This Old Dog – English Lyrics

• By: Mac DeMarco
• Album: This Old Dog

Lyrics & Translation

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
love /lʌv/ A2	noun - a strong feeling of affection or deep interest verb - to feel deep romantic or passionate attachment to someone
dog /dɒg/ or /dɔːg/ A2	noun - a common domestic animal, a canine
heart /hɑːt/ A2	noun - the organ that pumps blood in the body
time /taɪm/ A2	noun - a measure of duration, moments, or periods
old /oʊld/ A2	adjective - having lived for a long time; not new
forget /fərˈɡɛt/ B1	verb - to fail to remember
change /tʃeɪndʒ/ B1	verb - to make or become different
day /deɪ/ A2	noun - a 24-hour period
set /sɛt/ B1	verb - to put or place in a specific position
beat /biːt/ B2	verb - to hit repeatedly noun - a regular rhythmic unit in music

Key Grammar Structures

• Sometimes my love may be put on hold

  ➔ modal verb + be + past participle (may be put)

  ➔ Uses the modal verb "may" to indicate possibility, combined with "be" and the past participle to form the passive voice.

• All we've had

  ➔ present perfect tense (we've had)

  ➔ Expresses an action or state that happened at an unspecified time before now, emphasizing the experience or result.

• 'Long as my heart's beating in my chest'

  ➔ conjunction + present continuous (heart's beating)

  ➔ Uses the conjunction "as long as" to indicate a condition or duration, with the present participle "beating" to show ongoing action.

• All you've had

  ➔ present perfect tense (you've had)

  ➔ Expresses a completed action or accumulated experience relevant to the present.

• A new day gets set on another way

  ➔ present simple passive (gets set)

  ➔ Uses the present simple passive voice to describe a recurring or established event—"a new day" is the subject receiving the action "gets set".