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Downtown
Vocabulary from Petula Clark: 'Downtown'.
When you're alone and life is making you lonely
You can always go downtown
When you've got worries all the noise and the hurry
Seems to help, I know - downtown
Just listen to the music of the traffic in the city
Linger on the sidewalk where the neon signs are pretty
How can you lose?
The lights are much brighter there
You can forget all your troubles, forget all your cares
So go Downtown
Things 'll be great when you're Downtown
No finer place for sure, Downtown
Everything's waiting for you
Downtown
Don't hang around and let your problems surround you
There are movies shows, Downtown
Maybe you know some little places to go
to where they never close, Downtown
Just listen to the rhythm of a gentle bossa nova
You'll be dancing with them too before the night is over
Happy again
The lights are much brighter there
You can forget all your troubles, forget all your cares
So go Downtown
Where all the lights are bright, Downtown
Waiting for you tonight, Downtown
You're gonna be all right now, Downtown
Downtown
Downtown
And you may find somebody kind to help and understand you
Someone who is just like you and needs a gentle hand
to guide them along
So maybe I'll see you there
We can forget all our troubles, forget all our cares
So go Downtown
Things 'll be great when you're, Downtown
Don't wait a minute more, Downtown
Everything is waiting for you
Downtown
Downtown
Downtown
Downtown
Vocabulary
when
Conjunctionʍɛn
at the time that
I was happy when I saw her.
Used to join clauses to indicate that two things happen at the same time.
you
Pronounjuː
you (second person pronoun)
I love you.
Refers to the person or people being addressed.
alone
Adjectiveəˈloʊn
by oneself; without other people
She prefers to live alone in her small apartment.
Describes being by oneself without company. It can be used as both an adjective and an adverb.
and
Conjunctionænd
used to join words or groups of words
He likes apples and oranges.
Used to connect words of the same part of speech, clauses, or sentences.
life
Nounlaɪf
the state of being alive; the period of time from birth to death
She has lived a long and happy life.
A broad noun referring to existence or the span of someone's existence.
is
Verbɪz
he/she/it form of be
She is my best friend.
Used with singular third-person subjects like 'he', 'she', 'it', or a singular noun.
make
Verbmeɪk
to produce or create something
She makes delicious cakes.
A very common verb used for creating, producing, or constructing something.
lonely
Adjectiveˈloʊnli
unhappy because you are alone or do not have friends
She felt lonely after her friends moved away.
Describes a feeling of sadness caused by isolation or lack of companionship.
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