Learn English with Songs: “Sweet Child O Mine”

Howdy folks,

Do you feel like some Wednesday Guns’n’Roses? Excellent! Because today we are going to be learning some new vocabulary with Sweet Child O Mine.

1. Read the lyrics
2. Understand the vocabulary
3. Sing along with the video!

Lyrics

She’s got a smile it seems to me
Reminds me of childhood memories
Where everything
Was as fresh as the bright blue sky

Now and then when I see her face
She takes me away to that special place
And if I’d stare too long
I’d probably break down and cry

Oh, oh, oh
Sweet child o’ mine
Oh, 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, oh, oh
Sweet child o’ mine
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Sweet love of mine

Stare – to look at someone or something for a long time often with your eyes wide open.

Break down – a sudden failure of mental or physical health that makes someone unable to live normally.

O’ – a short way of saying “of”.

Ounce – a very small amount of something.

Warm – feeling or showing friendship and affection.

Pass me by – to move past someone or something.