-oh

On the radio, whoa-oh-oh-oh

On the radio

...

If you think that love isn't found on the radio

Then tune right in, you may find the love you lost

'Cause now I'm sitting here with the man I sent away long ago

It sounded really loud, he said it really loud

On the radio, whoa-oh-oh-oh

On the radio, whoa-oh-oh-oh

On the radio, whoa-oh-oh-oh

On the radio, whoa-oh-oh-oh

On the radio

...

Vocabulary in this song:

Vocabulary Meanings

radio

/ˈreɪ.di.oʊ/

A1
  • noun
  • - the technology of signalling and communicating using radio waves.

letter

/ˈlet.ər/

A1
  • noun
  • - a written or printed communication addressed to a person or organization.

told

/toʊld/

A1
  • verb
  • - past tense of tell; to communicate information to someone in spoken or written words.

world

/wɜːrld/

A1
  • noun
  • - the earth, together with all of its countries, peoples, and natural features.

felt

/felt/

A1
  • verb
  • - past tense of feel; to be aware of an emotion or physical sensation.

name

/neɪm/

A1
  • noun
  • - a word or set of words by which a person, animal, place, or thing is known, addressed, or referred to.

surprised

/sərˈpraɪzd/

B1
  • adjective
  • - feeling or showing surprise because something unexpected has happened.

shocked

/ʃɒkt/

B1
  • adjective
  • - greatly surprised or disgusted.

soul

/soʊl/

B2
  • noun
  • - the spiritual or immaterial part of a human being or animal, regarded as immortal.

feeling

/ˈfiː.lɪŋ/

A2
  • noun
  • - an emotional state or reaction.

loud

/laʊd/

A2
  • adjective
  • - producing much noise; easily audible.

air

/eər/

A1
  • noun
  • - the mixture of gases that surrounds the earth and that people breathe.

sad

/sæd/

A1
  • adjective
  • - feeling or showing sorrow; unhappy.

song

/sɔːŋ/

A1
  • noun
  • - a musical composition with words for singing.

love

/lʌv/

A1
  • verb
  • - have a strong feeling of affection for (someone).
  • noun
  • - an intense feeling of affection.

proud

/praʊd/

B1
  • adjective
  • - feeling deep pleasure or satisfaction as a result of one's own achievements, qualities, or possessions or those of someone with whom one is closely associated.

words

/wɜːdz/

A1
  • noun
  • - a single distinct meaningful element of speech or writing, used with others (or sometimes alone) to form a sentence and typically shown with a space on either side when written or printed.

Grammar:

  • Someone found a letter you wrote me on the radio

    ➔ Past Simple

    ➔ The verb "found" indicates a completed action in the past.

  • If, by chance, you heard it for yourself

    ➔ Conditional Sentence

    ➔ The phrase "If, by chance" introduces a condition that may or may not happen.

  • I never told a soul just how I've been feeling over you

    ➔ Present Perfect

    ➔ The phrase "I've been feeling" indicates an action that started in the past and continues to the present.

  • Now, now, don't it kinda strike you sad when you hear our song?

    ➔ Imperative Mood

    ➔ The phrase "don't it kinda strike you sad" is an informal way of giving a command or suggestion.

  • If you think that love isn't found on the radio

    ➔ Negative Form

    ➔ The phrase "love isn't found" uses a negative form to express that love does not exist in that context.

  • It sounded really loud, he said it really loud

    ➔ Adverb Placement

    ➔ The adverb "really loud" is placed after the verb "sounded" to modify it.