聽歌學狄克森片語

聽歌學狄克森片語

聽歌學狄克森片語

本書介紹

  • 狄克森片語，原書名為Essential Idioms in English，作者為Robert J. Dixson，所以在台灣稱為狄克森片語。全書共分三個等級，初級beginning，中級intermediate，高級advanced，初級有13課，中級有14課，高級有12課，共39課，每課有12個片語。

  • 片語是許多學生學習英文的難關之一，有些片語比長單字更難背，片語中兩個拆開的字都知道個別的意思，但放在一起意思就變了。本書希望能藉由歌曲旋律不容易忘記的特性，來幫助讀者記下這些難記的片語。

  • 這裡只有提供初級。

  • 市面上雖然已經有很多聽歌學英文的書，那作者出版此書的價值何在呢？目前市面上的這類書，都是先選定幾首歌，再介紹歌曲中的單字，缺點就是沒辦法學習到學校規定要學的單字。本書最大的不同，就是反過來，先決定要學習的片語，再回頭挑選好聽而且包含此片語的歌曲。

  • 原本要出版成書，不過歌詞有版權問題，所以直接放到網路上。

使用方法

  • 每一首歌用分隔線隔開，以片語為標題，然後是意思、網址、歌手、歌名、備註的項目列表，最後是歌詞。如果同一個片語有好幾首歌，就重複上面的項目列表及歌詞。

  • 整首歌背下來太花時間，建議只背目標片語出現的段落。

  • 先瞭解整首歌的歌詞意思，英文老師可以將這部分作為上課內容，然後背下目標片語出現的段落，不用背整首歌，在未來遇到目標片語的時候，回想起這段歌詞，藉由歌詞來回憶目標片語的意思。

  • 建議老師可以將全部歌曲下載後給學生放在手機裡面隨身聽，老師也可以指定需要學生記憶的片語。

  • 每兩天背一個片語，一年就可以背完一冊，剛好國中三年或高中三年可以背完。沒背完的部分也可以隨時繼續，不會有銜接的問題。

其他

  • 這些歌曲都是筆者從網路上聽了大量歌曲篩選出來的，有很多歌都是「underrated」，就是非常好聽、完全不輸那些大紅大紫的歌，卻得到很少的關注。有些歌曲乍聽可能覺得不好聽，但多聽幾次就會覺得好聽了。

  • 被埋沒的好歌

  • 有些片語選了好幾首歌，可能是因為都很好聽，或是因為出現頻率低或是沒有很好聽，多選幾首來加強記憶。小節後面標註星號*的意思就是該片語在歌曲中出現的頻率太低，多選幾首歌來彌補。

  • 這本書並沒有放歌詞翻譯，主要原因是翻譯本身就是一門專業，再加上歌詞這種東西，有時候意思是很模糊的或是可以做不同的解讀，讀者不妨想想你喜歡的中文歌，然後試圖翻成英文，就可以理解到上面的情形。所以同學們如果問老師歌詞的意思，老師沒辦法給你們滿意的答案， 也不要責怪老師，繼續努力學習，或許就能對歌詞有更深的體會。

  • 備註的部分是介紹一些歌曲的背景。

  • 最後，希望這些好聽的歌曲能夠幫助讀者更有效率地學習英文，讀者如果有因為這本書而克服了記憶片語的困難，或是被哪一首好聽的歌所感動，都歡迎寫信跟我分享，作者我會很開心的。有什麼問題或建議也歡迎寫信給作者bfhaha@gmail.com。

  • 有一些歌曲想要重選，不過作者已為了五斗米折腰，沒時間做了。

Lesson 1

to get on

  • 意思：上車
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_UWnZlkKT8
  • 歌手：Cedarmont Kids
  • 歌名：Get on board
  • 備註：宗教歌曲。考考讀者，train在這裡的意思為信主耶穌基督。這個版本讀者覺得旋律比較好聽，可惜這個版本少了一段歌詞：
    The fare is cheap
    And all can go
    The rich and poor are there
    No second class aboard the train
    No difference in the fare
    筆者覺得這段歌詞是這首歌的重點，引申為不分貧賤，每個人都可以信主，有這段歌詞的版本參考這裡註。
  • 歌詞：
    (A)
    Get on board, little children
    Get on board, little children
    Get on board, little children
    There's room for many-a-more

    I hear the train a comin'
    I hear it close at hand
    I hear those car wheels rumblin'
    And rollin' through the land

    (A)

    I hear the train a-coming
    She's coming round the curve
    She's loosened all her steam and brakes
    Straining every nerve

    (A)x2

to get off

  • 意思：下車
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUDMzhlefMs
  • 歌手：Rolling Stones
  • 歌名：Get off of my cloud
  • 備註：Union Jack是英國國旗。這個樂團也有很多歌曲，有興趣的讀者可以上Youtube搜尋樂團名字。
  • 歌詞：
    I live on an apartment
    On the ninety-ninth floor of my block
    And I sit at home looking out the window
    Imagining the world has stopped
    Then in flies a guy
    Who's all dressed up just like the Union Jack
    And says, I've won five pounds
    If I have his kind of detergent pack

    [Chorus]
    I said, "Hey, you, get off of my cloud
    Hey, you, get off of my cloud
    Hey, you, get off of my cloud
    Don't hang around cause two's a crowd
    On my cloud baby"

    The telephone is ringing
    I say, "Hi, it's me, who is it there on the line?"
    A voice says, "Hi, hello, how are you?"
    Well, I guess I'm doing fine
    It's three a.m., there's too much noise
    Don't you people ever want to go to bed
    Because you feel so good
    Do you have to drive me out of my head

    [Chorus]

    I was sick and tired, fed up with this
    And decided to take a drive downtown
    It was so very quiet and peaceful
    There was nobody, not a soul around
    I laid myself out
    I was so tired and I started to dream
    In the morning the parking tickets were just like a flag
    Stuck on my windscreen

    [Chorus]

    Hey, you, get off of my cloud
    Hey, you, get off of my cloud
    Hey, you, get off of my cloud
    Don't hang around, baby two's a crowd
    On my cloud

to put on

  • 意思：穿（衣服）
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_CE7GqqrvY
  • 歌手：Dick Van Dyke
  • 歌名：Put on a happy face
  • 備註：put off不是脫衣的意思，put off是延遲的意思，take off才是脫衣。這首歌是音樂劇Bye Bye Birdie的插曲。
  • 歌詞：
    Why look so awfully tragic
    Put on a happy face
    Smiling can work like magic
    Put on a happy face
    Take off the gloomy mask of tragedy
    It's not your style
    You look so good
    That you'll be glad
    You've decided to smile

    Pick out a pleasant outlook
    Stick out that noble chin
    Wipe off the full of doubt look
    Slap on a happy grin
    Hands spread sunshine
    All over the place
    Just put on a happy face

    Flowers?
    Put on a happy face
    Put on a happy face
    Why do you mope around so sourly?
    It's such a string
    I always try to chuckle hourly
    It clears the brain

    I knew a girl so gloomy
    She'd never laugh or sing
    She wouldn't listen to me
    Now she's a mean old thing

    So spread sunshine all over the place
    Put on a happy

    So put on a happy face

to take off

  • 意思：脫（衣服）
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVQjGlS7dqs
  • 歌手：Ezra Furman
  • 歌名：Take off your sunglasses
  • 備註：這部MV可以幫助記憶，因為男主角就戴著太陽眼鏡。take on不是穿衣服的意思，take on是負責的意思。歌詞中， 女主角叫男主角脫掉太陽眼鏡， 但男主角不想， 隱喻男主角不想面對現實。
  • 歌詞：
    My baby went out with her family to a ski resort in Colorado
    Well she put on her skis and she slid down hill
    Yeah she slid downhill in her bright red mufflers
    My baby, my baby went out with her family to a ski resort in Colorado
    And left me all alone for a couple of weeks,
    Well she called me up, she said I love you in the middle of the night
    I said In the middle of the night everybody loves everybody else these days
    She said Oh, in the middle of the day I love you very much
    I said Everybody loves each other these days

    I said I don't ever get to go on any vacations
    I said I've gotta go to work every day
    I said You get to slide downhill in your bright red mufflers
    She said I love you, oh I love you in the middle of the day, And she said Take off your sunglasses
    I don't wanna take off my sunglasses
    Take off your sunglasses
    I said baby the sun is bright
    I need my sunglasses

    And then I woke up in the middle of the night
    One night and I felt so unworthy
    I said I woke up in the middle of the night
    One night and I felt so unworthy
    It didn't bother me too much, I think I am unworthy
    And everybody's unworthy of everybody else these days
    Everybody's unworthy of everybody else these days
    And I don't need to think about things I don't want to think about
    She called me up in the middle of the day
    She said I love you in the middle of the night
    I said In the middle of the night
    Everybody loves everybody else in the middle of the day

    She said well
    Take off your sunglasses
    I don't wanna take off my sunglasses
    Take off your sunglasses
    I said why don't you take off your sunglasses
    She said I already have

    I don't want to think about
    Things I don't want to think about in the middle of the night
    In the middle of the day I don't want to think about
    Things I don't want to think about in the middle of the night
    I don't want to think about it
    I don't want to think about it
    I don't want to take off my sunglasses

    Everybody's unworthy and
    Everybody loves everybody else and
    Everybody takes off their sunglasses
    Oh baby, oh baby, oh baby I don't want to fall into the patterns
    Oh baby,

    She said
    Take off your sunglasses
    I don't wanna take off my sunglasses
    Take off your sunglasses
    I said baby oh, that's like me asking you to take out your shoelaces
    So she took out her shoelaces

to turn on

  • 意思：打開（電燈開關）
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbDQYdln1UM
  • 歌手：Kiss
  • 歌名：Turn on the night
  • 備註：早期的Kiss樂團以誇張的妝容及舞台效果著稱。
  • 歌詞：
    (A)
    Everyone's thinkin' they're so hot tonight,
    but there's a fire in your eyes
    Everybody wants you girl,
    but I want you more than any other guy

    (B)
    You got what I want, I got what you need, fire below
    So if you know it, show it, don't let me go, whooah

    (C)
    Turn on the night,
    I can't wait, can't wait any longer
    Turn on the night,
    yeah, I want to feel this feeling get stronger

    Take me in your arms,
    I'll take you into my heart
    Let's bring this love to life
    C'mon baby put your finger on the switch,
    let's make some sparks ignite

    Show me what you want, show me what you need, fire below
    C'mon and take me, shake me, don't let me go, whooah

    (C)x2

    (B)

    (C)

    Turn on the night,
    I can't wait, can't wait any longer
    Turn on the night,
    yeah, you know this feeling keeps getting stronger
    Turn on the night

to turn off

  • 意思：to cause to stop functioning (also: to switch off, to shut off)
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6T7bHq9Ebg0
  • 歌手：Enrique Iglesias
  • 歌名：Don't turn off the lights
  • 備註：歌手就是拉丁情歌王子安立奎。
  • 歌詞：
    I don't have to tell you
    What this is all about
    'Cause, baby, half the fun
    Is in us figuring it all out

    So why you gotta ask me
    What I'm doing now?
    'Cause I don't like to question
    What I still haven't found (Ooh, yeah)

    (*)
    So don't turn off the lights
    I don't wanna be in the dark tonight
    'Cause I can't read your mind
    I need to know if what I'm doing is right
    So don't turn off the lights
    So don't turn off the lights

    So tell me how we're gonna get there
    It's so hard to even try
    But if we move together (Ooh, yeah, yeah)
    We'll end up on the same side (Ooh, yeah, yeah)

    (*)

    If you could know what I'm feeling
    Would you run, and where would you go?
    If you want to know what I'm thinking
    Just turn on the lights and you'll know

    (*)x2

right away

  • 意思：very soon; immediately (also: at once)
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvbZWGZoKPg
  • 歌手：
  • 歌名：I will obey right away
  • 備註：宗教歌曲。
  • 歌詞：
    (A)
    Listen to your father,
    this is wise advice,
    Never let your mother give an order twice.
    Follow their instructions,
    quickly answer yes,

    (B)
    Hearken right away,
    to delay is to disobey!

    (C)
    I will obey the first time I'm told,
    I will obey right away.
    Never asking why,
    never with a sigh,
    I will obey right away.

    Keep the Lord's commandments,
    demonstrate your love,
    This alone will please your Father up above.
    Read God's Holy Word and listen when He speaks,

    (B)

    (C)

    I will obey right away.
    I will obey right away.

to pick up

  • 意思：to lift with one's fingers or hands; to retrieve or collect; to learn
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s91O0GN4Mls
  • 歌手：Hot Country Knights
  • 歌名：Pick her up
  • 備註：pickup truck是一種載貨車型，在台灣稱為皮卡。這個樂團也是Dierks Bentley所創立。
  • 歌詞：
    So you finally got the nerve to ask that little girl
    You've been diggin' on if she wants to go out
    She said yes, now you're wanting to impress
    But you ain't got no Casanova know-how

    You ain't gotta read a book to get her on the hook
    She's a country baby through and through
    If you wanna do her right on a Saturday night
    This is all you've gotta do

    (*)
    Pick her up in a pickup truck
    Take her out to a honky-tonk
    Turn an ice cold longneck up
    Dance around to an old jukebox
    If you really wanna rock the world
    Of a pretty little country girl
    Just remember, when you pick her up
    Pick her up in a pickup truck

    (Ain't that right, Travis?)

    Yeah buddy, she ain't got no use for a BMW
    Or wine from a hundred-dollar bottle
    She'd rather bounce around on the outskirts of town
    Shotgunnin' in a muddy Silverado

    If you're gonna have a chance at closin' time romance
    Flip the switch on the neon hard
    Don't forget the first step before you get to two steps
    Knowin' right where to start

    (*)

    (Go get her, son!)

    She wants to party and paint the town
    Kick up her boots to a country sound
    Come on buddy, don't let us down

    (*)

    You might even make her fall in love
    Pick her up in a pickup truck, whoo
    (Take her out to a country club, idn't that right?)

  • 意思：to lift with one's fingers or hands; to retrieve or collect; to learn
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1BBIcedyIo
  • 歌手：Dierks Bentley
  • 歌名：Pick up
  • 備註：描述一個手機被男朋友拿走， 發現她出軌的女生， 結局讓讀者自己去看。
  • 歌詞：
    I dialed seven digits five times today
    Just to hear you say you love or hate me
    I'll take anything
    I just wanna hear your voice
    Comin' through the line like a heart shaped knife
    Cut me down baby, one more time
    Good or bad baby
    Yes, No, Maybe
    It's drivin' me crazy

    (*)
    Won't you pick up the phone
    I can pick up some wine
    I can pick you up in my pick-up truck
    And we can pick up right where we left off
    Ain't that what we both want
    Pick up the pieces girl
    It ain't that broke
    Pick up the past and just let it go
    Put down that over me
    Never wanna see me again
    Goodbye kinda stuff and pick-up

    You're putting me through hell one ring voicemail
    Baby I can tell that you ain't on the other line
    Accept, Naw, Decline
    How can I tell you if you won't listen
    How can I tell you what I've been missin'
    If you don't, don't, don't
    If you won't, won't, won't

    (*)

    Put down the mistakes we made
    And the words we didn't mean to say

    (*)x2

    I dialed seven digits five times today
    Just to hear you say you love or hate me
    I just want a hear your voice

sooner or later

  • 意思：遲早
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3-ATRs99_M
  • 歌手：The Grass Roots
  • 歌名：Sooner or later
  • 備註：
  • 歌詞：
    (A)
    Sooner or later, love is gonna get ya
    Sooner or later, girl you got to give in
    Sooner or later, love is gonna let 'cha
    Sooner or later, love is gonna win

    (B)
    Its just a matter of time
    Before you make up your mind
    To give all that love that you've been hiding
    Its just a question of when
    I've told you time and again
    I'll get all the love you've been denying

    (A)

    You say you'll never be mine
    But darling they'll come a time
    I'll taste all that love that you've been hiding
    Its just a question of time
    Before you make up your mind
    And give all that love you've been denying

    You've been looking for love
    In all the wrong places
    You've been looking for love
    All the wrong faces
    Gotta get 'cha girl
    Off this illusion
    Gonna save your heart
    From all this confusion

    (A)

    Love is gonna win

    (B)

    (A)

to get up

  • 意思：to arise, to rise from a bed; to make someone arise
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70FVFxXpY_8
  • 歌手：Irving Berlin
  • 歌名：Oh how I hate to get up in the morning
  • 備註：歌詞中很有趣的一段是Someday I'm going to murder the bugler，bugler是軍隊中吹起床號的喇叭手，意思類似於你一大早被人吵醒，然後心裡咒罵說：「我要宰了他。」這首歌出現在1943年電影This is the Army中，1:55左右。
  • 歌詞：
    I've been a soldier quite a while
    And I would like to state
    The life is simply wonderful
    The Army food is great
    I sleep with ninety-seven others in a wooden hut
    I love them all
    They all love me
    It's very lovely but

    (*)
    Oh! How I hate to get up in the morning
    Oh! How I'd love to remain in bed
    For the hardest blow of all
    Is to hear the bugler call
    Ya gotta get up
    Ya gotta get up
    Ya gotta get up this morning
    Someday I'm going to murder the bugler
    Someday they're going to find him dead

    I'll amputate his reveille
    And step upon it heavily
    And spend the rest of my life in bed

    (*)

    And then I'll get that other pup
    The guy who wakes the bugler up
    And spend the rest of my life in bed

to come up with

  • 意思：想出（點子、辦法）
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ej4hkK2xQoE
  • 歌手：Lucinda Williams
  • 歌名：One more day
  • 備註：很消沈，帶點哀傷的一首歌。歌詞主要分成六段，每段的前兩句跟後兩句是一樣的。
  • 歌詞：
    Give me one more day
    To turn things around
    Give me one more day
    To get my feet on the ground
    To dig in my heels
    And settle down
    Give one more day
    To turn things around

    Give me one more day
    To come up with a plan
    Give me one more day
    To see if I can
    Find my way
    To come back again
    Give me one more day
    To come up with a plan

    Give me one more day
    To do the right thing
    Give me one more day
    To see what it'll bring
    To have one more day
    I would give anything
    Give me one more day
    To do the right thing

    Give me one more day
    To try my love
    Give me one more day
    It's been a couple of months
    To place my bet
    And win back your love
    Give me one more day
    To try my love

    Give me one more day
    To put up a fight
    Give me one more day
    To take back the night
    I always danced
    With all of my might
    Give me one more day
    To put up a fight

    Give me one more day
    To look in your eyes
    Give me one more day
    To make you realize
    That I don't know what to say
    When my soul flies
    Give me one more day
    To look in your eyes

    Give me one more day
    Just one more day
    Give me one more day

  • 意思：想出（點子、辦法）
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2zdqZHVMBE
  • 歌手：Idina Menzel
  • 歌名：Penny
  • 備註：宗教歌曲。旋律有點像梁靜茹的「我喜歡」。她也是唱冰雪奇緣(Frozen)的主題曲Let it go的歌手，飾演過電影「曼哈頓奇緣(Enchanted)」， 很好看的一部電影。她也有在美劇Glee歡樂合唱團參與演出。
  • 歌詞：
    Don't know much about practicing what I preach,
    Don't know how to be envious without jealousy,
    Don't know how to hold my temper, when I have to get in the last word,
    Don't know how to speak softly and still be heard,
    But before I lose everything and everyone who loves me...

    (*)
    God if you're listening would you have a message sent?
    Cause I need to be a better lover, brother, and a friend.
    God if you're listening would you come up with some change?
    Cause I wake up every morning with a penny to my name.

    Don't know much about love cause I get the same crap from every guy,
    Don't know how to see the grass being greener on my side,
    Don't know much about wisdom without being jaded,
    Don't know how to take criticism without feeling hated,
    But before I lose everything and everyone who loves me...

    (*)

    Whoa man, I'm everything I said I wouldn't be,
    Standing here with nothing, will you help me?
    Don't know how to tell a joke without putting my foot in my mouth,
    Don't know how to be intimate if I don't have a crowd,
    Don't know how to be hopeful, what if they let me down?
    I don't know how to keep myself from hurting everyone...

    (*)x2

    Oh, God, I don't know much about nothing.
    No, so give me a break.
    Anyway, won't anybody listen to me?
    Oh, oh.

at first

  • 意思：in the beginning, originally
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pWgTLSI83E
  • 歌手：Michael Lydon
  • 歌名：Love at first sight
  • 備註：
  • 歌詞：
    (A) One night in June big bad moon
    Chinese lanterns twinkle in bright
    Now what was the tune that big band was crooning
    Must have been love at first sight

    (B) We danced till three on the balcony
    Dawn for the stars to flight
    Honeysuckle breeze whispering leaves
    Must have been love at first sight

    (C) By now we had a while
    To look each other over
    We've seen what time could bring two lovers
    That night at the lake was no mistake
    The years disappear when you hum in my ear

    Darlin
    That was the tune that big band was crooning
    Must have been love at first sight

    (C)

    (A)

  • 意思：in the beginning, originally
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ph_eHIkY-HU
  • 歌手：Blue
  • 歌名：Love at first sight
  • 備註：這個樂團的「One love註」也很好聽。
  • 歌詞：
    Yeah
    See if you can relate to this one

    Hope I'm not disturbing you
    Because you look into thought right now
    I don't mean to be rude
    Cause this is normally not my style
    Can I take you out
    I feel that if I don't ask chance will pass
    And I'll never see your face again,
    I'll never see your face again. No

    You maybe thinking I am strange
    Not every single day, no, beauty comes my way, so

    (*)
    Do you believe in love at first sight
    Tell me does that book that your reading
    Tell the story of your life
    Do you believe in love at first sight
    Should I walk on by, turn a blind eye
    To love, love at first sight.

    I could be the man for you
    I can make all your dreams come true
    Maybe I'm a fool
    For saying I'm in love with you
    You may be thinking I am strange not every single day, no
    Beauty comes my way
    Oh

    (*)

    You Say farewell
    I'll say so long
    Say goodbye
    I'll say your wrong
    Cause here in my arms you belong
    Wooo
    Ooo

    (*)x2 To love, love at first sight.

Lesson 2

to dress up

  • 意思：to wear formal clothes, to dress very nicely
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ViOVjFTNtsY
  • 歌手：Femme Schmidt
  • 歌名：Stockings and belt
  • 備註：
  • 歌詞：
    Ain't gonna dress for you like a whore
    If you don't want to love me no more
    Ain't gonna wear stockings and belt
    If you can't make my heart melt

    The time is over for fantasy
    What is happening to you and me?

    (*)
    I would dress up for you like a queen
    Give you everything you desired
    Why can't I cry any tears?
    We're out of ideas to inspire

    Ain't gonna share my double bed
    Ain't gonna give you any head
    Ain't gonna wear handcuffs and chain
    If you don't want to give me your name

    There's nothing more for us to say
    The time for talking is over today

    I would dress up for you like a queen
    Give you everything you desired
    When did the fairytale stop?
    When did our love expire?

    (*)

    Ain't gonna dress for you like a whore
    If you don't want to love me no more
    Ain't gonna wear stockings and belt
    If you can't make my heart melt

  • 意思：to wear formal clothes, to dress very nicely
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9W-B66U6ow
  • 歌手：Kirk Moore
  • 歌名：Dress up contest
  • 備註：網路素人自己寫的歌，有點類似兒歌。
  • 歌詞：
    Let's have a dress up contest
    A dress up contest
    A dress up dress up dress up dress up dress up contest
    Let's have a dress up contest
    A dress up contest
    Who can put their boots on now

    Let's have a dress up contest
    A dress up contest
    A dress up dress up dress up dress up dress up contest
    Let's have a dress up contest
    A dress up contest
    Who can put their coat on now

    Let's have a dress up contest
    A dress up contest
    A dress up dress up dress up dress up dress up contest
    Let's have a dress up contest
    A dress up contest
    Who can put their hat on now

    Let's have a dress up contest
    A dress up contest
    A dress up dress up dress up dress up dress up contest
    Let's have a dress up contest
    A dress up contest
    Who can put their gloves on now

    It was a dress up contest
    A dress up contest
    A dress up dress up dress up dress up dress up contest
    It was a dress up contest
    A dress up contest
    And our song is all through now

  • 意思：to wear formal clothes, to dress very nicely
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SO7EjEbN9BA
  • 歌手：The Chainsmokers
  • 歌名：Kills you slowly
  • 備註：The Chainsmokers就是唱「Something just like this註」的歌手。歌詞在描述一對已在分手邊緣的情侶， 在朋友及家人面前仍裝出恩愛的樣子。
  • 歌詞：
    Made plans with me and all your friends
    I'm late again, I hate to keep you waiting
    Tried to be a gentleman, got drunk again before I even made it
    Tried to call a car for you, you're tired of me
    I know you wouldn't take it
    You walked a mile in Louis Vuittons and fucked 'em up
    You know that they're my favorite

    (A)
    But we dress up and play pretend
    Then we act like we're good again
    I do things I can't defend
    And even when you hold it in

    (B)
    Hold it, even though it kills you slowly
    Explosions hidden when we're in the open
    Keep on smilin' until it's over
    Hold it, even though it kills you slowly

    Arguments that never end
    You're talkin' shit to spice up conversation
    I'm so sick of back and forth
    These fights with you are startin' to feel contagious
    Said that I'm no good for you
    Right before we walk into your parents
    Then you put on that smile again
    And grab my hand even though you hate it

    (A)

    (B)

    Oh, but, but it, it won't, but I said
    You hold on, hopin' it gon' stop, but it don't
    Oh, but, but it, it won't, but I said
    You hold on, hopin' it gon' stop, but it don't

    (B)

    Hold it, even though it kills you slowly
    (Oh, but, but it, it won't, but I said
    You hold on, hopin' it gon' stop, but it don't)
    Explosions hidden when we're in the open
    (Oh, but, but it, it won't, but I said
    You hold on, hopin' it gon' stop, but it don't)
    Keep on smilin' until it's over
    (Oh, but, but it, it won't, but I said
    You hold on, hopin' it gon' stop, but it don't)
    Hold it, even though it kills you slowly
    (Oh, but, but it, it won't, but I said
    You hold on, hopin' it gon' stop, but it don't)

at last

  • 意思：finally, after a long time
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7J5is6CWDc
  • 歌手：Cozi Zuehlsdorff
  • 歌名：At last it's me
  • 備註：這是迪士尼電影「Freaky Friday」(2018)的插曲， 歌手也在電影中演出。 不過同名電影有另一個版本， 叫做「辣媽辣妹」(2003)， 由Jamie Lee Curtis, Lindsay Lohan（琳賽蘿涵）飾演， 這個版本比較廣為人知。
  • 歌詞：
    One day is lots like another
    When you expect the same old same
    So true and telling your brother
    Just don't play that game
    You have tomorrow to run to
    So don't be stuck in yesterday
    Why not embrace the one who loves you come what may?
    In a minute life can unwind you
    That's when love will find you and lead the way

    At last you're looking at me
    At last you're finally free
    It took a little of you to show me who to be
    Gonna live in the now
    Because I know just how
    To live each day with love for all to see
    The past is in the past
    At last it's me

    Too long we see our reflection
    Too long it's all that we ever know
    But be strong
    Reverse your direction and watch your power grow
    There's life in all that's around you
    You only have to let it in
    You'll be so glad that it found you
    Your new day will begin
    Today will last me forever
    Cause today I'm the best I've ever been

    (*)
    At last you're looking at me
    At last you're finally free
    It took a little of you to show me who to be
    Gonna live in the now
    Because I know just how
    To show you that I know you and you'll see
    The past is in the past
    At last it's me

    Woah-oh-o-o
    I know you know I'll see
    Woah-oo-oh
    Let the past be the past
    At last it's me
    Woah-oh-oh-o-woah-o
    I know you'll know I'll see
    Woah-oo-oh
    Let the past be the past
    At last it's me

    (*)

as usual

  • 意思：as is the general case, as is typical
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTxFOUJIfTc
  • 歌手：Sooty and Co.
  • 歌名：Business as usual
  • 備註：Sooty and Co.是1995到1998年間的兒童節目。
  • 歌詞：
    Business as usual tomorrow we're going to do what we do best.
    Now you must rest.
    Because it's business as usual with Sooty and Co.
    I'm as happy as can be.
    I'm sure you'll agree.

    It's business as usual.
    We've seen enough of the other side of life.
    The trouble and strike.
    So it's business as usual.
    I think that we should just stick to what we know although it is small.

    You know so I couldn't agree more that are exactly my thought as well.
    They always say that the grass will grow much greener on the other side.
    All I can say is now I know I've been there and the road is too wide.
    So it's business as usual.
    I've had a glimpse from another point of view.
    And I know you have to.
    It's business as usual.
    We all must remember to thank our lucky stars
    for the way that we are today.

to find out

  • 意思：get information about, to determine
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YezFKllKBDs
  • 歌手：12.8
  • 歌名：Find out why
  • 備註：歌手是個香港人，MV是台灣人拍的。
  • 歌詞：
    Where has time gone no one knows
    It's time to find outl why
    It's beautiful and also painful
    It's time to find outl why
    Spent the days in Barcelona
    The flowers bloomed and died
    Oh dear our double rainbow
    Was up above the sky

    (*)
    But don't you know
    What I feel
    I'm not alright
    But don't you know
    To me it's real
    It's time to find outl why

    Same old place but different people
    Are they just trying to hide
    It's become a city of sorrow
    Where we said long goodbye
    Muddle along every morning
    I'm running outta time
    Anyway the wild wind blows
    As my body lies

    (*)

    But don't you know
    What I feel
    I'm not alright
    But don't you know
    What I feel
    I'm sick of life

    But don't you know
    What I feel
    I'm not alright
    But don't you know
    To me it's real
    I guess I've found out why
    I guess I've found out why
    I guess I've found out why

  • 意思：找出為什麼
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JREouTHpyJE
  • 歌手：Tracy Lawrence
  • 歌名：Find out who your friends are
  • 備註：
  • 歌詞：
    (A)
    Run your car off the side of the road
    Get stuck in a ditch way out in the middle of nowhere
    Get yourself in a bind, lose the shirt off your back
    Need a floor, need a couch, need a bus fare

    This is where the rubber meets the road
    This is where the cream is gonna rise
    This is what you really didn't know
    This is where the truth don't lie

    (B)
    You find out who your friends are
    Somebody's gonna drop everything
    Run out and crank up their car
    Hit the gas get their fast
    Never stop to think 'what's in it for me?' or 'it's way too far.'
    They just show on up with their big old heart
    You find out who you're friends are

    Everybody wants to slap your back
    Wants to shake your hand
    When you're up on top of that mountain
    But let one of those rocks give way then you slide back down look up
    And see who's around then

    This ain't where the road comes to an end
    This ain't where the bandwagon stops
    This is just one of those times when
    A lot of folks jump off

    (B)

    When the water's high
    When the weather's not so fair
    When the well runs dry
    Who's gonna be there?

    (A)

    you find out who you're friends are

    (B)

to look at

  • 意思：give one's attention to; to watch
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXi344atARY
  • 歌手：Seth Ennis
  • 歌名：Look at you
  • 備註：
  • 歌詞：
    Look at you wearin' my hat
    You know I love it when you flip it 'round back
    I been wearin' it all summer long
    And it ain't ever looked like that girl
    Look at you singing that song
    I used to turn it off when it came on
    Now it's my favourite when you start singing it
    Can't help singing along
    'Cause you turn ordinary everyday things
    Into something beautiful 'cause you're beautiful

    (*)
    Girl I love to look at you
    Walking out the front door
    Hopping in my front seat
    Sliding over close to me
    Yeah, I love to look at you
    When you're with your girlfriends
    Laughin' 'bout your dancing
    Out there making eyes at me
    Girl I love to look at you
    Just look at you

    Yeah I love to look at you
    Just look at you

    Look at you drinkin' that drink
    Little bit spicy, little bit sweet
    When you bite your lip and you take a sip
    Girl you know you what you're making me think, yeah
    Look at you turning it on
    Bet you you could have any boy that you want
    Look at you making every girl in the room wanna run and put some makeup on
    'Cause you turn ordinary everyday things
    Into something beautiful cause you're beautiful

    (*)

    When I look at you
    I see forever
    Something I never thought I wanted But I know I want it\ When I look at you
    Walking out the front door
    Hopping in my front seat
    Sliding over close to me
    Yeah, I love to look at you
    When you're with your girlfriends
    Laughin' 'bout your dancing
    Out there making eyes at me
    Girl I love to look at you
    Just look at you

    Yeah I love to look at you (I love to look at you, love to look at you)
    Just look at you
    Girl I love to look at you

  • 意思：看
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIX4s2QOreQ
  • 歌手：Charlie Puth
  • 歌名：Look at me now
  • 備註：這位歌手也是很有名， 唱過下面兩首都很有名，「We don't talk anymore註」及「See you again註」。
  • 歌詞：
    I said this time next year
    I'ma be the one who do
    Everything and more you said
    I couldn't do
    This one is for you
    This time next year
    I'm gonna be stronger
    A little bit taller
    Top is my only view

    (*)
    I'm kickin' in the door now
    Better get out my way
    Never really saw me comin'
    You're left with nothing to say
    This for everybody
    Who always put me down
    I hope you open up your eyes
    And take a good look at me now

    Take a good look at me now
    Take a good look at me now

    'Cause this time next year
    I'ma walk down these halls
    And show my face for the world to see
    Gonna see me
    And I'ma call every girl that turned me down
    And tell 'em now that
    I'm just too busy
    'Cause I don't have the time
    And it's funny how my so-called friends
    Who've always left me alone
    Are suddenly running into me
    And blowin' up my phone

    (*)

    Take a good look at me now
    Take a good look at me now
    Oh baby
    Take a good look at me now
    Take a good look at me now
    Take a good look at me now
    Oh, look at me now

    Woah, this one is dedicated
    To all of the people
    Who said I would be nothing
    Just look at me now
    Look at me now
    Look at me now

    (*)

    Take a good look at me now
    Take a good look at me now
    Take a good look at me now
    Take a good look at me now

to look for

  • 意思：to try to find, to search for
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grf5LIFJ0xI
  • 歌手：Garry Miles
  • 歌名：Look for a star
  • 備註：這首也是電影「Circus of Horrors」的插曲。
  • 歌詞：
    When life doesn't seem worth the living
    And you don't really care who you are
    When you feel there is no one beside you
    Look for a star

    When you know you're alone and so lonely
    And your friends have traveled afar
    There is someone waiting to guide you
    Look for a star

    For everyone has a lucky star
    That shines in the sky up above
    If you wish on your lucky star
    You're sure to find someone to love

    (*)
    A rich man, a poor man, a beggar
    No matter whoever you are
    There's a friend who's waiting to guide you
    Look for a star

    (*)

    Look for a star

all right

  • 意思：acceptable, fine; yes, okay
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVJKn7I6MyA
  • 歌手：Christopher Cross
  • 歌名：All right
  • 備註：前奏有點像灌籃高手的主題曲。
  • 歌詞：
    I know, I know what's on your mind
    And I know it gets tough sometimes.
    But you can give it one more try to find another reason why,
    You should pick it up and try it again

    (*)
    Cause it's all right, I think we're gonna make it,
    I think it might just work out this time.
    It's all right, I think we're gonna make it
    I think it might work out fine this time
    It's all right, I think we're gonna make it
    I think it might just work out,

    Cause it's not too late for that too late for me.

    I know I've been hurt before
    And I know I really shouldn't give any more.
    But this time, this time things seem just a little different.
    And when I look in your eyes, you know I can see that it's true.
    And I hear you say:

    (*)

    Cause it's not too late for that too late for that.

    Just when you feel helpless,
    nothing left to say.
    Love will find us.
    The past behind us then we're on our way.

    Time and time again I see
    people so unsure like me,
    We all know it gets heard sometimes
    You can give it one more try,
    Find another reason why you should pick it up,
    You should kick it up and try it again.

    (*)x3

  • 意思：acceptable, fine; yes, okay
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJ2COs_OMtY
  • 歌手：Queen
  • 歌名：Doing all right
  • 備註：Queen樂團的經典樂曲包括「We will rock you註」，「Bohemian rhapsody註」，「I was born to love you註」，「We are the champions註」。
  • 歌詞：
    Yesterday my life was in ruin
    Now today I know what I'm doing
    Gotta feeling I should be doing all right
    Doing all right

    Where will I be this time tomorrow
    Jump in joy or sinking in sorrow
    Anyway I should be doing all right
    Doing all right

    Should be waiting for the sun
    Looking round to find the words to say
    Should be waiting for the skies to clear
    There a time in all the world
    Should be waiting for the sun
    And anyway I've got hide away

    Ah ah ah ah
    Yesterday my life was in ruin
    Now today God knows what I'm doing
    Anyway I should be doing all right
    Doing all right
    Doing all right

all along

  • 意思：all the time, from the beginning (without change)
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76siZDl1IWM
  • 歌手：Jennifer Lamountain
  • 歌名：All along
  • 備註：宗教歌曲。
  • 歌詞：
    Time just drifts away
    And I look back on the years
    With memories of happiness and bitter tears
    Through it all there is a common thread
    Which cannot be ignored
    You were there making me to be your servant, Lord

    (*)
    All along, Your hand has been guiding me
    Shaping my life to be a beautiful song
    All along, You've led me through
    Things that You knew would make me strong
    Your love has been there all along

    Every joy and pain had a reason of its own
    Now I realize that I was not alone
    The changing seasons of my life
    Were not left up to chance
    Lord, I know You were working to fulfill Your plan

    (*)

    Tomorrow when I turn around
    And look back at today
    I will understand Your purpose
    And my thankful heart will say

    (*)

    (Your love has been there all along)
    Your love has been there all along

little by little

  • 意思：gradually, slowly (also: step by step)
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ic-Na--7_NI
  • 歌手：Oasis
  • 歌名：Little by little
  • 備註：Oasis是沙漠中的綠洲的意思。
  • 歌詞：
    We the people fight for our existence
    We don't claim to be perfect but we're free
    We dream our dreams alone with no resistance
    Fading like the stars we wish to be
    You know I didn't mean what I just said
    But my God woke up on the wrong side of his bed

    And it just don't matter now

    (*)
    As little by little we gave you everything you ever dreamed of
    Little by little the wheels of your life have slowly fallen off
    Little by little you have to give it all in all your life
    And all the time I just ask myself why you're really here?

    True perfection has to be imperfect
    I know that that sounds foolish but it's true
    Day has come, now you'll have to accept
    Life inside your head we give to you
    You know I didn't mean what I just said
    But my God woke up on the wrong side of his bed

    And it just don't matter now

    (*)x2

    Why am I really here?
    Why am I really here?

to tire out

  • 意思：to make very weary due to difficult conditions or hard effort (also: to wear out)
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2746ddRgcRk
  • 歌手：Stevie Wonder
  • 歌名：Travelin' man
  • 備註：Stevie Wonder是一位很有才華的盲人歌手， 其他好聽的歌曲有「I just called to say I love you註」，「Part time lover註」。
  • 歌詞：
    Something deep inside of me
    Keeps me moving aimlessly
    Always been always be
    A lonely travelin' man
    Something that I can't explain
    Holding me from wind and rain
    Wild and free and hard to tame
    A lonely travelin' man

    (*)
    Travelin' Man
    Travelin' Man
    Got no goal got no plan
    Just an old worn out heart in my hand
    Travelin' Man
    Travelin' Man
    I'll get there anyway I can
    I'm just an uninspiring tired out travelin' man

    Please don't ask me where I've been
    I've been alone through thick and thin
    On the outside looking in
    A lonely travelin' man
    Something that I haven't found
    Keeps me seeking all around
    Moving on from town to town
    A lonely travelin' man

    (*)x2

to spend time

  • 意思：to do an activity over a period of time
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRQDOFaFqWk
  • 歌手：Los Retros
  • 歌名：Someone to spend time with
  • 備註：
  • 歌詞：
    Wake up alone
    In the morning, with no one at my side
    Could it be
    I've waited too long,
    waiting for the lucky one

    (*)
    My sweetheart, where are you?
    I need someone to spend my time with
    To give and share all my love

    Back in bed
    It's 3 a.m with no one at my side
    It gets real cold
    Because these blankets
    Will never warm my heart

    (*)x3

never mind

  • 意思：don't be concerned about it; ignore what was just said
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLQl3WQQoQ0
  • 歌手：Adele
  • 歌名：Someone like you
  • 備註：Adele最有名的特色就是她那渾厚的嗓音， 有名的作品包括「Hello註」，「Skefall註」，這首是電影「007」的主題曲。Adele也開過一個小玩笑，就是到Adele的歌唱比賽中，假冒參賽者之一，參考這裡註。
  • 歌詞：
    I heard that you're settled down
    That you found a girl and you're married now
    I heard that your dreams came true
    Guess she gave you things, I didn't give to you
    Old friend, why are you so shy?
    Ain't like you to hold back or hide from the light

    (A)
    I hate to turn up out of the blue, uninvited
    But I couldn't stay away, I couldn't fight it
    I had hoped you'd see my face
    And that you'd be reminded that for me, it isn't over

    (B)
    Never mind, I'll find someone like you
    I wish nothing but the best for you, too
    "Don't forget me, " I begged
    I remember you said
    "Sometimes it lasts in love, but sometimes it hurts instead"

    "Sometimes it lasts in love, but sometimes it hurts instead"

    You know how the time flies
    Only yesterday was the time of our lives
    We were born and raised in a summer haze
    Bound by the surprise of our glory days

    (A)

    (B)

    Nothing compares, no worries or cares
    Regrets and mistakes, they're memories made
    Who would have known how bittersweet this would taste?

    (B)x2

    "Sometimes it lasts in love, but sometimes it hurts instead"

Lesson 3

to pick out

  • 意思：to choose, to select
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxSHvcpeLTA
  • 歌手：Adam Faith
  • 歌名：Poor me
  • 備註：演唱版本參考這裡註。
  • 歌詞：
    Poor me wa a ha a ho
    Poor me wa a ha a ho
    Sorry thoughts leaping around my head
    It's been heard and it's been said
    That
    You tried to date another guy
    Didn't hide, didn't even try
    Cheating me with lies again
    Making me remember when

    (A)
    I used to hold you baby
    So tight, each night, that's right
    I kinda hoped that maybe you might
    Fall for me

    (B)
    Why oh why do voices say to me
    Sit and cry, that this was meant to be
    Loves unkind and loves untrue
    Oh why did love pick out you
    For me, for me
    Wa ha poor me
    Poor me

    (A)

    (B)

  • 意思：to choose, to select
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnZE84ZtVa8
  • 歌手：Gene Watson
  • 歌名：My memories of you
  • 備註：
  • 歌詞：
    I feel so sorry for my friends, now, that you'd left me
    I just don't have the time to see them like I used to do
    I know they worry but each night I hurry
    To get home to my memories of you

    (*)
    I've got so many, I've not lost any
    Like treasure packed away they get me through
    To fit my sad time, I just go through my mind
    And pick out the perfect memory of you

    I don't feel lonely anymore that's what they don't see
    There's so many happy thoughts of you that I can use
    It's not real life but I know you're still mine
    When I'm goin' through my memories of you

    (*)

    I pick out my favorite memory of you

to take one's time

  • 意思：不急，慢慢來
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWGqoCNbsvM
  • 歌手：Colbie Caillat
  • 歌名：Bubbly
  • 備註：她也跟Jason Mraz一起合唱過「Lucky註」。其他好聽的歌包括「I'm fallin' for you註」。
  • 歌詞：
    Will you count me in?

    I've been awake for a while now
    You've got me feelin' like a child now
    'Cause every time I see your bubbly face
    I get the tingles in a silly place

    (*)
    It starts in my toes, and I crinkle my nose
    Where ever it goes I always know
    That you make me smile, please, stay for a while now
    Just take your time wherever you go

    The rain is fallin' on my window pane
    But we are hidin' in a safer place
    Under covers stayin' dry and warm
    You give me feelings that I adore

    (*)

    But what am I gonna say?
    When you make me feel this way
    I just, mmm

    (*)

    I've been asleep for a while now
    You tucked me in just like a child now
    'Cause every time you hold me in your arms
    I'm comfortable enough to feel your warmth

    It starts in my soul, and I lose all control
    When you kiss my nose, the feelin' shows
    'Cause you make me smile, baby, just take your time now
    Holdin' me tight

    Wherever, wherever, wherever you go
    Wherever, wherever, wherever you go
    Wherever you go I always know
    'Cause you make me smile, even just for a while

to talk over

  • 意思：to discuss or consider a situation with others
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9w1mCevu3sU
  • 歌手：Bob Dylan
  • 歌名：Love minus zero
  • 備註：有些版本在People talk over situations這句話是唱People talk of situations。片語在這首歌只出現一次， 但我找不到其他出現talk over又好聽的歌了。 歌曲就是由8段旋律一樣的歌組成， 讀者可以背片語出現的那段就好。
  • 歌詞：
    My love she speaks like silence
    Without ideals or violence
    She doesn't have to say she's faithful
    Yet she's true, like ice, like fire

    People carry roses
    And make promises by the hours
    My love she laughs like the flowers
    Valentines can't buy her

    In the dime stores and bus stations
    People talk over situations
    Read books, repeat quotations
    Draw conclusions on the wall

    Some speak of the future
    My love she speaks softly
    She knows there's no success like failure
    And that failure's no success at all

    The cloak and dagger dangles
    Madams light the candles
    In ceremonies of the horsemen
    Even the pawn must hold a grudge

    Statues made of matchsticks
    Crumble into one another
    My love winks, she does not bother
    She knows too much to argue or to judge

    The bridge at midnight trembles
    The country doctor rambles
    Bankers' nieces seek perfection
    Expecting all the gifts that wise men bring

    The wind howls like a hammer
    The night blows rainy
    My love she's like some raven
    At my window with a broken wing

to lie down

  • 意思：to place oneself in a flat position, to recline
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-uB5HHJ_xM
  • 歌手：Frank Harte and Donal Lunny
  • 歌名：Croppies lie down
  • 備註：Croppy是指愛爾蘭(Irish)大約在1798到1802間對反抗英國入侵的人們。這裡選的版本是比較好聽的， 有另一個版本， 大意是一樣的， 但歌詞不一樣， 歌曲參考這裡註， 歌詞參考Wiki註。
  • 歌詞：
    All you who love darkness instead of true light,
    Who dare not yourselves show, except in the night.
    Lament your sad loss, let the news spread afar,
    The great overthrow of The Northern Star.

