tell me why you ain't nothin but a heartache

Don't stress it if it's a long drive for you. Oliver has expressed his shock and gratitude at the sudden attention, announcing a couple of free shows coming up to take advantage of his new found fame: INSIDE OF ME= in BrE we would say 'inside me', without OF.The soul in his voice matches his absolute mastery of the current mood of flyover America, in which we see our culture, our heritage, and our very ability to make a living crumbling before our eyes. 'I want you to leave' (= if you leave, I’m happy because that’s what I want).ĭEEP DOWN= this is a common expression that emphasises the meaning of 'down', it is 'down and down' (we can’t say 'very down' because that means 'very depressed'). The situation that I want is 'you know', if you know, I’m happy. I WANT YOU TO KNOW= notice this construction. USED TO refers to a habit or situation that was true in the past but not now any more: 'I used to be a soldier' (but now I’m not). TO FALL APART= to crumble, to be destroyed. WANNA= want to (again, in AmE T is often lost after N). Notice the pronunciation of the ending –ACHE (as in 'ake'). A 'heartache' is when your heart hurts (not physically, but emotionally, because of love). HEARTACHE= 'a headache' is when your head hurts, feels painful. That’s incorrect in standard English but it happens in colloquial speech and dialects. 'Ain’t nothing but a heartache'= it isn’t anything but a heartache= it’s only a heartache.ĪIN’T NOTHING= 'it isn’t nothing'. REACH TO a place= get there, be able to go thereĪIN’T= isn’t (coll.).

WE ARE (TWO) WORLDS APART= there’s a lot of distance between us (not physical distance) Notice the common American rule: N+T=N, so he says /w ɒn ɪ t/instead of /w ɒn tɪ t/ I WANT IT THAT WAY= I want it like that (not differently). THE ONE DESIRE= my only desire, the only thing I desire or I want.

Tell me why you ain't nothin but a heartache