Songs (shared by Academia Native, contains 25 English texts)

I Tried To Leave You (3 likes)

Leonard Cohen, Upper Beginner, 177 words

I tried to leave you ... stay forever ... I won't deny I closed the book on us At least a hundred times Ah, but I'd wake up each and every morning Right there, by your side The years go by You lose yo

Hit ´em up Style (2 likes)

Carolina Chocolate Drops, Song, Beginner, 462 words

Hit ´em up Style [original Blu Cantrell] [Verse 1: Rhiannon Giddens] While he was scheming I was beamin' in his beamer, just beamin' Can't believe that I caught my man cheatin' So I found another wa

Dance Me To The End Of Love (11 likes)

Leonard Cohen, Song, Beginner, 233 words

Dance Me To The End Of Love Dance me to your beauty with a burning violin Dance me through the panic 'til I'm gathered safely in Lift me like an olive branch and be my homeward dove Dance me to the e

Who is Sylvia (4 likes)

William Shakespeare & Franz Schubert, Song, Intermediate, 122 words

Lyrics: William Shakespeare Act IV, Scene II, of The Two Gentlemen of Verona Music: Franz Schubert, An Sylvia, D. 891; Op. 106, No. 4. Who is Sylvia? what is she, That all our swains commend her Holy

Hallelujah (31 likes)

Leonard Cohen, Song, Upper Beginner, 201 words

Hallelujah, by Leonard Cohen I've heard there was a secret chord That David played, and it pleased the Lord But you don't really care for music, do you? Well, it goes like this, the fourth, the fifth

Mary did you know ? (17 likes)

Pentatonix, Song, Upper Beginner, 181 words

Mary did you know that your baby boy will one day walk on water? Mary did you know that your baby boy will save our sons and daughters? Did you know that your baby boy has come to make you new? This c

Diamonds and Rust (4 likes)

Joan Baez, Song, Upper Beginner, 255 words

Diamonds and Rust Well I'll be damned Here comes your ghost again But that's not unusual It's just that the moon is full And you happened to call And here I sit Hand on the telephone Hearing a

Green Eyes (10 likes)

Kate Wolf, Song, Beginner, 252 words

Green Eyes Every night we light the candle that stands beside our bed, but sometimes the flame's too much to handle, that's what you said. That's what you said, and you should know, because you built

Masters of war (15 likes)

Bob Dylan, Song, Beginner, 334 words

Come you masters of war You that build the big guns You that build the death planes You that build all the bombs You that hide behind walls You that hide behind desks I just want you to know I can see

Don't worry be happy (1 likes)

Bobby McFerrin, Beginner, 357 words

Here's a little song I wrote You might want to sing it note for note Don't worry, be happy In every life we have some trouble But when you worry you make it double Don't worry, be happy Don't worry, b

Boris the Spider (2 likes)

The Who, Song, Advanced, 164 words

Boris the Spider Look, he's crawling up my wall Black and hairy, very small Now he's up above my head Hanging by a little thread Boris the spider Boris the spider Now he's dropped on to the floor He

Happy Scary Halloween (15 likes)

Oh My Genius, Song, Intermediate, 160 words

One little zombie roaming all around. Stumbled and fell down back to the ground. Two while ghosts flying overhead. They saw a scary spider and ran back under the bed. Three vampires, loo

Too Spooky For Me. (3 likes)

Kids TV 123, Upper Beginner, 235 words

Too Spooky For Me. There’s a bat and a rat and a big black scary cat. Its much too spooky for me There ‘s a skeleton and a vampire. There’s something in the fire. Its much too spooky for me. Its too

Carrickfergus (6 likes)

Joan Baez, Song, Upper Beginner, 199 words

Carrickfergus I wish I were home now, in Carrickfergus Only for nights in Ballygrand I would swim over the deepest ocean The deepest ocean, to be by your side But the sea is wide, I cannot swim

Fathers Day (3 likes)

Upper Beginner, 116 words

Fathers Day 6 reasons why Scottish dads are the best 1. They sneakily give you money for the van 2. They always help you out when you're skint, even tho' you spent all your money going out. 3. When

Auld Lang Syne (3 likes)

Robert Burns, Song, Upper Intermediate, 340 words

Auld Lang Syne Set to traditional tune by Robert Burns: the national poet of Scotland. Sung by Dougie MacLean with English translation in italics Should auld acquaintance be forgot, Shou

Spanish Mary (5 likes)

Bob Dylan (Lyrics) / New Basement Tapes, Song, Intermediate, 341 words

Spanish Mary Learn English with Song, Academia Native There were three sailors bold and true With cargo they did cary They sailed away on the ocean blue For the love of Spanish Mary So deeply no

Key West - Bob Dylan (3 likes)

Bob Dylan, Song, Beginner, 654 words

Key West (Philosopher Pirate) Learn English with Song - Academia Native, Talavera de la Reina McKinley hollered, McKinley squalled Doctor said, "McKinley, death is on the wall Say it to me, if y

Murder most foul (2 likes)

Bob Dylan, Song, Upper Beginner, 1402 words

Murder Most Foul Learn English with Song - Academia Native, Talavera de la Reina Twas a dark day in Dallas, November '63 A day that will live on in infamy President Kennedy was a-ridin' high Go

Spanish Boots of Spanish Leather (7 likes)

Bob Dylan - Mandolin Orange, Song, Upper Beginner, 288 words

Spanish Boots of Spanish Leather Learn English through song with Academia Native, Talavera Oh, I’m sailing away my own true love I’m sailing away in the morning Is there something I can send y

The Queen and the Soldier (1 likes)

Suzanne Vega, Song, Beginner, 431 words

The Queen and the Soldier Learning English through song. Academia Native, Talavera The soldier came knocking upon the Queen's door He said, "I am not fighting for you any more" The Queen knew

Wildfire - Mandolin Orange (2 likes)

Mandolin Orange, Song, Upper Beginner, 236 words

Wildfire - Mandolin Orange Learn English through song with Academia Native, Talavera de la Reina Brave men fall with a battle cry Tears fill the eyes of their loved ones And their brothers in

I am a poor wayfaring stranger (6 likes)

Song, Intermediate, 274 words

I am a poor wayfaring stranger Learning English through Song - Academia Native, Talavera de la Reina I am a poor wayfaring stranger Travelling through this world alone Yet there's no sickness,

Beeswing (4 likes)

Christy Moore (written Richard Thompson), Song, Upper Beginner, 486 words

Beeswing Sung by Christy Moore, written by Richard Thompson (of Pentangle). One of the saddest and most beautiful songs of lost love... coming after the introduction I was 18 when I came to t

All My Tears (Be Washed Away) (5 likes)

Hayde Bluegrass Orchestra, Song, Upper Beginner, 225 words

All My Tears (Be Washed Away) When I die, don't cry for me In my father's arms I'll be The wounds this world left on my soul will all be healed, and I'll be whole Sun and moon will be replaced with