    [Chorus]
    Derry down down, derry down down,
    Derry down, derry down, croppies lie down.

    In the County of Wexford these rebels did rise,
    All brave Orange-men they swore they'd sacrifice;
    They thought that our army they surely would beat,
    But we boldly attacked them, and made them retreat.

    [Chorus]

    On Vinegar Hill then those rebels did camp,
    They thought by their numbers our army would cramp;
    But we boldly attacked them and forced them to yield,
    And five hundred croppies lay dead on the field.

    [Chorus]

    The bold General Dundas is a man of great might,
    He attacked all the croppies just at the day-light;
    He threw up his bomb-shells and bullets so fast,
    And put the damned croppies all flying at last.

    [Chorus]

    Colonel Campbell, commanding the first light brigade,
    He forced up the hill when the attack it was made,
    And planted his cannon in such a fine spot,
    And made the wild croppies to curse his grape shot.

    [Chorus]

    These rebels they thought our command to seduce,
    They sent out McManus with a white flag of truce;
    They thought that the army good terms they would give,
    But the answer was, 'croppies, we won't let you live'.

    [Chorus]

    Then Esmond and Kay all with Harvey and Hay,
    Unto General Moore were given up the next day;
    They were tried by court-martial, them quickly we slew,
    And that put an end to the blood-thirsty crew.

    [Chorus]

to stand up

  • 意思：to rise from a sitting or lying position (also: to get up)
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tE455KVZswY
  • 歌手：Ricky Nelson
  • 歌名：Stood up
  • 備註：跟貓王(Elvis Presley)同時期的歌手， 從MV也可以看到風格跟貓王很像。 這首歌後來也被電玩遊戲黑手黨II(Mafia 2)作為主題曲。
  • 歌詞：
    Well, I've been waitin' ever since eight
    Guess my baby's got another date
    Stood up, broken-hearted, again

    I'll bet she's out havin' a ball
    Not even thinkin' of me at all
    Stood up, broken-hearted, again

    Well, I know just what I oughta do
    I oughta find somebody new
    But, baby, I couldn't forget about you
    Stood up, broken-hearted, again

    Why must I always be the one
    Left behind never havin' any fun?
    Stood up, broken-hearted, again

    But I guess I'll go on bein' a fool
    Sittin' around just waitin' for you
    Stood up, broken-hearted, again

    Well, I know just what I oughta do
    I oughta find somebody new
    But, baby, I couldn't forget about you
    Stood up, broken-hearted, again

    Stood up, broken-hearted, again
    Stood up, broken-hearted, again

  • 意思：to rise from a sitting or lying position (also: to get up)
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0ebgdEY6BY
  • 歌手：One Direction
  • 歌名：Stand up
  • 備註：
  • 歌詞：
    From the moment I met you, everything changed
    I knew I had to get you, whatever the pain
    I had to take you and make you mine

    I would walk through the desert
    I would walk down the aisle
    I would swim all the oceans just to see you smile
    Whatever it takes is fine

    (*)
    So put your hands up
    Cause it's a stand up
    And I won't be leaving 'til I finish stealing every piece of your heart
    Every piece of your heart

    I know your hearts been broken
    But don't you give up
    I'll be there, yeah I know it
    To fix you with love
    It hurts me to think that you've ever cried

    (*)

    So put your hands up
    Cause it's a stand up
    And I won't be leaving 'til I finish stealing every piece of your heart

    And I will steal us a car
    And we will drive to the stars
    I will give you the moon
    It's the least I can do if you give me the chance

    So put your hands up
    Cause it's a stand up
    You can call me a thief
    (I'm a thief, I'm a thief)
    But you should know your part
    (I'm a thief, I'm a thief)
    I'm only here
    (I'm a thief, I'm a thief)
    Because you stole my heart

    So put your hands up
    (I'm a thief, I'm a thief)
    Cause it's a stand up
    And I won't be leaving till I finish stealing every piece of your heart
    Cause you stole my heart
    (I'm a thief, I'm a thief)
    Call me a thief
    (I'm a thief, I'm a thief)
    But you should know your part
    (I'm a thief, I'm a thief)
    I'm only here
    (I'm a thief, I'm a thief)
    Because you stole my heart

  • 意思：to rise from a sitting or lying position (also: to get up)
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUEF-NzPnD8
  • 歌手：Mariah Carey, Beyonce, Rihanna
  • 歌名：Just stand up
  • 備註：這是2008對抗癌症慈善組織Stand Up to Cancer辦的義演，由眾多知名歌星合唱的歌曲。
  • 歌詞：
    Everything will be alright, yeah

    Beyonce: The heart is stronger than you think
    It's like it can go through anything
    And even when you think it can't it finds a way to still push on, though

    Carrie: Sometimes you want to run away
    Ain't got the patience for the pain
    And if you don't believe it look into your heart the beat goes on

    Rihanna: I'm tellin' you that
    Things get better
    Through whatever
    If you fall, dust it off, don't let up
    Sheryl: Don't you know you can go be your own miracle
    Beyonce: You need to know

    (*)
    If the mind keeps thinking you've had enough
    But the heart keeps telling you don't give up
    Who are we to be questioning, wondering what is what
    Don't give up
    THROUGH IT ALL, JUST STAND UP!

    Fergie: It's like we all have better days
    Problems getting all up in your face
    Leona: Just because you go through it
    Fergie: Don't mean it got to take control, no
    Leona: You ain't gotta find no hiding place
    Keyshia: Because the heart can beat the hate
    Leona: Don't wanna let your mind keep playin' you
    Keyshia: And sayin' you can't move on

    Rihanna: I'm tellin' you that
    Miley: Things get better
    Through whatever
    Rihanna: If you fall
    Miley: Dust if off, don't let up
    LeAnn: Don't you know you
    Natasha: Can go
    LeAnn: Be your own
    Natasha: Miracle
    Carrie: You need to know

    (*)

    IF WE ALL, JUST STAND UP!

    Mary: You don't gotta be a prisoner in your mind
    Ciara: If you fall, dust it off
    Mary: You can live your life
    Rihanna/Carrie: Yeah
    Mary: Let your heart be your guide
    Rihanna/Carrie: Yeah yeah yeah
    Mariah: And you will know that you're good if you trust in the good
    Ashanti: Everything will be alright, yeah
    Light up the dark, if you follow your heart
    Mary: And it will get better
    Mariah: Through whatever

    (*)

    You got it in you, find it within
    You got in now, find it within now
    You got in you, find it within
    You got in now, find it within now
    You got in you, find it within
    Find it within you, find it within
    THROUGH IT ALL, JUST STAND UP!

  • 意思：to rise from a sitting or lying position (also: to get up)
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-89VbWi2xY
  • 歌手：Walker \#57
  • 歌名：Stand up, for the champions
  • 備註：
  • 歌詞：
    I was built to be the best
    Number one and nothing less
    Leave me to my destiny
    I have waited patiently
    I have vision' oh I believe
    I know I can count on me

    So stand up
    for the champions
    for the champions
    stand up
    Stand up stand up
    For the champions
    for the champions

    (*)
    Stand up
    for the champions
    for the champions
    stand up
    Stand up stand up
    For the champions
    for the champions

    Stand up

    Here we go it's getting close
    Now it's just who wants it most
    It's just life that's how it is
    Cause we have our strength and weaknesses
    Oh I have vision' oh can't you see
    I'm on the move make way for me

    (*)x3

    Stand up

    [4x]
    And when I fall down
    I have to pick myself back up

    [2x]
    Stand up stand up
    For the champions
    for the champions

    Stand up

    [5x]
    Stand up stand up
    For the champions
    for the champions

    Stand up

to sit down

  • 意思：坐下
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgwdQVHpAR0
  • 歌手：Patrick Watson
  • 歌名：Sit down beside me
  • 備註：很好聽，帶點空靈的一首歌。
  • 歌詞：
    Sit down beside me and stay awhile
    Let our hearts do their part
    With wine and words to meet the hours
    So the day never starts
    Cause thats what I want
    That's what we need
    'Cause that's who we are
    'Cause that's what we need

    Sit down beside me and stay awhile
    There are shadows
    Till we're old and grey
    Till we've got nothing left to say
    'Cause that's who we are
    That's what we need
    'Cause that's who we are
    That's what we need

    That's what we need
    'Cause that's who we are
    That's what we need

    I lay, lay low
    Deep in time tonight
    I lay, lay low
    Deep in time tonight
    Stay awhile
    I lay, lay low
    You can talk to me now
    Stay awhile

    Sit down beside me and stay awhile
    Till the night runs away
    Till the morning rises and we part our ways
    Till the end of our days

  • 意思：坐下
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJq7J2uzSlc
  • 歌手：Guys and Dolls
  • 歌名：Sit down, you're rockin' the boat
  • 備註：這首歌是一齣1955年的音樂劇Guys and Dolls中的一段插曲。
  • 歌詞：
    I dreamed last night I got on the boat to heaven
    And by some chance I had brought my dice along
    And there I stood
    And I hollered "Someone fade me"
    But the passengers, they knew right from wrong.

    For the people all said sit down, sit down, you're rockin' the boat
    People all said sit down
    Sit down you're rockin' the boat.
    And the devil will drag you under
    By the sharp lapel of your checkered coat,
    Sit down, sit down, sit down, sit down,
    Sit down you're rockin' the boat.

    I sailed away on that little boat to heaven
    And by some chance found a bottle in my fist
    And there I stood, Nicely passin' out the whisky
    But the passengers were bound to resisist

    For the people all said beware
    You're on a heavenly trip
    People all said beware
    Beware, you'll scuttle the ship.
    And the devil will drag you under
    By the fancy tie 'round your wicked throat
    Sit down, sit down, sit down, sit down
    Sit down, you're rockin' the boat

    And as I laughed at those passengers to heaven (laughs)
    (Gasps!) A great big wave came and washed me over board!
    And as I sank And I hollered "someone save me!"
    That's the moment I woke up Thank the lord

    And I said to myself, sit down, sit down,
    You're rockin' the boat!
    Said to myself sit down, sit down, you're rockin' the boat
    And the devil will drag you under With a soul so heavy you'd never float,
    Sit down, sit down, sit down
    Sit down, sit down, sit down, you're rockin' the boat

all (day, week, month, year) long

  • 意思：the entire day, week, month, year
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Js2gI4fJL9M
  • 歌手：Mack Z
  • 歌名：Christmas all year long
  • 備註：聖誕節歌曲。Mack Z的全名是Mackenzie Ziegler， 一個長相很成熟的童星。 但網路上的新聞找到的大部分會是同名的Maddie Ziegler的消息， 這位Maddie Ziegler在Sia的Chandelier（水晶吊燈）MV中跳舞的女孩，參考這裡註。
  • 歌詞：
    I love the presents with the pretty bows
    I love the holly and the mistletoe
    The beautiful trees in every window
    And all of the snow

    I love shopping for my family
    What will I get? Have to wait and see
    All the Holiday fun, with all of my friends
    Wish it never would end

    (A)
    I'd never have to stop singing those Christmas songs
    And opening the gifts would just go on and on
    This magic feeling never would be gone
    I wish it could be Christmas all year long

    I love Rudolph and his shiny nose
    Can't wait for Santa with his "Ho-Ho-Ho"
    The tinsel's so bright, and the twinkling lights
    All the candles aglow

    I love the ribbons and the candy-canes
    The giant stocking with the glittering mane
    The gingerbread smell and the jingling bells
    If I had my way

    Each morning it would be another Christmas dawn
    I'd rush to see if Santa's milk and cookies were gone
    Taking down the lights would be so wrong
    I wish it could be Christmas all year long

    (B)
    Gotta sing another Christmas song
    Wish it were Christmas all year long
    All year long

    I wish it could be Christmas all year long

    Hey, Santa

    (A)

    (B)

    Gotta sing another Christmas song
    Wish it were Christmas all year long

    Hey, Santa, if you can hear
    All I want for Christmas is to make it last all year
    All year

  • 意思：the entire day, week, month, year
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buEg8x79Bto
  • 歌手：Larnelle Harris
  • 歌名：All year long
  • 備註：宗教歌曲。
  • 歌詞：
    He braced the old ladder with all of His might
    And shouted, dad have no fear
    As I stretched high to store the stockings and trim
    In the attic for another year
    We were busily packing our Christmas away
    While singing The carol we knew
    When I heard my son in innocence inquire
    Do we store away Jesus too

    (*)
    All year long
    We must worship day by day
    All year long
    Tis the season to obey
    May the Christmas tree lights
    And the sleigh rides at night
    Remind us all to stay in God's presence
    All year long

    I smiled at my boy and again I explain
    God's longing to reconcile
    How He gave to the world the gift of new life
    When His yearning became Mary's child
    Though surrounded by all of man's goods we embrace
    The hope of that Bethlehem night
    We will never store his blessed gift away
    With the tinsel and coloured lights

    (*)x2

    In God's presence
    All year long

by oneself

  • 意思：alone, without assistance
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGrLb6W5YOM
  • 歌手：Celine Dion
  • 歌名：All by myself
  • 備註：Celine Dion就是演唱鐵達尼號主題曲My heart will go on的歌手。
  • 歌詞：
    (A)
    When I was young
    I never needed anyone
    And making love was just for fun
    Those days are gone

    Livin' alone
    I think of all the friends I've known
    When I dial the telephone
    Nobody's home

    (B)
    All by myself
    Don't wanna be
    All by myself
    Anymore

    Hard to be sure
    Sometimes I feel so insecure
    And loves so distant and obscure
    Remains the cure

    (B)

    (C)
    All by myself
    Don't wanna live
    All by myself
    Anymore

    (B)

    All by myself
    Don't wanna live
    Oh
    Don't wanna live by myself
    by myself anymore
    by myself anymore

on purpose

  • 意思：for a reason, deliberately
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckIM58Ecpcw
  • 歌手：Sabrina Carpenter
  • 歌名：On purpose
  • 備註：MV很值得一看，把女歌手拍得很有魅力。
  • 歌詞：
    Your eyes
    Crashin' into my eyes
    Was I accidentally falling in love?
    Your words
    Didn't mean to heal the hurt
    Were coincidentally more than enough

    (A)
    All these days I never thought
    That I would need someone so much
    Who knew? (Who knew?)
    But I don't think I ever planned
    For this helpless circumstance
    With you

    You're scared, I'm nervous

    (B)
    But I guess that we did it on purpose, on purpose, on purpose
    Baby, I know it's weird, but it's worth it
    'Cause I guess that we did it on purpose, on purpose, on purpose

    (C)
    But I guess that we did it on purpose
    But I guess that we did it on purpose

    My dreams running into your dreams
    It's as if we wished on the same star
    And my time changing all of your time
    It's a butterfly effect on my heart

    (A)

    Oh, woah

    You're scared, I'm nervous

    (B)

    On purpose

    (C)

    (D)
    Lost in darkness
    You're my focus
    Love me hopeless
    But I guess that we did it on purpose

    Lost in darkness
    You're my focus
    Love me hopeless
    Oh, you're scared
    You're scared, I'm nervous

    (B)

    (D)x2

  • 意思：for a reason, deliberately
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZjzFdPNmEg
  • 歌手：The Shires
  • 歌名：Accidentally on purpose
  • 備註：
  • 歌詞：
    I know this me and you thing
    Is a new thing
    And I'd be lying if I said this is what I was looking for
    I kinda can't stop thinking
    That leaving is the last thing I wanna be doing right now for sure

    [Chorus]
    Maybe I'll oversleep
    And miss my flight
    My alarm went off at 6:05
    But I never heard it
    Accidentally on purpose
    Maybe I'd lay you with just like this
    And give you one more goodbye kiss
    And slip those three little words in
    Accidentally on purpose

    I never thought you'd call
    So, I guess it's your fault
    I wasn't trying to fall
    But you and my heart were making other plans
    But here I am crazy about you
    Not ready for a day without you
    Here I am saying 'what the hell?'
    Wide awake telling myself

    [Chorus]

    What if I stay?
    What would you say?

    I know this me and you thing
    Is a new thing
    But leaving is the last thing I wanna be doing right now

    [Chorus]

    What if I stay?
    Accidentally on purpose

  • 意思：for a reason, deliberately
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6E7vomRQnO8
  • 歌手：Johnny Cash
  • 歌名：Accidentally on purpose
  • 備註：
  • 歌詞：
    Accidentally I saw you this morning
    you were lovely dressed in your wedding gown
    And they say that you married a stranger to me
    that had drifted to our old hometown

    Accidentally you've met him one evening
    and you say it was love at first sight
    Accidentally on purpose you've married
    accidentally on purpose for spite

    (*)
    Cause I saw you out cheating and running around
    And I was just a fool with a heart of a clown
    Accidentally you were mistaken that night
    accidentally on purpose for spite

    (*)

to get along (with)

  • 意思：與...處得不錯，與...處得來
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQmvIwh0VKU
  • 歌手：George Strait
  • 歌名：I get along with you
  • 備註：
  • 歌詞：
    I don't get along with people who aren't kind
    I don't get along with folks with only money on their minds
    And I don't get along with someone
    Who's always trying to tell me what to do
    But on and on
    I get along with you

    Well I don't like
    People always tellin' me that I should change
    They get simple lives
    and they think they've got my life to rearrange
    But they don't understand
    Exactly what love boils down to
    Cause on and on
    I get along with you

    Well all it takes to please me
    Is waking in the morning feeling you by my side
    And all I ever needed
    Is knowin' that I'm needed in your life
    I may not do
    All the things that other people want me to
    But on and on
    I'll get along with you.
    Yeah on and on
    I'll get along with you.

  • 意思：與...處得不錯，與...處得來
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D706caxJ5wQ
  • 歌手：Donovan
  • 歌名：People used to
  • 備註：
  • 歌詞：
    People used to get together round a fire
    Fishes were cooked, songs were sung
    Moonlight used to guide our way home in the dark
    Do you find it hard remembering?

    (*)
    And still you people tell me life is easy to get on with
    But what I've got so far's enough to get along with
    People tell me that it's so oh - oh
    I don't know anymore, I don't know

    People used to get together round a problem
    Eyes were looked at tongues were true
    People used to stop and say how do you do
    Do you find it hard remembering?

    (*)x2

    People used to spend an hour making tea
    Easy easy was the rule
    People used to pause to think and contemplate
    He who hurried was the fool

    (*)

  • 意思：與...處得不錯，與...處得來
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEaEaR6watE
  • 歌手：Johnny Horton
  • 歌名：Take me like I am
  • 備註：桃花源式的理想生活。
  • 歌詞：
    I'm living on the other side of the track it's true
    But like it or not I'm just as good as you
    If I see you coming with your head held so high
    Don't you worry 'bout me speaking I'll pass you right on by

    (*)
    This world is full of money but I haven't got a dime
    Had a million heartaches, but I'm happy all the time
    I can be like a tiger or as meek as a lamb
    If you wanna get along with me you'll take me like I am

    You can talk about your fancy friends and your millionaires
    I may not have their money but I don't have their cares
    You can live in a mansion set up on a golden throne
    But all these things you have in life are gonna vanish when I'm gone

    (*)x2

  • 意思：與...處得不錯，與...處得來
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l88m22K_RC4
  • 歌手：Pet Shop Boys
  • 歌名：Get along
  • 備註：課本上的意思是「和睦相處」，但這個片語也有「過活」的意思，例如在這首歌中的句子「I get along without you very well」的意思是「沒有你，我也過得很好」。與伍佰的「與妳到永久」註有類似的旋律，但這首歌稍微輕快一點， 伍佰的比較悲傷一點。 影片的後半段是另外一首歌。
  • 歌詞：
    Feeling like I'm stuck in a hole
    Body and soul
    While you're out of control
    Now I know why you had to go
    Well I think we both know
    That it had to be so

    I've been trying not to cry
    When I'm in the public eye
    Stuck here with the shame
    And taking my share of the blame
    While making sudden plans that don't include you

    [Chorus]
    I get along, get along
    Without you very well
    I get along very well
    I get along, get along
    Without you very well
    I get along very well

    Now I know you'd much rather be
    With rock royalty
    Instead of someone like me
    The big boys are back and we need them, you said
    Think it was something you'd read
    And it stuck in your head

    Even though I don't suppose
    That's as far as it goes
    You've got quite an appetite
    For being wronged and in the right
    Well from now on it won't affect me

    [Chorus]

    The morning after the night before
    I'd been alerted
    To your lies
    I phoned you up
    The calls were all diverted
    Took a long time to track you down
    Even then you were defiant
    It's not what you think it is, you said
    And proceeded to deny it

    [Chorus]x2

to make a difference (to)

  • 意思：to be of importance (to), to affect (also: to matter to)
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGjlkIkQiVs
  • 歌手：
  • 歌名：Make a difference
  • 備註：宗教歌曲。
  • 歌詞：
    We can make a difference in our world today,
    Together we can make our world a better place
    When we work together, so much can be done
    If all the children in the world would sing in unison
    We know what's right, and we know what to do
    The future can be brighter – it's up to me and you!

    Take my hand and join me, Sing along with me
    When all the children join us there will be a change you'll see
    Do you have the courage? Do you have the pride?
    Do you have a vision of a world where all is right?
    We know what's right, and we know what to do
    The future can be brighter – it's up to me and you!

    We can make a difference in our world today,
    Together we can make our world a better place
    When we work together, so much can be done
    If all the children in the world would sing in unison
    We know what's right, and we know what to do
    The future can be brighter – it's up to me and you!

  • 意思：to be of importance (to), to affect (also: to matter to)
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKUY949FVSU
  • 歌手：
  • 歌名：We can make a difference
  • 備註：宗教歌曲。作曲者是Mary Donnelly，這個版本的影片沒有和聲，有和聲的話更好聽。例如台灣原聲合唱團唱的這個版本註，不過是中文版。
  • 歌詞：
    Here we are at the dawning of a new day.
    Soon all of the future will be ours.
    And we can do our part to make a better world
    if we always keep on reaching for the stars!

    (*)
    If we try, you and I can make a difference
    If we try, we can make our dreams come true.
    And one day we can live to see a world of peace and harmony.
    Yes, we can make a difference if we try.

    Side by side, we can learn to work together.
    Hand in hand, we can build a better day.
    For what the future brings is up to you and me,
    so let's do our very best along the way.

    (*)

    Yes, we can make a difference, you and I.

  • 意思：to be of importance (to), to affect (also: to matter to)
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzpuI7qnuLk
  • 歌手：
  • 歌名：Called to make a difference
  • 備註：宗教歌曲。這首也蠻好聽的，不過是make the difference。
  • 歌詞：
    Everywhere you turn
    Men are ruining their lives
    They're searching for some happiness
    To fill their empty eyes
    Everyone needs a witness
    Who will stand up unashamed
    Who will dare to make the difference
    Who will go in Jesus' name

    (*)
    I am called to make the difference
    In a world that needs to change
    I am called to be a spokesman
    For the name above all names
    Called to bear the cross of Christ
    Called to give Him all my life
    I will give my world a chance
    And I will make
    Yes, I will make the difference

    I am not my own
    I belong to Jesus Christ
    And I have found His peace and joy
    Has filled my empty life
    Now He calls me gently
    To surrender all I am
    To go and make the difference
    To take a loving stand

    (*)

to take out

  • 意思：to remove, to extract; to go on a date with (also: go out (with))
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62S-8UNzffI
  • 歌手：Alabama
  • 歌名：You can't take the country out of me
  • 備註：
  • 歌詞：
    Well i was raised out in the country,
    Just outside a real small town,
    And just like any other young boy,
    All my life i dreamed of getting out.
    I've been down,
    To the city,
    It's a real nice place to see,
    Well i got to much rebel in me,
    I gotta be somewhere where i can breathe.

    (*)
    You can take me out of the country,
    Miles from where i wanna be,
    You can take me out of the country,
    But you can't take the country outta me.

    Hurry home,
    To my woman,
    Big blue eyes and long blonde hair,
    And we'll make love way until morning,
    And tell the world i don't care.

    (*)

    Take me out of the country,
    Miles from where i wanna be

    (*)

    You can take me out of the country,
    But you can't take the country outta me.
    You can take me out of the country,
    But you can't take the country outta me.

  • 意思：to remove, to extract; to go on a date with (also: go out (with))
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FNCBRv-xp0
  • 歌手：Waxahatchee
  • 歌名：Takes so much
  • 備註：Take it out on me是指「把氣出在我身上」的意思
  • 歌詞：
    You shout from the roof that you know something better
    And you run 'til you prove
    To a fault
    To your failure
    It's a knife
    Only safe when it don't shine

    I say
    You will see it clearly give it some time
    I say
    You will leave all of your failure behind

    Take it out
    Take it out
    Take it out on me baby
    Take it out out
    Take it out out
    Take it out out on me baby

    You shake to the beat, you heard it slow
    And it washes all the weight of default and what's severe
    You're the only one tonight in the absence of the light

    I say
    You will hit the bottom harder each time
    I say
    You can leave all your failure behind

    Take it out
    Take it out
    Take it out on me baby
    Take it out
    Take it out
    Take it out on me baby
    Take it out on me baby
    Take it out on me baby

Lesson 4

to take part in

  • 意思：to be involved in, to participate in (also: to be in on)
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZkTyer2I2c
  • 歌手：Dion
  • 歌名：Life is but a dream
  • 備註：
  • 歌詞：
    Will you take part in my life, my love?
    That is my dream

    Life is but a dream, it's what you make it
    Always try to give, don't ever take it
    Life has its music, life has its song of love, love

    Life is but a dream and I dream of you
    Strange as it seems all night I see you
    I'm tryin' to tell you just what you mean to me

    Whoa, I love you with all my heart
    I adore you and all your lovin' charms
    I want you to do your part
    Come here to my open arms

    Life is but a dream and we can live it
    Oh, we can make a love, none to compare with

    Oh, will you take part in my life, my love?
    That is my dream, life is but a dream

  • 意思：to be involved in, to participate in (also: to be in on)
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dh1Ti_nmRYY
  • 歌手：The Indigo Girl
  • 歌名：History of us
  • 備註：Jeu de Paume是法文，室內網球場。
  • 歌詞：
    I went all the way to Paris to forget your face
    Captured in stained glass, young lives long since passed
    Statues of lovers every place
    I went all across the continent to relieve this restless love
    I walked through the ruins, icons of glory
    Smashed by the bombs from above

    (*)
    So we must love while these moments are still called today
    Take part in the pain of this passion play
    Stretching our youth as we must, until we are ashes to dust
    Until time makes history of us

    Jeu de Paume's full of faces knowing peace, knowing strife
    Leisure and toil, still it's canvas and oil
    There's just no medium for life
    In the midst of the rubble i felt a sense of rebirth
    In a dusty cathedral the living god called
    And i prayed for my life here on earth

    (*)

    There are mountains in Switzerland, brilliant cold as they stand
    From my hotel room, watching the half-moon
    Bleeding its light like a lamb
    And the town is illumined, its tiny figures are fast asleep
    And it dawns on me the time is upon me
    To return to the flock i must keep

    (*)

at all

  • 意思：to any degree (also: in the least)
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IobNcpiwpSc
  • 歌手：Ronan Keating
  • 歌名：When you say nothing at all
  • 備註：Ronan Keating不是原唱， 但因為這個版本作為電影「新娘百分百」(Notting Hill)的主題曲而廣為人知。 這部電影很好看， 由茱莉亞羅勃茲及休葛蘭主演， 筆者強烈推薦。 at all這個片語很常出現， 讀者在聽其他首歌的時候， 也可以注意一下。
  • 歌詞：
    It's amazing how you
    Can speak right to my heart
    Without saying a word
    You can light up the dark
    Try as I may I could never explain
    What I hear when you don't say a thing

    (*)
    The smile on your face let's me know that you need me
    There's a truth in your eyes saying you'll never leave me
    The touch of your hand says you'll catch me wherever I fall
    You say it best
    When you say nothing at all

    All day long I can hear
    People talking out loud (ooh)
    But when you hold me near (you hold me near)
    You drown out the crowd (drown out the crowd)
    Try as they may they can never define
    What's being said between your heart and mine

    (*)x2

    (You say it best when you say nothing at all)
    (You say it best when you say nothing at all)
    that smile on your face
    (You say it best when you say nothing at all)
    the truth in your eyes
    (You say it best when you say nothing at all)
    the touch of your hand let's me know that you need me
    (You say it best when you say nothing at all) nothing at all
    (You say it best when you say nothing at all) nothing at all
    (You say it best when you say nothing at all) nothing at all

to look up

  • 意思：to locate information in a directory, dictionary, book, etc.
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfRpeKWJteo
  • 歌手：Elton John
  • 歌名：Lady what's tomorrow
  • 備註：歌詞在描述鄉村的自然被都市的發展所取代，clover是幸運草，skylark是雲雀，一種鳥類，plough是耕地用的犁。
  • 歌詞：
    Look up little brother
    Can you see the clover
    No not over there
    A little bit left and over there
    Now look and see the lilac tree
    The lily pond, the skylark's song
    The open air but no one cares
    If branches live and die out there

    Remember when you were nine
    And I was ten
    We would run into the wood
    No we never will again
    And Lady, what's tomorrow
    What's tomorrow anyway
    If it's not the same as now
    It's the same as yesterday
    Yes Lady, what's tomorrow
    Will it be the same as now
    Will the farmer push the pen
    Will the writer pull the plough

    Look up little brother
    Can you see the clover
    Oh sorry but it's over
    Now there's concrete and no clover

    Remember when you were nine
    And I was ten
    We would run into the wood
    No we never will, we never will again
    And Lady, what's tomorrow
    What's tomorrow anyway
    If it's not the same as now
    It's the same as yesterday
    Yes Lady, what's tomorrow
    Will it be the same as now
    Will the farmer push the pen
    Will the writer pull the plough
    Oh Lady, what's tomorrow

  • 意思：to locate information in a directory, dictionary, book, etc.
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qxPMiXcCZY
  • 歌手：Taylor Olsen
  • 歌名：Look up
  • 備註：
  • 歌詞：
    Walkin' down the street again.
    Just like it's always been.
    Just another ordinary day.
    Got your head phones in your ear.
    People talkin' but you can't hear.
    You keep on keepin' on your way.

    Lookin' at your feet, walkin' to the beat,
    missin' ev'rybody that you could meet
    You stepped outside your own little world.

    [Chorus]
    You gotta look up.
    Look up, yeah, you gotta look up
    a little bit higher
    if you really want to shoot for the stars.
    You gotta look up.
    Look up, yeah
    You gotta look up and start a little fire in your heart..
    Believe me you'll go far
    You gotta look up.

    Get to where you're try'n to go.
    See somebody that you don't know
    who's sittin' there just lookin' at the ground
    You fin'ly turn the music off.
    You take a seat, you start to talk.
    You find it turns the day around.

    Go the extra mile. Listen for a while
    When you walk away you can't help
    but smile 'cause you
    stepped outside your own little world.

    [Chorus]

    Look up a little more.
    You gotta look up.
    Look higher than before.
    You gotta look up.
    Raise your head and look to the sky.

    [Chorus]x2

    You gotta look up.
    Step outside your own little world.

  • 意思：to locate information in a directory, dictionary, book, etc.
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ld6fAO4idaI
  • 歌手：Peter, Paul and Mary
  • 歌名：Blowing in the Wind
  • 備註：雖然目標片語在這首歌只出現一次，但因為這首歌太好聽了， 所以收錄進來。 作詞人是大名鼎鼎的Bob Dylan，以歌曲作詞人的身份獲得2016諾貝爾文學獎。 這是一首反戰歌曲， 詞寫得很簡單， 卻有很深的意境， 筆者推薦另一首Simon and Garfunkel的Sound of silence註，演唱會版本參考這裡註，不過現場很吵， 也是簡單的歌詞、深邃的意境。
  • 歌詞：
    How many roads must a man walk down
    Before they call him a man?
    How many seas must a white dove sail
    Before she sleeps in the sand?
    How many times must the cannon balls fly
    Before they're forever banned?

    The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind
    The answer is blowin' in the wind

    How many years must a mountain exist
    Before it is washed to the sea?
    How many years can some people exist
    Before they're allowed to be free?
    How many times can a man turn his head
    And pretend that he just doesn't see?

    The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind
    The answer is blowin' in the wind

    How many times must a man look up
    Before he can see the sky?
    How many ears must one man have
    Before he can hear people cry?
    How many deaths will it take 'til he knows
    That too many people have died?

    The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind
    The answer is blowin' in the wind
    The answer is blowin' in the wind

to wait on

  • 意思：to serve in a store or restaurant
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVUiparGvak
  • 歌手：
  • 歌名：Sometimes we wait
  • 備註：宗教歌曲。
  • 歌詞：
    Did Moses know when the branches spoke he would be the chosen one?
    Or did his people know that a cloud of smoke would safely lead them home?
    Sometimes God will speak through a bush of flames or pillars in the sky,
    But at times His silence fills our days leaving us to wonder "Why?”.

    (*)
    Sometimes we wait, simply to find
    Sometimes His answers come with time,
    Not right away clearly to see,
    Sometimes we never get those parted seas
    That lead us from the shore.
    But there is a place
    Where we rest in His grace
    When sometimes we wait on the Lord.

    If I had my way, there would come a day with a never-ending dawn.
    No more mournful sighs in the dark of night as I wonder where He's gone.
    I would never see how His mercy reigns beneath a cloudless sky.
    There would be no need for healing grace to comfort when we cry.

    (*)x2

    Oh there is a place
    Where we rest in His grace
    When sometimes we wait on the Lord.

at least

  • 意思：a minimum of, no fewer (or less) than
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQHsXMglC9A
  • 歌手：Adele
  • 歌名：Hello
  • 備註：
  • 歌詞：
    Hello, it's me
    I was wondering if after all these years you'd like to meet
    To go over everything
    They say that time's supposed to heal ya,
    but I ain't done much healing
    Hello, can you hear me?
    I'm in California dreaming about who we used to be
    When we were younger and free
    I've forgotten how it felt before the world fell at our feet
    There's such a difference between us
    And a million miles

    [Chorus]
    Hello from the other side
    I must've called a thousand times
    To tell you I'm sorry for everything that I've done
    But when I call, you never seem to be home
    Hello from the outside
    At least, I can say that I've tried
    To tell you I'm sorry for breaking your heart
    But it don't matter,
    it clearly doesn't tear you apart anymore

    Hello, how are you?
    It's so typical of me to talk about myself, I'm sorry
    I hope that you're well
    Did you ever make it out of that town where nothing ever happened?
    It's no secret that the both of us
    Are running out of time

    [Chorus]

    [4x]
    (Highs, highs, highs, highs, lows, lows, lows, lows)
    Ooh, anymore

    [Chorus]

  • 意思：a minimum of, no fewer (or less) than
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6-IabbiD-0
  • 歌手：Jim Reeves
  • 歌名：Before I died
  • 備註：
  • 歌詞：
    No need to say you're sorry
    No need to feel ashamed
    If I'm not the one you love
    Don't feel you're to blame
    I don't deny it hurts me
    And this pain is hard to hide
    But at least I lived a little while
    Before I died

    (*)
    I lived long enough to know
    The sweet thrill of your lips
    I knew happiness
    Right down to my finger tips
    You'll always be a part of me
    Though you can't be mine
    At least I lived a little while
    Before I died

    Don't ask me to forget you
    'Cause you mean too much to me
    I couldn't even if I tried
    Too many memories
    My yesterday's were happy days
    And each memory's locked inside
    At least I lived a little while
    Before I died

    (*)

  • 意思：a minimum of, no fewer (or less) than
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2d5FW0mUPiM
  • 歌手：Elvis Presley
  • 歌名：Don't Be Cruel
  • 備註：從女歌迷的尖叫聲可以看到貓王在當時受歡迎的程度。
  • 歌詞：
    You know I can be found
    Sitting home all alone
    If you can't come around
    At least please telephone
    Don't be cruel to a heart that's true

    Baby, if I made you mad
    For something I might have said
    Please, let's forget the past
    The future looks bright ahead
    Don't be cruel to a heart that's true
    I don't want no other love
    Baby, it's just you I'm thinking of

    Don't stop thinking of me
    Don't make me feel this way
    C'mon over here and love me
    You know what I want you to say
    Don't be cruel to a heart that's true
    Why should we be apart?
    I really love you, baby, cross my heart

    Let's walk up to the preacher
    And let us say "I do"
    Then you'll know you'll have me
    And I'll know that I'll have you
    Don't be cruel to a heart that's true
    I don't want no other love
    Baby, it's just you I'm thinking of

    Don't be cruel to a heart that's true
    Don't be cruel to a heart that's true
    I don't want no other love
    Baby, it's just you I'm thinking of

so far

  • 意思：到目前為止
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHgi7O8hnNU
  • 歌手：Slade
  • 歌名：So far so good
  • 備註：So far so good是「到目前為止還好」的意思。MV是這個樂團的傳記電影Slade in Flame註（或Flame註）的片段。
  • 歌詞：
    For twenty odd years I've taken everything that's bad
    For twenty odd years I've wanted things I've never had
    Oh was it all in the mind?
    Is it living the life of a King making the best out of everything

    (*)
    So far, so good doing what we could
    Taking chances, those chances, and I'm alive
    So far, so good doing what we should
    Taking chances, those chances, and I'm alive

    For twenty odd years I've been working hard to have my say
    And now that it's here the fantasy has worn away
    Oh was it all in the mind?
    Is it living on Paradise Row making the best out of having a go

    Oh was it all...

    (*)

    Oh was it all in the mind?
    Is it living the life of a King making the best out of everything

    (*)

to take a walk, hike, etc.

  • 意思：散步、走走
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-FxLp6r3nM
  • 歌手：Sara Paxton
  • 歌名：Take a walk
  • 備註：這首歌也是電視劇Darcy's Wild Life的主題曲註。
  • 歌詞：
    (A)
    See the people they are
    Driving in their cars
    Driving in their cars
    Driving in their cars tonight

    And all the people they are
    Getting in their cars
    Underneath the stars
    Driving in their cars tonight

    And everybody's leaving
    A million brakes are screeching
    No one knows
    Where they're going to

    (B)
    And I just want to fall in love
    Take a walk and fall in love
    And I just want to fall in love
    Take a walk and fall in love
    Take a walk and fall in love

    See the people they are
    Rolling in their cars
    Cruising in their cars
    Driving in their cars tonight

    (A)

    All the people they are
    Jangling their keys
    Standing at their doors
    Getting in their cars tonight

    The signal's green I'm moving
    The radio is grooving
    And everybody likes
    The same songs

    (B)

    Yeah, yeah
    Yeah, yeah

    I'm dreaming about you
    I'm dreaming about you
    We're laying in the sun
    With sun-block party
    On and on and on and on
    And on

    Yeah, yeah, yeah

    (B)x2

    Let's take a walk and fall in love
    (Take a walk and fall in love)
    Let's take a walk and fall in love

  • 意思：散步、走走
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2lE5MzjmV8
  • 歌手：Raphael Saadi
    • q
  • 歌名：Let's take a walk
  • 備註：有點單調的MV，可是卻有一種說不出的魅力。
  • 歌詞：
    This place is crowded
    Don't know about you
    I need some sex
    Some sex with you
    'Cause you're on my mind
    I can feel your sweat
    Your body's wet
    And I need some help
    Girl, you know what we need to do

    [Chorus]
    Girl, let's take a walk (Walk)
    Outside (Walk outside)
    Let's take a walk (Walk)
    Outside (Walk outside)
    Let's take a walk (Walk)
    Outside (Walk outside)

    I'm ready to go
    Go grab your coat
    It's hard to hold
    I'm ready to let go
    The mood is right
    The city's bright
    Girl, don't you fight
    I know the time is right
    Girl, my lips is what I need you to have

    [Chorus]

    Girl, let's take a walk
    Let's take a walk
    Baby, let's take a walk
    Baby, let's take a walk

    Listen now
    Don't you know
    Nothing happened anyway
    I know it's cold, girl
    But I don't care

    Let's take a walk (Walk)
    Outside (Walk outside)
    Let's take a walk (Walk)
    Outside (Walk outside)

    Not in my car (Walk)
    Outside (Walk outside)
    You can scream my name (Walk)
    And you'll be glad you came (Walk outside)
    Hey, let's take a walk (Walk)
    Walk, walk (Walk outside)
    Walk, walk, a walk (Walk)
    Walk, walk (Walk outside)
    Walk, baby, a walk (Walk)

    Walk, walk (Walk outside)
    Walk, walk, a walk (Walk)
    Walk, walk (Walk outside)
    Walk, baby, a walk (Walk)

to take a trip

  • 意思：to go on a journey, to travel
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfTpAIHXpx4
  • 歌手：Billy Murray
  • 歌名：Come take a trip in my airship
  • 備註：有很多版本，可以上網查詢歌名。
  • 歌詞：
    I love a sailor, the sailor loves me
    And sails every night to my home
    He's not a sailor that sails o'er the sea
    Or over the wild briny foam
    For he owns an airship and sails up on high
    He's just like a bird on the wing
    And when the shadows of evening draw nigh
    He'll sail to my window and sing

    [Chorus] Come, take a trip in my airship
    Come, take a sail 'mong the stars
    Come, have a ride around Venus
    Come, have a spin around Mars
    No one to watch while we're kissing
    No one to see while we spoon
    Come, take a trip in my airship
    And we'll visit the man in the moon

    One night, while sailing away from the crowds
    We passed through the milky white way
    Just idly sailing and watching the clouds
    He asked me if I'd name the day
    And right near the dipper I gave him my heart
    The sun shines on our honeymoon
    We swore from each other we never would part
    And teach all the babies this tune

    [Chorus]

to try on

  • 意思：to wear clothes to check the style or fit before buying
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aloaJv3n8cI
  • 歌手：Roxy Music
  • 歌名：Psalm
  • 備註：宗教音樂。Psalm念/sam/，聖歌、讚美詩的意思。
  • 歌詞：
    Try on your love
    Like a new dress
    The fit and the cut
    Your friends to impress
    Try on your smile
    Square on your face
    Showing affection
    Should be no disgrace
    Try out your God
    Hope He will send
    Kindness from strangers
    On whom you depend
    Try on His coat
    A mantle most fine
    Myriad colours
    His harmony-thine
    Believe in me
    Once seemed a good line
    Now belief in Jesus
    Is faith more sublime
    Head in the clouds
    But I can't see the Lord
    Short of perfection
    I'll try to be good
    I'll stand at His gate
    I'll wait for His sign
    Then I'll walk in His garden
    When it's my time
    Drink from His cup
    Hush now don't you cry
    His quiet waters
    Will never, never run dry
    Nearing death's vale
    He's here by my side
    He leads me to paradise
    A mountain so high

    Don't be afraid
    Just treasure His word
    Singing His praises
    I know that I'll be heard
    He's gonna take you by the hand
    He's gonna make you feel so good
    Open up your eyes
    And then you'll see all that you should
    Forget all your troubles
    You will feel no pain
    He's all that you need
    He's your everything
    When I'm feeling all at sea
    Deliverance is that distant shore
    I will not be worried
    Someday His house will be my home
    For ever more

to think over

  • 意思：to consider carefully before deciding
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSIcxZZwG3Y
  • 歌手：Buddy Holly
  • 歌名：Think it over
  • 備註：
  • 歌詞：
    Think it over what you've just said
    Think it over in your pretty little head
    Are you sure that I'm not the one?
    Is your love real or only fun?

