Learning English with Songs: “Home is wherever I’m with you”

This song is amazing; it’s so happy and full of love it will make even a horrible day better!

Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros are a hippie band whose single “Home is wherever I’m with you” has touched thousands of hearts. They tour around in a school bus and have brought back the magical 60’s Woodstock feel to their concerts.

When you’re ready, remember to:

1. Read the lyrics
2. Understand the vocabulary
3. Listen to the song – and sing along! (this will help your pronunciation, and it’s a lot of fun!!)

You can also read our recommendation on How to Learn English with Songs.

Text

Alabama, Arkansas, I do love my Ma & Pa
Not the way that I do love you

Holy Moley, Me-oh-My, you’re the apple of my eye
Girl, I’ve never loved one like you

Man, oh man, you’re my best friend,
I scream it to the nothingness
There ain’t nothin’ that I need

Well, hot & heavy, pumpkin pie,
chocolate candy, Jesus Christ
There ain’t nothin’ please me more than you

Ahh, Home
Let me come Home
Home is wherever I’m with you (2x)

La la la la, take me Home
Baby, I’m coming Home

I’ll follow you into the park,
through the jungle, through the dark
Girl, I’ve never loved one like you

Moats & boats & waterfalls,
alley ways & pay phone calls
I’ve been everywhere with you

That’s true

We laugh until we think we’ll die,
barefoot on a summer night
Nothin’ new is sweeter than with you

And in the streets we’re running
free like it’s only you and me
Geez, you’re somethin’ to see.

Ahh, Home
Let me come Home
Home is wherever I’m with you (2x)

La la la la, take me Home
Baby, I’m coming Home

“Jade?”
“Alexander?”
“Do you remember that day you fell out of my window?”
“I sure do, you came jumping out after me.”
“Well, you fell on the concrete
and nearly broke your ass
and you were bleeding all over the place
and I rushed you off to the hospital.
Do you remember that?”
“Yes, I do.”
“Well, there’s something
I never told you about that night.”
“What didn’t you tell me?”
“While you were sitting in the backseat
smoking a cigarette you thought
was going to be your last,
I was falling deep, deeply in love with you
and I never told you ‘til just now.”
“Now I know.”

Ahh, Home
Let me come Home
Home is whenever I’m with you
Ahh, Home
Let me come Home
Home is when I’m alone with you

Home
Let me come Home
Home is wherever I’m with you

Ahh, Home
Yes, I am Home
Home is when I’m alone with you.

Alabama, Arkansas, I do love my Ma & Pa
Moats & boats & waterfalls & pay phone calls

Ahh, Home
Let me come Home
Home is wherever I’m with you
Ahh, Home
Let me come Home
Home is when I’m alone with you

Vocabulary

Ma & Pa – this is a short way of saying “mother and father”. It’s often used in Southern USA.

Holy Moley – expression of surprise.

Apple of my eye – a person or thing that someone loves very much.

Nothingness – empty space.

Moats – a deep, wide ditch that is usually filled with water and that goes around the walls of a place (such as a castle) to protect it from being attacked.

Pay phone calls – telephone calls from a public telephone that you can use if you put coins into it or use a calling card to pay for your call.

Barefoot – without shoes : with the feet bare.

Geez – used to express surprise, anger, or annoyance.

Concrete – a hard, strong material that is used for building and made by mixing cement, sand, and broken rocks with water.

Bleeding – the process of losing blood.

Rushed you off to – to do (something) quickly in a short period of time.

 

Now, let’s see if you can sing along without reading the lyrics!