Learning is a lifelong effort. "Consider a language ... language serves to describe a combination of colored squares on a surface. The squares form a complex like a chessboard. There are red, green, white and black squares. The words of the language are 'red', 'green', 'white', 'black', and a sentence is a series of these words. They describe an arrangement of squares in an order." -- Ludwig Wittgenstein, philosopher (20th century)

Barbra Streisand & Neil Diamond - You Don't Bring Me Flowers (video/Lyrics/Vocabulary)



Barbra
You don't bring me flowers
You don't sing me love songs
Neil
You hardly talk to me anymore
When I come through that door at the end of the day...
Barbra
I remember when... you couldn't wait to love me
Used to hate to leave me
Now after loving me late at night
Neil
When it's good for you, babe
And you're feeling all right
Barbra
When you just roll over and turn out the light...
And you don't bring me flowers anymore
Neil
It used to be so natural
Barbra
It used to be...
Neil
To talk about forever
Barbra
Mmm...
Neil
But used-to-be don't count anymore
They just lay on the floor
Till we sweep them away
Barbra
And baby I remember all the things you taught me
Neil
I learned how to laugh and I learned how to cry
Barbra
Well, I learned how to love and I learned how to lie
Neil
So you think I could learn how to tell you goodbye
Barbra
So you think I could learn how to tell you goodbye
You don't bring me flowers any more...
Both
Well, you think I could learn how to tell you goodbye...
Neil
You don't say you need me
Barbra
You don't sing me love songs
Both
You don't bring me flowers anymore...


Vocabulary:

hardly (adv.) - used to say that something was almost not possible or almost did not happen

babe (n.) - a very young child, a person who is innocent or who lacks experience, a sexually, attractive person —usually used of young women

roll over (v.) - to turn to a different position when lying in bed

lie (v.) - to say or write something that is not true in order to deceive someone

count (v.) - to have value or importance, to consider or regard (someone or something) in a specified way

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