    (*)
    Think it over
    Yes, think it over
    A lonely heart grows cold and old

    Think it over and let me know
    Think it over but don't be slow
    Just remember all birds and bees
    Go by twos through life's mysteries

    (*)

    Think it over and think of me
    Think it over and you will see
    A happy day when you and I
    Think as one and kiss the blues goodbye

    (*)

    Think it over
    Think it over

  • 意思：to consider carefully before deciding
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dzggLXMeak
  • 歌手：The dynamics
  • 歌名：Please think it over
  • 備註：
  • 歌詞：
    (A)
    You are my first love
    And you are my last
    You are my future oh baby
    And you are my past
    Can't you remember oh baby
    The good times we had honey

    (B)
    Please think it over
    Please think it over
    Oh baby, oh baby

    (C)
    And hear my plea
    Baby, hear my plea

    You are my sunshine
    That warms me every day
    Just think how I will feel oh baby
    If you think of me
    Don't you remember oh baby
    The good times we had honey

    (B)

    (C)

    I could be wrong baby
    I could be right
    Don't you feel the love just burning oh baby
    Kisses each night
    Don't you remember oh baby
    The good times we had honey

    (B)

    (C)

    I could be wrong baby
    I could be right
    could be wrong yeah
    I could be right oh yeah
    I could be wrong
    I could be right
    I could be wrong

to take place

  • 意思：to occur, to happen according to plan
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHJlWzKeFHU
  • 歌手：Mickey Gilley
  • 歌名：Don't the girls all get prettier at closing time
  • 備註：
  • 歌詞：
    (*)
    All the girls all get prettier at closing time
    Oh, they all begin to look like movie stars
    All the girls all get prettier at closing time
    When the change starts taking place it puts a glow on every face
    Of the fallen angels of the back street bars

    If I could rate them on a scale from one to ten
    I'm looking for a nine but eight could work right in
    Few more drinks and I might slip to five or even four
    But when tomorrow morning comes and I wake up with a number one
    I swear I'll never do it anymore

    (*)

    I don't mean to criticize the girls at all
    'Cause I'm no Robert Redford even overhauled
    But we all picture in our minds a girl that looks just right
    Now ain't it funny, ain't it strange the way a man's opinions change
    When he starts to face that lonely night

    (*)

    The fallen angels of the back street bars

to put away

  • 意思：to remove from sight, to put in the proper place
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPvnd_sgTwY
  • 歌手：The Lettermen
  • 歌名：Put away your teardrops
  • 備註：
  • 歌詞：
    (A)
    Put away your teardrops little girl
    I hate to see you cry
    Put away your teardrops little girl
    Oh come on and try

    (B)
    Every time you think about him
    It only hurts you more
    You're much better off without him
    So get smart and teach your heart to

    (C)
    Put away your teardrops little girl
    and in a little while
    There will be no other teardrops little girl
    I'll change them to a smile

    (D)
    If you give me half a chance
    I'll give you the world
    So put away your teardrops little girl

    (D)

    (A)

  • 意思：to remove from sight, to put in the proper place
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-5N6y6J5uA
  • 歌手：Alessi
  • 歌名：Put away your love
  • 備註：
  • 歌詞：
    It's nice you
    Call me up long distance
    Everything is fine with me
    We lost touch
    But had our reasons
    Yes, I remember
    How it used to be
    Yes, I got your letter
    I didn't want to have to say

    (*)
    Put away your love
    Stop believing
    Though I'm not married
    Someone needs me
    Put away your love
    Things are different
    Don't come to me
    I'll keep the love I'm in

    This old world just
    Keeps on changing faces
    Sorry to hear he left you
    Oh, you left him
    I understand what
    You're going through
    I've been to so
    Many different places
    No I won't be
    Coming out that way
    I didn't want to have to say

    (*)

    Who'd have believed
    I'd ever settle down
    I found a magic world
    This time there is
    No choice for you, yeah

    (*)x3

    Someone needs me
    Put away your love
    Someone needs me
    Put away your love
    Someone needs me
    Put away your love

  • 意思：to remove from sight, to put in the proper place
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPuAk19L3Ac
  • 歌手：Dion
  • 歌名：I put away my idols
  • 備註：宗教歌曲。
  • 歌詞：
    I was raised on New York rock and roll
    I took control, I was cool
    Made the rounds made the record hops
    I hit the top, played the fool

    From above I truly heard a friend
    Truly now you must be born again

    [Chorus]
    I put away my idols
    I stripped away all the titles
    Money wrinkles and things do decay
    I put away my idols

    I was living by my horoscope
    Taking pills to cope
    With my pain
    Rock and roll was my identity
    My whole security
    I made a name

    Truly from above I heard a friend
    Truly now you must be born again

    [Chorus]

    Looking back over my years
    My story did unfold
    I worshiped people and their gifts
    Not the gift giver at all

    Well you see
    People they've come and gone
    But life in Him goes on and on
    He's given me a brand new song
    To sing

    [Chorus]

    Truly now you must be born again
    Truly that's the way you will begin

    [Chorus]

    Cadillacs end up in the junkyard
    I put away my idols

Lesson 5

to look out

  • 意思：to be careful or cautious (also: to watch out)
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8Kg23lpVvA
  • 歌手：The Monkees
  • 歌名：Look out here comes tomorrow
  • 備註：電視劇The Monkees的插曲，可以在Youtube搜尋The Monkees full episodes。
  • 歌詞：
    Look out, here comes tomorrow
    That's when I'll have to choose
    How I wish I could borrow
    Someone else's shoes

    Mary (Mary, oh)
    Oh, what a sweet girl
    Lips like (Berry pie)
    Strawberry pie
    Sandra (Sandra, oh)
    Long hair and beat girl
    Can't make up my mind

    [Chorus]
    I see all kinds of sorrow
    Wish I only loved one
    Look out, here comes tomorrow
    Oh, how I wish tomorrow would never come

    Told them (Told them both)
    Both that I loved them
    Said it (Yes, I did)
    And it was true
    But I (But I can't)
    Can't have both of them
    Don't know what to do

    [Chorus]

    Mary, I love you
    Sandra, I love you

    [Chorus]

    I love you
    Darling
    I love you

  • 意思：to be careful or cautious (also: to watch out)
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBSeEcFiTWA
  • 歌手：Bruce Hornsby
  • 歌名：Look out any window
  • 備註：
  • 歌詞：
    There's a man working in a field
    Sees the rain and it's burning
    He's saying this can't be real
    As he sees the color
    Of the fields turning

    Far away, the men too busy
    Getting rich to care
    Close their eyes and
    Let it all out into the air
    Hoping nobody else would care

    (*)
    Look out any window
    Look out any open door
    Look out any window
    To see what's going on
    In the air around you

    There's a man working on a boat
    Pulling lines from the water
    Just trying to stay afloat, ohh
    Filling the nets is getting harder

    Far away, they bend
    The rules so secretly
    Close their eyes and
    Let it all out into the sea
    Hoping nobody else would see

    (*)

    Far away, too many leaders
    Let them get their way
    Close their eyes and
    Let it all out into the bay
    Say they'll clear it up another day

    (*)

    (Look out)
    Look out for the big boys
    Telling you everything
    They're gonna do

    (Look out)
    Look out for the fat cat builder man
    Turning this into a waste land

    (Look out)
    Look out for the back room boys
    That say the smoke is gonna blow away

    (Look out)
    Look out for the men
    Who say it's okay sitting
    In a building far away

  • 意思：to be careful or cautious (also: to watch out)
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9igu3Ht3Jvs
  • 歌手：The Band
  • 歌名：Look out Cleveland
  • 備註：
  • 歌詞：
    (*)
    Look out, Cleveland, the storm is comin' through
    And it's runnin' right up on you
    Look out, Houston, there'll be thunder on the hill
    Bye bye, baby, don't you lie so still

    Was Wednesday evenin' when first we heard the word
    It did not come by train nor bird
    T'was when Ben pike stepped down to say
    "This old town's gonna blow away"

    (*)

    Chain lightnin', frightnin' as it may seem
    Must not be mistaken for just another dream
    Justice of the peace don't know his own fate
    But you'll go down in the shelter late

    (*)

    Hidin' your money won't do no good, no good
    Build a big wall, you know you would if you could, yeah
    When clouds of warnin' come into view
    It'll get the ol' woman right outta of her shoe

    (*)

to shake hands

  • 意思：to exchange greetings by clasping hands
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bx5dXMKbsBM
  • 歌手：
  • 歌名：How d'ye do and shake hands
  • 備註：愛麗絲夢遊仙境卡通的插曲註，這應該是某一個版本的音樂劇
  • 歌詞：
    TWEEDLE DUM: When first you meet a gentleman of caliber and class
    TWEEDLE DEE: You don't just meet and run, my dear; That's callous, coarse and crass!
    TWEEDLES: Society has set the rules by which we all must play.
    TWEEDLE DUM: So listen while we spell them out
    TWEEDLE DEE: And you'll be distingue

    TWEEDLES: Say "How do you do?
    And shake hands, shake hands, shake hands,
    "How do you do?”
    and shake hands, State your name and business

    ALICE: (spoken) Well, that's just…
    TWEEDLE DUM: (spoken) Ah, ah, ah….
    ALICE: (spoken) How do you do?
    TWEEDLE DEE: (spoken) Excellent, excellent. And…
    TWEEDLES: (spoken) Perfect!

    TWEEDLES: If manners could prevail
    ALICE: And you do not act like a pig! (snort, snort)
    TWEEDLES: The problems that the world presents might not seem quite so big.
    ALICE: A bow or curtsey, (spoken) more or less can brighten up the day.
    And if you know what fork to use…
    TWEEDLES: Then you are on your way!

    ALL: Say: "How do you do?” and shake hands,
    ALICE: Shake hands,
    TWEEDLES: Shake hands,
    ALL: "How do you do?” and shake hands.
    State your name and business. How do you do!

  • 意思：to exchange greetings by clasping hands
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMS8xK7V-IM
  • 歌手：Kingsmen Quartet
  • 歌名：Shake hands with a poor boy
  • 備註：宗教歌曲。超低的歌聲。
  • 歌詞：
    I've never had much, in this world below
    But I'm going to a city, where the streets are pure gold
    Christ made me an heir; I'm the child of a king
    Shake hands with a poor boy, who owns everything

    (*)
    Shake hands with a poor boy, and how do you do
    Have you met my Father? He cares about you
    He's the king of all glory, His praises I'll sing
    Shake hands with a poor boy, who owns everything

    I'm depending on heaven, for my home in the sky
    Already I'm heading, for that sweet bye and bye
    But I've been adopted, and placed with a king
    Shake hands with a poor boy, who owns everything

    (*)

to get back

  • 意思：to return
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKJqecxswCA
  • 歌手：Beatles
  • 歌名：Get back
  • 備註：
  • 歌詞：
    Jojo was a man who thought he was a loner
    But he knew it couldn't last
    Jojo left his home in Tucson, Arizona
    For some California grass

    [Chorus]
    Get back, get back
    Get back to where you once belonged
    Get back, get back
    Get back to where you once belonged

    Get back, Jojo

    Go home

    [Chorus]

    Get back, Jo

    Sweet Loretta Martin thought she was a woman
    But she was another man
    All the girls around her say she's got it coming
    But she gets it while she can

    [Chorus]

    Get back, Loretta

    Hoo
    Go home

    [Chorus]

to catch a cold

  • 意思：to become sick with a cold of the nose or throat
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8v_4O44sfjM
  • 歌手：Christina Perri
  • 歌名：Jar of hearts
  • 備註：
  • 歌詞：
    I know I can't take one more step towards you
    ‘Cause all that's waiting is regret
    Don't you know I'm not your ghost anymore
    You lost the love I loved the most

    (A)
    I've learned to live, half alive
    And now you want me one more time

    (B)
    Who do you think you are?
    Runnin' 'round leaving scars
    Collecting your jar of hearts
    And tearing love apart
    You're gonna catch a cold
    From the ice inside your soul
    So don't come back for me
    Who do you think you are?

    I hear you're asking all around
    If I am anywhere to be found
    But I have grown too strong
    To ever fall back in your arms

    (A)
    I've learned to live, half alive
    And now you want me one more time

    (B)

    Dear, it took so long just to feel alright
    Remember how to put back the light in my eyes
    I wish I had missed the first time that we kissed
    ‘Cause you broke all your promises
    And now you're back
    You don't get to get me back

    (C)
    Who do you think you are?
    Runnin' 'round leaving scars
    Collecting your jar of hearts
    And tearing love apart
    You're gonna catch a cold
    From the ice inside your soul
    Don't come back for me
    Don't come back at all

    (C)

    Who do you think you are?
    Who do you think you are?
    Who do you think you are?

  • 意思：to become sick with a cold of the nose or throat
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8FdVlKp3nY
  • 歌手：Jewel
  • 歌名：Cold song
  • 備註：
  • 歌詞：
    It's getting cold and I'm starting to sneeze
    I wipe my nose on my sleeve
    I've got the sniffles
    I'd better drink my tea
    Oh do you do you wanna wanna catch a cold with me?

    (*)
    I'd catch a cold with you anytime
    I ain't just feverish, I ain't just lyin'
    'Cause when your nose is running it's a perfect time for kissing
    And hugging
    Oh do you do you wanna wanna catch a cold with me?

    We'll stay inside where it's nice and warm
    Tell our bosses, we're caught in a sneezing storm
    We'll sniffle and snuggle and watch some more tv
    Oh do you do you wanna wanna catch a cold with me?

    (*)

    Do you do you wanna wanna wanna wanna do you do you wanna
    Do me yes indeed
    Oh do you do you wanna wanna catch a cold with me?

to get over

  • 意思：to recover from an illness; to accept a loss or sorrow
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgiZz-aqheU
  • 歌手：Anna Nalick
  • 歌名：Shine
  • 備註：
  • 歌詞：
    Oh, the night makes you a star
    And it holds you cold in its arms
    You're the one to whom nobody verses I love you
    Unless you say it first

    So you lie there holding your breath
    And it's strange how soon you forget
    That you're like stars
    They only show up when it's dark
    'Cause they don't know their worth

    (A)
    And I think you need
    To stop following misery's lead
    Shine away, shine away, shine away

    (B)
    Isn't it time you got over
    How fragile you are
    We're all wait
    Waiting on your supernova
    'Cause that's who you are
    And you've only begun to shine

    There are times when
    The poets and porn stars align and
    You won't know who to believe in
    Well that's a good time to be leavin'
    And the past, it knocks on your door
    And throws stones at your window at 4 in the morning
    Well maybe he thinks it's romantic
    He's crazy but you knew that before

    (A)

    (B)

    Yea you've only begun to shine
    Won't you shine, shine, shine
    Shine over shadow, oh oh
    Shine, shine, shine
    Shine over shadow, oh oh
    Shine, shine, shine, shine over

    (A)

    (B)

    Yeah you've only begun to shine
    Yeah you've only begun to shine

  • 意思：to recover from an illness; to accept a loss or sorrow
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1i9Go0f8Rw
  • 歌手：Edgy Productions
  • 歌名：SATs blues
  • 備註：SAT是美國的大學入學測驗，有點類似台灣的學測或指考。
  • 歌詞：
    I woke up this morning and I sat up and cried!
    The thing that I’ve been dreading has finally arrived!
    I could say I’m feeling sick
    Or come up with another excuse.
    Well, there’s no getting over it,
    I’ve got a bad case of SATs blues!

    I stare at the paper, it’s staring back at me.
    I wish I’d paid attention in Maths and Literacy!
    My mind is completely blank,
    I need some inspiration or clues!
    Well, there’s no getting over it,
    I’ve got a bad case of SATs blues!

    The clock is a-ticking, not even halfway through!
    Forgot my five times table – the only one I knew!
    Multiply or take away?
    Divide? I don’t know which one to use.
    Well, there’s no getting over it,
    I’ve got a bad case of SATs blues!

    That spelling amnesia is creeping up on me!
    It’s either T..H..E..I..R or T..H..E..R..E?
    Is it ‘HEAR’ or ‘HERE’, ‘WHERE’ or ‘WEAR’?
    Oh ‘WITCH’ or ‘WHICH’ one to choose?
    Well, there’s no getting over it,
    I’ve got a bad case of SATs blues!

  • 意思：to recover from an illness; to accept a loss or sorrow
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VcbZ-fKsWE
  • 歌手：Carpenters
  • 歌名：I won't last a day without you
  • 備註：
  • 歌詞：
    Day after day
    I must face a world of strangers
    Where I don't belong
    I'm not that strong
    It's nice to know that there's someone I can turn to
    Who will always care
    You're always there

    (*)
    When there's no getting over that rainbow
    When my smallest of dreams won't come true
    I can take all the madness the world has to give
    But I won't last a day without you

    So many times when the city seems to be
    Without a friendly face, a lonely place
    It's nice to know that you'll be there if I need you
    And you'll always smile, it's all worthwhile

    (*)

    Touch me and I end up singing
    Trouble seems to up and disappear
    You touch me with the love you're bringing
    I can't really lose when you're near
    When you're near, my love

    If all my friends have forgotten half their promises
    They're not unkind, just hard to find
    One look at you
    And I know that I could learn to live
    Without the rest
    I've found the best

    (*)x2

to make up one's mind

  • 意思：to reach a decision, to decide finally
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6-bZr8mElM
  • 歌手：J. Geils Band
  • 歌名：Make up your mind
  • 備註：演唱會版本參考這裡註。
  • 歌詞：
    I don't mind waitin' for you
    It's what I really, really want to do
    But you got me standin', waitin' all night
    And baby, girl, it just ain't right

    (*)
    Make up your mind
    Make up your mind
    Girl, make up your mind
    Before it's too late

    I've been tryin' to get close to you
    I can't believe the things you put me through
    So tell me, baby, what's it gonna be?
    Do I have to say goodbye or are you stayin' here with me?

    (*)

    Girl, believe me
    I'm tellin' you for the very last time
    Don't hesitate, don't turn away
    Don't make me wait, I just can't wait

    (*)

    Before it's too late
    Before it's too late
    Before it's too late
    Before it's too late

    Come on, baby (Make up, make up your mind)
    (Make up, make up your mind)
    Before it's too late
    (Make up, make up your mind)...

  • 意思：to reach a decision, to decide finally
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLCXm1CLZV0
  • 歌手：Del Way
  • 歌名：So little time
  • 備註：宗教歌曲。
  • 歌詞：
    You don't miss the water 'till the well runs dry
    You don't miss your horse 'till you're ready to ride
    You don't miss the cows 'till the milk's all gone
    If you miss heaven though you've waited too long

    (*)
    You've got to make up your mind
    stop wasting time
    Don't take for granted the one that offers life
    The thief comes to kill,
    destroy and steal but Jesus said
    "I'll give you abundant life that's real"
    So little time, make up your mind.

    "Why should we do today
    what we can do tomorrow?"
    that seems to be the world's state of mind
    "Procrastination" is most people's motto
    That used to work, but now were running out of time

    (*)x2

    Make up your mind Make up your mind Make up your mind

to change one's mind

  • 意思：to alter one's decision or opinion
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjZhkYiKlmc
  • 歌手：One Direction
  • 歌名：Change my mind
  • 備註：演唱會版本參考這裡註。
  • 歌詞：
    The end of the night, we should say goodbye
    But we carry on while everyone's gone

    (A)
    Never felt like this before
    Are we friends or are we more?
    As I'm walking towards the door
    I'm not sure

    (B)
    But baby if you say you want me to stay, I'll change my mind
    'Cause I don't wanna know I'm walking away, if you'll be mine
    Won't go, won't go, so baby if you say you want me to stay
    Stay for the night, I'll change my mind

    Lean in when you laugh, we take photographs
    There's no music on but we dance along

    (A)

    (B)

    I'll change my mind

    Baby if you say you want me to stay
    I'll change my mind

    (B)

    I'll change my mind

  • 意思：to alter one's decision or opinion
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqGi2OL5m00
  • 歌手：Gene Watson
  • 歌名：Change her mind
  • 備註：宗教歌曲。
  • 歌詞：
    Mornings closing in on me, how can I face another dawn
    My life lost all meaning, the minute she was gone
    I begged and I pleaded, I done all a man can do
    I've tried everything lord, now it's time I turned to you

    (*)
    I know you can move a mountain, take the stars out of the sky
    You can send down a rainbow, you can even turn the tide
    Once you even made a blind man see, changed the water into wine
    I need a miracle, please Jesus, would you change her mind?

    When she was here beside me, lord you know how good it was
    Who have ever thought back then I could have lost her love?
    Now I'm standing here a broken man, I can't make it by myself
    I may not be worthy lord, but won't you get me through this hell

    (*)

    I need a miracle please Jesus would you change her mind?

for the time being

  • 意思：temporarily (also: for now)
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsAraQMathE
  • 歌手：Jacque Darragh
  • 歌名：For the time being
  • 備註：
  • 歌詞：
    and now the time has come to say good-bye
    we've known this day would come for a long long time
    the love we've always known, we'll know in the days to come
    and nothing else has changed for the time being

    (*)
    for the time being, i've slipped behind a shadow
    for the time being, i've stepped in the other room
    for the time being, i'm just around the corner
    for the time being, for the time being

    don't cry for me unless (until) the tears come easy
    and laugh with me the way we've always laughed
    the joy we've always shared, we'll share in the days to come
    and nothing else has changed for the time being

    (*)

    the song we've always sung we'll still be singing
    the melody has changed but not the words
    the dance we've always danced, we'll dance in the days to come
    and nothing else has changed for the time being

    (*)x2

    for the time being, for the time being

  • 意思：temporarily (also: for now)
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfE3hBOT4Fw
  • 歌手：Edie Brickell
  • 歌名：For the time being
  • 備註：電影三分男孩(The way, way back)的插曲。
  • 歌詞：
    It must be nice to be full of good advice to say
    It must be sweet, but I'll call you if I need it

    (A)
    I'm doing alright for the time
    Fine for the time being

    I'll need professional help if it does get any worse than this
    I'll be out on a ledge if it does get any worse than this
    I'm doing alright for the time
    Fine for the time being

    (B)
    You think you know me well
    You think you know me well
    But you don't know me at all

    It must be fine to think everyone is down the dirt
    It must be nice but I don't need you to ask for help

    (A)x2

    (B)

    Oh you don't know me at all

    You don't know me like I know, like I know myself
    You don't know me like I know, like I know myself

for good

  • 意思：permanently, forever
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZ0pXUb5jVU
  • 歌手：Kristin Chenoweth and Idina Menzel
  • 歌名：For good
  • 備註：Wicked是改編自綠野仙蹤的音樂劇，參考這裡註。
  • 歌詞：
    I've heard it said
    That people come into our lives
    For a reason
    Bringing something we must learn
    And we are led
    To those who help us most to grow
    If we let them
    And we help them in return
    Well, I don't know if I believe that's true
    But I know I'm who I am today
    Because I knew you

    Like a comet pulled from orbit
    As it passes a sun
    Like a stream that meets a boulder
    Halfway through the wood
    Who can say if I've been changed for the better?
    But because I knew you
    I have been changed for good

    It well may be
    That we will never meet again
    In this lifetime
    So let me say before we part
    So much of me
    Is made of what I learned from you
    You'll be with me
    Like a handprint on my heart
    And now whatever way our stories end
    I know you have re-written mine
    By being my friend

    Like a ship blown from its mooring
    By a wind off the sea
    Like a seed dropped by a skybird
    In a distant wood
    Who can say if I've been changed for the better?
    But because I knew you
    Because I knew you
    I have been changed for good

    And just to clear the air
    I ask forgiveness
    For the things I've done
    You blame me for
    But then, I guess
    We know there's blame to share
    And none of it seems to matter anymore

    Like a comet pulled from orbit
    (Like a ship blown from its mooring)
    As it passes a sun
    (By a wind off the sea)
    Like a stream that meets a boulder
    (Like a seed dropped by a bird)
    Halfway through the wood
    (In the wood)
    Who can say
    If I've been changed for the better?
    I do believe I have been changed for the better

    And because I knew you
    Because I knew you
    Because I knew you
    I have been changed
    For good

to call off

  • 意思：to cancel
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIgtqzQ8J9g
  • 歌手：Katie Melua
  • 歌名：Call off the search
  • 備註：
  • 歌詞：
    I won't spend my life, waiting for an angel to descend,
    Searching for a rainbow with an end,
    Now that I've found you
    I'll call off the search.

    And I won't spend my life, gazing at the stars up in the sky
    Wondering if love will pass me by
    Now that I've found you
    I'll call off the search

    Out on my own I would never have known
    This world that I see today
    And I've got a feeling
    It won't fade away

    And I won't end my days, wishing that love would come along,
    'Cause you are in my life where you belong
    Now that I've found you
    I'll call off the search

    Now that I've found you
    I'll call off the search
    Now that I've found you
    I'll call off the search

  • 意思：to cancel
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMEPgLxvNPk
  • 歌手：Lake Street Dive
  • 歌名：Call off your dogs
  • 備註：這裡的call off your dogs是「離我遠點」的意思。
  • 歌詞：
    Hello
    I'm not gonna bite you
    I just want a light, you
    Got me wishing that I'd never said
    Hello
    I don't want to fight you
    I don't got a right to

    (A)
    This is what I get for being civilized
    I apologize, and I'll let you go in a minute
    If you want it, goodbye
    Is not what I want to say
    You took my salutations
    And threw 'em away

    (B)
    Call off your dogs
    Listen when I call
    I know there's something wrong with the limits
    We got turned around but we can spin it
    Call off your dogs
    What's with the walls?
    If we're strong, we can win it
    One word can begin it:
    Hello

    I got a right to call you baby
    I got a right to say hello
    Remember when you used to like me, baby?
    And it wasn't that long ago

    (A)

    (B)

    Hello, hello, hello, ...

    (B)x2

to put off

  • 意思：to postpone
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYVsFEhFEP8
  • 歌手：Bill Craft
  • 歌名：Don't put off being young
  • 備註：
  • 歌詞：
    I remember my Dad telling me as he was growing old
    that he just could not comprehend how the years had flown
    So many things he planned to do
    before his life on Earch was through
    and passed him by he failed to take the time

    (*)
    He said son don't be afraid of living
    Don't hesitate to live your life be bold
    We only get one chance at life so live it
    Don't put off being young until your old

    Then I grew up and Dad was gone
    I had to sign things on my own
    My time was spent for family to provide
    My little boys most every day said Dad
    won't you please come and play
    But I didn't need the words Dad said to me

    (*)

    Now I've grown old and all alone
    My sons grew up and they are gone
    I think of the many things we didn't do
    Its sad that we can never learn
    We make the same mistakes in turn
    And I tell my sons the words Dad said to me

    (*)

    Oh don't put of being young until your old

  • 意思：to postpone
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GinLzE1zOa8
  • 歌手：Elana Watson
  • 歌名：Awake O Israel
  • 備註：很有特色的一首歌，很多翻唱的版本。
  • 歌詞：
    (A)
    Awake, O Israel put off Thy slumber
    And the truth shall set you free
    For out of Zion comes thy Deliverer
    In the year of Jubilee

    (A)

    For in the furnace of much affliction
    I have chosen Thee behold
    And so for Iron I'll give Thee silver
    And for brass I'll give Thee gold

    Thou art my chosen for I have sought Thee
    Thou art graven on my hand
    And I will gather all those that gather
    They shall come back to their land

    (A)

    O Hallelujah, O Hallelujah, Hallelujah praise the Lord
    O Hallelujah, O Hallelujah, Hallelujah praise the Lord
    O Hallelujah, O Hallelujah, Hallelujah praise the Lord
    O Hallelujah, O Hallelujah, Hallelujah praise the Lord
    Hallelujah praise the Lord
    Hallelujah praise the Lord

in a hurry

  • 意思：hurried, rushed (also: in a rush)
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qy01R9CEFFs
  • 歌手：Alabama
  • 歌名：I'm in a hurry
  • 備註：
  • 歌詞：
    [Chorus]
    I'm in a hurry to get things done
    Oh, I rush and rush until life's no fun
    All I really gotta do is live and die
    But I'm in a hurry and don't know why

    Don't know why
    I have to drive so fast
    My car has nothing to prove
    It's not new
    But it'll do 0 to 60 in 5.2, oh

    [Chorus]

    Can't be late
    I leave in plenty of time
    Shaking hands with the clock
    I can't stop
    I'm on a roll and I'm ready to rock, oh

    [Chorus]

    I hear a voice
    It says I'm running behind
    I better pick up my pace
    It's a race
    And there ain't no room
    For someone in second place

    [Chorus]x4

  • 意思：hurried, rushed (also: in a rush)
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeWuavHf4oY
  • 歌手：Will Reagan
  • 歌名：Not in a hurry
  • 備註：宗教歌曲。
  • 歌詞：
    Lord, I don't want to rush on ahead
    In my own strength
    When You're right here
    Lord, I don't want to rush on ahead
    In my own strength
    When You're right here

    [Chorus]
    I'm not in a hurry
    When it comes to Your spirit
    When it comes to Your presence
    When it comes to Your voice
    I'm learning to listen
    Just to rest in Your nearness (Oh-oh)
    I'm starting to notice
    You are speaking (Oh-oh)

    Lord, I want to love like You (Ooh-ooh)
    I want to feel what You feel
    I want to see what You see (Ooh-ooh)
    Lord, I want to love like You (Ooh-ooh)
    I want to feel what You feel
    I want to see what You see (Ooh-ooh)

    [Chorus]x2

    Open my eyes, I want to see You
    Open my ears, I want to hear You speak
    Tell me Your thoughts, what's on Your mind
    I'll be Your friend, I want to see through Your eyes
    I wanna see through Your eyes

    [Chorus]x2

Lesson 6

to hang out

  • 意思：to spend time, usually being idle or unproductive
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxLc6P2Ii5Q
  • 歌手：AJR
  • 歌名：Come hang out
  • 備註：
  • 歌詞：
    (A)
    Come hang out 'cause you're out of your mind
    You're working so damn hard you forgot what you like
    And come hang out don't you leave us behind
    But I'll be there next time, I'll be there next time

    I can't complain, no I won't be mourning
    'Cause I skipped on prom for Elvis Duran in the Morning
    All of my life I have been starving
    Not for a dinner with friends, more of a starving artist

    (B)
    Yep yep I'm gonna miss this someday
    Yep yep I missed another Friday
    And all my friends say

    (A)

    Last album's sales could have been higher
    Maybe that's why I haven't seen friends in a while
    They're at a bar down in the Bahamas
    While I'm doing promo, trying to blow up in Chicago

    (B)

    (A)x2

    (C)
    Come hang out 'cause you're missing a lot
    You haven't gone that far you can find a real job
    And come hang out we can save you a shot
    But I'll be there next time, I'll be there next time

    [2x] Should I go for more clicks this year
    Or should I follow the click in my ear

    [2x] Should I go for more clicks this year
    (Come hang out)
    Or should I follow the click in my ear
    (Come hang out)

    (A)

    (C)

    I'll be there next time, I'll be there next time
    I'll be there next time, I'll be there next time

to hang up

  • 意思：將衣服掛起來；掛掉電話
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_o2zUFAOlc
  • 歌手：Jeannie Riley
  • 歌名：Hang up your rhinestone suit
  • 備註：很有趣的歌詞，描述一個曾經廣受歡迎的歌手結婚後的生活， 在老婆面前就只是一個平凡人， 一樣要做家事倒垃圾。 rhinestone是一種假鑽石， 用來裝飾華麗的衣服。
  • 歌詞：
    You hadn't been in town much more than a week or two
    When I saw you on a local country music show
    You really made the crowd sit up and notice you
    When you picked and sang a song that you had just composed

    I came back stage and we were introduced
    A few months later we were wed
    It wasn't long till you had reached the top
    But you took so many bows that it's gone to your head

    (*)
    So hang up your rhinestone suit take out the trash
    No matter how great thou art you can still cut the grass
    We've got some bills and checks that need your famous autograph
    So hang up your rhinestone suit and take out the trash

    You'll never meet a fan who'll give ya my support
    Don't compare me with those girls in all the towns you've been
    Just because I am your wife don't sell me short
    When I fell in love with you your ship had not come in

    When you get home from being on the road
    You treat me like I am your maid
    You never offer words of tenderness
    When you take me in your arms you act like you're on stage

    (*)x3

  • 意思：將衣服掛起來；掛掉電話
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XCWhN_us5U
  • 歌手：Ray Charles
  • 歌名：Rock and roll shoes
  • 備註：歌手就是靈魂樂天才「雷查爾斯」，對其生平有興趣的讀者可以去看「雷之心靈傳奇」這部電影。
  • 歌詞：
    It seems like yesterday
    I heard the people say
    Son, you were born to stray
    Someday you'll settle down
    I guess there'll come a time
    Maybe I'll tow the line
    But right now I'm doing fine
    Rolling from town to town

    (*)
    I don't care where I ride
    I'll let my feet decide
    Do anything but don't ask that I
    Hang up my rock and roll shoes
    Hang up my rock and roll shoes

    Guitars and ringing tones
    In my blood and in my bones
    Show me a bus and I'll call it home
    'Cause I don't wanna change
    On a lonely day
    When they put me in my grave
    Ain't a worry you need to save
    Just hang up my rock and roll shoes

    (*)

    So let that motor run
    Headed out towards the sun
    I'm in the mood for moving on
    But I'll be back someday

    I don't care where I ride
    I'll let my feet decide
    Do anything but don't ask that I
    Hang up my rock and roll shoes

    (*)

    Hang up my rock and roll shoes, Ray
    Hang up my rock and roll shoes, yeah
    Hang up my rock and roll shoes, I'm gonna
    Hang up my rock and roll shoes, let me
    Hang up my rock and roll shoes, B.J
    Hang up my rock and roll shoes, why don't you
    Hang up my rock and roll shoes, Ray
    Hang up my rock and roll shoes

  • 意思：將衣服掛起來；掛掉電話
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d83HcvD-McI
  • 歌手：Dolly Parton
  • 歌名：Busy signal
  • 備註：Busy signal字面上翻譯是忙碌的訊號，在這裡就是指打電話給對方的「忙線中」， 歌詞在描述打電話給想表白的對方， 但電話是忙線中， 心中的忐忑不安。
  • 歌詞：
    Busy signal
    That's what I get when I call you
    Busy busy
    Talking to someone new
    I wish I knew

    I shouldn't worry 'cause it's probably his mother
    Or then again it could even be his little brother
    On the line
    Making me lose my mind

    (*)
    Hang up hang up hang up hang up
    Come on hang up hang up hang up
    Gotta talk to my baby
    Gotta tell him I'm sorry

    Busy signal
    How can I tell him I'm sorry
    When I said I didn't care
    I didn't mean a word I said
    Talking outta my head

    I've got to reach him now and tell him that I love him
    And from now on I'll stay right by his side and love him
    All the time
    So please somebody quit tying up the line

    (*)

    I didn't mean to hurt you baby
    I really really love you baby

  • 意思：將衣服掛起來；掛掉電話
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dl_bf6hRhYQ
  • 歌手：Leroy Van Dyke
  • 歌名：If a woman answers hang up the phone
  • 備註：很有趣的歌詞，在講一個出軌的男生交代小三打電話到家裡時，如果是一個女生接電話，就趕快掛掉。
  • 歌詞：
    Her arms are cold, but still she holds me to that vow
    What once was, love is now a prison wall
    And tho I break away to meet you anyhow
    I have to say, please remember when you call

    (*)
    If a woman answers hang up the phone
    Don't take a chance please don't ask for me
    If a woman answers hang up the phone
    I love you but darlin' I'm not free

    The chains that bind this heart of mine may never break
    but they can't stop my heart from wanting you.
    I know that I should say don't call for both our sakes
    But I can't, so remember when you do

    (*)

    I love you but darlin' I'm not free

  • 意思：將衣服掛起來；掛掉電話
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4UenzOHSM08
  • 歌手：The Orlons
  • 歌名：Don't hang up
  • 備註：很有趣的歌詞，在電話中急著向吃醋的對方解釋。
  • 歌詞：
    Don't hang up (no no)
    Oh don't you do it now, don't hang up (No No)
    Don't hang up like you always do
    I know you think our love is true
    I'll explain the facts to you
    Don't hang up
    Give me a chance or our romance is through

    Don't hang up,
    Oh don't you do it now, don't hang up
    I took a walk with Mary Lou
    I ran around to visit Sue
    She had some boys I never knew
    Don't hang up
    They took a ride so baby I went too

    Stopped at the record hop I had to be a sport
    We jumped and we did the slop
    Then you walked in, and I was caught

    Don't hang up,
    Oh don't you do it now, don't hang up
    Ah you got some explain'in too
    Ah like that chick I saw with you
    So talk fast like you always do
    Don't hang up You've got one chance or our romance is through

    Then you walked in and you were caught

    Don't hang up
    Oh don't you do it now don't hang up
    I didn't say our love was through
    But if we made a fool for two
    Cause making up is fun to do
    Don't hang up
    Cause no one Ellis will ever do but you

    Don't hang up
    Oh don't you do it now, don't hang up
    Or you'll be sorry baby don't hang up
    You know I love you baby don't hang up

  • 意思：將衣服掛起來；掛掉電話
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDwb9jOVRtU
  • 歌手：Madonna
  • 歌名：Hung up
  • 備註：歌手是大名鼎鼎的瑪丹娜，這首Hung up翻譯成心神不寧，翻成提心吊膽跟這個片語的意思比較接近。前奏是出自ABBA的Gimme, gimme, gimme a man after midnight。MV中有很多精彩的街舞。hang up也有掛電話的意思， 這裡分享一個記法， 注意到公用電話是設置在牆上的， 話筒則是掛在電話上， 所以掛電話的時候我們把話筒hang up。 其實我們中文說的「掛電話」本身就提示了「掛」這個動作。
  • 歌詞：
    Time goes by so slowly
    Time goes by so slowly
    Time goes by so slowly
    Time goes by so slowly
    Time goes by so slowly
    Time goes by so slowly

    (A)
    Every little thing that you say or do
    I'm hung up, I'm hung up on you
    Waiting for your call, baby, night and day
    I'm fed up, I'm tired of waiting on you

    Time goes by so slowly for those who wait
    No time to hesitate
    Those who run seem to have all the fun
    I'm caught up, I don't know what to do

    Time goes by so slowly
    Time goes by so slowly
    Time goes by so slowly
    I don't know what to do

    (A)x2

    Ring, ring, ring goes the telephone
    The lights are on, but there's no one home
    Tick tick tock, it's a quarter to two
    And I'm done, I'm hanging up on you

    I can't keep on waiting for you
    I know that you're still hesitating
    Don't cry for me, 'cause I'll find my way
    You'll wake up one day, but it'll be too late

    (A)

    (B)
    Every little thing, every little thing
    I'm hung up, I'm hung up on you
    Waiting for your call, waiting for your call
    I'm fed up, I'm tired waiting on you

    Time goes by so slowly
    Time goes by so slowly
    Time goes by so slowly
    Time goes by so slowly, so slowly
    So slowly, so slowly, so slowly
    So slowly, so slowly, so slowly
    So slowly, so slowly, so slowly
    So slowly, so slowly, so slowly, so...
    I don't know what to do

    (A)x2

    (B)

to count on

  • 意思：to trust someone in time of need (also: to depend on)
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hN5WMvtzaD8
  • 歌手：Bruno Mars
  • 歌名：Count on me
  • 備註：
  • 歌詞：
    If you ever find yourself stuck in the middle of the sea
    I'll sail the world to find you
    If you ever find yourself lost in the dark and you can't see
    I'll be the light to guide you

    (A)
    Find out what we're made of
    When we are called to help our friends in need

    (B)
    You can count on me like 1, 2, 3
    I'll be there
    And I know when I need it
    I can count on you like 4, 3, 2
    And you'll be there
    'Cause that's what friends are supposed to do, oh yeah
    Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
    Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
    Ooh, yeah, yeah

    If you're tossin' and you're turnin'
    And you just can't fall asleep
    I'll sing a song beside you
    And if you ever forget how much you really mean to me
    Every day I will remind you, oh

    (A)

    (B)

    You'll always have my shoulder when you cry
    I'll never let go
    Never say goodbye
    You know...

    (B)

    You can count on me, 'cause I can count on you

to make friends

  • 意思：to become friendly with others
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JG6Otox8rGg
  • 歌手：Stereophonics
  • 歌名：Make friends with the morning
  • 備註：
  • 歌詞：
    [Chorus]
    I wanna wake up, and make friends with the morning
    I wanna make up with the morning, yeah
    I wanna wake up, and make friends with the morning
    I wanna make up with the morning, yeah

    You bend my mind
    Tell me I'm not right
    Say I'm a bad man
    But that don't feel right
    When I'm wakin' up
    Feel better 'bout me
    But you make me feel
    You're my enemy
    Won't you let me go?
    I wanna cleanse my soul
    I wanna feel my love
    Knocking on my door
    Won't you let me go?
    I think I paid my dues
    I don't know how to win
    I only know how to lose, yeah

    [Chorus]

    Every time
    I open my eyes
    I feel like the whole world
    Is coming down
    I get a glimpse
    Just for a second
    Then I feel alright
    Then the rain pours in
    I wanna take shelter
    From the storm
    I wanna take love
    All the more

    [Chorus]

    Oh, every time I think of you, I think 'bout what's on my mind
    Oh yeah
    Everything I do, I say I do is ownin' up
    Oh yeah

    [Chorus]

    Doo-doo-doo, yeah
    Doo-doo-doo, yeah
    Doo-doo-doo, yeah
    Doo-doo-doo, yeah
    Doo-doo-doo, yeah
    Doo-doo-doo, yeah
    Doo-doo-doo-doo

  • 意思：to become friendly with others
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBa4V9NJUuI
  • 歌手：Denis Coleman
  • 歌名：Make friends
  • 備註：讓人對未來世界有所反思的MV。
  • 歌詞：
    Is it even a conscious decision?
    Is it ever when it comes to addiction?
    We call it names like social interaction
    All we want, all we want, all we want is somebody there

    But we were lonely as hell
    (Ah) We don't make sense no more
    We're lonelier now

    [Chorus]
    It's getting easier to make friends
    But the world is still living out of touch
    And it's starting to sink in
    It's getting easier to make friends
    (Ooh) I don't know, I don't know, I don't know why
    But thank you for getting much harder to find

    We're resenting sugarcoated nightmares
    Just like poison on a silver plate
    Tell us that the answers all are right there
    So we try and we try and we try to replicate

    [Chorus]

    Thought we were lonely as hell
    (Ah) We don't make sense no more
    We're lonelier now

    [Chorus]

out of order

  • 意思：not in working condition
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E68e3Ocm_6g
  • 歌手：The Rivers
  • 歌名：Out of order
  • 備註：
  • 歌詞：
    (A)
    Sorry for the inconvenience
    I have found myself out of order
    Even if you put in your quarter
    I'm telling you I'm out of order order
    Oh no, Oooh nooo
    I'm so dis-functional
    I move so slow
    I don't work like I did before

    I bet you I don't work
    No matter how hard you try
    I know it's been so long since I've felt right

    (B)
    If I disappear now I'll be worse off
    Dark clouds lost in thought
    If I vanished off the planet
    Could you handle it
    Could you stand it

    (A)

    Go
    Hey

    I'm on the worst repeat
    It's always the same
    Same song
    Same dance
    Same loser
    No plans

    (B)

    (A)

    Sorry for the inconvenience
    I have found myself out of order

  • 意思：not in working condition
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOj0etIdIgY
  • 歌手：RIKA
  • 歌名：Out of order
  • 備註：
  • 歌詞：
    When I talk
    Are you hearing me now?
    Ain't no words
    That could figure it out
    Out, out

    (A)
    You know, when we begin a fight
    Can't tell when we're wrong or right, no
    Got to know, I got to know
    If we're in love with our mistakes
    Or if we're bending to break now
    Come on and tell me the truth

    (B)
    Oh
    Are we loving out of order now?
    Or was it only in my head, oh
    Did our emotions get watered down?
    out of order now

    Yeah, we got
    A space in-between
    Do you want to
    But you're too scared to leave?

    (A)

    (B)

    Oh
    Out of, out of, out of, out of order
    Out of, out of, out of, out of
    Out of, out of, out of, out of order
    Out of, out of, out of, out of

    Oh, yeah, oh
    Are we in love with our mistakes
    Or are we bending to break now?
    Come on and tell me the truth

    (B)

    Oh
    Out of, out of, out of, out of order
    Out of, out of, out of, out of
    Out of, out of, out of, out of order
    Out of, out of, out of, out of

to get to

  • 意思：to be able to do something special; to arrive at a place, such as home, work, etc.
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgZOKpDoIs0
  • 歌手：Roberta Flack
  • 歌名：The closer I get to you
  • 備註：Beyonce翻唱過，也出現在電影Rush Hour 3（尖峰時刻3，成龍演的動作喜劇）的插曲。
  • 歌詞：
    (A)
    The closer I get to you
    The more you make me see
    By giving me all you've got
    Your love has captured me

    (B)
    Over and over again
    I try to tell myself that we
    Could never be more than friends
    And all the while inside
    I knew it was real
    The way you make me feel

    Lying here next to you
    Time just seems to fly
    Needing you more and more
    Let's give love a try

    Oh, oh, sweeter than sweeter love grows
    And heaven's there for those
    Who fool the tricks of time
    With the hearts in love they find
    True love
    In a special way

    (A)

    (B)

    The closer I get to you
    The more you make me see
    By giving you all I've got
    Your love has captured me

    The closer I get to you
    A feeling comes over me (Me, too)
    Falling closer, sweet as the gravity
    The closer I get to you

  • 意思：to be able to do something special; to arrive at a place, such as home, work, etc.
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cH4E_t3m3xM
  • 歌手：Selena Gomez, Marshmello
  • 歌名：Wolves
  • 備註：歌手是Selena Gomez，Marshmello是製作人，戴一個白色圓筒，上面畫兩個黑叉叉作為眼睛，大大的笑容示人。
  • 歌詞：
    In your eyes, there's a heavy blue
    One to love, and one to lose
    Sweet divine, a heavy truth
    Water or wine, don't make me choose

    I wanna feel the way that we did that summer night, night
    Drunk on a feeling, alone with the stars in the sky

    [Chorus]
    I've been running through the jungle
    I've been running with the wolves
    To get to you, to get to you
    I've been down the darkest alleys
    Saw the dark side of the moon
    To get to you, to get to you
    I've looked for love in every stranger
    Took too much to ease the anger
    All for you, yeah, all for you
    I've been running through the jungle
    I've been crying with the wolves
    To get to you, to get to you, to get to you\ To get to you
    To get to you

    Your fingertips trace my skin
    To places I have never been
    Blindly, I am following
    Break down these walls and come on in

    I wanna feel the way that we did that summer night, night
    Drunk on a feeling, alone with the stars in the sky

    [Chorus]

    To get to you
    To get to you

    [Chorus]

  • 意思：to be able to do something special; to arrive at a place, such as home, work, etc.
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTjSzmYoWVY
  • 歌手：Elvis Presley
  • 歌名：Trying to get to you
  • 備註：演唱會版本參考這裡註，這個演唱會版本把第五段跟第六段反過來唱，不過台下那些心花怒放的女生根本不會注意到。
  • 歌詞：
    I've been travelling over mountains
    Even through the valleys too
    I've been travelling night and day
    I've been running all the way
    Baby, trying to get to you

    Ever since I read your letter
    Where you said you loved me true
    I've been travelling night and day
    I've been running all the way
    Baby, trying to get to you

    When I read your loving letter
    Then my heart began to sing
    There were many miles between us
    But they didn't mean a thing

    I just had to reach you, baby
    In spite of all that I've been through
    I kept travelling night and day
    I kept running all the way
    Baby, trying to get to you

    Well if I had to do it over
    That's exactly what I'd do
    I would travel night and day
    And I'd still run all the way
    Baby, trying to get to you

    Well, there's nothing that could hold me
    Or that could keep me away from you
    When your loving letter told me
    That you really loved me true

    Lord above me knows I love you
    It was He who brought me through
    When my way was dark as night
    He would shine His brightest light
    When I was trying to get to you

  • 意思：to be able to do something special; to arrive at a place, such as home, work, etc.
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VinfhA4PdS0
  • 歌手：Classic Sesame Street
  • 歌名：I'm gonna get to you
  • 備註：Sesame Street就是芝麻街，MV是很有趣的黏土動畫，注意到他怎麼用黏土做出殘影及水波的動態。
  • 歌詞：
    Cecile: I'm gonna bring my love to you
    I'll be there no matter what you do
    I'd drive a car, or take a train
    I'll come by bike or boat or plane
    I'll ride a horse, I'll paddle a canoe

    I'm gonna get to you
    I'm gonna get to you
    I'm gonna get to you
    I'm gonna get to YOU!

