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  • Creedence Clearwater Revival

    i heard it through the grapevine

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    Creedence Clearwater Revival

    Creedence Clearwater Revival

    CCR is the name of rock band working during late 1960s to the early 1970s. mostly their music is about politics and southern American iconography even their lyrics are about Vietnam War and society. Having squabbles on different issues, they deviated from each other. Their band was so popular; 26 albums were sold just in The US alone. Up to now Creedence Clearwater Revival music is a hit in the US radio

     

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    I Heard It Through the Grapevine

     

    Ooo I bet you’re wonderin’ how I knew
    ‘Bout your plans to make me blue
    With some other guy that you knew before
    Between the two of us guys
    You know I loved you more
    It took me by surprise I must say
    When I found out yesterday
    Ooo I heard it through the grapevine
    Not much longer would you be mine
    Ooo I heard it through the grapevine
    And I’m just about to lose my mind
    Honey, honey yeah
    You know that a man ain’t supposed to cry
    But these tears I can’t hold inside
    Losin’ you would end my life you see
    ‘Cause you mean that much to me
    You could have told me yourself
    That you found someone else
    Instead I heard it through the grapevine
    Not much longer would you be mine
    Ooo I heard it through the grapevine
    And I’m just about to lose my mind
    Honey, honey yeah
    People say

    Idioms and Expressions

    Grapevine: By word of mouth; through gossip

    I bet: I am sure

    You are wondering about: you are curious about

    Blue: depressed, sad

    Take some one by surprise: surprise some one

    Not much longer would you be mine: you would not be mine much longer

    A man ain’t supposed to cry( informal): A man is not supposed to cry

    I am about to lose my mind: I am about to lose my sanity, I am going to lose my mind; I am going crazy; I am going insane

     

    Analysis

    This song is about a guy who knows he is going to be jilted by his girlfriend. He rues the fact that his girlfriend did not tell him straight-out that she was going to go with some other guy, instead he has discovered about his girlfriend’s plan to leave him through gossip. I have never gone through this painful experience myself, but can you imagine what it would feel like, if your girlfriend were to go with some other guy and you were the last person to know it? you would surely lose your sanity. That is why he says that even
    though a man is not supposed to cry but he is so broken-hearted that he can not hold his tears

    Grammar

    You could have told me yourself. But you did not

    You should have told yourself.But you did not

    The broken-hearted guy expected his girlfriend to tell him he was going with some other guy but his girlfriend did not

    whenever you want to talk about an action that should have happened in the past but it did not you should use the following pattern

     

    You+ should+ have+ Past participle

     

    You are supposed to have a job interview for a position in a company at 10 am but you sleep in and show up at the office at 11. The secretary at the office tells you.  You should have been here at  10. Sorry Mr Jackson the interviewer has left the office

    I should have learned English before I immigrated to Canada but I did not

    There are lots of things you could have done but you did not

     

    I should have done something expresses a command, an order or a suggestion but could only expresses a possibility among other possibilities

     

    I could have taken an English class. Possibility

    you should have taken an English class. Suggestion

    You should have listened to your parents

    You could have fixed the problem

    You could have rented out your apartment, you could have made lots of money

    You should have gone on a diet

    You should have reminded me of my options

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