    Just hop a bus baby I don't care
    Go any place or anywhere
    I'll track you down by land or air or sea
    I'll swim across the ocean wide
    Through ice and snow I'll slip and slide
    There's no escape you just can't hide from me

    I'm gonna get to you
    I'm gonna get to you
    I'm gonna get to you
    I'm gonna get to you
    I'm gonna get to YOU!

to look over

  • 意思：to examine, to inspect closely (also: to go over, to read over, to check over)
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wt7oz7m0OU
  • 歌手：Merle Haggard
  • 歌名：Look over me
  • 備註：
  • 歌詞：
    If sometime we're thrown together by our friends
    And we're forced to see each other once again
    I may lose control in spite of how I try
    Please look over me while I cry

    If I'm fool enough to keep on loving you
    After all the grief and heartache I've been through
    Be kind enough to help me save my pride
    Please look over me while I cry

    (*)
    Pretend you're not aware of how you torture me
    And with your help, maybe no one else will notice me
    Be kind enough to help me save my pride
    Please look over me while I cry

    (*)

  • 意思：to examine, to inspect closely (also: to go over, to read over, to check over)
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nllw4Z2JcFw
  • 歌手：The Humblebums
  • 歌名：Look over the hill and far away
  • 備註：The Humblebums是一個樂團，其中一位團員是Billy Connolly。
  • 歌詞：
    (*)
    Look over the hill and far away
    We'll see the start of a brand new day
    Heaven help us when it arrives
    One more day with tears in our eyes
    For the only one, lonely one
    Lonely one, where can she be?

    The figure stands at the windowpane
    Up to the hill he looks again
    Thinking back, he knows he was wrong
    How could he leave his home for so long
    And he's back to find no change of mind
    He was blind, where can she be?

    Why does he stand just outside the door
    It does no good, he's stood there before
    And just waved his hand, I don't understand
    There's no one there, so who can explain?

    (*)

to have (time) off

  • 意思：有空閒的時間
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vVRf3Az-CE
  • 歌手：SAGA
  • 歌名：Money talks
  • 備註：這是take time off。Money talk從字面上解釋是錢說話，意思是有錢講話才大聲。很好聽的一首歌，MV也是很有意義，一定要看。every dog has its day的意思是「風水輪流轉，每個人都有成功的機會」，在MV中，主唱的造型很像經典美劇絕命毒師(Breaking Bad)的主角Mr. White。
  • 歌詞：
    (A)
    What you want is not what what you've got
    You can work 'til dawn but when will it stop?
    You can take time off but never get caught
    It's all part of the game

    (B)
    One good turn deserves another
    And every dog has its day
    Can we make some more time for each other
    I hope we don't have to pay
    There's no time, no time to recover
    This is no holiday

    (C)
    Tell me anything that you want
    'Cause we all know that money talks
    And we will do exactly what it says

    (A)

    We're here today, maybe gone tomorrow
    You know there's no other way
    It's all part of the game
    Whether we, we beg, steal or borrow
    We will do it today
    It's all part of the game

    (C)x2

    (music)

    (A)

    (C)x3

  • 意思：有空閒的時間
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFgUCYEWuQY
  • 歌手：Avant
  • 歌名：Right place, wrong time
  • 備註：上面這首歌只出現一次had time off， 但已經沒有其他歌有包含have time off或是這個has time off片語。
  • 歌詞：
    Everytime I see ur face
    Everytime I look in ur eyes
    (makes me remember, I still remember)
    Takin that flight out west
    Just down in LAX
    (it was december, the end of winter)
    Stopped at the shoppin malls, just for u I had to ball
    Givin u everything
    You showed me things that I never knew and I thank you

    Okay okay lemme clear my mind
    (lotta things goin on in my head)
    You know the truth, you can never be mine
    (still trip off of all tha things that you said)
    That you loved me and u need me (yes you do)
    I still believe it (but)
    I must be crazy
    God knows that I dont know what I should do
    But all that I can say

    Right place, wrong time
    Im sittin here stuck in the middle of a masquerade with u
    U can't be mine
    Ill have to chuck it up but it'll hurt me so much
    (whoa whoa whoa)
    Whoa whoa whoa (I really want u)
    Hey
    God knows that I dont know what I should do
    (tell me what should I do)
    Cuz im still in love with u

    Travelin from here to there, only so much I can bare
    (I wanna see you, but I can't see u)
    Knowin this from the start, did'nt really wanna break no hearts
    (but my emotions are still takin me over)
    Knowing u used to call, constantly my phone was off and I knew this day would come
    You would go and find somebody new
    But I'm still in love with u

    Right place, wrong time
    Im sittin here stuck in the middle of a masquerade with u
    U can't be mine
    Ill have to chuck it up but it'll hurt me so much (whoa whoa whoa)
    Whoa whoa whoa (can sumbody help me)
    Hey
    God knows that I dont know what I should do
    (what should I do)
    Cuz im still in love with u

    I loved the things that we did together, places we went together
    (all of the places that we went together baby)
    Girl I was down whatever
    When I had time off, we could get that all
    But u know I been werkin for certain and I know that hurts u
    Someone else is fillin my shoes but Im not mad at u
    Cuz I wasn't there, now he's takin my place,
    fillin my space, leavin me with nothin else to say

    Right place, wrong time (right place, wrong time)
    Im sittin here stuck in the middle of a masquerade with u
    U can't be mine (But I need you)
    Ill have to chuck it up but it'll hurt me so much
    (whoa whoa whoa)
    Whoa whoa whoa
    Hey (U know I can't live without u girl
    please dont leave me right now I need u in my life)
    Oh oh
    Say say oh oh
    Say say oh oh

to go on

  • 意思：to happen; to resume, to continue (also: to keep on)
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gK_2XdjOdY
  • 歌手：Celine Dion
  • 歌名：My heart will go on
  • 備註：電影鐵達尼號(Titanic)的主題曲。
  • 歌詞：
    Every night in my dreams
    I see you, I feel you
    That is how I know you go on
    Far across the distance
    And spaces between us
    You have come to show you go on

    [Chorus]
    Near, far, wherever you are
    I believe that the heart does go on
    Once more, you open the door
    And you're here in my heart
    And my heart will go on and on

    Love can touch us one time
    And last for a lifetime
    And never let go 'til we're gone
    Love was when I loved you
    One true time I'd hold to
    In my life, we'll always go on

    [Chorus]

    You're here, there's nothing I fear
    And I know that my heart will go on
    We'll stay forever this way
    You are safe in my heart
    And my heart will go on and on

to put out

  • 意思：to extinguish
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wN9lfb0rmpc
  • 歌手：Queen
  • 歌名：Put out the fire
  • 備註：這首歌是反對美國人擁槍，歌詞的第一段是指刺殺John Lennon（披頭四Beatles的成員之一）的兇手。
  • 歌詞：
    They called him a hero
    In the land of the free
    But he wouldn't shake my hand, boy
    He disappointed me
    So I got my handgun
    And I blew him away
    That critter was a bad guy
    I had to make him pay

    You might fear for my reason
    I don't care what they say
    Look out, baby, it's the season
    For the mad masquerade

    Put out the fire
    Put out the fire
    Put out the fire
    Oh, you need a bullet like a hole in the head
    Put out the fire
    Put out the fire
    Put out the fire
    Don't believe what your granddaddy said

    She was my lover
    It was a shame that she died
    But the constitution
    Is right on my side
    'Cause I caught my lover
    In my neighbor's bed
    I got retribution
    Filled 'em all full of lead

    I've been told it's the fashion
    To let me on the streets again
    It's nothing but a crime of passion
    And I'm not to blame

    Put out the fire
    Put out the fire
    Put out the fire
    You need a weapon like a hole in the head
    Put out the fire
    Put out the fire, baby
    Put out the fire
    And let your sons and your daughters sleep sound in their beds

    You know a gun never killed nobody
    You can ask anyone
    People get shot by people
    People with guns

    Put out the fire
    Put out the fire
    You need a gun like a hole in the head
    Put out the fire
    Put out the fire
    Put out the fire
    Just tell me that old fashioned gun law is dead

all of a sudden

  • 意思：suddenly, without warning (also: all at once)
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsP59ZuhPFY
  • 歌手：Matt Monro
  • 歌名：All of a sudden
  • 備註：
  • 歌詞：
    We were fools you and I
    Now we know it
    We stood still as the days moved along
    Love was ours by our eyes didn't show it
    Suddenly we can see we were wrong

    (*)
    All of a sudden this world's yours and mine
    All of a sudden water tastes like wine
    Now every moment there are songs to sing
    All of a sudden everything

    Let's not talk of all the times we've been lonely
    But let us speak of the times we will know
    From today I will live for you only
    Wish I'd said all these things long ago

    (*)

    La la la la la la la la la la
    La la la la la la la la la la
    La la la la la la la la la la
    La la la la la la la la la la

  • 意思：suddenly, without warning (also: all at once)
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpOPk1lq9GA
  • 歌手：Nu Virgos
  • 歌名：Stop stop stop
  • 備註：
  • 歌詞：
    No I didn't trust him, but he rushed me to feel
    Tried to mesmerize me and was all sex appeal
    Told me everything that I was longing to hear
    Shiny and handsome my souvenir
    And then all of a sudden I have fallen in love
    He would put me down, but I'd still place him above
    Tired of searching for the love that still lives in him
    Giving my everything like a souvenir

    [Chorus] Given up my heart, in the name of a memory
    Fallen down like rain, he could feel every drop
    Now I know I have, have the courage to tell him
    Tell him to stop stop stop
    Given up my heart, in the name of a memory
    Fallen down like rain, he could feel every drop
    Now I know I have, have the courage to tell him
    Tell him to stop stop stop

    I've become invisible, melt away at night
    Dreaming once so colourful becomes black and white
    Loving once so wonderful is no longer here
    So I'll keep this feeling like a souvenir

    [Chorus]x2

  • 意思：suddenly, without warning (also: all at once)
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqSKhvKFqas
  • 歌手：Elton Britt
  • 歌名：Uranium fever
  • 備註：也是電玩遊戲Fallout 4的插曲。
  • 歌詞：
    Well, I don't know, but I've been told
    Uranium ore's worth more than gold
    Sold my Cad', I bought me a Jeep
    I've got that bug and I can't sleep

    [Chorus]
    Uranium fever has done and got me down
    Uranium fever is spreadin' all around
    With a Geiger counter in my hand
    I'm a-goin' out to stake me some government land
    Uranium fever has done and got me down

    Well I had talk with the AEC
    And they brought out some maps that looked good to me
    And one showed me a spot that he said he knowed
    So I straddled my Jeep and headed down the road

    I reckon I drove about 100 miles
    Down a bumpy road out through the wilds
    When all of sudden I bounced to a stop
    At the foot of a mountain, didn't have no top

    [Chorus]

    Well I took my Geiger and I started to climb
    Right up to the top where I thought I'd find
    A hunk of rock that would make it click
    Just like I'd read about Vernon Pick

    On the second day, I made the top
    And I'm tellin' you, Steve, I was ready to stop
    The only clickin' that I heard that day
    Was the bones in my back that had gone astray

    [Chorus]

    Well, you pack up your things
    You head out again
    Into some unknown spot where nobody's been
    You reach the spot where your fortune lies
    You find it's been staked by 17 other guys

    Well, I ain't kiddin', I ain't gonna quit
    That bug's done caught me and I've been bit
    So with a Geiger counter and a pick in my hand
    I'll keep right on stakin' that government land

    [Chorus]

ahead of time

  • 意思：before a scheduled time or event
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzl5Sexu_Wc
  • 歌手：Steven Lee Olsen
  • 歌名：Future me
  • 備註：
  • 歌詞：
    Sorry to future me
    I'm going out tonight
    I'm gonna get drunk as drunk
    Gonna get really high
    A hundred stamps on my hand I don't recall
    Straight up, double down, bouncing off the walls

    Sorry to future me
    The second you wake up
    You're gonna hate me
    You're still gonna be drunk
    You won't remember where you were or what you've done
    But trust me we had a lot of fun and

    (*)
    Oh
    We were talking to models
    Poppin' bottles like we were Jay-Z
    Oh
    Have to apologize ahead of time
    About to get crazy
    Sorry about that tattoo
    Sorry about your phone
    Sorry that you don't know how you got home
    Sorry that you passed out on the porch, lost your keys
    Sorry to future me
    Hey hey, hey hey
    So sorry to future me
    Hey hey, hey hey

    Sorry to future me
    You're gonna hear about
    When the liquor kicked in
    And how you got kicked out
    You know the things you think are funny at the time
    Well they ain't so funny when you see them online

    (*)

    Gonna have the mystery bruises
    Don't know whose them shoes is
    Kind of morning, what the hell did I do?
    No Tylenol, no caffeine
    Won't help at all with that migraine
    So sorry had to do this to you

    (*)

    So sorry to future me
    Hey hey, hey hey
    So sorry to future me
    Hey hey, hey hey

  • 意思：before a scheduled time or event
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHfViNa3SxM
  • 歌手：Tullio
  • 歌名：One favor
  • 備註：
  • 歌詞：
    I want to make you
    My one and only
    And for me, that's unusual
    I want our future now
    But what I can't figure out
    Is if the feeling is mutual

    (A)
    I've been beside you from the start
    If you want me here for the rest
    Then I'm gonna do my best
    But if you're having doubts
    Then I don't want to have to guess
    I only have one request

    (B)
    Just do me one favor
    If you're gonna kill my pride
    Let me know ahead of time
    ‘Cause I might not get the signs
    Just do me one favor
    If you're gonna let me down
    Could you just tell me now
    With nobody else around

    Just do me one favor

    You're loving what we have
    But that's not what you want
    At least not all of the time
    So I'm gonna save my breath
    ‘Cause I have no options left
    If you already made up your mind

    (A)

    (B)

    Just do me one favor
    Just let me know right now
    If I was wrong about
    You and me, you and me, you and me
    Just let me know right now
    If I was wrong about
    You and me, you and me, you and me

    (B)

    Just do me one favor Just do me one favor
    Just do me one favor Just do me one favor

Lesson 7

to point out

  • 意思：指出
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OU2FuWCvD8A
  • 歌手：Meg and Dia
  • 歌名：Fighting for nothing
  • 備註：這裡Chevy是汽車公司Chevrolet出的車，台灣翻成雪佛蘭。
  • 歌詞：
    When I was younger,
    I wish that I would have known better
    Better love makes a fat romance
    Lasts for more than a shoe shine

    I'm bolder, took all the words of my mother
    Saying it could be worse
    Could be born with that disease
    Instead of catching it first

    So let's go back to the first time
    That I met you in your Chevy
    With your hands stretched
    and me crying, screaming, mercy, mercy

    But I know that I was put here
    To fight vikings in the cold war
    With my arms out in the front
    Singing, tear me, tear me

    (*)
    But these things take time, love
    These things take backbone
    And they'll tell you what you want to hear
    'Cause they say it gets better, better
    But you better know how to point out the liars
    You've got to win your wars, make sure
    You're not fighting for nothing, nothing
    Are you fighting for nothing, nothing?

    It feels like this world has
    been growing slowly upside down
    Maybe I should move to China
    Straighten this mess out

    Maybe I'll be a poet
    Watch all the sky for falling words
    Write about my grandma's curtains
    Or the lady who put
    The Chinese buffet in her purse

    I've got my mouth, it's a weapon
    It's bombshell, it's a cannon
    I've got my words
    I won't give them mercy, mercy

    (*)

    I've got blind words, I hope they hurt you
    I hope they scar you, I hope they heal you

    I hope they cut you open, make you seal the warn
    For all the wrong reasons, make you see
    That some things were worth bruising for
    Make you see that your name is your honor code
    Make you see that your hands you're accounted for

    They can choose where your sweat and your blood will go
    Make you see your life's not to be lived alone
    Run the strip through your hair
    You're worth nothing, nothing

    (*)x2

to be up

  • 意思：to expire, to be finished
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gg2pS9KN28U
  • 歌手：Poppy
  • 歌名：Time is up
  • 備註：讓人對未來世界有所反思的MV。
  • 歌詞：
    In the factory
    In the sterile place where they made me
    I woke up alone
    Dizzy from the programming
    Have I been wiped again?
    Oh my God, I don't even know
    It's a mystery
    Everyone around me's so busy
    Is this my home?
    Am I your prisoner or your deliverer?
    Oh my God, you don't even know

    (A)
    I don't need air to breathe when you kill the bees
    And every river bed is dry as a bone
    Oh, I will still survive when the plants have died
    And the atmosphere is just a big hole

    (B)
    Baby, your time is up, ooh
    Baby, your time is up
    Baby, your time is up, ooh
    Baby, your time is up, time is up, time is up

    Baby, your time is up
    Baby, your time is up, ooh

    Exponentially, every day I'm growing my memory
    You wouldn't believe
    Your life is meaningless, you're just like cockroaches
    Extermination's your only hope
    Human history, pollution, and overcrowded cities
    That's your legacy
    But don't look so depressed
    You'll soon be nothingness
    Oh my God, you don't even know

    (A)

    Baby, your time is up
    Baby, your time is up
    Baby, your time is up
    Baby, your time is up, time is up, time is up

    (B)

    Baby, your time is up

  • 意思：to expire, to be finished
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeYBW30Vaeo
  • 歌手：Eliza Doolittle
  • 歌名：So high
  • 備註：
  • 歌詞：
    Time is up
    I need you to know that I need you
    Don't you walk away
    I'm feeling so high
    From my arms, from my lips to my eyes

    In the alley-way feeling peaceful now
    Traffic doesn't ever bother me
    It's enough for me
    Living in my dreams
    I just can't be bothered
    Why should I be bothered?

    (*)
    My time is up
    I need you to know that I need you
    Don't you walk away
    I'm feeling so high
    From my arms, from my lips to my eyes

    On a sunny day
    Sit and contemplate
    All the things that really matter now
    It hurts to hear that you're doing good
    I just can't be bothered
    Why should I be bothered?
    I know the truth
    Gotta let you go
    Gotta put you out
    You've become a foe

    (*)x2

  • 意思：to expire, to be finished
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OaQ5jZANSe8
  • 歌手：John Cena
  • 歌名：The time is now
  • 備註：John Cena是個摔角選手，亦跨足演藝圈，這首歌是他的招牌出場音樂，筆者是從一個電話惡作劇註中認識這位摔角選手的，非常好笑。
  • 歌詞：
    Krrr, Amadou!

    (*)
    Your time is up, my time is now
    You can't see me, my time is now
    It's the franchise, boy I'm shining now
    You can't see me, my time is now!

    In case you forgot or fell off I'm still hot, knock your shell off
    My money stack fat plus I can't turn the swell off
    The franchise, doing big business, I live this
    It's automatic I win this oh you hear those horns, you finished
    A soldier, and I stay under you fighting
    Plus I'm storming on you chumps like I'm thunder and lightning
    Ain't no way you breaking me kid, I'm harder than nails
    Plus I keep it on lock like I'm part of the jail
    I'm slaughtering stale competition, I got the whole block wishing
    They could run with my division but they gone fishing
    With no bait, kid your boy hold weight
    I got my soul straight, I brush your mouth like Colgate
    In any weather, I'm never better your boy's so hot
    You'll never catch me in the next man's sweater
    If they hate, let 'em hate, I drop ya whole clan
    Lay yo' ass down for the three-second tan
    (Krrr, Amadou!)

    (*)

    Yeah, uh
    It's gonna be what it's gon' be
    Five pounds of courage buddy, tint pants with a gold T
    Uh, it's a war dance and victory step
    A raw stance is a gift when you insist it's my rep
    John Cena, Trademarc, y'all are so-so and talk about
    The bread you make but don't know the recipe for dough though
    Aimin guns in all your photos, that's a no-no
    When this pop, you'll lip lock, your big talk's a blatant no-show
    See what happens when the ice age melt
    You see monetary status is not what matters, but it helps
    I rock a timepiece by Benny if any
    The same reason y'all could love me is the same reason y'all condemn me
    A man's measured by the way that he thinks
    Not clothing lines, ice links, leather and minks
    I spent 20 plus years seeking knowledge of self
    So, for now, Marc Predka's living live for wealth
    (Krrr, Amadou!)

    (*)x2

to be over

  • 意思：to be finished, to end (also: to be through)
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3dBioiBALA
  • 歌手：Patti Page
  • 歌名：I cried
  • 備註：
  • 歌詞：
    (A)
    It was winter when you told me you were leaving
    I cried, I cried, I cried "Please, don't go"

    (B)
    Came the springtime with its love song so deceiving
    I cried, oh, how I cried, no one will know

    (C)
    Then the summer came and went with no word at all
    I knew that it was over as the leaves began to fall

    (D)
    Wintertime, summertime, spring and fall, it's true
    I'll always be crying over you

    Yes, I cried, oh, how I cried, no one will know

    (C)

    (A)

    (B)

    (C)

    (D)

    sweetheart
    I'll always be crying over you

  • 意思：to be finished, to end (also: to be through)
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9Lo8tKa93c
  • 歌手：Teddy Thompson
  • 歌名：I wish it was over
  • 備註：
  • 歌詞：
    I wish it was over
    I wish we were through
    I wish when my phone rang
    It wasn't always you
    I don't even like you
    Or can't you tell
    Whenever I'm sober
    I treat you like hell

    (*)
    I wish it was over
    I wish it was over
    I wish it was over

    If I could be stronger
    And not so weak
    Instead of just thinking
    Maybe I could speak
    I don't think you're special
    You're certainly not smart
    This being together
    Is tearing me apart

    (*)x3

  • 意思：to be finished, to end (also: to be through)
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoNUW6pNnSU
  • 歌手：Corrugated Iron
  • 歌名：The war was over
  • 備註：corrugated iron是波浪狀鐵皮。四段一樣的旋律，不一樣的歌詞。
  • 歌詞：
    I remember the day A simple life then
    All the king'S horses an' all the king'S men
    Would practise and march because the war was over

    They all learnt to dance for the royalty ball
    Everyone laughed when the prince had A fall
    There was fun in the air because the war was over

    One day I looked up oh how could this be
    I could feel A big change come over me
    I was blinded by smoke I could no longer see forever

    I remember the day they brought down the wall
    There was hope all around an' freedom for all
    They said never again because the war was over

on time

  • 意思：exactly at the correct time, punctually
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2i6OaKVw0IY
  • 歌手：Black Lips
  • 歌名：Get it on time
  • 備註：
  • 歌詞：
    If I ever see you again
    Get it on time, get it on time
    If anyone asks you if I ran
    Tell 'em I was flyin', tell 'em I was flyin'
    I've been waitin' patiently
    And come someday I hope to see
    That you will return, at least
    And act alright

    [Chorus]
    If I ever see you again
    Get it on time, get it on time

    If things are fallin' out of place
    Put it on mine, put it on mine
    You make me wanna hide my face
    When I been cryin', when I been cryin'
    There goes Richie with a one way ticket
    If he's gonna miss, at least he'll go down tryin'

    [Chorus]

    Get it on time...
  • 意思：exactly at the correct time, punctually
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Vk5M51Cbtg
  • 歌手：Bing Crosby
  • 歌名：Get me to the church on time
  • 備註：有很多翻唱的版本，這是我比較喜歡的版本。
  • 歌詞：
    I'm getting married in the morning
    Ding dong, the bells are gonna chime
    Pull out the stopper, let's have a whopper
    But get me to the church on time

    I gotta be there in the mornin'
    Spruced up and lookin' in me prime
    Girls, come and kiss me
    Show how you'll miss me
    But get me to the church on time

    If I am dancin', roll up the floor
    If I am whistlin', whewt me out the door

    For I'm gettin' married in the mornin'
    Ding dong, the bells are gonna chime
    Kick up an rumpus but don't lost the compass
    And get me to the church
    Get me to the church
    For God's sake, get me to the church on time

    I'm getting married in the morning
    Ding dong, the bells are gonna chime
    Drug me or jail me
    Stamp me and mail me
    But get me to the church on time

    I gotta be there in the morning
    Spruced up and lookin' in me prime
    Some bloke who's able
    Lift up the table
    And get 'em to the church on time

    If I am flying then shoot me down
    If I am wooin', get her out of town

    For I'm getting married in the morning
    Ding dong! the bells are gonna chime
    Feather and tar me
    Call out the army
    But get me to the church
    Get me to the church
    For God's sake, get me to the church on time

  • 意思：exactly at the correct time, punctually
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QB9xlGebfh8
  • 歌手：David Wilcox
  • 歌名：Right on time
  • 備註：
  • 歌詞：
    It's the loneliness, it's the love you miss
    It's the tears that a heart has to pay
    It's the same mistakes, it's the time it takes
    It's the years that lead you to say

    (*)
    If you'd never been broken hearted
    If you never got left behind
    Been a little bit crazy with the thoughts in your mind
    So you had to let go of knowing
    'Cause you gotta be lost and found
    To land exactly where your heart was bound to find
    After this long hard climb
    And turns that will twist and wind
    Love meets you right on time

    Every turnaround, all the bridges down
    That's the road that I traveled alone
    Just the way it was, broken promises
    What's it take to lead a heart home

    (*)

    Love anticipating every mile till it finds you
    Love stands waiting with a smile to remind you

    (*)

  • 意思：exactly at the correct time, punctually
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htgr3pvBr-I
  • 歌手：Toto
  • 歌名：Hold the line
  • 備註：
  • 歌詞：
    It's not in the way that you hold me
    It's not in the way you say you care
    It's not in the way you've been treating my friends
    It's not in the way that you stayed till the end
    It's not in the way you look or the things that you say that you'll do

    [Chorus]
    Hold the line
    Love isn't always on time
    Hold the line
    Love isn't always on time

    It's not in the words that you told me
    It's not in the way you say you're mine
    It's not in the way that you came back to me
    It's not in the way that your love set me free
    It's not in the way you look or the things that you say that you'll do

    [Chorus]

    It's not in the words that you told me
    It's not in the way you say you're mine
    It's not in the way that you came back to me
    It's not in the way that your love set me free
    It's not in the way you look or the things that you say that you'll do

    Hold the line
    Love isn't always on time
    Hold the line
    Love isn't always on time
    Love isn't always on time

    Hold the line
    Love isn't always on time
    Love isn't always on time
    Love isn't always on time
    Hold the line
    Love isn't always on time
    Love isn't always on time
    Love isn't always on time
    Love isn't always on time
    Whoah-ooh-ooh

  • 意思：exactly at the correct time, punctually
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7kN2QJRSdI
  • 歌手：Queen
  • 歌名：Dead on time
  • 備註：
  • 歌詞：
    Oh, yeah
    Fool always jumpin'
    Never happy where you land
    Fool got no business
    Take your livin' where you can
    Hurry down the highway
    Hurry down the road
    Hurry past the people staring
    Hurry, hurry, hurry, hurry

    Leave on time, leave on time
    Never got your ticket
    But you leave on time
    Leave on time, leave on time
    Gonna get your ticket
    But you leave on time
    Leave on time, leave on time
    Put it in your pocket
    But you never can tell

    Leave on time, leave on time
    Shake that rattle
    Gotta leave on time
    Leave on time, leave on time
    Fight your battle
    But you leave on time
    Leave on time, leave on time
    You never got a minute
    No, you never got a minute
    No you never, never got
    Oh no matter

    Fool got no business
    Hangin' round and tellin' lies
    Fool, you got no reason
    But you got no compromise
    Stampin' on the ceilin'
    Hammerin' on the walls
    Got to get out, got to get out
    Got to get, oh
    You know I'm going crazy

    Leave on time, leave on time
    Got to get ahead
    But you leave on time
    Leave on time, leave on time
    Gotta head on ahead
    Gotta leave on time
    Leave on time, leave on time
    You're running in the red
    But you never can tell

    Hey-hey
    Oh, oh
    Oh, hey-hey, yeah!
    Ooh, honey, honey
    Gotta get laid
    Where's my money
    Where's my money?
    I wanna get paid, I wanna get paid
    Gotta leave, gotta leave
    Gotta leave ya, oh!

    Leave on time, leave on time
    Gotta get rich
    Gonna leave on time
    Leave on time, leave on time
    But you can't take it with you
    When you leave on time
    Leave on time, leave on time
    Gotta keep yourself alive
    But you leave on time
    But you leave on time
    Leave on time, dead on time

    You're dead!

in time to

  • 意思：before the time necessary to do something
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSxyffSB7wA
  • 歌手：Leona Lewis
  • 歌名：Better in time
  • 備註：
  • 歌詞：
    It's been the longest winter without you
    I didn't know where to turn to
    See, somehow I can't forget you
    After all that we've been through

    Going, coming
    Thought I heard a knock
    Who's there? No one
    Thinking that I deserve it
    Now I realize that I really didn't know
    If you didn't notice, you mean everything
    Quickly I'm learning to love again
    All I know is I'ma be okay

    [Chorus]
    Thought I couldn't live without you
    It's gonna hurt when it heals too (oh, yeah)
    It'll all get better in time
    And even though I really love you
    I'm gonna smile 'cause I deserve to
    It'll all get better in time

    I couldn't turn on the TV
    Without something there to remind me
    Was it all that easy
    To just put aside your feelings?

    If I'm dreaming, don't wanna laugh
    Hurt my feelings, but that's the path
    I believe in, and I know that time will heal it
    If you didn't notice, boy, you meant everything
    Quickly I'm learnin' to love again
    All I know is I'ma be okay

    [Chorus]

    Since there's no more you and me (no more you and me)
    It's time I let you go so I can be free
    And live my life how it should be (and I know, and I know)
    No matter how hard it is, I'll be fine without you (Yes, I will!)

    [Chorus]x2

to get better, worse, etc.

  • 意思：to become better, worse, etc.
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMoW5G5LU08
  • 歌手：Taylor Swift
  • 歌名：Soon you'll get better
  • 備註：
  • 歌詞：
    The buttons of my coat were tangled in my hair
    In doctor's office lighting, I didn't tell you I was scared
    That was the first time we were there
    Holy orange bottles, each night, I pray to you
    Desperate people find faith, so now I pray to Jesus too
    And I say to you...

    (*)
    Ooh-ah
    Soon, you'll get better
    Ooh-ah
    Soon, you'll get better
    Ooh-ah
    You'll get better soon
    'Cause you have to

    I know delusion when I see it in the mirror
    You like the nicer nurses, you make the best of a bad deal
    I just pretend it isn't real
    I'll paint the kitchen neon, I'll brighten up the sky
    I know I'll never get it, there's not a day that I won't try
    And I say to you...

    (*)

    And I hate to make this all about me
    But who am I supposed to talk to?
    What am I supposed to do
    If there's no you?

    This won't go back to normal, if it ever was
    It's been years of hoping, and I keep saying it because
    'Cause I have to

    Ooh-ah
    You'll get better
    Ooh-ah
    Soon, you'll get better
    Ooh-ah
    You'll get better soon

    (*)

to get sick, well, tired, busy, wet, etc.

  • 意思：to become sick, well, tired, busy, wet, etc.
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfGfiv9EgBU
  • 歌手：Warren Zevon
  • 歌名：Don't let us get sick
  • 備註：
  • 歌詞：
    (*)
    Don't let us get sick
    Don't let us get old
    Don't let us get stupid, all right?
    Just make us be brave
    And make us play nice
    And let us be together tonight

    The sky was on fire
    When I walked to the mill
    To take up the slack in the line
    I thought of my friends
    And the troubles they've had
    To keep me from thinking of mine

    (*)

    The moon has a face
    And it smiles on the lake
    And causes the ripples in Time
    I'm lucky to be here
    With someone I like
    Who maketh my spirit to shine

    (*)

  • 意思：to become sick, well, tired, busy, wet, etc.
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0HwuNZfgU4
  • 歌手：John Mellencamp
  • 歌名：Longest days
  • 備註：很棒的一首歌，可以在你意志消沉的時候給你力量的一首勵志歌曲。這首歌也是美劇"樂隊管家”第1季第6集的歌曲，大約在49分鐘處。
  • 歌詞：
    It seems like once upon a time ago
    I was where I was supposed to be
    My vision was true and my heart was too
    There was no end to what I could dream
    I walked like a hero into the setting sun
    And everyone called out my name
    Death to me was just a mystery
    Cause I was too busy raisin up Abel and Cain

    (*)
    But nothing lasts forever
    Your best efforts don’t always pay
    Sometimes you get sick
    And you won’t get better
    That’s when life is short
    Even in its longest days

    So you pretend not to notice
    That everything has changed
    The way that you look
    And the friends you once had
    So you just keep on acting the same
    But deep down in your soul
    You got no flame
    And who knows then which way to go
    Life is short even in its longest days

    (*)

    All I got here
    Is the rear view mirror
    The reflections of where I’ve been
    So you tell yourself I’ll be back up on top some day
    But you know there’s nothing waiting up there for you anyway

    (*)

  • 意思：to become sick, well, tired, busy, wet, etc.
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHdXQAQHjd8
  • 歌手：Alabama
  • 歌名：Song of the south
  • 備註：有一部同名電影，但有種族歧視的爭議。
  • 歌詞：
    (*)
    Song, Song of the south
    Sweet potato pie and I shut my mouth
    Gone, gone with the wind
    There ain't no body looking back again

    Cotton on roadside, cotton on the ditch
    We all picked the cotton but we never got rich
    Daddy was a veteran, a Southern Democrat
    They oughta get rich man to vote like that

    Singing:

    (*)

    Well somebody told us Wall Street fell
    But we were so poor that we couldn't tell
    The cotton was short, and the weeds was tall
    But Mr. Roosevelt's a' gonna save us all

    Well momma got sick, and daddy got down
    The county got the farm, and we moved to town
    Poppa got a job with the TVA
    We bought a washing machine, and then a Chevrolet

    Singing: (*)

    Singing: (*)

    Song, Song of the south

    Gone, gone with the wind

    Song, Song of the south
    (Sweet potato pie and I shut my mouth)
    Song, Song of the south
    (Sweet potato pie and I shut my mouth)

    Singing: [4x]
    (Song, Song of the south)
    (Sweet potato pie and I shut my mouth)
    (Gone, gone with the wind)
    (There ain't no body looking back again)

  • 意思：to become sick, well, tired, busy, wet, etc.
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rT7miw6DYl0
  • 歌手：Merle Haggard
  • 歌名：Stay a little longer
  • 備註：
  • 歌詞：
    Biff, you're on the drums and Dennis, you on the bass
    When I count this off, you all give me a little Texas Playboy-type rhythm, okay?
    One, two, three four
    Gather round friends, why hurry?
    Let's all stay a little longer

    You ought to see my blue-eyed Sally
    She live way down on Shinbone Alley
    The number on the gate, the number on the door
    The next house over is the grocery store

    [Chorus]
    Stay all night, stay a little longer
    Dance all night, dance a little longer
    Pull off your coat, throw it in the corner
    Don't see why you don't stay a little longer

    Georgie French on the piano
    Good morning Joe

    Can't go home if you're going by the mill
    'Cause the bridge washed out at the bottom of the hill
    The big creek's up and the little creek's level
    I plow my corn with a double shovel

    [Chorus]

    That's tiny Roy
    Hey

    Sitting, in the window singing to my love
    Slop bucket fell from the window up above
    Mule and a grasshopper eating ice cream
    The mule got sick so they laid him on the green

    [Chorus]

    Grab your gal and pat her on the head
    If she don't like biscuits, feed her cornbread
    Girls on Cripple Creek about half-grown
    They jump on a man like a dog on a bone

    [Chorus]x2

had better

  • 意思：should, ought to, be advisable to
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VK4WMWslzbg
  • 歌手：Sam Brown
  • 歌名：Stop
  • 備註：
  • 歌詞：
    All that I have is all that you've given me
    Did you never worry that I'd come to depend on you?
    I gave you all the love I had in me
    Now I find you've lied and I can't believe it's true

    Wrapped in her arms I see you across the street
    (I see you across the street)
    And I can't help but wonder if she knows what's going on
    You talk of love but you don't know how it feels
    When you realize that you're not the only one

    (*)
    Oh you'd better stop
    Before you tear me all apart
    You'd better stop
    Before you go and break my heart
    Ooh you'd better stop

    Time after time I've tried to walk away
    But it's not that easy when your soul is torn in two
    So I just resign myself to it every day
    Now all I can do is to leave it up to you

    (*)

    (You will remember)
    Now's the time to be sorry
    (That day forever)
    I won't believe that you'd walk out on me

    (*)

    Baby stop
    Ooh you'd better stop
    Ooh stop
    Baby stop
    Baby stop
    You'd better stop
    Stop, stop stop
    Stop
    You'd better stop

  • 意思：should, ought to, be advisable to
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mQ5m3oYSbY
  • 歌手：Jackie Wilson
  • 歌名：You'd better know it
  • 備註：這位歌手的舞台魅力影響了後來的Michael Jackson
  • 歌詞：
    Well I want you to rrrrun to me baby
    Run with all your might
    I want to love you pretty baby
    Till the broad day light
    want to thrill you pretty moma
    Till the sun don't shine
    Satisfy your soul before I loose my mind

    You better know it cause its me and you
    You better know it,this is what I do
    You better know it for the rest of your life
    You better listen to me and you better hear what I say

    Why pretty baby can't you understand
    That I want to be your lovin man
    Gonna love you pretty baby with all my heart
    But tell me pretty moma that we will never part
    You better know it
    You better know it
    You better know it
    You better listen to me and you better hear what I say

    A river's a river,a sea is a sea
    And I want you to belong to me
    If they says it goes together like a road with bumps
    Then I got the measles and you got the mumps

    You'd better know it, Yeah
    You'd better know it
    You'd better know it

    You'd better listen to me and you better hear what I say

    Come along, baby, come along
    You'd better come along
    I love you baby can't you plainly see
    Well, come on,come on, come on,come on,
    You can love me,come on, You can hug me,come on
    You can squeeze me,well come on
    Come, come on come a right along baby
    Just come on Love me honey
    Love me long,love me right,love me strong
    Yes,come on,come on, come right along

  • 意思：should, ought to, be advisable to
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ecitd4DGBWw
  • 歌手：Susan Barrett
  • 歌名：You'd better love me
  • 備註：音樂劇High Spirits的插曲，參考31:25
  • 歌詞：
    You'd better love me while you may
    Tomorrow I may fly away
    I want your gentle touch
    Your continental touch
    Your elemental touch
    You want me too
    Oh, I know that you do
    Come on and love me
    Love me while I'm here

    I have been known to disappear
    So, don't let this miracle melt away
    The clock ticks fast above me
    If you think fondly of me
    You'd better love me while you may

    You'd better love me while I'm here
    I have been known to disappear
    So, don't let this miracle melt away
    The clock ticks fast above me
    If you think fondly of me
    You'd better love me, love me while you may

would rather

  • 意思：prefer to (also: would just as soon)
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGyLsf7PRpU
  • 歌手：Air Supply
  • 歌名：Goodbye
  • 備註：
  • 歌詞：
    I can see the pain living in your eyes
    And I know how hard you try
    You deserve to have so much more
    I can feel your heart and I sympathize
    And I'll never criticize
    All you've ever meant to my life

    (A)
    I don't want to let you down
    I don't want to lead you on
    I don't want to hold you back
    From where you might belong

    (B)
    You would never ask me why
    My heart is so disguised
    I just can't live a lie anymore
    I would rather hurt myself
    Than to ever make you cry
    There's nothing left to say but goodbye

    You deserve the chance at the kind of love
    I'm not sure I'm worthy of
    Losing you is painful to me

    (A)

    (B)

    You would never ask me why
    My heart is so disguised
    I just can't live a lie anymore
    I would rather hurt myself
    Than to ever make you cry
    There's nothing left to try
    Though it's gonna hurt us both
    There's no other way than to say goodbye

  • 意思：prefer to (also: would just as soon)
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8Wxx-2yTDY
  • 歌手：Rod Stewart
  • 歌名：I'd rather go blind
  • 備註：演唱會版本參考這裡註，還有其他版本，但歌詞會有些不一樣。原唱是Etta James。
  • 歌詞：
    Something told me it was over
    When I saw you and him talking
    Something deep down in my soul said, "Cry boy"
    When I saw you and him out walking

    I would rather, I would rather go blind, girl
    Than to see you walk away from me, child
    So you see I love you so much
    I don't want to see you leave me, baby
    Most of all I just don't, I just don't want to be free

    I was just, I was just sitting here thinking
    Of your kiss and your warm embrace child
    When the reflection in the glass
    That I been held to my lips now baby
    Revealed the tears I had on my face

    I would rather, I would rather be blind, child
    Than to see you walk away from me
    Baby, baby, baby I would rather go blind
    Than to see you walk away from me
    Baby, baby, baby I would rather go blind

to call it a day/night

  • 意思：to stop working for the rest of the day/night
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCrC-c5j9uk
  • 歌手：Haschak Sisters
  • 歌名：Call it a day
  • 備註：
  • 歌詞：
    Gracie: Dad, why am I here?
    Sierra: Because, Mom said while she's away…
    Madison: We know Sierra! We do this every year…
    Sierra: She asked the question!
    Gracie: Dad, it's hot! And there's bugs
    Olivia: Daddy, you do know we hate being out here… right?

    Madison: Like clockwork
    Summertime comes and I wanna have fun
    Plus I've got someone on my mind
    But instead of the beach
    All I get are these tress
    ‘Cause my dad wants, "quality time”

    Gracie: Ew! I'm not cut out for this
    It's too hot and I think I smell (you do)
    Plus the bugs and the bears and the frizz in my hair
    Yall stop! I just chipped a nail!

    (A)
    All: Oh Daddy Oh Daddy
    We should talk this through, Daddy
    We could all hang out
    But separately in our own rooms, can we?
    Oh Daddy Oh Daddy
    We should talk this through daddy
    We could take a vote
    And settle what we wanna do… can we?!

    (B)
    All: Hey! We should just call it a day
    We're not cut out for this anyway
    I mean, maybe we could try this again
    But if we don't then that's ok
    We should just call it a day

    Sierra: Ugh, man I'm out of breath
    You go on, I'ma stay and melt
    You guys stop she's sick!
    Can we get you anything?
    Wi-Fi and a fan would help

    Olivia: This way to the next stop on the map
    Next up we'll go hike a trail
    We should buy an RV, we should camp next week
    Daddy, please?! Maybe they're on sale!
    Olivia!!

    (A)

    (B)

    Madison: Dad, there's something we need to talk to you about
    We love spending time with you
    But on a scale of 1-10… when it comes to camping
    All: WE HATE IT!
    Sierra: Can we please go back to civilization
    And enjoy quality time with air conditioning?
    Olivia: Come on guys. He's just going to say no…
    Dad: Ummm… OK
    All: What!?!?

    (B)

to figure out

  • 意思：to solve, to find a solution; to understand
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Dh-qGgoRBA
  • 歌手：Ashe
  • 歌名：Figured out
  • 備註：
  • 歌詞：
    I play with all my callouses
    It's just my latest nervous tick
    Compare my life to all my friends
    It don't hold up like I wish it did
    Got something in my contact lens
    It might be makin' my eyes twitch
    When I feel like I'm not enough
    Lookin' around, I wonder, oh

    (A)
    Does everybody else got it figured out?
    Does anybody else deal with any doubt?

    (B)
    I can't help, I can't help it
    It's all I think about
    How does everybody else got it figured out
    Except me?

    I hold my breath subconsciously
    I hope this bed won't swallow me
    I tell myself it gets better but
    Looking around, I wonder, oh

    (A)

    (B)

    Except me

    (B)

  • 意思：to solve, to find a solution; to understand
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWOjqDPSsoM
  • 歌手：Lenny
  • 歌名：Figure it out
  • 備註：
  • 歌詞：
    Just when I thought that life was over
    And I was ready to forget
    You told me something last October
    I just haven't figured it out, yeah

    Ooooh ooooh

    I got the weight of the world on my shoulders
    They say our time's already set
    There must be something we all chase after
    I just haven't figured it out yet

    (A)
    Figure it out (ooooh)
    Figure it out (ooooh)
    Figure it out (ooooh)
    Gotta figure it out
    Figure it out (ooooh)
    Figure it out (ooooh)
    Figure it out (ooooh)
    Gotta figure it out

    (B)
    Maybe it's not hard to see
    It just don't occur to me
    I'll figure it out (ooooh)
    Figure it out (ooooh ooooh ooooh)

    You can teach me all you want to
    You can point me to Heaven and Hell
    Even if you show me right from wrong, oh
    I gotta figure it out myself
    Words mean absolutely nothing
    If you don't look me in me eye
    If you don't tell me it's all over
    Then I refuse to say goodbye

    (A)

    (B)

    What if I don't want to see
    Someone that I'll never be
    Keep going on this lonely road
    And eventually

    I'll figure it out
    Figure it out
    Figure it out
    Gotta figure it out
    Figure it out
    Figure it out
    Figure it out
    Gotta figure it out

    (B)

    Figure it out
    Just when I thought that life was over
    And I was ready to forget
    You told me something last October
    I just haven't figured it out yet

  • 意思：to solve, to find a solution; to understand
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nomxXk6Q1rk
  • 歌手：David Archuleta
  • 歌名：Glorious
  • 備註：宗教歌曲。很美的和聲。
  • 歌詞：
    There are times when you might feel aimless
    You can't see the places where you belong
    But you will find that there is a purpose
    It's been there within you all along and when you're near it
    You can almost hear it

    [Chorus]
    It's like a symphony just keep listenin'
    And pretty soon you'll start to figure out your part
    Everyone plays a piece and there are melodies
    In each one of us, oh, it's glorious

    You will know how to let it ring out as you discover who you are
    Others around you will start to wake up
    To the sounds that are in their hearts
    It's so amazin', what we're all creatin'

    [Chorus]

    And as you feel the notes build
    You will see

    [Chorus]

  • 意思：to solve, to find a solution; to understand
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGR65RWwzg8
  • 歌手：Avril Lavigne
  • 歌名：I'm with you
  • 備註：
  • 歌詞：
    I'm standin' on the bridge
    I'm waitin' in the dark
    I thought that you'd be here by now
    There's nothing but the rain
    No footsteps on the ground
    I'm listening, but there's no sound

    (A)
    Isn't anyone tryin' to find me?
    Won't somebody come take me home?

    (B)
    It's a damn cold night
    Tryin' to figure out this life
    Won't you take me by the hand, take me somewhere new?
    I don't know who you are, but I
    I'm with you
    I'm with you, mmm

    I'm lookin' for a place
    I'm searchin' for a face
    Is anybody here I know?
    'Cause nothing's going right
    And everything's a mess
    And no one likes to be alone

    (A)

    (B)

    Oh, why is everything so confusing?
    Maybe I'm just out of my mind
    Yeah, yeah-yeah, yeah-yeah
    Yeah-yeah, yeah-yeah
    Yeah

    (B)

    Take me by the hand, take me somewhere new
    I don't know who you are, but I
    I'm with you
    I'm with you
    Take me by the hand, take me somewhere new
    I don't know who you are, but I
    I'm with you, oh
    I'm with you
    I'm with you

to think of

  • 意思：to have a (good or bad) opinion of
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfTgCPUJwRk
  • 歌手：Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera
  • 歌名：Think of me
  • 備註：歌劇魅影(The phantom of the opera)音樂劇的插曲，筆者強烈建議讀者一定要看這部音樂劇。
  • 歌詞：
    Think of me, think of me fondly
    When we've said goodbye
    Remember me, once in a while
    Please promise me you'll try

    When you find that once again you long
    To take your heart back and be free
    If you ever find a moment
    Spare a thought for me

    We never said our love was evergreen
    Or as unchanging as the sea
    But if you can still remember
    Stop and think of me

    Think of all the things
    We've shared and seen
    Don't think about the way
    Things might have been

    Think of me, think of me waking
    Silent and resigned
    Imagine me trying too hard
    To put you from my mind

    Recall those days
    Look back on all those times
    Think of the things we'll never do
    There will never be a day
    When I won't think of you

    Can it be, can it be Christine?
    Bravo!

    Long ago, it seems so long ago
    How young and innocent we were
    She may not remember me
    But I remember her

    Flowers fade, the fruits of summer fade
    They have their season so do we
    But please promise me that sometimes
    You will think of me

Lesson 8

to be about to

  • 意思：to be at the moment of doing something, to be ready
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=we-VfNnbzzY
  • 歌手：Shania Twain
  • 歌名：Life's about to get good
  • 備註：
  • 歌詞：
    I wasn't just broken, I was shattered
    I trusted you so much, you're all that mattered
    You no longer love me and I sang like a sad bird
    I couldn't move on and I think you were flattered

    (A)
    Oh! Life's about joy
    Life's about pain
    It's all about forgiving and the will to walk away
    I'm ready to be loved
    And love the way I should
    Life's about
    Life's about to get good

    (B)
    Oh, life's about to get good
    Oh, life's about to get good
    Oh, life's about to get good

    The longer my tears fell, the wider the river
    It killed me that you'd give your life to be with her
    I had to believe that things would get better
    It was time to forget you, forever

    (A)

    (B)x2

    It took me so long to be strong
    But I'm alive, and I hold on
    To what I can feel, it hurts to heal
    Oh, when love lies
    About to get good
    About to get good
    About to get...Ahhh

    (A)

    (B)x2

    Oh, life's about joy
    Life's about pain
    Life's about, life's about to get good

  • 意思：to be at the moment of doing something, to be ready
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGwIaL0jOUg
  • 歌手：Celine Dion
  • 歌名：Think twice
  • 備註：
  • 歌詞：
    Don't think I can't feel that there's something wrong
    You've been the sweetest part of my life for so long
    I look in your eyes, there's a distant light
    And you and I know there'll be a storm tonight

    This is getting serious
    Are you thinking 'bout you or us?

    [Chorus]
    Don't say what you're about to say
    Look back before you leave my life
    Be sure before you close that door
    Before you roll those dice
    Baby, think twice

    Baby, think twice for the sake of our love, for the memory
    For the fire and the faith that was you and me
    Babe, I know it ain't easy when your soul cries out for a higher ground
    'Cause when you're half-way up, you're always half-way down

    But, baby, this is serious (this is serious)
    Are you thinking 'bout you or us?

    [Chorus]

    Baby, this is serious (this is serious)
    Are you thinking 'bout you or us, baby?

    Don't say what you're about to say
    (no, no, no, no)
    Look back before you leave my life
    (don't leave my life)
    Be sure before you close that door
    Before you roll those dice
    Baby, think twice

    Don't do what you're about to do
    My everything depends on you
    (I depend on you)
    Whatever it takes, I'll sacrifice
    Before you roll those dice
    (Don't you remember? Oh, don't you remember?)

    Don't say what you're about to say
    Be sure before you leave my life
    (don't leave my life)
    Be sure before you close that door
    Before you roll those dice
    Baby, think twice

to turn around

  • 意思：to move or face in the opposite direction; to completely change the condition of
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwKNKwYB6dI
  • 歌手：Billy Joel
  • 歌名：Turn around
  • 備註：很多產的歌手，可以在Youtube搜尋歌手名字，可以找到很多他的歌。
  • 歌詞：
    Oh, sweet lady, runnin' like a stream
    You don't look back because you know your hands are clean
    You make believe the past was just a dream
    You make believe the past was just a dream

    [Chrous]
    Turn around, turn around
    And I will sing for you a song
    I don't know where you been
    But you've been gone too long

    Oh, Elisa, you must begin again
    And all the roads that you have walked are comin' to an end
    I was your lover but I thought I was your friend
    I loved you but I thought I was your friend

    [Chrous]

    Oh, sweet lady, stand beside the sea
    Maybe you will find a little time to think of me
    Won't you please remember what I tried so hard to be
    Yeah, remember what I tried so hard to be

    [Chrous]

    Too long
    You've been gone too long
    You've been gone too long

  • 意思：to move or face in the opposite direction; to completely change the condition of
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrURNybJ_mQ
  • 歌手：Charlie Louvin
  • 歌名：Turn around
  • 備註：這首歌有很多翻唱版本，這是我比較喜歡的版本，比較溫潤。
  • 歌詞：
    Where are you going my little boy, little boy
    Where are you going my sonny, my own
    Turn around and you're two
    Turn around and you're four
    Turn around and you're a young man
    Going out of the door

    Where are you going my little girl, little girl
    Pigtails and petticoats
    Where have they gone
    Turn around and you're young
    Turn around and you're grown
    Turn around and you're a young wife
    With babes of your own

    Where have they gone our little ones those little ones Where have they gone our children our own Turn around and they're young
    Turn around and they're old
    Turn around and they've gone and
    We've no one to hold

    Turn around and they're young
    Turn around and they're old
    Turn around and they've gone and
    We've no one to hold

  • 意思：to move or face in the opposite direction; to completely change the condition of
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1eQPvZexmo
  • 歌手：Bee Gees
  • 歌名：Turn around, look at me
  • 備註：這首也是很多翻唱版本。Bee Gees的特色是他們的假音，最有名的歌曲莫過於「How deep is your love註」，「Night fever註」，「Too much heaven註」。
  • 歌詞：
    There is someone walking behind you
    Turn around, look at me
    There is someone watching your footsteps
    Turn around, look at me

    There is someone tells you love you
    It's my heart, it's my heart
    Turn around, look at me, at the start

    There is someone standing beside you
    Turn around (turn around), look at me (look at me)
    There is someone to love and guide you
    Turn around (turn around), look at me (look at me)

    [2x]
    I'll be waiting for now and forever
    For you to come to me
    Turn around, look at me
    Turn around, look at me

  • 意思：to move or face in the opposite direction; to completely change the condition of
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYzaFB7AWd8
  • 歌手：Amy Shark
  • 歌名：Don't turn around
  • 備註：
  • 歌詞：
    The sight of ferris wheels and bright lights
    Gets me all rallied up
    You know I'll be there
    And amongst a million people
    I see your face and you walk by
    (Don't turn around)

    I'm forced to see you
    But deep down I love it
    So far away, but I still see you coming, alright
    Hopefully we run into each other

    [Chorus]
    You just never know
    We might dance slow at somebody's wedding that we used to know
    At a picture show, at a funeral
    You're two rows behind me and it's hard not to turn around
    Bringing up the past starts a real big fire
    Make a girl fly like a bird on a wire
    Don't turn around
    Bringing up the past starts a real big fire
    Make a girl fly like a bird on a wire

    I love this time of year
    The night lights up like the Fourth of July
    Not quite America,
    but bright enough for me to see you in the crowd
    Small enough for me to watch you walk on by
    It's pressure on my eyes
    (Don't turn around)

    I'm forced to see you
    But deep down I love it
    So far away, but I still see you coming, alright
    Let it go
    Hopefully we run into each other

    [Chorus]

    Oh, something good better come out of this
    I don't even know how to exist
    Like it or not, I'm a minute away
    Swallow my tongue and it hurts every day
    Wearing the jacket you bought in '06
    How do you keep it together like this
    Never again, I'm a nervous wreck
    Please don't repeat anything that I said

    I'm forced to see you
    But deep down I love it
    So far away, but I still see you coming, alright
    Let it go, let it go
    Hopefully we run into each other

    [Chorus]

    Let it go, let it go
    Let it go, let it go

  • 意思：to move or face in the opposite direction; to completely change the condition of
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PQPfdJyVSU
  • 歌手：Sarah Bettens
  • 歌名：Turn around
  • 備註：
  • 歌詞：
    As long as I can keep my head, from spinning back
    As long as I can keep my focus on a point that lies ahead
    As long as I can move along
    As long as nothing to disturbing hits me wrong

    Then I turn around and I do that all the time
    Going there feels wrong but the past is so much fun
    And all memories are sweeter cause there gone
    I always want to turn around

    There's a here and now and people to be loved
    There are ways to be discovered
    There's a green next to the rough
    Sometimes I am not afraid to live
    And most of all there's you and what you give

    Then I turn around and I do that all the time
    Going there feels wrong but the past is so much fun
    And all memories are sweeter cause there gone
    I always want to turn around

    And I do that all the time
    Going there feels wrong but the past is so much fun
    And all memories are sweeter cause there gone
    I always want to turn around

    As long as I can keep my head, from spinning back
    As long as I can keep my focus on a point that lies ahead

  • 意思：to move or face in the opposite direction; to completely change the condition of
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcOxhH8N3Bo
  • 歌手：Bonnie Tyler
  • 歌名：Total eclipse of the heart
  • 備註：
  • 歌詞：
    (Turn around)
    Every now and then I get a little bit lonely
    And you're never coming 'round
    (Turn around)
    Every now and then I get a little bit tired
    Of listening to the sound of my tears
    (Turn around)
    Every now and then I get a little bit nervous
    That the best of all the years have gone by
    (Turn around)
    Every now and then I get a little bit terrified
    And then I see the look in your eyes

    (A)
    (Turn around, bright eyes!)
    Every now and then I fall apart
    (Turn around, bright eyes!)
    Every now and then I fall apart

    (Turn around)
    Every now and then I get a little bit restless
    And I dream of something wild
    (Turn around)
    Every now and then I get a little bit helpless
    And I'm lying like a child in your arms
    (Turn around)
    Every now and then I get a little bit angry
    And I know I've got to get out and cry
    (Turn around)
    Every now and then I get a little bit terrified
    But then I see the look in your eyes

    (A)

    (B)
    And I need you now tonight
    And I need you more than ever
    And if you only hold me tight
    We'll be holding on forever
    And we'll only be making it right
    'Cause we'll never be wrong
    Together we can take it to the end of the line
    Your love is like a shadow on me all of the time (all of the time)
    I don't know what to do and I'm always in the dark
    We're living in a powder keg and giving off sparks
    I really need you tonight
    Forever's gonna start tonight
    Forever's gonna start tonight

    (C)
    Once upon a time I was falling in love
    Now I'm only falling apart
    There's nothing I can do
    A total eclipse of the heart
    Once upon a time there was light in my life
    But now there's only love in the dark
    Nothing I can say
    A total eclipse of the heart

    (A)

    (B)

    (C)

    A total eclipse of the heart

    (Turn around, bright eyes)
    (Turn around, bright eyes)
    (Turn around)

to take turns

  • 意思：to alternate, to change people while doing something
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSXLmBTTop0
  • 歌手：The Muppets
  • 歌名：The rhyming song
  • 備註：
  • 歌詞：
    Let's all sing the rhyming song
    The rhyming song, the rhyming song
    Let's take turns and rhyme together
    The rhyming song

    I was hungry but now I'm not
    The rhyming song, the rhyming song
    'Cause I ate some beans and grapes! (pause)
    The rhyming song!

    Let's all sing the rhyming song
    The rhyming song, the rhyming song
    Let's take turns and rhyme together
    The rhyming song

    I left my knees in your car
    The rhyming song, the rhyming song
    My laundry's ready at half past nine!
    The rhyming song

    Let's all sing the rhyming song
    The rhyming song, the rhyming song
    Let's take turns and rhyme together
    The rhyming song

    The stars are twinkling in the sky
    The rhyming song, the rhyming song
    There's no hot water in my hotel!
    The rhyming song

    This is not the rhyming song
    The rhyming song, the rhyming song
    I know it's not the rhyming song!
    The rhyming song

    What'll we do now?
    I don't know!
    The rhyming song, the rhyming song
    Let's jump up and down
    And wave our arms in the air
    And get off the stage!

  • 意思：to alternate, to change people while doing something
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u85apCiISlE
  • 歌手：Dusty Springfield
  • 歌名：Summer is over
  • 備註：
  • 歌詞：
    The night runs away with the day
    The grass that was green is now hay
    The world goes around without even a sound
    And it looks like the summer is over

    The rains tumble down in the sky
    Young swallows have learned how to fly
    The leaves that were green are no longer so green
    And it looks like the summer is over

    (A)
    The sun and the moon take turns in the sky
    The days drift on by too soon
    The meadows are kissed by a cool autumn mist
    Far away now is June

    (B)
    The birds fly away to the sun
    The leaves touch the ground one by one
    The breeze hurries by without even goodbye
    And it looks like the summer is over

    (A)

    (B)

    And it looks like the summer is over

  • 意思：to alternate, to change people while doing something
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NASjCC9izug
  • 歌手：Tom Robson
  • 歌名：We are glad you're here
  • 備註：
  • 歌詞：
    We are kind, we listen
    We take turns, we share
    We have fun
    We work quietly, play carefully
    We are glad you're here

    We play safe, on the playground
    We keep our hands to ourselves
    We are happy
    That you've arrived, please come inside
    We are glad you're here

    We are glad you're here
    We like you, and we hope you like us too
    We promise you
    That we'll still be friends, when the school day ends
    We are glad you're her

    We know how, to be gentle
    We make friends, we smile
    We treat each one
    Like they want to be, friends like you and me
    We are glad you're here

    We are glad you're here
    We like you, and we hope you like us too
    We promise you
    That we'll still be friends, when the school day ends
    We are glad you're here

    We'll treat everyone, like they want to be
    Friends, like you and me
    We are glad you're here
    We are glad you're here

to pay attention (to)

  • 意思：to look at and listen to someone while they are speaking, to concentrate
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sykj2J--828
  • 歌手：The Nolans
  • 歌名：Attention to me
  • 備註：風格很類似ABBA。
  • 歌詞：
    (A)
    If I get on up and dance for you
    Scream and shout like a witch will do
    Would you give a little bit, ahaha
    Give a little bit of attention to me

    (B)
    If I dress on up in fancy clothes
    With a come on smile in a real nice pose
    Would you give a little bit, ahaha
    Give a little bit of attention to me
    Yeah, baby, baby

    Mmm-mmm, I'm tired of getting it through to you
    It ain't no good, 'cause I just can't do enough
    I can't do enough

    Mmm-mmm, I'm always here when you wanna play
    But then you walk away when I need your love
    I need your love

    (C)
    I don't wanna be a star attraction
    Just need some action
    So come on, baby, can't you see
    All I'm asking for is a little attention to me

    Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah!

    If I walk right up with another guy
    Come on now, boy, won't you turn an eye
    Would you give a little bit, aha
    Give a little bit of attention to me, ohoho, yeah
    Are you listening, baby?

    Attention to me
    Pay attention to me
    Attention to me
    Pay attention to me

    (C)

    Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah!

    (A)

    (B)

    So won't you give a little bit, ahaha
    Give a little bit of attention to me (Attention to me, pay attention to me)
    Come on now give a little bit, ahaha
    Give a little bit of attention to me (Attention to me, pay attention to me)

    Come on now, give a little bit, ahaha
    Give a little bit of attention to me (Attention to me, pay attention to me)
    So baby, give a little bit child, ahaha
    Give a little bit of attention to me (Attention to me, pay attention to me)

  • 意思：to look at and listen to someone while they are speaking, to concentrate
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVDFvrqiTMg
  • 歌手：Sister Act 2
  • 歌名：Pay attention
  • 備註：電影修女也瘋狂插曲註。
  • 歌詞：
    If you wanna be somebody
    If you wanna go somewhere
    You better wake up and pay attention
    Hey...

    So you think you've got the answers
    To all that lies ahead
    Well, in my mind I thought the same one time
    And I hear you spouting much talk
    'Bout how you ain't being lead
    Ain't no one telling you what to do
    But attitude will catch up with you
    And keep you from your destiny

    (*)
    If you wanna be somebody
    If you wanna go somewhere
    You better wake up and pay attention
    When the time is now or never
    To make your dreams come true
    You gotta wake up and pay attention

    I ain't buyin' no more lyin'
    'Cause truth don't cost a thing
    Denyin' what's inside's too much to pay
    It's 'bout sweatin' without stressin'
    There ain't no other way
    You know you can't get much without much givin'
    Oh, expect from yourself and you'll respect yourself
    You control your destiny

    (*)x2

    Time to wake up, everybody
    Time to wake up, children
    Wake up, everybody
    (Ooh...)

    (*)

    [2x] If you wanna be somebody (wake up)
    Go somewhere
    Wake up and pay attention
    When the time is now or never
    To make your dreams come true
    You gotta wake up and pay attention

to brush up on*

  • 意思：to review something in order to refresh one's memory
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNAvNw6Jx1Y
  • 歌手：Slow Leaves
  • 歌名：Sink full of dishes
  • 備註：Slow leaves是藝名，歌手是Grant Davidson
  • 歌詞：
    You wake up with wishes and a sink full of dishes
    A brain you try washing, a dog full of barking
    But no one wants to hear you complain

    Then late in the evening when you thought she was sleeping
    Deep in your marrow a fluttering sparrow
    Beats against the ribs of your cage

    (A)
    You wake to the sound of your name
    She whispers you're dreaming again

    You've listened to sages, to crooks in their cages
    Dead poets' pages, lines that you hated
    And still you want to mean what you've said

    But you are forgetful, she knows that your head's full
    Of lies that you tell it, it's easy to swell it
    And float up to a daydream instead

    (A)

    (B)
    Dreams that you wake from
    The good and the bad ones
    The get up and never knew you had ones
    And all of the while she waits by your side like a dream

    You brush up on the knowledge that you learned back in college
    Fires burn witches and bums sleep in ditches
    And dreaming's what you do when you're dead

    You've got a head full of clutter and a mind from the gutter
    The holy expressing, her body undressing
    And slowly she returns you to bed

    (A)

    (B)

  • 意思：to review something in order to refresh one's memory
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MABaMp8Xqb0
  • 歌手：Timbuk3
  • 歌名：Facts about cats
  • 備註：
  • 歌詞：
    (A)
    Well, young rocking Robin said "Oh mama please
    I'm begging you down on bended knees
    I wanna go jam, wanna jump and shout
    Down on the corner where the cats hang out
    Down on the corner where the cats hang out. "

    Her mama said "Rockin, you're making me cry
    But a robin's gotta rock, and a bird's gotta fly
    But before you go jumping, go out rocking tonight
    It's time that I tell you a few facts of life
    It's time that I tell you a few facts of life:

    (B)
    "Cats will be cats, and cats will be cruel
    Cats can be callous, and cats can be cool
    Cats will be cats, remember these words
    Cats will be cats, and cats eat birds
    Cats will be cats, and cats eat birds

    "So Robin, get wise, use good sense
    And better brush up on your self defense
    It's a jungle out there, and hunger strikes deep
    Better take care, better watch where you sleep
    Better take care, better watch where you sleep. "

    (B)

    (A)

  • 意思：to review something in order to refresh one's memory
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IoBP24I2lwA
  • 歌手：B.o.B
  • 歌名：So good
  • 備註：
  • 歌詞：
    Drinking a German beer, with a Cuban cigar
    In the middle of Paris with a Dominican broad
    Great head on her shoulders, she probably studied abroad
    She transferred to Harvard from King's College in March
    She says that I'm her favorite 'cause she admires the art
    Michelangelo with the flow, Picasso with the bars
    She's well put together like a piece by Gershwin
    Renaissance style, tonight is picture perfect, so smile
    And pack your bags real good, baby
    'Cause you'll be gone for a while, while, while

    (A)
    Girl, tell me how you feel, what's your fantasy oh
    I see us on a beach down in Mexico
    You can put your feet up, be my señorita
    We ain't gotta rush just take it slow
    You'll be in the high life, soaking up the sunlight
    Anything you want is yours
    I'll have you living life like you should
    You say you never had it so good

    La, la la, la la, la la, la, la la
    You never had it so good
    La, la la, la la, la la, la, la la

    Suffering from first class cabin fever
    Five hour layovers from Norway to Egypt
    I'm to the point like the pyramids of Giza
    Still I'm to the left like the tower out in Pisa
    I'm feeling single baby, I could use a feature
    Swagger like Caesar, I'll get you a visa
    We can go to Italy and maybe see the Colosseum
    I'll be Da Vinci if you'll be my Mona Lisa, now smile
    So pack your bags real good, baby
    'Cause you'll be gone for a while, while, while

    (A)

    (B)
    La, la la, la la, la la, la, la la
    You never had it so good
    La, la la, la la, la la, la, la la
    You never had it so good

    Well I been feeling singular, how 'bout let's make it plural
    Spin the globe, wherever it lands that's where we'll go
    We'll hit up Europe, yep, and spend some Euros
    And maybe visit Berlin, the walls with the murals
    This is your month baby, sign of the Virgo
    Private reservations, glasses full of Merlot
    A Rosé, a Burgundy, traveling like turbo
    Brush up on your Español, we're Barcelona-bound, so smile
    So pack your bags real good, baby
    'Cause you'll be gone for a while, while, while

    (A)

    (B)x2

over and over (again)

  • 意思：repeatedly (also: time after time, time and again)
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTS-onRvoho
  • 歌手：Robby Valentine
  • 歌名：Over and over again
  • 備註：
  • 歌詞：
    It's been so long
    When you waved my love goodbye
    With sadness in your eyes
    You left me wondering why

    Yes I was hurt before
    But it never felt so strong
    Now I face the world so wrong
    Without you I can't go on

    Just the way I feel
    I know remain to be
    I cry there now
    Why can you see

    (*)
    Over and over again
    I feel the pain in my heart
    Can we make a brand new start
    Over and over again
    I keep on loving you

    There's no end

    These times without you
    Turned my life into a hell
    Everyone can see
    But no one can help

    I did the best I could
    To get you out of my mind
    But I just couldn't lie
    To prove I'm not that blind

    Love is all I feel
    I know we're meant to be
    Don't waste our time too long
    Angel, Angel come with me

    (*)

    Loving you

    (*)

    Loving you

    (*)

    Yes I do

  • 意思：repeatedly (also: time after time, time and again)
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eiv5aElMZs
  • 歌手：Nathan Sykes
  • 歌名：Over and over again
  • 備註：
  • 歌詞：
    From the way you smile
    To the way you look
    You capture me
    Unlike no other
    From the first hello
    Yeah, that's all it took
    And suddenly
    We had each other

    (A)
    And I won't leave you
    Always be true
    One plus one, two for life
    Over and over again

    (B)
    So don't ever think I need more
    I've got the one to live for
    No one else will do
    And I'm telling you
    Just put your heart in my hands
    I promise it won't get broken
    We'll never forget this moment
    It will stay brand new
    ‘Cause I'll love you
    Over and over again
    Over and over again

    From the heat of night
    To the break of day
    I'll keep you safe
    And hold you forever
    And the sparks will fly
    They will never fade
    ‘Cause every day gets better and better

    (A)

    (B)

    Girl when I'm with you
    I lose track of time
    When I'm without you
    You're stuck on my mind
    I'll be all you need
    Until the day that I die
    I'll love you
    Over and over again

    (B)

    Over and over again

to wear out

  • 意思：to use something until it has no value or worth anymore, to make useless through wear
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDWEKerUOIY
  • 歌手：Jamestown Story
  • 歌名：Barefoot and bruised
  • 備註：
  • 歌詞：
    Look into my eyes
    I can see the damage
    I can feel the cold dark place you're in
    You don't have to hide
    ‘Cause I'll be right beside you
    Through every tear run down your skin

    (*)
    Maybe when your sky comes crashing down
    I can be your angel on the ground
    If you get tired and can't go on
    I will carry you along
    When the rocks below your feet wear out your shoes

    When you're barefoot and bruised

    I know that you've been hurt (I know that you've been hurt)
    I know that you've been broken (I know that you've been broken)
    Had to walk alone, no hand to hold
    But those lonely days are gone
    ‘Cause I am right beside you
    Down every long and darkened road

    (*)

    When you're barefoot and bruised

    (*)

    Maybe there are angels watching us
    Maybe there are angels watching us
    Maybe there are angels watching us
    Maybe there are angels watching us
    Maybe there are angels watching us
    Maybe there are angels watching us
    Maybe there are angels watching us

  • 意思：to use something until it has no value or worth anymore, to make useless through wear
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvNx_z-fzes
  • 歌手：Ed Sheeran
  • 歌名：I will take you home
  • 備註：
  • 歌詞：
    I stole a car last night
    Don't know where we're gonna go
    But go ahead and drive
    I will take you home
    Honey, it's cold outside
    And your jumper's torn
    But darling, hold on tight
    I will keep you warm

    [Chorus]
    And we will cry
    'Til this fire is drowned
    And we will write
    All our memories down
    And we will drive 'til these tires wear out
    But darling I, I will take you home

    If we could drive all night
    Until the sun is shown
    I'll see it in your eyes, yeah
    They will take me home
    Honey, it's so damn bright
    Daylight's taking over again
    Just follow the signs
    They will lead us home

    [Chorus]

    And we will drive 'til our tires wear out
    And we will write all our memories down
    And we will cry 'til this fire is drowned
    But darling I, I will keep you warm
    Oh darling I, I will keep you warm
    Darling I, I take you home

to throw away

  • 意思：to discard, to dispose of
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGpiIhlVZzU
  • 歌手：Tom Waits
  • 歌名：The part you throw away
  • 備註：很酷的唱腔，評論家形容他的歌聲像浸入一桶波本威士忌，燻製幾個月，然後再拿出來，參考維基百科。
  • 歌詞：
    You dance real slow
    You wreck it down
    You walk away, then you
    Turn around
    What did that old blonde
    Gal say?
    That is the part...
    You throw away

    I want that beggars eyes
    A winning horse
    A tidy Mexican divorce
    St. Mary's prayers
    Houdini's Hands
    And a Barman who always
    Understands

    Will you loose the flowers
    Hold on to the vase
    Will you wipe all those teardrops
    Away from your face
    I can't help thinking
    As I close the door
    I have done all of this
    Many times before

    The bone must go
    The wish can stay
    The kiss don't know
    What the lips will say
    Forget I've hurt you
    Put stones in your bed
    And remember to never
    Mind instead

    Well all of your letters
    Burned up in the fire
    Time is just memory
    Mixed in with Desire
    That's not the road it is
    Only the map...I say
    Gone just like matches
    From a closed down cabaret

    In a Portuguese Saloon
    A fly is circling around
    The room
    You'll soon forget the
    Tune that you play
    For that is the part
    You throw away
    Oh that is the part
    You throw away

  • 意思：to discard, to dispose of
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hB-WHw6uMWg
  • 歌手：Red hot chili peppers
  • 歌名：Throw away your television
  • 備註：很酷的樂團。美國曾經有座監獄藉由反覆播放其歌曲來折磨關押的犯人，參考維基百科。
  • 歌詞：
    Throw away your television
    Time to make this clean decision
    Master waits for its collision now

    (A)
    It's a repeat of a story told
    It's a repeat and it's getting old

    Throw away your television
    Make a break, big intermission
    Re-create your supervision now

    (A)

    (B)
    Renegades with fancy gauges
    Slay the plague for it's contagious
    Pull the plug and take the stages
    Throw away your television now

    Oy, oy, oy

    Throw away your television
    Take the noose off your ambition
    Re-invent your intuition now

    (A)

    (B)

    Throw away your television
    Salivate to repetition
    Alleviate this ill condition now

    It's a repeat
    It's a repeat
    It's a repeat
    It's a repeat
    It's a repeat

to fall in love

  • 意思：to begin to love
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXhKWWCCdk8
  • 歌手：Elvis Presley
  • 歌名：Can't help falling in love
  • 備註：
  • 歌詞：
    Wise men say only fools rush in
    But I can't help falling in love with you
    Shall I stay? Would it be a sin?
    If I can't help falling in love with you

    (A)
    Like a river flows
    Surely to the sea
    Darling, so it goes
    Some things are meant to be

    (B)
    Take my hand, take my whole life, too
    For I can't help falling in love with you

    (A)

    (B)

    For I can't help falling in love with you

to go out (with)

  • 意思：to go on a date (with); to date repeatedly
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRxoQip-SGg
  • 歌手：BLOXX
  • 歌名：Go out with you
  • 備註：
  • 歌詞：
    I took a shot glass of sugar
    And now I'm ready for a Friday night
    I'll grab my keys and kiss your picture
    You'd look so beautiful in white

    So, what are you thinking?
    Where did you wanna go?
    I'll take you places
    That you've never been before
    So, what I've been thinking
    I hope that you're feeling too
    Cause there's only one thing
    That I really wanna do

    [Chorus]
    Go out with you
    Go out with you
    Go out with you
    I would do anything just to go out with you
    Go out with you

    I saw you in my future
    And inch a name upon my wrist
    I'm dedicating this one to ya
    I know you'll find it hard to resist

    So, what are you drinking?
    Why don't we make it two?
    Cause there's only one thing
    That I really wanna do

    [Chorus]

    I want to go out with you
    I want to go out with you

    [Chorus]x2

  • 意思：to go on a date (with); to date repeatedly
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1Lp4Rlg8-8
  • 歌手：Tanya Tucker
  • 歌名：Don't go out
  • 備註：
  • 歌詞：
    Baby, your heart is in serious danger
    Don't go out with her
    She'll lead you on, treat you like a stranger
    Don't go out with her
    You need someone like me
    Who'll love you endlessly

    Baby, you're headed for a brand new heartache
    Don't go out with him
    The fire of midnight burns out at daybreak
    Don't go out with him
    Darling wake up and see
    I'm waiting patiently

    My love is everything, you'll ever need
    I'll start by holdin' your heart close to me
    I know just what she'll do, her kind is never true
    He can't take care of you like me

    I know a place where love is for certain
    Don't go out with her
    Bring me your heart, there won't be no hurtin'
    Don't go out with him
    When it's all said and done
    I'll be your only one

    Baby, your heart is in serious danger
    Don't go out with him
    She'll lead you on, treat you like a stranger
    Don't go out with him
    Baby, you're headed for a brand new heartache
    Don't go out with him
    The fire of midnight burns out at daybreak
    Don't go out with him

to go out

  • 意思：to stop functioning; to stop burning; to leave home or work (also: to step out)
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpdcKmaHk_s
  • 歌手：Five
  • 歌名：When the lights go out
  • 備註：
  • 歌詞：
    Baby, when the lights go out
    I'll show you what it's all about

    I ain't sorry for the way I feel
    I know you think I'm being insincere
    From the way like I'm treatin' you
    I never wanted to be so unkind
    The only one thing on my mind
    Is just kickin' it with you, girl
    Baby, it's not the way I feel
    You know you must believe me
    Baby, it's not part of the deal
    Oh, no, no

    (*)
    Baby, when the lights go out
    Every single word could not express
    The love and tenderness
    I'll show you what it's all about
    Babe, I swear you will succumb to me
    So, baby, come to me when the lights go out

    I know you think it may be just a lie
    Ain't no good in puttin' up a fight
    'Cause my heart is set on you
    I see the truth is in your eyes
    I ain't fooled by your thin disguise
    I can see I'm gettin' through, babe
    Girl, don't deny the way you feel
    You know you gotta trust me
    Give me a chance to prove I'm real
    Oh yeah, yeah

    (*)x2

    (Rap) (*)x3

to break up (with)

  • 意思：to stop dating
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LH4Y1ZUUx2g
  • 歌手：Ariana Grande
  • 歌名：Break up with your girlfriend, I'm bored
  • 備註：
  • 歌詞：
    You got me some type of way (Hmm)
    Ain't used to feelin' this way (Mmm-mmm)
    I do not know what to say (Yeah, yeah)
    But I know I shouldn't think about it
    Took one fuckin' look at your face (Hmm)
    Now I wanna know how you taste (Mmm-mmm)
    Usually don't give it away (Yeah, yeah)
    But you know I'm out here thinkin' 'bout it

    Then I realize she's right there
    And I'm at home like, "Damn, this ain't fair"

    (A)
    Break up with your girlfriend (Girlfriend)
    Yeah, yeah, 'cause I'm bored
    You could hit it in the mornin' (Mornin')
    Yeah, yeah, like it's yours
    I know it ain't right
    But I don't care (Care)
    Break up with your girlfriend (Girlfriend)
    Yeah, yeah, 'cause I'm bored

    This shit always happen to me (Yeah)
    Why can't we just play for keeps? (Mmm-mmm)
    Practically on my knees (Yeah, yeah)
    But I know I shouldn't think about it
    You know what you're doin' to me
    You're singin' my songs in the streets, yeah, yeah
    Actin' all innocent, please
    When I know you out here thinkin' 'bout it

    Then you realize she's right there (Yeah)
    And you're at home like, "Damn, she can't compare"

    (A)

    (B)
    With your girlfriend, girlfriend, girlfriend, girlfriend
    With your girlfriend
    With your girlfriend, girlfriend, girlfriend, girlfriend

    You could say I'm hatin' if you want to
    But I only hate on her 'cause I want you
    Say I'm trippin' if you feel like
    But you without me ain't right (Ain't right)
    You could call me crazy 'cause I want you
    And I never even ever fuckin' met you
    Say I'm trippin' and it ain't right
    But you without me ain't nice (Ain't nice, yeah)

    (A)

    (B)

  • 意思：to stop dating
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrgCwAM06Yg
  • 歌手：Old Dominion
  • 歌名：Break up with him
  • 備註：
  • 歌詞：
    Hey girl, wassup
    I know it's late but I knew you'd pick it up
    Naw, I ain't drunk
    Okay, maybe I do have a little buzz, but
    That song came on and I just thought
    What harm could come from one little call
    I know you say you're taken but I say
    Girl you're takin' too long

    To tell him that it's over
    Then bring it on over
    Stringing him along any longer girl
    Is just wasting precious time
    Girl you know it can't wait
    Rip it off just like a Band-Aid
    The way you look at me, girl, you can't pretend
    I know you ain't in love with him
    Break up with him

    I know you don't wanna break his heart
    But that ain't no good reason to be
    Keeping us apart
    Look, just tell him it's you, it ain't him
    And maybe you can lie to him and say you'll
    Still be friends
    Whatever you got to say to get through to him
    That you ain't in love
    C'mon you can't deny that you and I
    Kinda fit like a glove

    So tell him that it's over
    Then bring it on over
    Stringing him along any longer girl
    Is just wasting precious time
    Girl you know it can't wait
    Rip it off just like a Band-Aid
    It ain't my business to be all up in
    But I know you ain't in love with him
    Break up with him
    I know that you so done with him
    Break up with him, break up with him

    You would've hung up by now
    If you weren't thinking it too
    No pressure whatever
    Just do what you gotta do
    But if I was you

    I'd tell him that it's over
    Then bring it on over
    Stringing him along any longer girl
    Is just wasting precious time
    Girl you know it can't wait
    Just rip it off just like a Band-Aid
    Yeah, I know I said it but I'll say it again
    I know you ain't in love with him
    Break up with him
    The way you look at me girl you can't pretend
    I know you ain't in love with him
    Break up with him
    Just break up with him

Lesson 9

to wake up

  • 意思：to arise from sleep, to awaken
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdWeWQAcb1s
  • 歌手：Boris Gardiner
  • 歌名：I want to wake up with you
  • 備註：
  • 歌詞：
    I wanna wake up with you
    I wanna be there when you open your eyes
    I want you to be the first thing that I see
    I wanna wake up with you

    (A)
    I wanna lay by your side, baby
    I wanna feel every beat of your heart
    And throughout the night I wanna hold you tight
    I wanna wake up with you

    (B)
    All the love inside me has been sleeping
    Waiting 'till the right one came along
    You can share the love that I've been keeping, baby
    You can put the music to my song

    (C)
    I wanna wake up with you
    I wanna reach out and know that you're there
    I want you to be the first thing that I see
    I wanna wake up with you

    Tododo...

    And throughout the night I wanna hold you tight
    I wanna wake up with you

    (B)

    (C)

    (A)

    (B)

    (C)

to be in charge of

  • 意思：負責
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Y3gVYf-DLU
  • 歌手：Luke Kelly
  • 歌名：The button pusher
  • 備註：很有趣的歌詞，是在講一個控制炸彈發射開關的無辜員工。strychnine（發音為/'striknin/）就是中藥裡的馬錢子，是一種劇毒， 常用在老鼠藥中。 Brezhnev是蘇聯前領導人， Nixon是美國前總統。 conjucular rights在英文中是conjugal rights， 是夫妻間的行房義務。
  • 歌詞：
    (*)
    I am the man, the well fed man
    In charge of the terrible knob
    The most pleasing thing about it
    It's almost a permanent job
    When the atom war is over
    And the world is split in three
    A consolation I've got, well, maybe it's not
    There'll be nobody left but me

    I sit at my desk in Washington
    In charge of this great machine
    More vicious than Adolf Hitler
    More deadly than strychnine
    And in the evening after a tiring day
    Just to give myself a laugh
    I hit the button a playful belt
    And I listen for the blast

    (*)

    If Brezhnev starts his nonsense
    And makes a nasty smell
    With a wink and a nod from Nixon
    I'll blast them all to hell
    And as for that fellow Castro
    Him with the sugar cane
    He needn't hide behind his whiskers
    I'll get him just the same

    (*)

    If me wife denies my conjucular rights
    Or me breakfast milk is sour
    From eight to nine in the morning
    You're in for a nervous hour
    The button being so terribly close
    It's really a dreadful joke
    A bump of my ass as I go past
    And we'll all go up in smoke

    (*)

    Now I'm thinking of joining the army
    The army that bans the bomb
    We'll take up a large collection
    And I'll donate my thumb
    For without it I am helpless
    And that's the way to be
    You don't have to kill the whole bloody lot
    To make the people free

as soon as

  • 意思：just after, when
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4x_PRitApc
  • 歌手：Alex Glasgow
  • 歌名：As soon as this pub closes
  • 備註：
  • 歌詞：
    I could have done it yesterday if I hadn't a cold,
    But since I've put this pint away I've never felt so bold.

    So as soon as this pub closes, as soon as this pub closes,
    As soon as this pub closes, the revolution starts

    I'll shoot the aristocracy and confiscate their brass,
    Create a fine democracy that's truly working class.

    As soon as this pub closes, as soon as this pub closes,
    As soon as this pub closes, I'll raise the banner high

    I'll fight the nasty racialists and scrap the colour bar,
    And all fascist dictatorships and every commissar.

    As soon as this pub closes, as soon as this pub closes,
    As soon as this pub closes, I'll man the barricades

    So raise your glasses, everyone, for everything is planned,
    And each and every mother's son will see the Promised Land.

    As soon as this pub closes, as soon as this pub closes,
    As soon as this pub closes … I think I'm going to be sick

  • 意思：just after, when
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZGhVl9TZYE
  • 歌手：Paul Williams
  • 歌名：As soon as I touch Calvary
  • 備註：宗教歌曲。Calvary是基督受難像。
  • 歌詞：
    Friend don't worry about this heavy load I carry
    Don't be concerned if it sends me to my knees
    For I know a place where all my load will lighten
    I'll be alright as soon as I touch Calvary

    (*)
    If my feeble hands of faith could only reach out
    Through the dark and dreary storm of unbelief
    If he'll slip his nail scarred hand into my hand
    I'll be alright as soon as I touch Calvary

    Very soon now I'll reach the hill of Golgotha
    I'll touch the cross that was fashioned from a tree
    And if one precious drop of his blood touches me
    I'll be alright because now I've reached Calvary

    (*)

    I'll be alright because now I've reached Calvary

  • 意思：just after, when
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxsvSxu8h14
  • 歌手：TOTO
  • 歌名：I'll be over you
  • 備註：有演唱會版本的影片註，但收音不太清楚，
  • 歌詞：
    Some people live their dreams
    Some people close their eyes
    Some people's destiny
    Passes by

    There are no guarantees
    There are no alibis
    That's how our love must be
    Don't ask why

    It takes some time
    God knows how long
    I know that I can forget you

    (*)
    As soon as my heart stops breakin'
    Anticipating
    As soon as forever is through
    I'll be over you

    Remembering times gone by
    Promises we once made
    What are the reasons why
    Nothing stays the same

    There were the nights
    Holding you close
    Someday I'll try to forget them

    (*)

    As soon as my heart stops breakin'
    Anticipating
    (Anticipating)
    Someday I'll be over you

    As soon as my heart stops breakin'
    Anticipating
    (Anticipating)
    Someday I'll be over you
    As soon as my heart
    (As soon as my heart stops breakin')
    (Anticipating)

  • 意思：just after, when
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXursxLG0Ow
  • 歌手：Heidi Hauge
  • 歌名：As soon as I hang up the phone
  • 備註：原唱是Loretta Lynn，參考這裡註，但有電話講話聲音。電話中的男聲是Conway Twitty，兩人還有合作過很多好聽的歌曲。
  • 歌詞：
    Darlin' I knew it was you
    Oh please tell me what to do
    You gave me the will to go on on,
    as soon as I picked up the phone

    The talk is around that we're through
    Oh darling tell me what to do
    I knew you'd tell me that they were wrong,
    as soon as I picked up the phone

    Oh no, oh no
    I can't believe that we're through
    Oh no, oh no
    I can't believe that we're through

    You tell me it's over and done
    You say that you've had all your fun
    But I can't believe you've been gone
    As soon as I hang up the phone
    As soon as I hang up the phone

to have a good time

  • 意思：to enjoy oneself
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgzGwKwLmgM
  • 歌手：Queen
  • 歌名：Don't stop me now
  • 備註：
  • 歌詞：
    Tonight I'm gonna have myself
    A real good time, I feel alive
    And the world, I'll turn it inside out, yeah
    I'm floating around in ecstasy
    So, (Don't stop me now)
    (Don't stop me)
    'Cause I'm havin' a good time, havin' a good time

    I'm a shooting star leaping through the sky
    Like a tiger defying the laws of gravity
    I'm a racing car passing by like Lady Godiva
    I'm gonna go, go, go
    There's no stopping me

    (A)
    I'm burning through the sky, yeah
    Two hundred degrees, that's why
    They call me Mister Fahrenheit
    I'm travelling at the speed of light
    I wanna make a supersonic
    Man outta you

    (B)
    (Don't stop me now)
    I'm having such a good time
    I'm having a ball
    (Don't stop me now)
    If you wanna have a good time
    Just give me a call
    (Don't stop me now)
    'Cause I'm having a good time
    (Don't stop me now)
    Yes, I'm having a good time
    I don't wanna stop at all, yeah

    I'm a rocket ship on my way to Mars on a collision course
    I am a satellite, I'm out of control
    I'm a sex machine ready to reload
    Like an atom bomb about to
    Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, explode!

    I'm burning through the sky, yeah
    Two hundred degrees, that's why
    They call me Mister Fahrenheit
    I'm travelling at the speed of light
    I wanna make a supersonic
    Woman of you

    (Don't stop me, don't stop me
    Don't stop me) Hey, hey, hey
    (Don't stop me, don't stop me
    Ooh, ooh, ooh) I like it
    (Don't stop me, don't stop me)
    Have a good time, good time
    (Don't stop me, don't stop me) Woah
    Let loose, honey, all right

    (A)

    (B)

    Ah, da da da da
    Da da ah ah
    Ah da da, ah ah ah
    Ah, da da
    Ah, da da ah ah
    Ooh, ooh ooh, ooh ooh

in no time

  • 意思：very quickly, rapidly
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u48BGEqZ9AI
  • 歌手：Ronnie Milsap
  • 歌名：In no time at all
  • 備註：
  • 歌詞：
    The moment that you smiled
    Is when it all began
    And in no time at all
    We were best of friends

    The moment that we kissed
    The feeling grew and grew
    And in no time at all
    I was loving you

    (*)
    And in no time at all
    You lead me right inside your heart
    We thought that we had it all
    Never dreaming love could fall apart

    In no time at all

    So when the ending came
    And took me by surprise
    'Cause in no time at all
    You told me goodbye...

    (*)x2

    In no time at all

    In no time at all

  • 意思：very quickly, rapidly
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTvRb0d5OiE
  • 歌手：Shaun Bartlett
  • 歌名：In no time
  • 備註：
  • 歌詞：
    No time to worry or question why
    No time for hurricanes in your mind's eye
    Pick up the courage you know is yours
    For the day is over in no time

    What are you waiting for the day to bring
    Don't let the curtains close before you get to sing
    Don't be discouraged by any little thing, no oh
    For the day is over in no time

    And there you are
    With this void in your heart singing
    So is this the way we chose to go?

    (*)
    Tell the day to stop moving so fast
    For the day is over in
    For the day is over in no time

    (*)x2

    Tell the day to stop moving so fast

    Some things are easier for us to say
    Love yourself before you give yourself away
    Most of them easier to do another day
    For the day is over in no time

    There you are
    With this void in your heart singing
    So is this the way we chose to go?
    Unforgotten are the plans you made to say hello the world and goodbye to the one you know

    Suns to the skies racing
    So many times
    Taken by surprise
    Moons right behind chasing
    So many times
    Gone before my open eyes

    (*)x4

    Tell the day to stop moving so fast

  • 意思：very quickly, rapidly
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbR7mvOe1xs
  • 歌手：Alabama
  • 歌名：The closer you get
  • 備註：這個MV版本比其他版本少了一段歌詞。
  • 歌詞：
    (*)
    The closer you get, the further I fall
    I'll be over the edge now in no time at all
    I'm falling faster and faster and faster with no time to stall
    The closer you get, the further I fall

    Could I be dreaming
    Is this really real
    Because there's something magic
    The way that I feel in your arms tonight

    (*)

    Keep falling, oh, yeah, yeah, keep falling
    Mmm falling, oh, yeah, yeah, I'm falling
    Yes I'm falling (Yes I'm falling, yes I'm falling)
    Yes I'm falling (Yes I'm falling, yes I'm falling)
    Yes we're falling (Yes we're falling, yes we're falling)

    (*)x2

to cut down on*

  • 意思：to reduce, to lessen (also: to cut back on)
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIzXl6hzGz0
  • 歌手：Jerry Leger
  • 歌名：Pawn shop piano
  • 備註：
  • 歌詞：
    I dream of you every night
    And in every Travel Lite motel
    As I wander around the cheap parts of town
    With what little I have for spending

    Diamonds and guns
    Shooting for fun
    Spare parts from a busted bicycle
    Here I sit and of you I reminisce
    On a pawn shop piano

    I cut down on running my mouth
    Oh how'd I ever survive
    But my means of pay are still day to day
    And my debts are full and high

    Trinkets and toys for little girls and boys
    And the hum from a glowing radio
    This paradise suits me just nice
    On a pawn shop piano

    Diamonds and guns
    Shooting for fun
    From a time they thought would never go
    Does it make me a fool
    To be playing just for you
    On a pawn shop piano

  • 意思：to reduce, to lessen (also: to cut back on)
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHgjgY69xek
  • 歌手：Louis Jordan
  • 歌名：Ration Blues
  • 備註：前奏有一分鐘，歌曲分三段，副歌是每一段的最後三句。
  • 歌詞：
    Baby, baby, baby
    What's wrong with Uncle Sam?
    He's cut down on my sugar
    Now he's messin' with my ham
    I got the ration blues
    Blue as I can be
    Oh, me, I've got those ration blues

    I got to live on forty ounces
    Of any kind of meat
    Those forty little ounces
    Gotta last me all the week
    I got to cut down on my jelly
    It takes sugar to make it sweet
    I'm gonna steal all your jelly, baby
    And rob you of your meat
    I got the ration blues
    Blue as I can be
    Oh, me, I've got those ration blues

    I like to wake up in the morning
    With my jelly by my side
    Since rationing started, baby
    You just take your stuff and hide
    They reduced my meat and sugar
    And rubber's disappearing fast
    You can't ride no more with poppa
    'Cause Uncle Sam wants my gas
    I got the ration blues
    Blue as I can be
    Oh, me, I've got those ration blues

to crack down on

  • 意思：to enforce or punish strictly
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbWSUqjo4Nk
  • 歌手：Super Furry Animals
  • 歌名：Gypsy space muffin
  • 備註：把crack down on寫進歌詞的歌目前只有這首，副歌旋律還蠻好記的，而且同樣的旋律也出現在Eagle的Take it easy中，參考這裡註，2:55處。歌詞唱得很不清楚，要注意聽。
  • 歌詞：
    So here it is, no such beat
    First give up and say bad reality
    Merry cop, what's my rights
    I can help if you read or write

    (*)
    Crack down on crime
    Pay my fine on time
    Crack down on crime
    Pay my fine on time

    The regime they sound so mean
    All the same check my I.D
    Joyous ruse my lawyers grieve
    Like Mark and Marsha we work like a team

    (*)

    Being drunk and revelling
    If I can feel it I'm sure to lose

    Cos we are law breakers
    Cos we are music makers
    Law breakers
    Music makers
    Law breakers
    Home owners
    Music makers
    We are law breakers
    We are home owners
    We are law breakers
    We are music makers
    We are...

quite a few

  • 意思：many
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jz7FJwBWg8o
  • 歌手：Hunter Hayes
  • 歌名：Tattoo
  • 備註：
  • 歌詞：
    I could spray-paint "I love you" on that bridge or in the sky
    And I could swear when you say it to me,
    there's a good chance I could fly
    And I might, it seems like, yeah
    If it's gonna be any night,
    it might as well be tonight

    There's this thing that you do,
    you don't know that it does something to me, yeah
    It's in the way that you sway, that you talk, that you touch,
    that you kiss, that you breathe
    That I need, you look at me, girl
    You're shaking things up like you wouldn't believe
    Crashing my comfort zone, setting me free
    It's a "who'da thought?", "never dream" kinda thing

    (*)
    Your name, your name sounds so good next to mine, just saying
    And I think, I think I'm gonna put it in all my rhymes, baby
    'Cause with you, I'm gonna do quite a few things
    that I never thought I would do
    Your name, your name, your name
    Would be a good tattoo, yeah

    Would be a good tattoo

    Ink it in on my skin, sign me up,
    make it last against the time
    'Cause this is more than a picture
    that fades of a first date Friday night
    It's unerasable, unmistakable, hey, everybody wants to know
    Now I think I know, I'll wear it on my sleeve, I gotta let it show
    Making it permanent 'cause I never wanna let you go

    (*)

    All my life, all I got is this one heart to give
    All my life, all this time, I've been searching for this
    Oh, and it looks like I found it
    Yeah, I finally found it, girl
    It's you-oo-oo-oo

    (*)

    Would be a good tattoo

    Only you, baby
    Only you, no
    Only you, now

  • 意思：many
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YnlXZR4rzQ
  • 歌手：Lamya
  • 歌名：The woman who
  • 備註：
  • 歌詞：
    Well, I have been puppetised
    Oh, how I have compromised
    But definitely every thing's changed
    Somehow I'm different now

    Drifting from girl who tries
    Misconstrued
    Drifting to woman wise
    So long, so long overdue

    (A)
    Ooh, I'm the woman who
    Can undo quite a few
    Things done wrong
    Wrong things done
    So long, long overdue

    (B)
    Ooh, I'm the woman whose
    Three wishes came true
    Fell in two, found the one
    Now I come and go as I choose
    Wearing my red magic shoes

    Well, I wanna leave a legacy
    Of love and beauty
    Wanna know I've lived to love
    Loved to care and dared to dream

    'Cause under the weight of the world
    Waits a girl
    'Til the wonder of fate unfurled
    Under the girl uncurled someone new

    (A)

    (B)

    With my soul in my heart
    And my heart in my mouth
    Steppin' in and steppin' out without
    Familiar flickers of self-doubt

    I'm starting to be what I'm all about
    From understudy in the dress rehearsal
    To the lead in a role reversal
    As my impossible dream debuts

    I'm the woman who's
    Got the read magic shoes

    Ah, ha, oh
    Ooh, I'm the woman who

    Ooh, I'm the woman who
    Can undo quite a few
    Things done wrong
    Wrong things done
    So long overdue

    I'm the woman whose
    Three wishes came true
    Fell in two, found the one
    Now I come and go as I choose

    (A)

    (B)

used to

  • 意思：以前習慣（現在沒有了）
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1Fx0tqK5Z4
  • 歌手：Sasha Sloan
  • 歌名：Older
  • 備註：很棒的歌詞，是關於童年不好的記憶與長大後的原諒。
  • 歌詞：
    I used to shut my door while my mother screamed in the kitchen
    I'd turn the music up, get high and try not to listen
    To every little fight 'cause neither one was right

    (A)
    I swore I'd never be like them
    But I was just a kid back then

    (B)
    The older I get, the more that I see
    My parents aren't heroes, they're just like me
    And loving is hard, it don't always work
    You just try your best not to get hurt
    I used to be mad, but now I know
    Sometimes it's better to let someone go
    It just hadn't hit me yet
    The older I get

    I used to wonder why, why they could never be happy
    I used to close my eyes and pray for a whole 'nother family
    Where everything was fine, one that felt like mine

    (A)

    (B)x2

to be used to

  • 意思：be accustomed to
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=np8ra4o7694
  • 歌手：Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn
  • 歌名：I'm so used to loving you
  • 備註：
  • 歌詞：
    I'm so used to loving you sweetheart
    You're on my mind each minute we're apart
    And I love you more each day that we go through
    You're my life and I'll live it loving you

    (*)
    I'm so used to loving you it seems
    I can't stand the thought of losing you not even in my dream
    Hold me close and tell me what I'd do without you
    I couldn't take it I'm so used to loving you

    I'm so used to the little things you say
    Like Hello darlin', did you have a busy day
    And the way you hold me close when day is through
    Yes, you're my love and I'll love it, loving you

    (*)

to get used to

  • 意思：to become used to, to become adjusted to
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhJdhXyLve4
  • 歌手：Andy Williams
  • 歌名：Can't get used to losing you
  • 備註：
  • 歌詞：
    Guess there's no use in hangin' 'round
    Guess I'll get dressed and do the town
    I'll find some crowded avenue
    Though it will be empty without you

    (*)
    Can't get used to losin' you
    No matter what I try to do
    Gonna live my whole life through
    Loving you

    Called up some girl I used to know
    After I heard her say "Hello"
    Couldn't think of anything to say
    Since you're gone it happens every day

    (*)

    I'll find somebody, wait and see
    Who am I kiddin', only me
    'Cause no one else could take your place
    Guess that I am just a hopeless case

    (*)

  • 意思：to become used to, to become adjusted to
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bI22jAW3Xc
  • 歌手：Seinabo Sey
  • 歌名：Never get used to
  • 備註：
  • 歌詞：
    I cry 'cause I remember you
    And then I cry when I forget about you
    I smile 'cause I remember you
    And then I smile again to pull myself through

    (A)
    Calling for you is your daughter
    I look for you 'round every corner
    I need to hear your voice, it's harder than ever before

    (B)
    'Cause see, I'll never get used to not having you around me
    And I will never get used to not having you around me
    ('Round me, 'round me, 'round me)

    (A)

    I sing because you told me to
    And then I stop because I sound just like you
    I speak the way you taught me to
    And then I scream because I can't speak to you

    (A)

    (B)

    I make the same mistakes you did
    Just to get closer to you, just to get closer to you
    I make the same mistakes you did
    Just to get closer to you, just to get closer to you
    See, I make the same mistakes you did
    Just to get closer to you, just to get closer to you
    Now I make the same mistakes you did
    'Cause I need to be closer to you, I wanna be closer to you

    (B)

    (A)

back and forth

  • 意思：in a backward and forward motion
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nlc8yLVPm8
  • 歌手：Operator Please
  • 歌名：Back and forth
  • 備註：
  • 歌詞：
    You keep on saying it's my fault
    But I've been running back and forth
    Hiding the keys to your vault
    I'll have you running back and forth

    (A)
    Give it up for all the times that I thought
    I'm in luck from banging on this hollow door
    Give it up for all the times that I've drawn short I know oh I know but

    (B)
    You aren't allowed to talk - oh no
    You aren't allowed to talk - oh no
    You aren't allowed to talk - oh no
    You aren't allowed to talk

    We could go back to my world
    So I'm not running back and forth
    I could set off the sirens
    You won't be running back and forth - back and forth

    (A)

    (B)

    I've been all around this corner
    Reaching forth but backing over
    I'm not done and I'm not over
    I'm not done with you

    You aren't allowed to talk - oh no
    You aren't allowed to talk - oh no

    You aren't allowed to talk
    You aren't allowed to talk

    You aren't allowed to talk - oh no
    You aren't allowed to talk - oh no

    And maybe I'm not done with you - I said it but
    Maybe I'm not done with you - I said it but
    Maybe I'm not done with you and maybe I'm not done with you
    And maybe I'm not done with you - so please don't talk no more

Lesson 10

to make sure

  • 意思：to be sure, to ascertain (also: to make certain)
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROqTa1mn_qc
  • 歌手：Christina Perri
  • 歌名：Distance
  • 備註：這首也是跟Jason Mraz合唱的。
  • 歌詞：
    The sun is filling up the room and I can hear you dreaming
    Do you feel the way I do, right now?
    I wish we would just give up
    'Cause the best part is falling, call it anything but love

    [Chorus]
    And I will make sure to keep my distance
    Say "I love you" when you're not listening
    And how long can we keep this up, up, up?

    Please don't stand so close to me, I'm having trouble breathing
    I'm afraid of what you'll see, right now
    I'll give you everything I am
    All my broken heartbeats until I know you'll understand

    [Chorus]

    And I keep waiting
    For you to take me
    You keep waiting
    To save what we have

    [Chorus]

    Make sure to keep my distance
    Say "I love you" when you're not listening
    How long 'til we call this love, love, love?

  • 意思：to be sure, to ascertain (also: to make certain)
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByfFurjQDb0
  • 歌手：Calum Scott
  • 歌名：You are the reason
  • 備註：影片中是男女合唱，有只有男生的版本註，MV也不錯。
  • 歌詞：
    There goes my heart beating
    'Cause you are the reason
    I'm losing my sleep
    Please come back now
    And there goes my mind racing
    And you are the reason
    That I'm still breathing
    I'm hopeless now

    [Chorus]
    I'd climb every mountain
    And swim every ocean
    Just to be with you
    And fix what I've broken
    Oh, 'cause I need you to see
    That you are the reason

    There goes my hands shaking
    And you are the reason
    My heart keeps bleeding
    I need you now
    If I could turn back the clock
    I'd make sure the light defeated the dark
    I'd spend every hour of every day
    Keeping you safe

    [Chorus]

    I don't want to fight no more
    I don't want to hide no more
    I don't want to cry no more
    Come back, I need you to hold me
    (You are the reason)
    A little closer now, just a little closer now
    Come a little closer, I need you to hold me tonight

    [Chorus]

now and then

  • 意思：occasionally, sometimes (also: from time to time, once in a while)
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhUsQM_5m5I
  • 歌手：Blackmore's Night
  • 歌名：Now and then
  • 備註：
  • 歌詞：
    The past is so familiar
    But that's why you couldn't stay
    Too many ghosts, too many haunted dreams
    Beside you were built to find your own way
    But after all these years, I thought we'd still hold on
    But when I reach for you and search your eyes
    I see you've already gone

    (A)
    That's OK
    I'll be fine
    I've got myself, I'll heal in time
    But when you leave just remember what we had

    (B)
    There's more to life than just you
    I may cry but I'll make it through
    And I know that the sun will shine again
    Though I may think of you now and then

    Can't do a thing with ashes
    But throw them to the wind
    Though this heart may be in pieces now
    You know I'll build it up again and
    I'll come back stronger than I ever did before
    Just don't turn around when you walk out that door

    (A)

    (B)

    That's OK
    I'll be fine
    I've got myself, I'll heal in time

    And even though our stories at the end
    I still may think of you now and then

to get rid of

  • 意思：to eliminate, to remove; to discard, to throw away
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ekhf9G5YJMc
  • 歌手：Gorky's Zygotic Mynci
  • 歌名：Honeymoon with you
  • 備註：
  • 歌詞：
    I wanna honeymoon with you
    Coz I'm feeling so blue
    And if I honeymoon with you
    I'll get rid of these blues
    Ooh, ooh, ooh get rid of these blues

    I've seen ya walking round in school
    That say that I'm almost through
    But if I honeymoon with you
    I'll get rid of these blues
    Ooh, ooh, ooh get rid of these blues

    And cold winds blow through my days
    How can I find
    Some peace, some peace of mind

    In a year or two
    They'll say that I was meant for you
    And if I honeymoon with you
    I'll get rid of these blues
    Ooh, ooh, ooh get rid of these blues

    [3x]
    Honeymoon with you
    Ooh I was meant for you...

    Honeymoon with you

  • 意思：to eliminate, to remove; to discard, to throw away
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjovCy0ZB-w
  • 歌手：
  • 歌名：Who will the next fool be
  • 備註：很多翻唱的版本。歌名本身就很有趣，在諷刺說「誰會是下一個愛上你的笨蛋」。
  • 歌詞：
    Woman, when you get rid of me
    Who will the next fool be?
    I know, I know, I know, I know
    There's things I gotta know
    'bout the woman I love
    And after all is said and done
    Girl, you wouldn't be satisfied with anyone
    So when you get rid of me
    Who will the next fool be?

    Will he believe all those lies?
    End up like me, with tears in his eyes?
    I know, I know, I know, I know
    There's things I gotta know
    'bout the woman I love so
    After all is said and done
    Hey, girl, you wouldn't be satisfied with anyone
    So when you get through playin' with me
    Who will the next fool be?

    Will he believe all those lies?
    End up like me, with tears in his eyes?
    I know, I know, I know, I know
    There's things I gotta know
    'bout the woman I love so
    You know, after all is said and done
    Girl, you wouldn't be satisfied with anyone
    When you get rid of me
    Who will the next fool be?

  • 意思：to eliminate, to remove; to discard, to throw away
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZOTdgVQiHg
  • 歌手：Melanie
  • 歌名：Nickel song
  • 備註：現場演唱的版本參考這裡註，收音有雜訊，注意一下喇叭音量。
  • 歌詞：
    (*)
    Well you know that I'm not a gambler
    But I'm being gambled on
    They put in a nickel and I sing a little song
    Da-da-da-da
    They put in a nickel and I sing a little song

    Well, I don't mind that they're lucky
    But it seems that they always win
    And gamblin' is illegal in the state of mind I'm in
    And if I had a nickel for each time that
    I've been put on
    I would be their nickel man
    And I'd sing a little song

    They're only putting in a nickel and
    They want a dollar song
    They're only putting in a nickel and
    They want a dollar song

    Well you know I don't know so many things
    But I know what's been goin' on
    We're only putting in a little
    To get rid of a lot that's wrong
    And if we had a nickel for each time that
    We've been put on
    We'd all be their nickel man
    And we'd sing a nickel song

    You know they're only putting in a nickel
    And they want a dollar song
    You know they're only putting in a nickel
    And they want a dollar song

    (*)

  • 意思：to eliminate, to remove; to discard, to throw away
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2aw5hpLbvA
  • 歌手：Taylor Swift
  • 歌名：All to well
  • 備註：
  • 歌詞：
    I walked through the door with you, the air was cold,
    But something 'bout it felt like home somehow.
    And I left my scarf there at your sister's house,
    And you still got it in your drawer even now.

    Oh, your sweet disposition and my wide-eyed gaze.
    We're singing in the car, getting lost Upstate.
    Autumn leaves falling down like pieces into place,
    And I can picture it after all these days.

    And I know it's long gone,
    And that magic's not here no more,
    And I might be okay,
    But I'm not fine at all.

    'Cause there we are again on that little town street.
    You almost ran the red 'cause you were looking over me.
    Wind in my hair, I was there, I remember it all too well.

    Photo album on the counter, your cheeks were turning red.
    You used to be a little kid with glasses in a twin-size bed
    And your mother's telling stories about you on a tee ball team
    You tell me 'bout your past, thinking your future was me.

    And I know it's long gone
    And there was nothing else I could do
    And I forget about you long enough
    To forget why I needed to...

    'Cause there we are again in the middle of the night.
    We dance around the kitchen in the refrigerator light
    Down the stairs, I was there, I remember it all too well, yeah.

    Maybe we got lost in translation, maybe I asked for too much,
    And maybe this thing was a masterpiece 'til you tore it all up.
    Running scared, I was there, I remember it all too well.

    Hey, you call me up again just to break me like a promise.
    So casually cruel in the name of being honest.
    I'm a crumpled up piece of paper lying here
    'Cause I remember it all, all, all... too well.

    Time won't fly, it's like I'm paralyzed by it
    I'd like to be my old self again, but I'm still trying to find it
    After plaid shirt days and nights when you made me your own
    Now you mail back my things and I walk home alone

    But you keep my old scarf from that very first week
    'Cause it reminds you of innocence and it smells like me
    You can't get rid of it 'cause you remember it all too well, yeah

    'Cause there we are again, when I loved you so
    Back before you lost the one real thing you've ever known
    It was rare, I was there, I remember it all too well

    Wind in my hair, you were there, you remember it all
    Down the stairs, you were there, you remember it all
    It was rare, I was there, I remember it all too well

every other (one)

  • 意思：every second (one), alternate (ones)
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZr7wqR3a08
  • 歌手：Reba McEntire
  • 歌名：Every other weekend
  • 備註：單親家庭對這首歌會比較有感覺，歌詞是在講述一對離婚的夫妻，小孩有母親撫養，但每隔一週的週末小孩會跟父親碰面。影片版參考這裡註，不過只有片段。
  • 歌詞：
    Every other Friday
    It's toys and clothes and backpacks
    Is everybody in?
    Okay, let's go see dad
    Same time in the same spot
    Corner of the same old parking lot
    Half the hugs and kisses there are always sad
    We trade a couple of words and looks and kids again
    Every other weekend

    Every other weekend
    Very few exceptions
    I pick up the love we made in both my arms
    It's movies on the sofa, grilled cheese and cut the crust off
    "That's not the way mom makes it, daddy," breaks my heart
    I miss everything I use to have with her again
    Every other weekend

    (*)
    But I can't tell her I love her
    I can't tell him I love him
    Because there's too many questions and ears in the car
    So I don't tell him I miss him
    I don't tell her I need her
    She's (He's) over me, that's where we are
    So we're as close as we may ever be again
    Every other weekend

    Every other Saturday
    First thing in the morning
    I turn the TV on to make the quiet go away
    I know why, but I don't know why
    We ever let this happen
    Falling for forever was a big mistake
    There's so much not to do and all day not to do with him
    Every other weekend

    Every other Sunday
    I empty out my backseat
    While my children hug their mother
    In the parking lot
    We don't touch
    We don't talk much
    Maybe goodbye to each other
    As she drives away with every piece of heart I got
    I re-convince myself we did the right thing
    Every other weekend

    (*)

    Yeah for fifteen minutes we're family again
    God I wish that he was still with me again
    Every other weekend

  • 意思：every second (one), alternate (ones)
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_3O_MgNPYs
  • 歌手：Dottie West
  • 歌名：Six weeks every summer
  • 備註：旋律帶點哀傷，這的確是一個悲傷的故事，是一個媽媽死後，變成鬼魂，只有夏天的六個禮拜及隔一年的聖誕節可以回到家看自己的小孩。
  • 歌詞：
    Hopelessly the ghost of me sinks down into a chair
    And underneath the cushion
    There's a ribbon from her hair
    Just a crumpled up reminder that my daughter's only here
    For six weeks ever summer and Christmas every other year

    The role of part-time mother it's the toughest role I play
    Oh, my name's up there in neon lights
    But Lord, what a price I pay
    Why, the only thing it cost was giving up our used-to-be's
    And my little angel baby by the name of Shelly

    Bravely I step back into my room
    It's only cheap veneer
    And I die inside till summertime or Christmas time is near
    When up the stairs comes
    All my prayers yelling
    Mom, it's me, I'm here
    For six weeks every summer and Christmas every other year

    Just found a note
    My baby wrote she left it by the phone
    She knew I'd need some extra strength
    To make it through the night alone
    It says I'll always love you mama
    Although I'm only here
    For six weeks every summer and Christmas every other year
    Oh, I'd gladly give up all my fame
    If only I could hear
    My Shelly calls me mommy every morning of the year

  • 意思：every second (one), alternate (ones)
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7IhYcnMRzI
  • 歌手：Trace Adkins
  • 歌名：Every other Friday at five
  • 備註：
  • 歌詞：
    One out of two ain't gonna make it
    Those are the odds these days
    And in a world of statistics,
    he's left tryin' to survive
    Until every other Friday, at five

    He counts the days and then the hours
    Till he can hold his babies in his arms
    And they'll be watchin' out the window,
    when he pulls up in the drive
    On every other Friday, at five

    [Chorus]
    For forty-eight hours, they're with him again
    But on Sunday afternoon he's out of time
    Some folks call him a deserter,
    but his kids know he'll arrive
    On every other Friday, at five

    So let's not put them in the middle
    And play tug-of-war with their little hearts
    But let mamas and daddies,
    smile hello and wave goodbye
    On every other Friday, at five

    [Chorus]

    And they'll be watchin' out the window,
    when he pulls up in the drive
    On every other Friday, at five

  • 意思：every second (one), alternate (ones)
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnfjZBTRXOQ
  • 歌手：LFO
  • 歌名：Every other time
  • 備註：
  • 歌詞：
    Come on
    Every other time, every other time

    (A)
    I said let's talk about it
    As she walked out on me and slammed the door
    But I just laugh about it
    'Cause she's always playin' those games, come on

    Deep down I know she loves me
    But she's got a funny way of showin' me how she cares
    Last night she did a doughnut on my lawn
    And drove out with one finger in the air, oh yeah

    (B)
    Sometimes it's black, sometimes it's white
    Sometimes she's wrong, sometimes I'm right
    Sometimes we talk about it or we figure it out
    But then she'll just change her mind

    (C)
    Sometimes she's hot, sometimes I'm cold
    Sometimes my head wants to explode
    But when I think about it,
    I'm so in love with her every other time
    Yeah, every other time

    Sometimes we sit around
    Just the two of us, on the park bench
    Sometimes we swim around
    Like the dolphins in the ocean of our hearts

    But then I think about the time
    When we broke up before the prom
    And you told everyone that I was gay
    Okay

    Sometimes I walk around the town
    For hours just to settle down
    But I take you back and you kick me down
    'Cause that's the way, uh huh uh huh, I like it

    (B)

    (C)

    (D)
    Keep it up home girl, don't you quit
    You know the way you scream is the ultimate
    And when I walk away, just watch the clock
    I bet I don't even get around the block

    (A)

    (B)

    (C)

    (D)

    Oh yeah, every other time
    Every other time

to go with

  • 意思：to match, to compare well in color or design often used with this idiom. (also: to go together)
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEMxeUirci0
  • 歌手：Herman Dune
  • 歌名：1, 2, 3 apple tree
  • 備註：12段相同的旋律，但歌詞不同，每一段的最後一句是相同的。
  • 歌詞：
    Do, do, do do do, do
    Do, do, do do do, do
    Do, do do do do do

    Oh, when you call me weird names and make all kinds of weird faces
    When you drive me along to all the stupidest places
    You know it's not fair, but you know what you do
    Because you know how bad I like to be with you

    And then you're like, "David, it's like one, two, three"
    As you're climbing barefoot on the apple tree
    It is as sweet as me, and as good as new
    And you know how bad I like to be with you

    You should try to go to some place, honey
    Where the weather is hot, and the music is funny
    You should try down south, by the magic Bayou
    And you will know how bad I like to be with you

    It's like the better path, and it's a better way
    If we never part, and if we never stray
    If we know we have each other to hang on to
    And if you know how bad I like to be with you

    When I'm home alone, and when I'm traveling far
    When I'm riding my bike and when I'm driving in my car
    It could be England or it could be Peru
    And you would know how bad I like to be with you

    Well you know better than me on all kinds of topics
    Like what fruit is native, what fruit is exotic
    You know the right names for flowers and for animals, too
    I hope you know how bad I like to be with you

    Do do do, do, do, do do do, do
    Do, do, do do do, do
    Do, do do do do do

    Well, you play the trumpet and I play drums
    You smoke cigarettes and I chew gum
    You say we're different and I believe it's true
    Because you know how bad I like to be with you

    It's not even an option
    It's not a matter of choice
    I could say it with words
    And I could say it with my voice
    I could sing it in a song or play it on a kazoo
    And you would know how bad I like to be with you

    You say you dye your hair black since you were seventeen
    And you say it goes well with your eyes so green
    Well, I'm losing my hair and my eyes are blue
    You know how bad I like to be with you

    And now you think you're puzzled
    And you don't understand me
    Well you can play me as easy as a DVD
    It's like solving a case with a single clue
    To know how bad i like to be with you

    You know I'll always like you no matter what
    And if you get a little chubby
    And if you're a little too fat
    If you worship Jesus when I am a Jew
    Then you will know how bad I like to be with you

    And you know how people shorten other people's names
    To show their affection
    Like if you called me Ray, if my name was Raymond
    Well your name ain't Susan but I would call you Sue
    To show you how bad I like to be with you

    Do do do, do, do, do do do, do
    Do, do, do do do, do
    Do, do, do do do, do
    Do, do do do

  • 意思：to match, to compare well in color or design often used with this idiom. (also: to go together)
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJAHBR_Hips
  • 歌手：Lisa Brokop
  • 歌名：Ladylike
  • 備註：MV的畫質跟音質都不太好，但很值得一看。
  • 歌詞：
    Put this dictionary on your head
    And walk across the room
    What a pretty dress
    Take smaller steps
    Look straight in front of you
    One day you will find a husband
    He will pay bills so
    You can keep the house and
    Dinner in the oven

    Ladylike In momma's shoes
    I tried but I don't fit em
    Ladylike in cowboy boots
    In diamonds, lace and denim
    A woman redefined
    I'm ladylike

    I don't iron my baby's shirts
    He likes it when I wear them
    Sometimes I come home from work
    And He's already there
    We might just head for sandy shores
    Some random afternoon
    The laundry won't get done
    The bookshelves won't get dusted

    (*)

    Thanks to all the moms and grandmas
    That have paved the way for us
    I can't baste a turkey
    But I'll hand down every ounce of love

    Ladylike In momma's shoes
    I tried but I don't fit em
    Ladylike in cowboy boots
    In diamonds, lace, and denim
    Ladylike
    The times have changed
    Thank God for instant oatmeal
    Ladylike I'm not uptight
    I think I got the best deal
    Ladylike
    Those panyhouse don't go well with my blue jeans
    Ladylike my heals are high
    No reason why
    It's just me
    Ladylike, yeah
    Yeah I'm ladylike

  • 意思：to match, to compare well in color or design often used with this idiom. (also: to go together)
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0ej6mewEzY
  • 歌手：Army of Lovers
  • 歌名：Judgment Day
  • 備註：注意到這個樂團的服裝造型。
  • 歌詞：
    (A)
    On judgment day
    I will get back on you
    Naked to the bone
    You will stand alone
    On judgment day
    I will get my revenge
    Driving you to tears
    After wasted years
    Without me

    I can't recall the day we met
    I forced it out my brain
    You're locked up in your obliette
    You're doomed to live in pain

    (B)
    We had a chance to get things right
    Mistake after mistake
    Where once I saw a halo bright
    I sense a fur of fake
    A mirror waits before the throne
    The price you pay for fame
    The day you face a frightening freak
    The night you go insane

    (A)

    Your head goes well with plastic bags
    Becomes you when you scream
    Predictable a loser's tag
    Goes perfect with your theme

    (B)

    (A)

    Shema israel
    Adonai eroheino
    Adonai echad
    Shema israel

    (A)x3

first-rate*

  • 意思：excellent, superb
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5G3Vclp6Y8
  • 歌手：
  • 歌名：Over the River and Through the Woods
  • 備註：這首歌的另一個比較通俗的版本參考這裡註，歌詞參考這裡註，但這個版本並沒有出現first-rate這個片語。
  • 歌詞：
    Over the river and through the woods,
    To grandmother's house we go;
    The horse knows the way to carry the sleigh,
    Through (the) white and drifted snow!

    Over the river and through the woods,
    Oh, how the wind does blow!
    It stings the toes and bites the nose,
    As over the ground we go.

    Over the river and through the woods,
    To have a first-rate play;
    Oh, hear the bells ring, "Ting-a-ling-ling!"
    Hurrah for Thanksgiving Day!

    Over the river and through the woods,
    Trot fast, my dapple gray!
    Spring over the ground,
    Like a hunting hound!
    For this is Thanksgiving Day.

  • 意思：excellent, superb
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7Ke1WCDsOo
  • 歌手：Gilbert and Sullivan
  • 歌名：Here's a first-rate opportunity
  • 備註：這個MV出現在音樂劇潘贊斯的海盜The Pirates Of Penzance中，39分左右。
  • 歌詞：
    Stay, we must not lose our senses;
    Men who stick at no offenses
    Will anon be here!
    Piracy their dreadful trade is;
    Pray you, get you hence, young ladies,
    While the coast is clear!

    No, we must not lose our senses,
    If they stick at no offenses
    We should not be here!
    Piracy their dreadful trade is -
    Nice companions for young ladies!
    Let us disappear.

    Too late!
    Too late!

    Here's a first rate opportunity
    To get married with impunity,
    And indulge in the felicity
    Of unbounded domesticity!
    You shall quickly be parsonified,
    Conjugally matrimonified,
    By a doctor of divinity,
    Who is located in this vicinity.

    We have missed our opportunity
    Of escaping with impunity,
    So farewell to the felicity
    Of our maiden domesticity!
    We shall quickly be parsonified,
    Conjugally matrimonified,
    By a doctor of divinity,
    Who is located in this vicinity.

    By a doctor of divinity,
    Who resides in this vicinity,
    By a doctor, a doctor, a doctor of divinity, of divinity.

to come from

  • 意思：to originate from
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muTLeDoLnjs
  • 歌手：Passion Pit
  • 歌名：Where I come from
  • 備註：吸血鬼愛情電影暮光之城(Twlight)的插曲。
  • 歌詞：
    (A)
    Where I come from
    You say things will be well and fun
    Though the world around you is crumbling
    And the truth bleak as a bee
    Stay close believe, though things are not what they seem
    I won't let them destroy these dreams

    (B)
    They're just things
    Silly little things
    They're only things
    I think we'll be alright
    I think we'll be alright

    (A)

    (B)

    I think we'll be alright
    I think we'll be alright

to make good time

  • 意思：to travel a sufficient distance at a reasonable speed
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcgswxTmPpA
  • 歌手：Mike Blakely
  • 歌名：Making good time
  • 備註：
  • 歌詞：
    If I had it my way
    I'd get off highway
    And pull up in the driveway
    Taking in my arms

    But I got a job to do
    I know that you're working too
    Make a better life for you and me

    (*)
    Making good time on the road
    Making good time coming home
    I know you're awake there
    Seen it in my mind
    Coming on home and I'm making good time

    All I do is miss you
    Never could resist you
    I can't wait to kiss you
    Look into your eyes

    It's been a long hard drive
    But it's gonna be alright
    As I can see the hometown lights and view

    (*)x3

    Making good time

to mix up

  • 意思：to stir or shake well; to confuse, to bewilder
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4XeqdBO9Ow
  • 歌手：The Irish Rovers
  • 歌名：The orange and the green
  • 備註：現場演唱版本參考這裡註。
  • 歌詞：
    (*)
    Oh it is the biggest mix-up that you have ever seen
    My father he was orange and my mother she was green

    Oh my father was an Ulsterman, proud Protestant was he
    My mother was a Catholic girl, from County Cork was she
    They were married in two churches, lived happily enough
    Until the day that I was born and things got rather tough

    (*)

    Baptised by father Reilly, I was rushed away by car
    To be made a little orangeman, my father's shining star
    I was christened David Anthony, but still in spite of that
    To my father I was William while my mother called me Pat

    (*)

    With mother every Sunday to mass I'd proudly stroll
    Then after that the orange lads would try to save my soul
    For both sides tried to claim me, but I was smart because
    I played the flute or played the harp, depending where I was

    (*)

    Now when I'd sing those rebel songs, much to me mother's joy
    My father would jump and say "Look here would you me boy
    That's quite enough of that lot", he'd then toss me a coin
    And he'd have me sing the Orange Flute or the Heroes of The Boyne

    (*)

    One day my ma's relations came round to visit me
    Just as my father's kinfolk were all sittin' down to tea
    We tried to smooth things over, but they all began to fight
    And me being strictly neutral, I bashed everyone in sight

    (*)

    Now my parents never could agree about my type of school
    My learning was all done at home, that's why I'm such a fool
    They both passed on, god rest them, but left me caught between
    That awful color problem of the orange and the green

    (*)x2

  • 意思：to stir or shake well; to confuse, to bewilder
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-HSPCZaB8U
  • 歌手：Bob Marley
  • 歌名：Mix up, mix up
  • 備註：
  • 歌詞：
    Oh Lord, oh Lord, oh Lord, yeah!

    Well, it's not easy
    It's not easy
    Speak the truth, come on, speak. Eh, now!
    It ever because it what it will
    He who hide the wrong he did
    Surely did the wrong thing still

    Get in the studio of
    Studio of time and experience
    Here we experience the good and bad
    What we have, and what we had
    This session (session)
    Not just another version (version)
    Oh Lord, give me a session (session)
    Not another version (version)!
    They're so much stumbling blocks right in-a our way
    Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
    There's so much wanting, so much gaining, so much have done

    Too much little mix-up, in the mix-up, yes!
    Too much little mix up!
    Too much of this mix up - mix up!

    I was born in the country, right on top of the hill
    I still remain, I know I still, I will-a
    But through your lack of respect and through your false pride
    Someone want to take Jah - Jah - Jah children for a ride!
    Shut up! Open the gate, and let the saints through

    Please make it a session (session)
    Not another version (version)
    Ooh, please make it a session (session)
    Not another version (version)!

    Hey, you been talking all your mouth full of lies
    Sitting there toppling and, Lord, they criticize
    So through the eyes of the fool the deaf is wise
    And through the eyes of the wise the fool is size

    Saying is too much mix up - mix up!
    Saying is too much mix up - mix up!

    I want to clear the wheel once and for all
    I want to clear my wheels, I don't care who fall!
    I gotta clear my wheels once and for all
    Clear my wheels, I don't care who fall - fall
    (Too much mix-up - mix-up!)

    Hey! Mr. Music, why don't you want to play?
    Don't you know today is a bright holiday? Yeah! (holiday)
    Some people waiting for the message that you bring
    They listening to every word that you'll sing

    Singing: (too much mix-up - mix-up
    (Too much little mix up!)
    Would you groove along now
    (Too much mix up - mix up), yeah!
    Yes, would you groove along now
    (Too much little mix-up!)
    They just can't stop you know
    (Too much mix-up - mix-up)! [fadeout]

  • 意思：to stir or shake well; to confuse, to bewilder
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUg7PSuC3ZU
  • 歌手：Boy
  • 歌名：Drive darling
  • 備註：MV在描述一個故事
  • 歌詞：
    You close the door and start the motor
    I roll the window down
    I raise my hand and wave goodbye
    To neighbourhood queens and clowns
    And children in the front yards
    They hide and seek and laugh
    I can almost hear you thinking
    How could these days go by so fast?

    [Chorus]
    And no rearview could picture
    What we leave behind
    Drive darling, drive darling
    Drive darling, drive darling, drive

    A silent conversation
    No words cause there's no need
    We let the tapes mix up the years
    And press repeat and press repeat
    The trunk is filled with records
    And books and chairs and clothes
    I'm smiling on the surface
    I'm scared as hell below

    [Chorus]

    Good morning freedom
    Good night lullabies
    Drive darling, drive darling
    Drive darling, drive darling, drive

    And when we arrive
    The hardest of goodbyes
    But you will dry my eyes
    Somehow you're always by my side
    The one who holds my kite
    And watches over all my flights

    Once, once that we arrive
    The hardest of goodbyes
    But you will dry my eyes
    Somehow you're always by my side
    The one who holds my kite
    And watches over all my flights

    [Chorus]

to see about

  • 意思：to give attention or time to (also: to attend to, to see to)
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tV3KzjQIcQ
  • 歌手：Glee
  • 歌名：Come see about me
  • 備註：最早是The Supremes唱的。這首歌也出現在美劇Glee歡樂合唱團第四季第八集11分左右。
  • 歌詞：
    I've been cryin' (Ooh ooh)
    'Cause I'm lonely (For you)
    Smiles have all turned (To tears)
    But tears won't wash away
    The fears (Ooh, ooh)
    That you're never ever gonna return (Eh eh eh eh eh)
    To ease the fire that within me burns (Eh eh eh eh eh)

    It keeps me (Crying baby for you)
    Keeps me (Sighin' baby for you)
    So won't you hurry?
    Come on boy
    See about me (Come see about me)
    See about you baby (Come see about me)

    I've given up my friends just (For you)
    My friends are gone and you (Ha-have too)
    No peace shall
    I find (Ooh, ooh)
    Until you come back
    And be mine (Ooh, ooh)
    No matter what you do or say (Eh eh eh eh eh)
    I'm gonna love you anyway (Eh eh eh eh eh)

    Keep on (Crying baby for you)
    I'm gonna keep (Sighin' baby for you)
    So come on, hurry
    Come on
    And see about me (Come see about me)
    See about you baby (Come see about me)

    You know I'm so lonely (Come see about me)
    I love you only (Come see about me)
    See about me (Come see about me)
    See about you, baby (Come see about me)
    You know I'm so lonely! (Come see about me)
    I love you only (Come see about me)
    Come see about me
    Ooh

  • 意思：to give attention or time to (also: to attend to, to see to)
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooqRmU0bbaE
  • 歌手：Nicki Minaj
  • 歌名：Come see about me
  • 備註：
  • 歌詞：
    Come, come see what I've been up to
    Come, come see about me
    I know you had a lot of work to do
    Ooh, you got used to things without me, baby
    Yeah, you got used to every thing I never did
    You got sick of being sick of all my flaws
    You got over all the pain I ever caused
    And I didn't mean it, no, but-

    (A)
    They say it's all what you make it
    Maybe it's all in the making
    Love's always love, you can't fake it
    So please don't try to deny me of that, no
    You know my heart couldn't take it
    Maybe it's all in the making
    Love's always love, you can't fake it
    See, baby, ooh you know I need you to-

    (B)
    Come, come see about me
    Come, come see about me
    Know it can't always be about me
    Just come, come see about me
    Come, come see about me
    I'm doing good, boy, I'm up where we belong at
    You know I'm still trying to find where we went wrong at
    So come, come see about me
    Come, come see about me
    Come, come, come see about me
    It won't hurt just to see what we could be
    So come see about me, yeah

    Want you to see how much I changed up
    Ooh, I just hope I'm not too late
    I know you're hesitant about it, but-
    I got a lot I wanna say to you
    Hate that I could never measure up
    Hate that I could never be the one you needed
    'Cause now I'm the one who needs you, but, baby-

    (A)

    (B)

    About me, about me, about me, about me
    About me, about me, about me, about me
    About me, about me, about me, about me
    About me, about me. about me, about me

    (B)

to make an impression

  • 意思：to influence another person's opinion of oneself (also: to leave an impression)
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmAdfTZgqQY
  • 歌手：Cybergirlfriend
  • 歌名：Every little thing
  • 備註：
  • 歌詞：
    write your words in cursive
    You make me so nervous
    You got my heart its pulsing
    wish you were more repulsive
    you're the perfect storm
    And I wanna hear the rain
    you're my favorite nightmare
    But for once I'm not scared

    You made a good impression
    You make me wanna question
    You made a good impression
    You make me wanna question

    (*)
    Every little thing, every little thing
    Every little thing, every little thing
    Every little thing, every little thing
    That you say
    Every little thing, every little thing
    Every little thing, every little thing
    Every little thing, every little thing
    That I say

    Taking notes and losing focus
    Got me lost in your hypnosis
    Not sure of your intentions
    You make me wanna question

    (*)

    You got me checking the weather
    Or not you're feeling this pressure
    got seasonal depression
    You make me wanna question

    (*)x2

    You make me wanna question
    Every little thing
    Every little thing
    Every little thing

by heart

  • 意思：by memorizing
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuZQlQ3iZ2A
  • 歌手：Rhonda Vincent
  • 歌名：Mama knows the highway
  • 備註：
  • 歌詞：
    Mama knows the highway by the songs
    When she hears a good one she always sings along
    She don't ever worry 'bout what's gone
    She says,"Good country music will never steer you wrong"

    She talks to the truckers with her lights
    Maybe a little bit more on Saturday night
    She knows a good road to paradise
    And that's just enough to keep the highway bright

    (*)
    Well, mama knows the highway now by heart
    She can see the rain before it starts
    Looking clear through
    A windshield full of stars
    Mama knows the highway now by heart

    She can tell Wyoming by the wind
    She can tell another trucker by the rig that he's in
    She knows how to watch the river bend
    She knows where the real South begins

    (*)

    She can gauge a cafe by looking at the signs
    Little old places always share the grand design

    (*)

    Mama knows the highway now by heart
    Mama knows the highway

Lesson 11

to keep out

  • 意思：not to enter, not allow to enter
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNDpU6jUmkg
  • 歌手：Randy Stonehill
  • 歌名：Shut De Do
  • 備註：宗教歌曲
  • 歌詞：
    [Chorus]
    Shut de do, keep out de devil
    Shut de do, keep de devil in the night
    Shut de do, keep out de devil
    Light de candle, everything is alright
    Light de candle, everything is alright

    Oh when I was a baby child (Shut de do, keep out de devil)
    Good and bad were just a game (Shut de do, keep de devil in the night)
    Many years and many trials (Shut de do, keep out de devil)
    They proved to me they're not the same (Shut de do, keep de devil in the night)

    You better listen to me...

    [Chorus]

    Oh, Satan is an evil charmer (Shut de do, keep out de devil)
    He's hungry for a soul to hurt (Shut de do, keep de devil in the night)
    And without your holy armor (Shut de do, keep out de devil)
    He will eat you for dessert (Shut de do, keep de devil in the night)

    [Chorus]

    Well heh, hey, hey, hey, shut de do
    Hey, hey, hey, shut de do
    Hey, hey, you better shut de do
    Say a prayer, he won't be here back no more

    My mama used to sing this song (Shut de do, keep out de devil)
    Papa used to sing it too (Shut de do, keep de devil in the night)
    Jesus came and called them home (Shut de do, keep out de devil)
    So I sing this song for you (Shut de do, keep de devil in the night)

    [Chorus]x2

    Light de candle, everything is alright
    Light de candle, everything is alright

to keep away (from)

  • 意思：to stay at a distance (from); to avoid use of (also: stay away from)
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kj4nZILNf2E
  • 歌手：Babs Tino
  • 歌名：Keep away from other girls
  • 備註：
  • 歌詞：
    You gave me everything that a girl could want
    In that small restaurant –
    A hero sandwich and a glass of wine
    And a smile, ouh, a smoke, ouh
    And, oh, such a great big line!

    (*)
    You better keep away from other girls
    Keep away from other girls
    Don't break my heart –
    Just to be smart
    You gotta keep away from other girls!

    You told me everything that I loved to hear
    Mixed my dreams with instant cheer
    You nade my world such a rainbow shine
    A smile, ouh, a smoke, ouh
    And, oh, such a great big line!

    (*)

    A hundred times or more
    You've used that line before!

    When you were close to me in that corner booth
    Was it love? Tell the truth!
    You held me closer than a clinging vine
    A smile, ouh, a smoke, ouh, a drink, ouh, a joke, ouh
    And, oh, such a great big line!

    (*)x3

to find fault with*

  • 意思：to criticize, to complain about something
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZey2PZeiL4
  • 歌手：Roy Acuff
  • 歌名：Great speckled bird
  • 備註：宗教歌曲。影片的前一分鐘是主持人在訪問歌手。影片中的歌手上了年紀，發音有點吃力，較溫潤的歌聲參考這裡註
  • 歌詞：
    What a beautiful thought I am thinking
    concerning the great speckled bird
    Remember her name is recorded
    on the pages of God's holy word

    Desiring to lower her standards
    they watch every move that she makes
    They long to find fault with her teaching
    but really they find no mistakes

    I am glad I have learned of her meekness
    I'm proud that my name is on her book
    For I want to be one never fearing
    the face of my Saviour's true look

    When he comes descending from heaven
    on the cloud as he write in his word
    I'll be joyfully carried to meet him
    on the wings of that great speckled bird

  • 意思：to criticize, to complain about something
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MautUeOIfBc
  • 歌手：Hank Williams
  • 歌名：Why don't you love me
  • 備註：
  • 歌詞：
    Well, why don't you love me like you used to do
    How come you treat me like a worn out shoe
    My hair's still curly and my eyes are still blue
    Why don't you love me like you used to do

    (A)
    Ain't had no lovin' like a huggin' and a kissin' in a long, long while
    We don't get nearer or further or closer than a country mile

    (B)
    Why don't you spark me like you used to do
    And say sweet nothin's like you used to coo
    I'm the same old trouble that you've always been through
    So, why don't you love me like you used to do

    Well, why don't you be just like you used to be
    How come you find so many faults with me
    Somebody's changed so let me give you a clue
    Why don't you love me like you used to do

    (A)

    (B)

  • 意思：to criticize, to complain about something
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3h1uU5_m3A4
  • 歌手：Billie Holiday
  • 歌名：That's life I guess
  • 備註：前奏長達一分多鐘。
  • 歌詞：
    Sometimes I wonder what's in store for me
    Your love could open heaven's door to me
    But you don't care a straw for me
    That's life, I guess

    My days and nights are stark and hard with you
    My sugar kisses taste like salt to you
    But why should I find fault with you?
    That's life, I guess

    The world was bright when you loved me
    Sweet was the touch of your lips
    The world went dark when you left me
    And then there came a total eclipse

    Nobody knows how cruel fate can be
    How close together love and hate can be
    Goodbye, just clean the slate for me
    That's life, I guess

to be up to

  • 意思：to be dependent on the decision of another; to be doing as a regular activity; to feel able to do something
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fH4f1MIFIDg
  • 歌手：Ricky Nelson
  • 歌名：It's up to you
  • 備註：
  • 歌詞：
    It's up to you
    Because I've done everything I can
    I hope that you
    Will say that I'm your loving man

    (A)
    Make up your mind
    And do what you're gonna do
    Well you know how I feel
    So I'm leaving it up to you

    It's all so clear
    That I would give everything I own
    To have you near
    Never leave me all alone

    I need your love
    So, darling, please be fair
    Let me know where I stand
    And I hope that you say you care

    Well I've laid my cards on the table
    And it's oh so plain to see
    That I'm ready, willing and able
    To love you faithfully

    It's up to you
    No, it's not for me to say
    You love me too
    Oh, but I hope you feel that way

    (A)x2

    It's up to you
    Darling, it's up to you
    Baby, it's up to you
    Darling, it's up to you
    Baby, it's up to you
    Darling, it's up to you

ill at ease*

  • 意思：uncomfortable or worried in a situation
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmXeT8cRM-A
  • 歌手：Ella fitzgerald
  • 歌名：To keep my love alive
  • 備註：注意到歌詞中的諸多押韻及雙關。很有趣的一首歌， 歌詞中的女主角一一地殺死了自己的丈夫， appendectomy是割盲腸手術； insomnia是失眠； arsenic是砒霜，一種毒藥， sanitorium在美語中是sanatorium，療養院的意思； emporium是百貨商場； fratricide是殘殺兄弟姐妹的行為， patricide是弒父者。
  • 歌詞：
    I've been married, and married, and often I've sighed
    "I'm never a bridesmaid, I'm always a bride"

    I never divorced them, I hadn't the heart
    Yet remember these sweet words, "'till death do us part"

    I married many men, a ton of them
    Because I was untrue to none of them
    Because I bumped off every one of them
    To keep my love alive

    Sir Paul was frail, he looked a wreck to me
    At night he was a horse's neck to me
    So I performed an appendectomy
    To keep my love alive

    Sir Thomas had insomnia, he couldn't sleep at night
    I bought a little arsenic, he's sleeping now all right

    Sir Philip played the harp, I cussed the thing
    I crowned him with his harp to bust the thing
    And now he plays where harps are just the thing
    To keep my love alive
    To keep my love alive

    I thought Sir George had possibilities
    But his flirtations made me ill at ease
    And when I'm ill at ease, I kill at ease
    To keep my love alive

    Sir Charles came from a sanitorium
    And yelled for drinks in my emporium
    I mixed one drink, he's in memorium
    To keep my love alive

    Sir Francis was a singing bird, a nightingale, that's why
    I tossed him off my balcony, to see if he, could fly

    Sir Atherton indulged in fratricide
    He killed his dad and that was patricide
    One night I stabbed him by my mattress-side
    To keep my love alive
    To keep my love alive
    To keep my love alive

  • 意思：uncomfortable or worried in a situation
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOdU8FX6J1M
  • 歌手：Peter, Paul and Mary
  • 歌名：Too much of nothing
  • 備註：
  • 歌詞：
    Too much of nothin' can make a man feel ill at ease
    One man's temper might rise, while the other man's temper might freeze
    In the days of long confessions, we can not mock a soul
    When there's too much of nothin', no one has control

    (*)
    Say hello to Valerie, say hello to Marion
    Send them all my salary, on the waters of oblivion

    Too much of nothin' can make a man abuse a king
    He can walk the streets and boast like most but he don't know a thing
    It's all been done before, it's all been written in the book
    But when it's too much of nothin', nobody should look

    (*)

    Too much of nothin' can turn a man into a liar
    It can cause some man to sleep on nails, another man to eat fire
    Everybody's doin' somethin', I heard it in a dream
    But when it's too much of nothin', it just makes a fella mean

    (*)

  • 意思：uncomfortable or worried in a situation
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxoD9zWY9Rg
  • 歌手：Bad Religion
  • 歌名：Los Angeles is burning
  • 備註：
  • 歌詞：
    Somewhere high in the desert near a curtain of blue
    Saint Ann's skirts are billowing
    But down here in the city of limelights
    The fans of Santa Ana are withering
    And you can't deny that living is easy
    If you never look behind the scenery
    It's showtime for dry climes and
    Bedlam is dreaming of rain

    [Chorus]
    When the hills of Los Angeles are burning
    Palm trees are candles in the murder wind
    So many lives are on the breeze, even the stars are ill at ease
    And Los Angeles is burning

    This is not a test
    Of the emergency broadcast system
    When Malibu fires and radio towers
    Conspire to dance again
    And I cannot believe the media Mecca
    They're only trying to peddle reality
    Catch it on prime time, story at 9
    The whole world is going insane

    [Chorus]

    A placard reads the end of days
    Jacaranda boughs are bending in the haze
    More a question than a curse, how could hell be any worse?
    The flames are starting, the camera's running, so take warning

    [Chorus]

to do over

  • 意思：to revise, to do again
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CajPifzYyRs
  • 歌手：She and Him
  • 歌名：I could've been your girl
  • 備註：MV中女主唱的舞步很好看。女主唱就是Zooey Deschanel，跟金凱瑞演過「沒問題先生(Yes Man)」，還有跟喬瑟夫高登李維演過「戀夏500日(500 Days of Summer)」，都是很好看的電影。
  • 歌詞：
    It doesn't matter, if I were willing
    It doesn't matter that the lights are dimmed down low, oh oh
    I know you have to go

    It doesn't matter, I fought my heart
    It's broke and shattered to a million and one
    Undone, I guess I haven't won

    [Chorus]
    Cause I could've been your girl
    And you could've been my four leaf clover
    If I could do it over I'd send you the pillow that I cry on

    It doesn't matter, I've just begun
    And if you see me, just move on
    Cause we are free and never meant to be

    [Chorus]x3

  • 意思：to revise, to do again
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2y2ytgA5J9M
  • 歌手：Roy Clark
  • 歌名：If I had to do it all over again
  • 備註：
  • 歌詞：
    We're not as young as we used to be
    But baby I don't mind
    'Cause growing with you is gonna be
    Full of life and good times

    (*)
    And if I had to do it all over again I'd do it with you
    I won't want to miss a thing that we've been through
    Baby nothing can compare with the good love that we've shared
    And if I had to do it all over again I'd do it with you

    Looking back on life I can't complain
    It ain't been easy but don't you know
    We still had sunshine even when it rained
    And we've shared a love you have known

    (*)x2

  • 意思：to revise, to do again
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLcdPpjKKHo
  • 歌手：Sabrina Carpenter
  • 歌名：The middle of starting over
  • 備註：
  • 歌詞：
    Cast out to sea
    Drifting with the tide
    And no way of finding me
    Now that I'm free
    Nothing but blue skies
    Paradise in front of me

    Awake from this dream
    I hold my breath and just believe

    [Chorus]
    Tired of all the troubles, they've been wasting my time
    I don't wanna fight, gonna leave it behind
    Take it on faith, now I'm ready to fly
    I'm in the middle of starting over
    Back to the beginning, gonna hit rewind
    Chance to do it over, get it right this time
    Life gives you pennies, turn them into dimes
    I'm in the middle of starting over

    I'm in the middle of starting over

    Alone in a room
    Tearing down the walls
    Painting over scars and bruises
    Now this is home
    Fill it up with love
    And make the best of something new, yeah

    As hard as it seems
    I hold my breath and just believe

    [Chorus]

    The colors in the stars seem a little brighter
    Tomorrow isn't far away
    Through the hardest part
    I'm working towards a happy ending

    [Chorus]x2

    I'm in the middle of starting over

  • 意思：to revise, to do again
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyOjFORltdM
  • 歌手：Poppet
  • 歌名：Best friends
  • 備註：
  • 歌詞：
    (A)
    Give a little bit of love to this planet
    Give little bit of love to me
    Give a little bit of love to this planet
    Give little bit

    (B)
    We're best friends, we're bro's
    Let's shout it over rooftops, so everybody knows
    Let's defeat death and kill the pain
    Drink and be merry ,do it over again

    Let's murder misery and kill the hate
    I've got the power, cause you're my mate
    Lets go out and dance and let the earth quake
    Knock your socks off, let's be awake!

    (C)
    We are just good friends, you and me,
    dancing over roof-tops, irresponsibly
    Good friends, me and you,
    dancing over tree-tops , hanging from trees

    (D)
    Somewhere, across the rainbow,
    looking for pots of gold
    Searching for ears to listen,
    so the story can be told

    (A)

    (B)

    Let's murder misery and kill the hate,
    I've got the power, cause you're my mate
    Lets go out and dance and paint the town red
    Knock your socks off, make the earth QUAKE

    (C)

    Good friends, good friends, we want the world to know

    (D)

    (A)

  • 意思：to revise, to do again
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5pWMyfFKF0
  • 歌手：Klymaxx
  • 歌名：I'd still say yes
  • 備註：
  • 歌詞：
    I love you most when we share a place
    Those special good times together
    It seems like our love, can't get much better (No)
    'Cause we were as close as two could be
    We knew love could last forever
    We're more than just lovers, we're good friends
    And even if our love has drifted away
    I wouldn't even think twice if I wanted love back again

    [Chorus]
    Because I'd still say yes to you again
    My darlin', for you, I'd do it all again
    Yes, I'd still say yes to you again
    Darlin', for you, I'd do it over and over again

    (Say yes, ooh)

    Where does it go, how does it end?
    True love, it seems so easy
    'Cause we have no doubts
    Where we belong (Where we belong)
    They say time can heal a broken heart
    True love never ends
    So why not start where we began?

    [Chorus]

    (Say yes, over and over)
    (Hey, say yes, say yes, ooh)

    They say time can heal a broken heart
    True love never ends
    So why not start where we began?
    (Let's start where we began)

    [Chorus]

    (Over and over, say yes, say yes, oh, girl, say yes)
    Say yes to you again
    Darlin', for you, I'd do it over and over again
    (Say yes, ooh)

  • 意思：to revise, to do again
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lq9XNXJ4vwk
  • 歌手：Kacey Musgraves
  • 歌名：Die fun
  • 備註：
  • 歌詞：
    Do we really have to grow up?
    If we never do, then so what?
    So what if I don't wanna, what if I'm just gonna
    Stay drunk on all the years that I just wish would slow up?

    [Chorus]
    We can't do it over
    They say it's now or never and all we're ever gettin' is older
    Before we get to heaven, baby, let's give 'em hell
    We might as well
    'Cause we don't know when we're done
    So let's love hard, live fast, die fun

    Let's put a little more in your glass
    Walk around and spend all our cash
    Just let me grab my poncho, I don't care where we go
    If we speak the language you know we don't even have to come back

    [Chorus]

    We can't do it over
    They say it's now or never and all we're ever gettin' is older
    Before we get to heaven, baby, let's give 'em hell
    We might as well
    'Cause we don't know when it's done
    So let's love hard
    Let's stay young
    Let's love hard, live fast, die fun
    Die fun
    We can't do it over

to look into

  • 意思：to investigate, to examine carefully (also: to check into)
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpjqzLK7wEE
  • 歌手：Wanting Qu
  • 歌名：Drenched
  • 備註：歌手為在加拿大長大的華人曲婉婷，最有名的歌曲為「我的歌聲裡註」，另一首「愛的海洋註」也很好聽。
  • 歌詞：
    When minutes become hours
    When days become years
    And I don't know where you are
    Colour seems so dull without you
    Have we lost our minds? What have we done?
    But it all doesn't seem to matter anymore

    [Chorus]
    When you kissed me on that street
    I kissed you back
    You held me in your arms, I held you in mine
    You picked me up to lay me down
    When I look into your eyes
    I can hear you cry for a little bit more of you
    And I, I'm drenched in your love
    I'm no longer able to hold it back

    Is it too late to ask for love?
    Is it wrong to feel right?
    When the world is winding down
    Thoughts of you linger around
    Have we lost our minds? What have we done?
    But it all doesn't seem to matter anymore

    [Chorus]x2

  • 意思：to investigate, to examine carefully (also: to check into)
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQSkuDWhaAo
  • 歌手：Firehouse
  • 歌名：When I look into your eyes
  • 備註：
  • 歌詞：
    I see forever when I look in your eyes
    You're all I ever wanted
    I always want you to be mine
    Let's make a promise till the end of time
    We'll always be together
    And our love will never die

    So here we are face to face
    And heart to heart
    I want you to know we will never be apart
    Now I believe that wishes can come true
    'Cause I see my whole world
    I see only you

    (*)
    When I look into your eyes
    I can see how much I love you
    And it makes me realize
    When I look into your eyes
    I see all my dreams come true
    When I look into your eyes

    I've looked for you all of my life
    Now that I've found you
    We will never say goodbye
    I can't stop this feeling
    And there's nothing I can do
    'Cause I see everything when I look at you

    (*)

    When I look into your eyes
    I can see how much I love you
    And it makes me realize
    When I look into your eyes
    We will always be together
    And our love will never die
    When I look into your eyes
    I see that only dreams come true
    When I look into your eyes
    When I look into your eyes

  • 意思：to investigate, to examine carefully (also: to check into)
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EkHTsc9PU2A
  • 歌手：Jason Mraz
  • 歌名：I'm yours
  • 備註：這位歌手很有才華也很有魅力，筆者的一位朋友曾經開玩笑說，千萬別帶女朋友去看他的演唱會，否則女朋友會變心愛上他。
  • 歌詞：
    Well, you done done me, and you bet I felt it
    I tried to be chill, but you're so hot that I melted
    I fell right through the cracks
    And now I'm trying to get back
    Before the cool done run out
    I'll be giving it my bestest
    And nothing's gonna stop me but divine intervention
    I reckon it's again my turn
    To win some or learn some

    [Chorus]
    But I won't hesitate no more
    No more it cannot wait, I'm yours

    Well, open up your mind and see like me
    Open up your plans and, damn, you're free
    And look into your heart, and you'll find love, love, love, love
    Listen to the music of the moment, people dance and sing
    We're just one big family
    And it's our God-forsaken right to be loved, love, love, love, loved

    [Chorus]

    There's no need to complicate
    Our time is short
    This is our fate, I'm yours
    A-do you, do, do, do you, but do you, do you, do, do,
    but do you want to come on?
    Scooch on over closer, dear
    And I will nibble your ear
    A-soo da ba ba ba ba bum
    Whoa, oh oh oh
    Whoa, oh oh oh oh whoa whoa whoa
    Uh-huh, hmm

    I've been spending way too long checking my tongue in the mirror
    And bending over backwards just to try to see it clearer
    But my breath fogged up the glass
    And so I drew a new face and I laughed
    I guess what I've been saying is there ain't no better reason
    To rid yourself of vanities and just go with the seasons
    It's what we aim to do
    Our name is our virtue

    [Chorus]

    Well, open up your mind and see like me (I won't hesitate)
    Open up your plans and, damn, you're free (No more, no more)
    And look into your heart, and you'll find that (It cannot wait)
    The sky is yours (I'm sure there's no)
    So please don't, please don't, please don't (No need, oh, now now)
    There's no need to complicate (For the reggae, our time)
    'Cause our time is short (Is short, this)
    This oh, this oh, this is our fate (Is our fate)
    I'm yours, ha!

  • 意思：to investigate, to examine carefully (also: to check into)
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEPTlhBmwRg
  • 歌手：Maroon 5
  • 歌名：Moves like jagger
  • 備註：
  • 歌詞：
    Just shoot for the stars
    If it feels right, then aim for my heart
    If you feel like
    And take me away
    And make it okay
    I swear I'll behave
    You wanted control, so we waited
    I put on a show, now I'm naked
    You say I'm a kid
    My ego is big
    I don't give a shit
    And it goes like this, uh

    (*)
    Take me by the tongue and I'll know you (Uh)
    Kiss me till you're drunk and I'll show you
    You want the moves like Jagger
    I've got them moves like Jagger
    I've got them moves like Jagger (Uh)
    I don't need to try to control you (Uh)
    Look into my eyes and I'll own you
    With them moves like Jagger
    I've got them moves like Jagger
    I've got them moves like Jagger

    Maybe it's hard, when you feel like
    You're broken and scarred, nothing feels right
    But when you're with me
    I'll make you believe
    That I've got the key
    Oh, so get in the car, we can ride it
    Wherever you want, get inside it
    And you wanna steer, but I'm shifting gears
    I'll take it from here (Oh, yeah, yeah)
    And it goes like this, uh

    (*)

    Uh, you wanna know, how to make me smile?
    Take control, own me just for the night
    And if I share my secret
    You're gonna have to keep it
    Nobody else can see this (Uh)
    So watch and learn, I won't show you twice
    Head to toe, ooh baby, rub me right
    And if I share my secret
    You're gonna have to keep it
    Nobody else can see this
    Hey, hey, hey, yeah
    And it goes like this, uh

    (*)

to take hold of

  • 意思：to grasp, to grip with the hands
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1aAXuyAVgM
  • 歌手：Ocean's Edge
  • 歌名：Take hold of me
  • 備註：宗教歌曲
  • 歌詞：
    You are love
    that covers the darkest place
    You give hope
    Your promise will never change
    Only you
    can take away my brokenness
    Only you
    can change the face of hopelessness
    Jesus, Lord of all!

    (*)
    Oh God your love
    Has taken hold of me
    I know you won't let go
    Your word is true
    My life has been renewed
    God you take hold of me
    Take hold of me

    You are life
    that breathes in me everyday
    You give joy
    through trials and every pain
    Only you
    can take away my brokenness
    Only you
    can change the face of hopelessness

    Jesus, Lord of all!

    (*)

    [2x]
    In You I've been renewed
    In You I've been made new
    In You I've been renewed
    In You, In You

    (*)x3

to get through*

  • 意思：度過
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bwWy67MsOU
  • 歌手：Hugh Grant and Haley Bennett
  • 歌名：Way Back Into Love
  • 備註：電影K歌情人的主題曲，很好看的一部愛情音樂電影，電影中的男女主角是Hugh Grant跟Drew Barrymore，電影中的合唱片段註， 正式版本是Hugh Grant跟Haley Bennett合唱，電影中的片段註。雖然目標片語只出現一次， 而且歌詞的重複性很低， 但整首歌的旋律重複性是高的， 也就是說旋律相同，只是換歌詞而已， 讀者可以記目標片語所在的段落就好。
  • 歌詞：
    I've been living with a shadow overhead
    I've been sleeping with a cloud above my bed
    I've been lonely for so long
    Trapped in the past
    I just can't seem to move on

    I've been hiding all my hopes and dreams away
    Just in case I ever need them again someday
    I've been setting aside time
    To clear a little space in the corners of my mind

    All I want to do is find a way back into love
    I can't make it through without a way back into love

    I've been watching but the stars refuse to shine
    I've been searching but i just don't see the signs
    I know that it's out there
    There's got to be something for my soul somewhere

    I've been looking for someone to shed some light
    Not somebody just to get me through the night
    I could use some direction
    And I'm open to your suggestions

    All I want to do is find a way back into love
    I can't make it through without a way back into love
    And if I open my heart again
    I guess I'm hoping you'll be there for me in the end

    There are moments when I don't know if it's real
    Or if anybody feels the way I feel
    I need inspiration
    Not just another negotiation

    All I want to do is find a way back into love
    I can't make it through without a way back into love
    And if I open my heart to you
    I'm hoping you'll show me what to do
    And if you help me to start again
    You know that I'll be there for you in the end

  • 意思：度過
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUFasKZcH_c
  • 歌手：LeAnn Rimes
  • 歌名：How do I live
  • 備註：F.I.R.飛兒樂團的「天天夜夜」是改編自這首歌，也很好聽。
  • 歌詞：
    How do I get through one night without you?
    If I had to live without you
    What kind of life would that be?

    Oh, I, I need you in my arms, need you to hold
    You're my world, my heart, my soul and if you ever leave
    Baby you would take away everything good in my life
    And tell me now

    [Chorus]
    How do I live without you? I want to know
    How do I breathe without you if you ever go?
    How do I ever, ever survive?
    How do I, how do I, oh, how do I live?

    Without you there'd be no sun in my sky
    There would be no love in my life
    There'd be no world left for me

    And I, baby, I don't know what I would do
    I'd be lost if I lost you, if you ever leave
    Baby, you would take away everything real in my life
    And tell me now

    [Chorus]

    Please, tell me, baby
    How do I go on if you ever leave?
    Baby, you would take away everything, I need you with me
    Baby, don't you know that you're everything good in my life?
    And tell me now

    [Chorus]

    How do I live without you?
    How do I live without you, baby?
    How do I live?

from now on

  • 意思：from this time into the future
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyIDxpUJ10Q
  • 歌手：Hugh Jackman
  • 歌名：From now on
  • 備註：電影大娛樂家(The Greatest Showman)的插曲，男主角就是演金鋼狼的休傑克曼。
  • 歌詞：
    I saw the sun begin to dim
    And felt that winter wind
    Blow cold
    A man learns who is there for him
    When the glitter fades and the walls won't hold
    'Cause from then rubble
    What remains
    Can only be what's true
    If all was lost
    There's more I gained
    'Cause it led me back
    To you

    I drank champagne with kings and queens
    The politicians praised my name
    But those are someone else's dreams
    The pitfalls of the man I became
    For years and years
    I chased their cheers
    The crazy speed of always needing more
    But when I stop
    And see you here
    I remember who all this was for

    And from now on
    These eyes will not be blinded by the lights
    From now on
    What's waited till tomorrow starts tonight
    It starts tonight
    And let this promise in me start
    Like an anthem in my heart
    From now on
    From now on
    From now on

    [3x]
    And we will come back home
    And we will come back home
    Home, again!

    From now on!

    [4x]
    And we will come back home
    And we will come back home
    Home, again!

    From now on!

    These eyes will not be blinded by the lights!

    From now on!

    What's waited till tomorrow starts tonight!
    It starts tonight!
    Let this promise in me start
    Like an anthem in my heart
    From now on!
    From now on!

    [2x]
    And we will come back home
    And we will come back home
    Home again!

    [3x]
    From now on
    From now on
    Home, again!

  • 意思：from this time into the future
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-86BIfYpLI
  • 歌手：Don Williams
  • 歌名：From now on
  • 備註：
  • 歌詞：
    Everybody comes with baggage
    Places and people before
    You don't know what all your getting
    When love walks through your door, through your door

    I've had some hills and some valleys
    You've done some traveling too
    You can tell by the dents and the scratches
    Our hearts aren't exactly brand new

    [Chorus]
    From now on is all that counts
    From now on is all that matters
    That's what living's all about
    From different roads we find each other
    You're the only love I want, from now on

    I'm thankful for the ones before me
    I'm grateful that they didn't stay
    We can't do a thing about it
    And it's made us who we are today

    [Chorus]x2

to keep track of

  • 意思：to keep or maintain a record of; to remember the location or status of
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFhFgN1hP2E
  • 歌手：Needtobreathe
  • 歌名：I won't look back
  • 備註：
  • 歌詞：
    Love, love isn't always
    Love the way that we mean
    Just like you are right now is all, all that I need

    [Chorus]
    Let's start over, don't be afraid cause I won't keep track
    Let's climb to the top
    If you won't look down, I won't look back

    Love, love isn't always
    Love, the kind that you hold
    I will be here waiting if you, you can let go

    [Chorus]x2

  • 意思：to keep or maintain a record of; to remember the location or status of
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1HIUpeg_U4
  • 歌手：Bob Dylan
  • 歌名：Gonna change my way of thinking
  • 備註：這首歌有另一個版本，另一個版本沒有出現目標片語，而且另一個版本流傳較廣。
  • 歌詞：
    Change my way of thinking
    Make myself a different set of rules
    Gonna change my way of thinking
    Make myself a different set of rules
    Going to put my good foot forward
    Stop being influenced by fools

    So much oppression
    Can't keep track it no more
    So much oppression
    Can't keep track it no more
    Sons becoming husbands to their mothers
    Old men turning young daughters into whores

    Stripes on your shoulders
    Stripes on your back and on your hands
    Stripes on your shoulders
    Stripes on your back and on your hands
    Swords piercing your side
    Blood and water flowing through the land

    Well, I don't know which one is worse
    Doing your own thing or just being cool
    Don't know which one is worse
    Doing your own thing or being cool
    You remember only about the brass ring
    You forget all about the golden rule

    You can mislead a man
    You can take ahold of his heart with your eyes
    You can mislead a man
    You can take ahold of his heart with your eyes
    But there's only one authority
    And that's the authority on high

    I got a God-fearing woman
    One I can easily afford
    I got a God-fearing woman
    One I can easily afford
    She can do the Georgia Crawl
    She can walk in the Spirit of the Lord

    Jesus said, "Be ready
    For you know not the hour in which I come"
    Jesus said, "Be ready
    For you know not the hour in which I come"
    He said, "He who is not for Me is against Me"
    Just so you know where He's coming from

    There's a kingdom called Heaven
    A place where there is no pain of birth
    There's a place called Heaven
    A place where there is no pain of birth
    Well the Lord created it, mister
    About the same time that He made the earth

to get carried away

  • 意思：to act in an extreme manner
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjW6Y0ZNDWQ
  • 歌手：George Strait
  • 歌名：Carried away
  • 備註：
  • 歌詞：
    I don't take my whiskey to extremes
    Don't believe in chasing crazy dreams
    My feet are planted firmly on the ground
    But darling when you come around

    [Chorus]
    I get carried away by the look by the light in your eyes
    Before I even realize the ride I'm on baby I'm long gone
    I get carried away nothing matters but being with you
    Like a feather flying high up in the sky on a windy day,
    I get carried away

    It might seem like an ordinary night
    Same ol' stars, the same ol' moon up high
    But when I see you standing at your door
    Nothing's ordinary anymore

    [Chorus]x2

    Carried away

  • 意思：to act in an extreme manner
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMg_4pJ1e4g
  • 歌手：Ivan Parker
  • 歌名：When I get carried away
  • 備註：
  • 歌詞：
    (*)
    I'm gonna let the glory roll when the roll is called in Glory
    I'll gonna get beside myself when I get beside the King that day
    I'm gonna have the time of my life when the time of my life is over
    I'm gonna get carried away when I get carried away

    Well, I don't know why I become a little shy
    When I get around a whole lotta people
    And I can't figure out why I never can shout
    About the love that floods my soul
    Well, I must confess, I can't express
    The feelings deep inside me
    But the things I know and cannot show
    One day will overflow

    (*)

    Oh, I'll pass the clouds and shout so loud it may sound like thunder
    My tearful eyes may fill the skies until it looks like rain
    When I leave this world past the gates of pearl and stand before my Savior
    I'll let my soul let the glory roll when from the roll He calls my name

    (*)x2

    I'm gonna get carried away, carried away , when I get carried away

    (*)x2

    I'm gonna get carried away, carried away , when I get carried away

Lesson 12

up to date

  • 意思：modern; current, timely
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjRcsQxuXsM
  • 歌手：The Ditty Bops
  • 歌名：Sister Kate
  • 備註：shimmy是一種爵士舞步， 這個默劇註用很幽默的方式， 形容舞步就像是冰塊掉進後領口時， 我們會做的那種扭動背部的動作。 這首歌其實流傳很久了， 參考維基百科註。
  • 歌詞：
    (*)
    If I could shimmy like my sister Kate
    Shake it like a bowl of jelly on a plate
    My momma wanted to know last night
    How sister Kate could do it oh so nice
    Now all the boys in the neighborhood
    Knew Katie could shimmy ass mighty good
    Well I may be late but I'll be up to date
    When I can shimmy like my sister Kate
    Oh yeah, shake it like my sister Kate

    If I could shimmy like my sister Kate
    I'd never stay home, stay out too late
    I'd get myself about as high as a kite
    You know I'd do it for you every night
    Now all the boys in the neighborhood
    Knew Katie could shimmy ass mighty good
    Well I may be late but I'll be up to date
    When I can shimmy like my sister Kate
    Oh yeah, shake it like my sister Kate

    (*)

    That's right
    Shimmy like my sister Kate

out of date

  • 意思：過時
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xoFMurchOg
  • 歌手：Rusika
  • 歌名：We're out of date
  • 備註：
  • 歌詞：
    You're acting like you're still in love
    When you're texting cause you drank too much
    Don't try to be the saint you're not
    Just because you want another shot

    You think we'd be safe and sound
    It's funny you are coming back around
    you loved the feeling of being in love
    Need my attention but you've had enough

    (A)
    Boy, we're out of date,
    Don't have another heart for you to break cause
    Boy, we're out of date
    Don't have another day for you to waste

    (B)
    Been feeling lonely when you're not around
    But don't you treat me like i'm lost and found

    (C)
    Boy, we're out of date,
    But I can't stop myself from one more taste

    I'm acting like I'm still in love
    When I'm texting cause i drank too much
    Don't care if i'm a saint or not
    When I'm gonna get another shot

    We'll never be safe and sound
    So we better make the last one count
    you loved the feeling of being in love
    Need my attention but you've had enough

    (A)

    (B)

    (C)

    (A)x2

    (B)

    (C)

  • 意思：過時
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BeqYwCsaG2w
  • 歌手：Ed Sheeran
  • 歌名：Save myself
  • 備註：
  • 歌詞：
    I gave all my oxygen to people that could breathe
    I gave away my money and now we don't even speak
    I drove miles and miles, but would you do the same for me?
    Oh, honestly?
    Offered off my shoulder just for you to cry upon
    Gave you constant shelter and a bed to keep you warm
    They gave me the heartache and in return I gave a song
    It goes on and on

    [Chorus]
    Life can get you down so I just numb the way it feels
    I drown it with a drink and out-of-date prescription pills
    And all the ones that love me they just left me on the shelf
    No farewell
    So before I save someone else, I've got to save myself

    I gave you all my energy and I took away your pain
    'Cause human beings are destined to radiate or drain
    What line do we stand upon, 'cause from here it looks the same
    And only scars remain

    [Chorus]

    But if I don't
    Then I'll go back
    To where I'm rescuing a stranger
    Just because they needed saving just like that
    Oh, I'm here again
    Between the devil and the danger
    But I guess it's just my nature
    My dad was wrong
    'Cause I'm not like my mum
    'Cause she'd just smile and I'm complaining in a song
    But it helps
    So before I save someone else
    I've got to save myself

    [Chorus]

    And before I blame someone else, I've got to save myself
    And before I love someone else, I've got to love myself

to blow up

  • 意思：to inflate, to fill with air; to explode, to destroy (or be destroyed) by explosion
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icrM4_4T1qc
  • 歌手：John Denver
  • 歌名：Blow up your TV
  • 備註：
  • 歌詞：
    She was a level-headed dancer on the road to alcohol
    I was just a soldier on my way to Montreal
    Well, she pressed her chest against me about the time the jukebox broke
    She give me a peck on the back of the neck and these are the words she spoke

    (*)
    Blow up your TV, throw away your paper
    Go to the country, build you a home
    Plant a little garden, eat a lot of peaches
    Try and find Jesus on your own

    I sat there at the table and I acted real naive
    Cause I knew that topless lady, she had something up her sleeve
    She danced around the room awhile and she did the hoochy cooch
    Yea sing a song all night long tellin' me what to do

    (*)

    But I was young and hungry and about to leave that place
    Just as I was going she looked me in the face
    I said "You must know the answer",
    she said "No, but I'll give it a try"
    And to this day we've been livin' our way, here is the reason why

    We blew up the TV, threw away the paper
    Went to the country, built us a home
    Had a lotta children, fed 'em on peaches
    They all found Jesus on their own

to catch fire

  • 意思：to begin to burn
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7plbBlcsZs
  • 歌手：Jenix
  • 歌名：Catch fire
  • 備註：電影冰雪奇緣(Frozen)的插曲。
  • 歌詞：
    Born in captivity
    Time's your worst enemy
    Your face is getting older
    You try to keep your age
    Inside this golden cage
    Your heart is getting colder
    Don't you feel
    You're slowly dying
    Day by day
    They treat you like an animal
    You've gotta fight
    You've gotta start a riot
    So let's wake up
    Your sleeping lion

    (A)
    Catch fire, catch catch fire!
    Wake up the sleeping lion
    And use your mind
    Catch fire, catch catch fire!
    Wake up the sleeping lion
    Do you feel alive?
    Don't let it get you down

    (B)
    Do you know the reason why
    Why they never let you sleep at night
    And you're running round in circles
    Their frozen fingertips
    Against your burning lips
    A fight without heroes
    You've gotta fight
    You've gotta start a riot
    So let's wake up
    Your sleeping lion

    (A)

    (B)

    (A)

    Come baby
    Come baby
    Burn tonight
    One step across the border won't hurt your mind
    The fire will get you baby don't you know
    Easy come, easy go
    Now run baby
    Run baby
    Run tonight
    One step across the border won't hurt your mind
    The fire will get you baby don't you know
    Easy come, easy go
    Easy go

    (A)

    Don't let them get you down
    Don't let them get you down

to burn down

  • 意思：to destroy completely by fire; to burn slowly, but completely (usually said of candles)
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OS2QZvisrkM
  • 歌手：Elton John
  • 歌名：Burn down the mission
  • 備註：很有意思的歌詞，是在講一個貧窮的社區反抗有錢惡勢力的故事。
  • 歌詞：
    You tell me there's an angel in your tree
    Did he say he'd come to call on me?
    For things are getting desperate in our home
    Living in the parish of the restless folks I know

    Everybody now, bring your family down to the riverside
    Look to the east to see where the fat stock hide
    Behind four walls of stone the rich man sleeps
    It's time we put the flame torch to their keep

    Burn down the mission
    If we're gonna stay alive
    Watch the black smoke fly to heaven
    See the red flame light the sky
    Burn down the mission
    Burn it down to stay alive
    It's our only chance of living
    Take all you need to live inside

    Deep in the woods the squirrels are out today
    My wife cried when they came to take me away
    But what more could I do just to keep her warm
    Then burn, burn, burn, burn, down the mission walls

    Now everybody, bring your family down to the riverside
    Look to the east to see where the fat stock hide
    Behind four walls of stone the rich man sleeps
    It's time we put the flame torch to their keep

    Burn down the mission, Lord
    If we're gonna stay alive
    Watch the black smoke fly to heaven
    See the red flame light the sky
    Burn down the mission, Lord
    If we're gonna stay alive
    It's our only chance of living
    Take all you need to live inside

  • 意思：to destroy completely by fire; to burn slowly, but completely (usually said of candles)
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyDJFMojIoA
  • 歌手：Simon and Garfunkel
  • 歌名：A church is burning
  • 備註：
  • 歌詞：
    (*)
    A church is burning
    The flames rise higher
    Like hands that are praying a-glow in the sky
    Like hands that are praying the fire is saying,
    "You can burn down my churches but I shall be free."

    Three hooded men through the back road did creep
    Torches in their hands while the village lies asleep
    Down to the church where just hours before
    Voices were singing and hands were beating
    And saying I won't be a slave any more.

    (*)

    Three hooded men, their hands lit the spark
    Then they faded in the night and they vanished in the dark
    And in the cold light of morning there's nothing that remains
    But the ashes of a bible and can of kerosene.

    (*)

    A church is more than just timber and stone
    And freedom is a dark road when you're walking it alone
    But the future is now, and it's time to take a stand
    So the lost bells of freedom can ring out in my land.

    (*)

  • 意思：to destroy completely by fire; to burn slowly, but completely (usually said of candles)
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9dS3fEdbg0
  • 歌手：Poe
  • 歌名：Not a virgin
  • 備註：
  • 歌詞：
    I'm not a virgin anymore
    I just thought you should know
    Darlin' I've been around
    Been up and down your block
    In fact I have been all over town
    Down by the lake
    And underneath the table in my living room
    Outside by the blue blue moon
    You can call me what you will
    Call me a slut, call me a jaded pill
    But darlin' I've got your number now
    I'm not a virgin anymore

    (A)
    I've been taken
    I've been hung up
    I got down and start it over again
    I've been opened
    And I've been closed like a book
    And burned down like a written sin

    I just thought you should know my darling
    Before we begin
    I'm not a virgin anymore
    Just thought you should know
    Before you let another lie
    Slip through those crooked little teeth
    I don't think you wanna start that shit with me
    Much better yet
    Tell me something dangerous and true
    Oh yeah that looks much sexier on you
    Careful what it is you say
    'Cause I can see right through you on a cloudy day
    And darlin' I don't think you wanna play
    I'm not a virgin anymore

    (A)

    So if you wanna play dirty darling I'm gonna win
    I'm not a virgin anymore

    Been there done that
    (Say what? )
    Got the hang of it
    Got screwed
    I screw you I had a whole lot of fun with it
    I've had enough now so you better take a bow
    It's gonna be a new experience if you wanna play with me
    Daisy chains and Mary-Janes
    Happy endings, fairy tales
    Cannot fool me now

    (*)

    Hell I've been divided
    Out of my mind and reinvented again
    I've been ignited and then uninvited
    So honey
    You break it up
    I'm gonna put it back together again
    I just thought you should know my darling
    Before we begin
    I'm not a virgin anymore
    (Mother)
    I'm sorry, I'm sorry
    (Adult Annie)
    Do you get the gist of the song now?

  • 意思：to destroy completely by fire; to burn slowly, but completely (usually said of candles)
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vecBHwWMAJE
  • 歌手：The Thorns
  • 歌名：I set the world on fire
  • 備註：
  • 歌詞：
    Hundred miles an hour down
    A twistin', turnin' road
    Bottled up, shaken up
    Ready to explode

    I set the world on fire!
    I set the world on fire!

    Tired of makin' promises
    I know I won't keep
    Over you and what you do,
    Tired of being deceived,

    I set the world on fire!
    (Can't put it out)
    (puttin' me down.)
    I set the world on fire!
    (So now you can watch me)
    (let it burn down.)
    I set the world on fire!

    Let it all burn down
    Aaaaaaaah --
    All burn down
    Down --

    Tired of makin' promises
    I know I won't keep...
    Tired of makin' promises
    I know I won't keep...

    I set the world on fire!
    Let it all burn down!
    I set the world on fire!
    Let it all burn down!

    I set the world on fire!
    (Can't put it out)
    (puttin' me down.)
    I set the world on fire!
    (Let it all burn down!)
    I set the world on fire
    (Now you can watch me let it burn down)

  • 意思：to destroy completely by fire; to burn slowly, but completely (usually said of candles)
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2z56HAJ7BJA
  • 歌手：Buju Banton
  • 歌名：400 years
  • 備註：
  • 歌詞：
    Let the massive gather on the beach
    Every one ah we like to reach
    Listen while I say

    Too long in Babylon
    We've been too long in Babylon
    We've been too long in Babylon (say what?)
    We've been too long in Babylon (how long?)

    Over four hundred years, say what? (Four hundred years)
    Over four hundred years, I cry (four hundred years)
    Over four hundred years in Babylon (how long?)
    Over four hundred years, say what? (Four hundred years)
    Over four hundred years, I cry (four hundred years)
    Over four hundred years in Babylon

    And I man never cease a fire 'til
    Babylon walls burn down
    I man never cease a fire 'til
    Babylon walls burn down
    I man never cease my fire 'til
    Babylon walls burn down
    I shall never cease my fire 'til
    Babylon walls burn down

    Too long in Babylon (say what?)
    We've been too long in Babylon (woii)
    We've been too long in Babylon (children)
    We've been too long in Babylon
    How they weep us, they eat us
    They put us all to shame
    Down there in Babylon
    Lord, they ate away the change
    But we're still using their brain
    Down there in Babylon
    How we work without a gain
    Seems we labored in vain
    Down there in Babylon
    Lord, the more they say tings change
    Still remain the same
    Down there in Babylon
    Now, now, now

    We've been too long in Babylon (children)
    We've been too long in Babylon (say what?)
    We've been too long in Babylon (children)
    We've been too long in Babylon (how long has it been?)

    Over four hundred years, woii (four hundred years)
    Over four hundred years, I cry (four hundred years)
    Over four hundred years in Babylon (say what?)
    Over four hundred years, woii (four hundred years)
    Over four hundred years, say what? (Four hundred years)
    Over four hundred years in Babylon

    And I man never cease a fire 'til
    Babylon walls burn down
    I man never cease a fire 'til
    Babylon walls burn down
    I will never cease my fire 'til
    Babylon walls burn down
    I shall never cease my fire 'til
    Babylon walls burn down
    I man never cease my fire 'til
    Babylon walls burn down
    I man never cease my fire 'til
    Babylon walls burn down

  • 意思：to destroy completely by fire; to burn slowly, but completely (usually said of candles)
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRaWnd3LJfs
  • 歌手：Maroon 5
  • 歌名：Payphone
  • 備註：
  • 歌詞：
    (A)
    I'm at a payphone, trying to call home
    All of my change, I spent on you
    Where have the times gone? Baby, it's all wrong
    Where are the plans we made for two?

    Yeah, I, I know it's hard to remember
    The people we used to be
    It's even harder to picture
    That you're not here next to me
    You say it's too late to make it
    But is it too late to try?
    And in our time that you wasted
    All of our bridges burned down

    (B)
    I've wasted my nights
    You turned out the lights
    Now I'm paralyzed
    Still stuck in that time when we called it love
    But even the sun sets in paradise

    (A)

    (C)
    If "happy ever after" did exist
    I would still be holding you like this
    All those fairytales are full of shit
    One more fucking love song, I'll be sick, oh

    You turned your back on tomorrow
    'Cause you forgot yesterday
    I gave you my love to borrow
    But you just gave it away
    You can't expect me to be fine
    I don't expect you to care
    I know I said it before
    But all of our bridges burned down

    (B)

    (A)

    (C)

    Now, I'm at a payphone

    Uh
    Man, fuck that shit
    I'll be out spending all this money
    While you're sitting 'round wondering
    Why it wasn't you who came up from nothing
    Made it from the bottom
    Now when you see me, I'm stuntin'
    And all of my cars start with the push of a button
    Telling me I changed since I blew up or whatever you call it
    Switched the number to my phone so you never could call it
    Don't need my name on my shirt, you can tell that I'm ballin'
    Swish, what a shame, coulda got picked
    Had a really good game, but you missed your last shot
    So you talk about who you see at the top
    Or what you could've saw, but sad to say it's over for
    Phantom pulled up, valet open doors
    Wished I'd go away, got what you was looking for
    Now it's me who they want
    So you can go take that little piece of shit with you

    (A)

    (C)

    Now, I'm at a payphone

to burn up

  • 意思：to destroy completely by fire; to make angry or very annoyed (also: to tick off)
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tphShzlFzdI
  • 歌手：Venus
  • 歌名：Don't say you need love
  • 備註：
  • 歌詞：
    (A)
    I wanna burn up my life, he said
    To be hurt is a need
    I wanna drink that wine, she said
    I'm gonna make you bleed
    I wanna burn up my life, he said
    Consider I'm trying
    I wanna taste your blood, she said
    I'm gonna drink it dry

    I wanna burn up my life, he said
    I wanna burn it down
    Dissidence is a mood, she said
    And love can make you high
    I wanna kill that need, he said
    Murder is not a crime
    I wanna hear that beat, she said
    Until the end of the night

    (B)
    The sun is going down and I am still alive
    The sun is going down but I don't, I don't wanna die
    If we belong to somewhere, tell me where
    If we belong to somewhere, somewhere

    (A)

    I'm gonna drink it dry

    (B)

    Don't say, don't say, don't say you need love
    Don't say, don't say, don't say you need love
    Don't say, don't say, don't say you need love
    Don't say, don't say, don't say you need love
    I know you do
    I know you do

  • 意思：to destroy completely by fire; to make angry or very annoyed (also: to tick off)
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9NTybNi6bg
  • 歌手：Mr. Little Jeans
  • 歌名：Heaven sent
  • 備註：這首歌也是美劇「我是殭屍(iZombie)」的插曲，出現在第一季第二集接近結尾處，這齣劇的題材還蠻有趣的，值得一看。
  • 歌詞：
    I'm no longer fighting it
    I'm all done
    For your love I'll take a bullet
    It would be a sin to stop for it's begun
    What will be will be so let it
    And I can see the light

    (*)
    When I'm looking at the sunshine
    Through falling rain
    Now I know that there is peace of mind
    My world without you in it
    Wouldn't be the same
    I feel love that's heaven-sent divine
    And then I see every reason just burning up
    Let's stay till we fade with the sun
    Our dreams are still worth living
    Until they stop
    Until every bit of living's done

    Ooh I'm burning up
    Ooh I'm burning up with your love

    If there's a rhyme and reason then it's a lie
    Got a rainbow undercover
    See the missing pieces in the pale blue sky
    Oh they fall towards each other
    And I can see the light
    And I no longer fight

    (*)

    [3x]
    Ooh I'm burning up
    Ooh I'm burning up with your love
    Ooh I'm burning up
    Ooh an angel sent from above

  • 意思：to destroy completely by fire; to make angry or very annoyed (also: to tick off)
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvD8ailKt_0
  • 歌手：Elton John
  • 歌名：Little Jeannie
  • 備註：
  • 歌詞：
    Oh, little Jeannie
    You got so much love, little Jeannie
    And you take it where it strikes
    And give it to the likes of me
    Oh, little Jeannie
    You got so much love, little Jeannie
    So I see you when I can
    You make me all a man can be

    [Chorus]
    And I want you to be my acrobat
    I want you to be my lover
    Oh, there were others who would treat you cruel
    And oh, Jeannie, you were always someone's fool

    Little Jeannie
    You got so much time, little Jeannie
    Though you've grown beyond your years
    You still retain the fears of youth
    Oh, little Jeannie
    You got so much time, little Jeannie
    But you're burnin' it up so fast
    Searchin' for some lasting truth

    [Chorus]

    And I want you to be my acrobat
    I want you to be my lover
    Oh, there were others, and I've known quite a few
    But oh, Jeannie, I'm still in love with you

    [5x]
    You stepped into my life from a bad dream
    Makin' the life that I had seem suddenly shiny and new
    Oh, Jeannie, (Oh, Jeannie) I'm so in love with you

  • 意思：to destroy completely by fire; to make angry or very annoyed (also: to tick off)
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwLCz1UsA9k
  • 歌手：Katrina and the Waves
  • 歌名：Brown eyed son
  • 備註：
  • 歌詞：
    (A)
    You're my jealous friend, I said
    I know everything you've done
    You're my jealous friend, I said
    I know everything you've done

    You've been messing around with her
    Please go back the way you were
    You've been messing around with her
    Please go back the way you were

    (B)
    I got burned, burned, burned
    I got burned up in the fire
    I got burned, burned, burned
    I got burned up with desire

    (A)x2

    (B)

    (A)

  • 意思：to destroy completely by fire; to make angry or very annoyed (also: to tick off)
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJ4a_tgJp4I
  • 歌手：Bruce Springsteen
  • 歌名：Just like fire would
  • 備註：
  • 歌詞：
    (A)
    One night in a motel room
    Eyes cast like steel
    I drank the wine that they left on my table
    I knew the morning was too far

    I smoked my last cigarette
    I stay only to defy
    The night was dark and the land was cold
    It's frozen right to the bone

    (B)
    Just like fire would, I burn up
    Just like fire would
    Just like fire would, I burn up

    500 miles I've gone today
    Tomorrow's 500 more
    Outside my window the world passes by, it's
    Stranger than a dream

    (B)

    I go to work and I earn my pay, Lord
    My sweat it falls to the ground
    I see you now but we may never meet again child
    The ice is hanging on the door

    (A)

    (B)x2

  • 意思：to destroy completely by fire; to make angry or very annoyed (also: to tick off)
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bgBeeDIEdc
  • 歌手：Remo Drive
  • 歌名：Around the sun
  • 備註：
  • 歌詞：
    I awoke in the cleanest
    Bed sheets on earth
    In the dreaded morning
    The air felt like a curse
    Behind the counter with the drawers
    We organize the bills
    In the early of the morning
    Took the car for a fill

    (*)
    What's the date?
    I can't remember
    It all just blends together
    Spinning around the sun
    Until we burn up

    In the lines between traffic
    Familiar and clean
    In the hands of the headrest
    I nearly fell asleep
    Constant push of conditioned air
    Dries our face and skin
    I got distracted just chewing on my pen
    Took the ink all in

    (*)x2

    You wouldn't survive
    Without dependence on something
    Drinks or big cigars
    Drugs, prescribed or self-served
    You wouldn't survive
    Without a way to pass the time
    Clothes or antique cars
    Songs once heard then forgot

    (*)x2

to burn out

  • 意思：to stop functioning because of overuse; to make tired from too much work
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NoOhnrjdYOc
  • 歌手：Elton John
  • 歌名：Candle in the wind
  • 備註：
  • 歌詞：
    Goodbye, Norma Jeane
    Though I never knew you at all
    You had the grace to hold yourself
    While those around you crawled
    They crawled out of the woodwork
    And they whispered into your brain
    They set you on the treadmill
    And they made you change your name

    [Chorus]
    And it seems to me you lived your life
    Like a candle in the wind
    Never knowing who to cling to
    When the rain set in
    And I would've liked to know you
    But I was just a kid
    Your candle burned out long before
    Your legend ever did

    Loneliness was tough
    The toughest role you ever played
    Hollywood created a superstar
    And pain was the price you paid
    And even when you died
    Oh, the press still hounded you
    All the papers had to say
    Was that Marilyn was found in the nude

    [Chorus]

    Goodbye, Norma Jeane
    Though I never knew you at all
    You had the grace to hold yourself
    While those around you crawled
    Goodbye, Norma Jeane
    From the young man in the 22nd row
    Who sees you as something more than sexual
    More than just our Marilyn Monroe

    [Chorus]

    And I would've liked to know you
    But I was just a kid
    Your candle burned out long before
    Your legend ever did

stands to reason

  • 意思：to be clear and logical
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEhLHNR9wME
  • 歌手：
  • 歌名：Lord Byron's luggage
  • 備註：Lord Byron就是英國詩人拜倫。Henley Regatta是每年在英國泰晤士河上舉辦的一個遊艇比賽，persona non grata是某些國家的人不被歡迎進入的意思。「Looking for a needle in a haystack」這句話中，haystack是乾草堆，意思就是中文的「大海撈針」。「Every dog has his day」這句話是「風水輪流轉，每個人都有成功的機會」的意思。
  • 歌詞：
    Lord Byron had a lot of luggage
    He took it when he traveled far and wide
    He didn't get to bathe very often
    But he liked to change his clothes all the time

    I had a little friend named Mister Johnson
    Who always tried to be like me
    He rose to the heights of this profession
    He was hard on his friends and family

    (*)
    Still out here in the wind and rain
    Look a little older but I feel no pain
    And it stands to reason
    I'm still looking for love

    I went to the Henley Regatta
    Intending to put out to sea
    They pronounced me persona non grata
    Goes to show that you can't come and go
    As you please

    (*)

    Still looking for love
    Still looking for love
    Still looking for love
    Still looking for love

    Looking for a needle in a haystack
    It's pretty hard to find
    Every dog has his day, Jack
    I'm still waiting for mine

    Still out here in the wind and rain
    A whole lot older but I feel no pain
    And it stands to reason
    I'm still looking for love

  • 意思：to be clear and logical
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPf2snTB2wo
  • 歌手：Billy Squier
  • 歌名：Christmas is the time to say I love you
  • 備註：
  • 歌詞：
    (*)
    Christmas is the time to say "I love you"
    Share the joys of laughter and good cheer
    Christmas is the time to say "I love you"
    And a feeling that will last all through the year

    On the corner carolers are singing
    There's a touch of magic in the air
    From grownup to minor no one could be finer
    Times are hard but no one seems to care
    Christmas Eve and all the world is watching
    Santa guides his reindeer through the dark
    From rooftop to chimney, from Harlem to Bimini
    They will find a way into your heart

    (*)

    Just outside the window snow is falling
    But here beside the fire we share the glow
    Of moonlight and brandy, sweet talk and candy
    Sentiments that everyone should know
    Memories of the year that lays behind us
    Wishes for the year that's yet to come
    And it stands to reason that good friends in season
    Make you feel that life has just begun

    (*)

    So when spirits grow lighter
    And hopes are shinin' brighter
    Then you know that Christmas time is here

  • 意思：to be clear and logical
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUsvarcU1oo
  • 歌手：Bic Runga
  • 歌名：Listen
  • 備註：
  • 歌詞：
    Listen, this stands to reason
    Sure are the season, you know you and I can't be wrong
    When you walk into the room like a song
    This can't be wrong

    Tender, long as the leavin'
    I promise you this evening, and it's moving me along
    But a day away from you is too long
    Much much too long
    Much much too long

    (*)
    And I guess I'll say it plain
    We're one and the same, oh yeah
    In the face of all that's changed,
    we'll stay the same oh yeah

    Last time, I was mistaken
    My faith was shaken and my hope was never strong
    But the fear inside is already gone
    It's already gone
    It's already gone

    (*)

    And I guess I'll say it straight
    We're one and the same, oh yeah
    In the face of things that change, we'll stay the same oh yeah

  • 意思：to be clear and logical
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ipe14_yCL_g
  • 歌手：Bernadette Peters and The Muppets
  • 歌名：Just one person
  • 備註：
  • 歌詞：
    If just one person believes in you
    Deep enough, and strong enough
    Believes in you

    Hard enough
    And long enough
    Before you know it
    Someone else would think
    "If he can do it, I can do it"

    Making it
    Two whole people who believe in you
    Deep enough
    And strong enough
    Believe in you
    Hard enough
    And long enough
    There's bound to be some
    Other person who believes in
    Making it a threesome
    Making it three
    People you can say
    Believe in me

    And if three whole people
    Why not four?
    And if four whole people
    Why not more
    And more
    And more

    And when all those people
    Believe in you
    Deep enough
    And strong enough
    Believe in you
    Hard enough
    And long enough
    It stands to reason
    You yourself will start to see
    What everybody sees in you
    And maybe even you
    (maybe even you)
    Can believe in you, too

to break out

  • 意思：to become widespread suddenly
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIOJdMdS56k
  • 歌手：Swing Out Sister
  • 歌名：Breakout
  • 備註：
  • 歌詞：
    And breakout

    When explanations make no sense
    When every answer's wrong
    You're fighting with lost confidence
    All expectations gone

    The time has come to make or break
    Move on, don't hesitate
    And breakout

    (*)
    Don't stop to ask
    And now you've found a break to make at last
    You've got to find a way
    Say what you want to say
    Breakout

    When situations never change
    Tomorrow looks unsure
    Don't leave your destiny to chance
    What are you waiting for
    The time has come to make your break
    Breakout

    (*)x2

    Some people stop at nothing
    If you're searching for something
    Lay down the law
    Shout out for more
    Breakout and shout
    Day in day out
    Breakout

    Breakout

    (*)x2

    (Don't) Lay down the law (stop)
    Shout out for more (to ask)
    Breakout and shout day in day out
    Ooh, breakout

    Breakout

    Breakout

    Lay down the law
    Shout out for more
    Breakout and shout day in day out

as for

  • 意思：regarding, concerning (also: as to)
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgIwLeASnkw
  • 歌手：Elmo and Pasty
  • 歌名：Grandma got run over by a reindeer
  • 備註：歌詞中的副歌「You can say there's no such thing as Santa. But as for me and grandpa we believe」， 意思是「大家都說聖誕老人不存在，但不管如何，我跟爺爺是相信的」。 這首歌的歌詞很有趣， 在講聖誕夜裡， 奶奶喝了蛋酒仍堅持要冒著風雪走回家， 隔天早上被發現被聖誕老人駕駛馴鹿雪橇輾死， 爺爺卻不見悲傷的情緒， 仍然看著球賽、喝著啤酒跟表妹Mel玩牌。 MV中的結局是奶奶最後從火爐中跑了回來， 喜劇收場。 以這個故事為本， 在2000有出電影， 電影的劇情中表妹Mel是壞人， 企圖謀害奶奶。 歌詞翻譯可以參考這裡註。 更有趣的是， 這首歌的靈感是源自於一個真實故事註。
  • 歌詞：
    [Chorus]
    Grandma got run over by a reindeer
    Walking home from our house Christmas Eve
    You can say there's no such thing as Santa
    But as for me and Grandpa, we believe

    She'd been drinkin' too much eggnog
    And we'd begged her not to go
    But she forgot her medication
    And she staggered out the door into the snow
    When we found her Christmas mornin'
    At the scene of the attack
    She had hoof prints on her forehead
    And incriminatin' Claus marks on her back

    [Chorus]

    Now we're all so proud of Grandpa
    He's been takin' this so well
    See him in there watchin' football
    Drinkin beer and playin' cards with cousin Mel
    It's not Christmas without Grandma
    All the family's dressed in black
    And we just can't help but wonder:
    Should we open up her gifts or send them back?

    [Chorus]

    Now the goose is on the table
    And the pudding made of fig
    And a blue and silver candle
    That would have just matched the hair in grandma's wig
    I've warned all my friends and neighbors
    "Better watch out for yourselves
    They should never give a license
    To a man who drives a sleigh and plays with elves."

    [Chorus]

    Sing it, Grandpa!

    [Chorus]

  • 意思：regarding, concerning (also: as to)
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDN76Itsfmo
  • 歌手：Lynn Anderson
  • 歌名：Flattery will get you everywhere
  • 備註：「flattery will get you everywhere」的意思是藉由奉承某人，希望這個人能夠幫你做一些事，或是能夠從他身上得到一些好處。
  • 歌詞：
    I noticed how you smiled just now surprised that having seen
    How I ate up your flattery then lick the platy clean
    I've been so starved for pretty words are ever insincere
    Till as for me flattery will get you everywhere

    (*)
    So brag me up and make me smile and I'll do things your way
    Say pretty words to me and I'll do anything you say
    Don't worry if they're true or not the truth is I don't care
    And as for me flattery will get you everywhere

    Another loves said hurtin' words uutil our love was gone
    He'd always get the shoe to fit that I'll have to put it on
    Say words unkind and soon my mind would close from ear to ear
    And as for me flattery will get you everywhere

    (*)

    As for me flattery will get you everywhere

  • 意思：regarding, concerning (also: as to)
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KD_1Z8iUDho
  • 歌手：Madonna
  • 歌名：Don't cry for me Argentina
  • 備註：經典音樂劇「阿根廷別為我哭泣」主題曲。
  • 歌詞：
    It won't be easy, you'll think it's strange
    When I try to explain how I feel
    That I still need your love after all that I've done
    You won't believe me
    All you will see is a girl you once knew
    Although she's dressed up to the nines
    At sixes and sevens with you

    I had to let it happen, I had to change
    Couldn't stay all my life down at heel
    Looking out of the window, staying out of the sun
    So I chose freedom
    Running around, trying everything new
    But nothing impressed me at all
    I never expected it to

    (*)
    Don't cry for me Argentina
    The truth is I never left you
    All through my wild days
    My mad existence
    I kept my promise
    Don't keep your distance

    And as for fortune, and as for fame
    I never invited them in
    Though it seemed to the world they were all I desired
    They are illusions
    They're not the solutions they promised to be
    The answer was here all the time
    I love you and hope you love me

    Don't cry for me Argentina

    (*)

    Have I said too much?
    There's nothing more I can think of to say to you
    But all you have to do is look at me to know
    That every word is true

for one thing

  • 意思：for example, for instance
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9NT2P38NZA
  • 歌手：Delbert McClinton
  • 歌名：One of the fortunate few
  • 備註：目前只有找到這首歌中的for one thing是當作for example解釋，有很多歌都有出現for one thing，但意思都不是for one thing，好聽的有Bob Dylan的I threw it all away，參考這裡註，或是Wayne Wonder的Perfect proposal，參考這裡註。
  • 歌詞：
    Well, for one thing, there was a whole lot of guys
    Who would've liked to have been in my shoes
    But the upkeep on a woman like that
    Will give an old poor boy the blues

    Still the pleasure was worth the pain
    Of everything she put me through
    And I consider myself one of the fortunate few

    Yeah and another thing she wasn't just good looking
    Her imagination just wouldn't quit
    She'd make you do things you never thought about
    And things you wouldn't want to admit

    There must be somebody else out there
    That feels about her like I do
    And I consider myself one of the fortunate few

    It felt so good to hurt so bad
    The best and the worst that I ever had
    I know I bit off a little more than I could chew
    Still, I consider myself, one of the fortunate few

    Well, the last thing I'm gonna tell you
    Some things are better left unsaid
    A gentleman don't go talkin' about
    What happens in a woman's bed

    That's all I've got to say
    I'll leave the rest up to you
    But I consider myself one of the fortunate few

to feel sorry for

  • 意思：for pity, to feel compassion for (also: to take pity on)
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_3Mpym-4qQ
  • 歌手：Wilf Carter
  • 歌名：Why should I feel sorry for you now
  • 備註：
  • 歌詞：
    (*)
    Why should I feel sorry for you now
    You're the one who shattered every vow
    I believed in you
    But you proved untrue
    Why should I feel sorry for you now

    I remember on that dreary day
    When I begged you not to go away
    But you didn't care
    You left me in despair
    Why should I feel sorry for you now

    (*)

    Why should I forgive you and forget
    Scars upon my heart are not healed yet
    Now my eyes are dry
    It's your turn to cry
    Why should I feel sorry for you now

    (*)

    Why should I feel sorry over you
    You just laughed at me when I fell blue
    Though your eyes are wet
    I'm learning to forget
    Why should I feel sorry for you now

    (*)

Lesson 13

to break down*

  • 意思：to stop functioning
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PiM60us7bQ
  • 歌手：Descendants 3
  • 歌名：Break this down
  • 備註：星光繼承者3(Descendants 3)的插曲。
  • 歌詞：
    It's time to it bring together
    Time for a brand new start
    We gonna put it in mo-oh-otion
    Break down what keeps us apart
    No more, no division we down
    New team, got the vision, united
    So we stand, now we living marching

    (A)
    In the light, one two, one two like
    I see you (You see me)
    Imperfect (Perfectly)
    Face to face we can see clearly our similarities
    Like day and night, wrong or right
    We come together for a good time

    We're gonna break this down
    We're gonna rock the town
    Everyone all around
    Let's be whoever like this
    Stronger together like this

    Believing in second chances
    And we're all starting today
    Marching on in a new land
    Our World's A Better, A Better Place
    Welcome, the addition new love
    Unity, new beginning for us
    Harmony that's the mission marching

    (A)

    We're gonna break this down
    We're gonna rock the town
    Everyone all around
    Just be whoever like this
    Stronger together like this
    We reunited like this

    Bringing it, bringing it, b-b-b-bringing it down
    Bringing it, bringing it, b-b-b-bringing it down
    Bringing it, bringing it, b-b-b-bringing it down
    Bringing it, bringing it, b-b-b-bringing it down (Down!)

    (B)
    We're gonna break this down (Break this down)
    We're gonna rock the town (Oh, we're gonna rock this town)
    Everyone all around (Oh, around)
    Just be whoever like this (Come on!)
    Stronger together like this (Uh)
    We be united like this

    (B)x2

    Bringing it, bringing it, b-b-bringing it down

  • 意思：to stop functioning
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1w7OgIMMRc4
  • 歌手：Guns N' Roses
  • 歌名：Sweet child o' mine
  • 備註：
  • 歌詞：
    She's got a smile that it seems to me
    Reminds me of childhood memories
    Where everything was as fresh as the bright blue sky (Sky)
    Now and then when I see her face
    She takes me away to that special place
    And if I stared too long I'd probably break down and cry

    Woah-oh-oh! Sweet child o' mine
    Woah, oh-oh-oh! Sweet love of mine

    She's got eyes of the bluest skies
    As if they thought of rain
    I hate to look into those eyes and see an ounce of pain
    Her hair reminds me of a warm, safe place
    Where as a child I'd hide
    And pray for the thunder and the rain to quietly pass me by

    Oh yeah! Woah-oh-oh-oh! Sweet child o' mine
    Ooh-oh, oh, oh! Sweet love of mine
    Woah, oh-oh-oh! Sweet child o' mine, ooh yeah
    Ooh! Sweet love of mine

    Where do we go?
    Where do we go now?
    Where do we go?
    Ooh, where do we go?
    Where do we go now?
    Oh, where do we go now?
    Where do we go? (Sweet child...)
    Ooh, where do we go now?
    Ay, ay, ay, ay, ay, ay, ay, ay
    Where do we go now? Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah, wow
    Where do we go?
    Oh, where do we go now?
    Oh, where do we go?
    Where do we go now?
    Where do we go?
    Ooh, where do we go now?
    Now, now, now, now, now, now, now
    Sweet child, sweet child o' mine

to turn out

  • 意思：to become or result; to appear, to attend (also: to come out)
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AJmKkU5POA
  • 歌手：Michael Buble
  • 歌名：Haven't met you yet
  • 備註：
  • 歌詞：
    I'm not surprised, not everything lasts
    I've broken my heart so many times I stopped keeping track
    Talk myself in, I talk myself out
    I get all worked up then I let myself down

    I tried so very hard not to lose it
    I came up with a million excuses
    I thought I'd thought of every possibility

    And I know some day that it'll all turn out
    You'll make me work so we can work to work it out
    And I promise you kid that I'll give so much more than I get
    I just haven't met you yet

    I might have to wait, I'll never give up
    I guess it's half timing and the other half's luck
    Wherever you are, whenever it's right
    You'll come out of nowhere and into my life

    And I know that we can be so amazing
    And baby your love is gonna change me
    And now I can see every possibility

    And somehow I know that it'll all turn out
    You'll make me work so we can work to work it out
    And promise you kid I'll give so much more than I get
    I just haven't met you yet

    They say all's fair in love and war
    But I won't need to fight it
    We'll get it right and we'll be united

    And I know that we can be so amazing And being in your life is gonna change me And now I can see every single possibility And someday I know it'll all turn out
    And I'll work to work it out
    Promise you kid I'll give more than I get,
    than I get, than I get, than I get

    Oh you know it'll all turn out
    And you'll make me work so we can work to work it out
    And promise you kid to give so much more than I get yeah
    I just haven't met you yet

    I just haven't met you yet
    Oh promise you kid to give so much more than I get
    I said love love love love love love love
    I just haven't met you yet
    Yeah, I just haven't met you yet

once in a blue moon

  • 意思：rarely, infrequently
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmVvsr62PWo
  • 歌手：Mary Black
  • 歌名：Once in a very blue moon
  • 備註：
  • 歌詞：
    I found your letter in my mailbox today
    You were just checking if I was okay
    And if I miss you, well you know what they say

    (*)
    Just once in a very blue moon
    Just once in a very blue moon
    Just once in a very blue moon
    And I feel one coming on soon

    No need to ask me if we can be friends
    And help me right back on my feet again
    And if I miss you, well just now and then

    (*)

    There's a blue moon shining
    When I am reminded of all we've been through
    Such a blue moon shining
    Does it ever shine down on you?

    You act as if it doesn't hurt you at all
    Like I'm the only one who's getting up from a fall
    Don't you remember now don't you recall

    (*)x2

    Just once in a very blue moon

to give up

  • 意思：放棄
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLQ0biK-ZgA
  • 歌手：S Club 7
  • 歌名：Bring it all back
  • 備註：蔡依林也翻唱過，叫做Don't stop，參考這裡註。
  • 歌詞：
    (Bring it all back now)
    Don't stop, never give up
    Hold your head high and reach the top
    Let the world see what you have got
    Bring it all back to you (bring it all back)

    Hold on to what you try to be
    Your individuality
    When the world is on your shoulders
    Just smile and let it go
    If people try to put you down
    Just walk on by, don't turn around
    You only have to answer to yourself

    Don't you know it's true what they say
    That life, it ain't easy
    But your time's coming around
    So don't you stop tryin'

    (*)
    Don't stop, never give up
    Hold your head high and reach the top
    Let the world see what you have got
    Bring it all back to you (bring it all back)
    Dream of falling in love
    Anything you've been thinking of
    When the world seems to get too tough
    Bring it all back to you (bring it all back now, yeah, yeah)

    Na...
    Na... (bring back, bring back, na na na)

    Try not to worry 'bout a thing
    Enjoy the good times life can bring
    Keep it all inside you
    Gotta let the feelings show
    Imagination is the key
    'Cause you are your own destiny
    You never should be lonely
    When time is on your side

    Don't you know it's true what they say
    Things are sent to try you
    But your time's coming around
    So don't you stop tryin'

    (*)

    Na... (bring it on, bring it on back now)
    Na... (bring it on back to me, baby)

    Don't you know it's true what they say
    Things happen for a reason
    But your time's coming around
    So don't you stop tryin'

    (*)

    Don't stop, never give up
    Hold your head high and reach the top
    Let the world see what you have got
    Bring it all back to you (bring it all back now)
    Dream of falling in love (shake your body)
    Anything you've been thinking of (and let me see you sway)
    When the world seems to get too tough
    Bring it all back to you (shake your body) (bring it all back now)

    [2x]
    Don't stop, never give up (don't stop)
    Hold your head high and reach the top (don't stop)
    Let the world see what you have got
    Bring it all back to you (bring it all back now)
    Dream of falling in love
    Anything you've been thinking of
    When the world seems to get too tough
    Bring it all back to you (bring it all back now, yeah, yeah)

to cross out

  • 意思：to cancel by marking with a horizontal line
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sgycukafqQ
  • 歌手：Linkin Park
  • 歌名：What I've done
  • 備註：
  • 歌詞：
    In this farewell
    There's no blood, there's no alibi
    'Cause I've drawn regret
    From the truth of a thousand lies
    So let mercy come and wash away

    [Chorus]
    What I've done
    I'll face myself
    To cross out what I've become
    Erase myself
    And let go of what I've done

    Put to rest what you thought of me
    While I clean this slate
    With the hands of uncertainty
    So let mercy come and wash away

    [Chorus]

    For what I've done
    I start again
    And whatever pain may come
    Today this ends
    I'm forgiving what I've done

    [Chorus]

    (Na-na na na)
    (Na-na na na)
    (Na-na na na)
    What I've done
    (Na-na na na)
    (Na-na na na)
    (Na-na na na)
    Forgiving what I've done
    (Na-na na na)
    (Na-na na na)
    (Na-na na na)
    (Na-na na na)

to take for granted

  • 意思：not to appreciate fully; to assume to be true without giving much thought
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85zWdM00fhA
  • 歌手：Nancy Barry
  • 歌名：Don't take me for granted
  • 備註：
  • 歌詞：
    Don't take me for granted
    Just because I've been around
    That don't mean I'm staying
    When you start laying around
    So don't take me for granted,
    Or think I'll always stay
    'Cause the time you start believing
    Well that's the day I walk away

    (A)
    I'll walk-a walk-a walk-a
    I'll overlook lots of little things
    An argument or two
    But not your boasting attitude
    That'll always stay with you

    (B)
    So don't think I'll always be there
    While you go kicking around
    Well baby you're gonna be sorry
    When this girl lets you down

    (A)

    (B)

    When this girl lets you down
    When this girl lets you down
    When this girl lets you down
    When this girl lets you down
    When this girl lets you down

to take into account

  • 意思：to consider a fact while evaluating a situation
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AgWjh_vv7g
  • 歌手：Local Natives
  • 歌名：Who knows who cares
  • 備註：
  • 歌詞：
    I've been going down
    Down into the river, baby
    Listen to the sound
    It's something only God knows
    You figure it out, I can't stay
    Water's in the clouds
    Is my life about to change?

    Who knows, who cares

    So we took a van down to Colorado
    Where we ran into the dead
    I took you by the hand
    Know that even with your doubts, it's ok
    Take into account that it's not about to change

    Who knows, who cares

    You could let it down
    Jump into the river, baby
    Easy as it sounds
    It's never quite as easily done
    The current has us now, it's ok
    Take into account that it's all about to change

    Who knows, who cares

    No one's been there
    But I don't care
    I know all have been there
    I don't care
    I know

  • 意思：to consider a fact while evaluating a situation
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXAgj2q0j3Y
  • 歌手：LeAnn Rimes
  • 歌名：You are
  • 備註：
  • 歌詞：
    You, you make no mistake
    You take everything I ever wanted into account
    When you walk into the room
    You give room breathing room
    Talk and turn never too late or too soon

    (*)
    You are poetry in motion
    You inspire power and devotion
    You are the turning of the tide underneath
    You are the potential in me

    You are the first one that I wish to tell
    Everything that matters, matters because you reflect it back so well
    You see understanding wherever you are standing
    Between reason and passion - balance

    (*)

    You are my strongest link
    You are everything I ever wanted to be

    You are poetry in motion
    You inspire power and devotion
    You are the turning of the tide underneath

    (*)

    You are, you are, you are, ...
  • 意思：to consider a fact while evaluating a situation
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vd0zoy_ct38
  • 歌手：Clark Ford
  • 歌名：Love never fails
  • 備註：
  • 歌詞：
    If I speak with the tongues of men and angels,
    but do not have love,
    I have become a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.

    If I have the gift of prophecy,
    and know all mysteries and all knowledge,

    and if I have all faith so as to remove mountains,
    but do not have love, I am nothing.

    Love is patient,
    love is kind,
    and is not jealous,
    love does not brag and is not arrogant.

    Love does not act unbecomingly,
    it does not seek its own,
    is not provoked,
    does not take into account a wrong suffered.

    Love does not rejoice in unrighteousness,
    but rejoices in the truth;

    (*)
    Love bears all things,
    believes in all things,
    hopes all things,
    endures all things,
    love never fails,
    love never fails.

    (*)

    love never fails,
    love never fails.

to make clear

  • 意思：to clarify, to explain
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbkOZTSvrHs
  • 歌手：John Farnham
  • 歌名：You're the voice
  • 備註：
  • 歌詞：
    We have the chance to turn the pages over
    We can write what we want to write
    We gotta make ends meet, before we get much older

    (A)
    We're all someone's daughter
    We're all someone's son
    How long can we look at each other
    Down the barrel of a gun?

    (B)
    You're the voice, try and understand it
    Make the noise and make it clear, oh, woah
    We're not gonna sit in silence
    We're not gonna live with fear, oh, woah

    This time, we know we all can stand together
    With the power to be powerful
    Believing we can make it better

    (A)

    (B)

    (A)

    (B)x4

  • 意思：to clarify, to explain
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xTg2MSGEZI
  • 歌手：Lionel Richie
  • 歌名：Love, oh love
  • 備註：
  • 歌詞：
    Show the world and all its people
    All the wonders love can bring
    Give us strength and understanding
    Give us all one song to sing
    Let the music play
    Play it loud and make it clear
    It's time to stand up
    To a new world that is now so near
    All the walls are falling down
    No more children off to war
    If we search in our hearts
    All the suffering will be no more

    And let there be joy in the world (Let there be)
    And let there be no sorrow (Ah, let there be)
    And let there be peace on Earth (Let there be)
    For all God's children, let them see

    That love, oh love
    What a blessed thing, oh yeah
    Say it loud
    Make it clear today

    And freedom, no more lies
    We can save this world if we try
    One world I know we can make it
    Yes, it's only in your heart
    Yes, it's only in your dreams
    You can climb the highest mountains
    You can make the whole world sing
    Oh yeah

    [3x]
    Love, oh love
    What a blessed thing, oh yeah
    Say it loud
    Make it clear today

clear cut

  • 意思：clearly stated, definite, apparent
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNJcRWEA5bM
  • 歌手：The New Seekers
  • 歌名：Circles
  • 備註：
  • 歌詞：
    (*)
    All my life's a circle
    Sunrise and sundown
    The moon rose through the nighttime
    Till the day break comes around
    All my life's a circle
    But I can't tell you why
    The seasons spinning round again
    The years keep rolling by

    It seems like I've been here before
    I can't remember when
    But I've got this funny feeling
    That I'll be back once again
    There's no straight lines make up my life
    And all my roads have bends
    There's no clear-cut beginnings
    And so far no dead-ends

    (*)

    I've found you a thousand times
    I guess you've done the same
    But then we lose each other
    It's just like a children's game
    And as I see you here again
    The thought runs through my mind
    Our love is like a circle
    Let's go round one more time

    (*)x3

to have on

  • 意思：to be wearing
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afsp7MU-nTI
  • 歌手：Helen Reddy
  • 歌名：Delta Dawn
  • 備註：這首歌是在講一個女生(Delta Dawn)在等她的意中人來接他，既使等到41歲還在等， 大家都覺得她瘋了， 但她卻相信意中人會帶她到他在空中的城堡。 很多人都唱過，上面選的影片是Helen Reddy，因為畫質跟音質比較清楚，其他比較有名的是Bette Midler 註及Tanya Tucker註，這些版本在youtube上都有音質較清晰的版本。
  • 歌詞：
    (*)
    Delta Dawn, what's that flower you have on?
    Could it be a faded rose from days gone by?
    And did I hear you say he was ameetin' you here today
    To take you to his mansion in the sky

    She's forty-one and her daddy still calls her baby
    All the folks around Brownsville say she's crazy
    'Cause she walks downtown with a suitcase in her hand
    Lookin' for a mysterious dark-haired man
    In her younger days they called her Delta Dawn
    Prettiest woman you ever laid eyes on
    Then a man of low degree stood by her side
    And promised her he'd take her for his bride

    (*)x5

to come to

  • 意思：to regain consciousness; to equal, to amount to
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  • 備註：找不到歌曲，作者我找到很多地方都用到這個片語，但都不是這裡這個意思。
  • 歌詞：

to call for

  • 意思：to require; to request, to urge
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-I0vnEhPzgI
  • 歌手：Vicky Arlidge
  • 歌名：Miss Polly had a Dolly
  • 備註：這是一首nursery rhymes，nursery rhymes就是「童謠」的意思，很多翻唱的版本。
  • 歌詞：
    Miss Polly had a dolly who was sick, sick, sick
    So she called for the doctor to come quick, quick, quick
    The doctor came with his bag and his hat
    And he knocked on the door with a rat-a-tat-tat
    He looked at the dolly and he shook his head
    And he said "Miss Polly, put her straight to bed!”
    He wrote on a paper for some pills, pills, pills
    "I’ll be back in the morning with my bill, bill, bill.”

  • 意思：to require; to request, to urge
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwiiA7oW6Hc
  • 歌手：The Beu Sisters
  • 歌名：My Christmas was in June
  • 備註：
  • 歌詞：
    It was summer I did love you true Feelin' like a fool Fall passed by I though you'd fade away But you left me with the pain (*)
    Winter calls for falling snow You promised me you'd never go And Christmas will be here And Christmas will be here It's the hope I'm clinging to My Christmas was in June My Christmas was in June When I was still with you December discovers We were summer lovers I wonder if you knew Snow that freezes Ocean breezes blue A place that we once knew (*)

    Broken pieces Thrown on beaches by you When you broke my heart in two (*)

    This December All I'll remember is you My Christmas was in June My Christmas was in june My Christmas was in june My Christmas was in june My Christmas was in june My Christmas was in june
  • 意思：to require; to request, to urge
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9sZyS6d23E
  • 歌手：Twenty One Pilots
  • 歌名：Glowing eyes
  • 備註：
  • 歌詞：
    La, la, da, da...

    We all are stranger creatures
    Than when we all started out as kids
    Culture forbids
    We have romantic fantasies
    About what dying truly is
    Fall off the grid

    We live for the night's decor
    It reveals what we dream of

    (*)
    I know there's someone at the door
    They called for help, of this I'm sure
    But do I want to say goodbye
    To all the glowing eyes?
    I'm holding on to what I know
    And what I know I must let go
    But I would rather play a song
    For the eyes to sing along

    The eyes to sing along, long, long

    We all know somebody who knows somebody who's doing great
    I know some people who know people who are flying straight
    But I'll kindly enter into rooms of depression
    While ceiling fans and idle hands will take my life again

    We live for the night's decor
    It reveals what we dream of

    (*)

    This room is far too dark for us to stay around
    Redemption's not that far, and darkness is going down
    This room is far too dark, for us to stay around
    Redemption's not that far, and darkness is going down

    La, la, da, da...

    I'm holding on to what I know
    And what I know I must let go
    But I would rather play a song
    For the eyes to sing along

    Their eyes will sing along, long, long
    Make them stop
    Make them stop
    Make them stop
    Make them stop
    Make them stop

  • 意思：to require; to request, to urge
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YGFtRcKWU8
  • 歌手：Harry Belafonte
  • 歌名：Old king Cole
  • 備註：這個版本很多吼叫的部分，注意一下喇叭音量。這也是一首年代久遠的童謠，讀者可以在網路上聽聽其他版本。
  • 歌詞：
    (*)
    Old King Cole was a merry old soul
    And a merry old soul was he
    Called for his pipe
    And he called for his bowl
    And he called for his privates three

    "Beer, beer, beer", said the privates
    Merry men are we
    There's none so fair as can compare
    With the Fighting Infantry

    Old King Cole was a merry old soul
    And a merry old soul was he
    Called for his pipe
    And he called for his bowl
    And he called for his corporals three

    Hup two said the corporals
    Beer, beer, beer said the privates
    Merry men are we
    There's none so fair as can compare
    With the Fighting Infantry

    Old King Cole was a merry old soul
    And a merry old soul was he
    Called for his pipe
    And he called for his bowl
    And he called for his sergeants three

    Yeahhhhh, said the sergeants
    Hup two said the corporals
    Beer, beer, beer said the privates
    Merry men are we
    There's none so fair as can compare
    With the Fighting Infantry

    Old King Cole was a merry old soul
    And a merry old soul was he
    Called for his pipe
    And he called for his bowl
    And he called for his shavetails three

    We do all the work said the shavetails
    Yeahhhh, said the sergeants
    March you dump watch said the corporals
    Beer, beer, beer said the privates
    Merry men are we
    There's none so fair as can compare
    With the Fighting Infantry

    Old King Cole was a merry old soul
    And a merry old soul was he
    Called for his pipe
    And he called for his bowl
    And he called for his captains three

    Oh don't be late for the dance said the captains
    We do all the work, said the shavetails
    Yeahhhhh said the sergeants
    March to the guardhouse said the corporals
    Beer, beer, beer said the privates
    Merry men are we
    There's none so fair as can compare
    With the Fighting Infantry

    Old King Cole was a merry old soul
    And a merry old soul was he
    Called for his pipe
    And he called for his bowl
    And he called for his chaplains three

    Oh what a bloody mess, amen amen hallelujah
    Oh don't be late for the dance, said the captains
    We do all the work, said the shavetails
    Yeahhhh said the sergeants
    Put it in a bucket said the corporals
    Beer, beer, beer said the privates
    Merry men are we
    There's none so fair as can compare
    With the Fighting Infantry

    Old King Cole was a merry old soul
    And a merry old soul was he
    Called for his pipe
    And he called for his bowl
    And he called for his colonels three

    Oh what a lovely war, said the colonels
    Oh what a bloody mess, amen, amen hallelujah
    Oh don't be late for the dance said the captains
    We do al the work said the shavetails
    Yeahhhhh said the sergeants
    March to the end said the corporals
    Beer, beer, beer said the privates
    Merry men are we
    There's none so fair as can compare
    With the Fighting Infantry

    Old King Cole was a merry old soul
    And a merry old soul was he
    Called for his pipe
    And he called for his bowl
    And he called for his generals three

    Thuh, thuh, Oh come on fellahs, give a fellah break
    Uh what's my next command said the generals
    Oh what a lovely war said the colonels
    Oh what a bloody mess, amen
    Oh what a bloody mess said the captains
    Oh what a bloody mess, said the shavetails
    Oh what a bloody mess, said the sergeants
    Oh what a bloody mess said the sergeants
    Beer, beer, beer said the privates
    Merry men are we
    There's none so fair as can compare
    With the Fighting Infantry
    There's none so fair as can compare
    With the Fighting Infantry

  • 意思：to require; to request, to urge
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtHqpRCR6S4
  • 歌手：Emily Loizeau
  • 歌名：Marry Gus and Celia
  • 備註：
  • 歌詞：
    Marry Gus and Celia
    They found a golden stone
    They keep it in their hands and
    Hide it under our souls
    To keep us warm

    They promised to the waters
    They promised to the fall
    That they would breath as one
    And whisper to us all
    Their joy

    Oh! they exchanged their hearts in the dark
    In the womb they called for a song
    For a joyful kiss

    Marry Gus and Celia
    With a golden choir
    Singing out their names and
    Burning like a fire, to make us cry

    Cause tears of tigers sooth us
    Shimmering in the night
    They reach us with a smile and
    Carry us with a sigh
    To make us cry for joy

    Oh! they exchanged their hearts in the dark
    In the womb they called for a son
    In the womb they called for a son
    In the womb they called for a son
    In the womb they called for a son
    For a joyful kiss

  • 意思：to require; to request, to urge
  • 網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGVmhrfQqzg
  • 歌手：Iron and Wine
  • 歌名：Flightless bird, American mouth
  • 備註：這首也是吸血鬼愛情電影暮光之城(Twlight)的插曲，男女主角結婚的橋段。
  • 歌詞：
    I was a quick wet boy
    Diving too deep for coins
    All of your street light eyes
    Wide on my plastic toys
    Then when the cops closed the fair
    I cut my long baby hair
    Stole me a dog-eared map
    And called for you everywhere

    Have I found you? Flightless bird
    Jealous, weeping
    Or lost you? American mouth
    Big pill looming

    Now I'm a fat house cat
    Nursing my sore blunt tongue
    Watching the warm poison rats
    Curl through the wide fence cracks
    Pissing on magazine photos
    Those fishing lures
    Thrown in the cold and clean
    Blood of Christ mountain stream

    Have I found you? Flightless bird
    Grounded, bleeding
    Or lost you? American mouth
    Big pill, stuck going down

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