Shadowing Practice: Tracy Chapman & Luke Combs Fast Car Grammy Performance - Learn English Speaking with Video

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You got a fast car I want a ticket to anywhere

Maybe we make a deal

Maybe together we can get somewhere

Any place is better

Starting from zero, got nothing to lose

Maybe we'll make something

Me, myself, I got nothing to prove

You got a fast call

And I got a plan

Inside I hear I've been working at the convenience store

Managed to save just a little bit of money

Born up to drive too far

Just across the border and into the city

And you and I can both get jobs

Finally see what it means to be living

See, my old man's got a problem

Yeah, but the bottle, that's the way it is He said his body's too old for working

His body's too young to look like his My mama went off and left him

She wanted more from life than he could give I said, somebody's got to take care of him I quit school, that's what I did

You've got a fast car

Is it fast enough so we can fly away

We've got to make a decision

Leave tonight or leave or die this way I remember when we were driving,

driving in your car

Speed so fast it felt like I was drunk

City lights lay out before

So there all fell nights right around my shoulder

And I, I, had a feeling that I belonged I, I, had a feeling I could be someone

Please don't work, please don't work

You got a fast call

We go cruising, entertain ourselves

Still ain't got a job

So we'll work in the market as a checkout, girl I know things will get better

You'll find work and I'll get promoted

And we'll move out of the shelter

I remember when you were driving, coming in your car

Skate so fast, it felt like I was known

City lights lay out before

And you're off and matched right around my shoulder

And I had a feeling that I belonged I had a feeling I could be someone,

be someone, be someone

You got a fast car, I got a job that pays all our bills

Stay out drinking, date at the bar

Support your friends and you do your kids I'd always hope for better

But maybe together you and me find it I got no plans, I ain't going nowhere

Take your best car and keep on driving I remember when we were driving

Driving in your car

Speed so fast, it felt like I was wrong

You said it actually happened before

You're often nights driving around my shore

And I, I, had a feeling that I belong I, I, had a feeling I could be someone

Be someone, be someone

You got a fast car

Is it fast enough so you can fly away?

We gotta make a decision

You Leave tonight, I'll live and die this way

Nobody knows it, expect me in you I know you wanna tell me, but you're hiding it too

And at this moment there is nothing we can do

We can do, we can do, we can nothing

We can do, we can do, we can do

We can love it, we can do

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This speaking lesson is built on the video “Tracy Chapman & Luke Combs Fast Car Grammy Performance”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: fast, driving, feeling, felt. This video has 61 sentences and 543 words to shadow. The speech runs for 5:34. The speaker talks slowly, about 98 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. 85% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start.

Key vocabulary in this video

15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
belong verb	/bɪˈlɒŋ/	To have its proper place.
nowhere adverb	/ˈnoʊ.(h)wɛɹ/	In no place.
shore noun	/ʃɔɹ/	Land adjoining a non-flowing body of water, such as an ocean, lake or pond.
shelter noun	/ˈʃɛltə/	A place where a person or animal may find protection from the elements (especially rain, storms, or cold) sometimes as a place to sleep (such as a cave).
mama noun	/ˈmɑmə/	Synonym of mother (“a female parent”).
cruise noun	/kɹuz/	A sea or lake voyage, especially one taken for pleasure.
convenience noun	/kənˈvinjəns/	The quality of being convenient.
entertain verb	/ˌɛntəˈteɪn/	To amuse (someone); to engage the attention of agreeably.
skate noun	/skeɪt/	A runner or blade, usually of steel, with a frame shaped to fit the sole of a shoe, made to be fastened under the foot, and used for gliding on ice.
checkout noun	/ˈt͡ʃɛkˌaʊt/	The process of checking out of a hotel, or the latest time to vacate a room in one.
shoulder noun	/ˈʃoʊldɚ/	The part of the human torso forming a relatively horizontal surface running away from the neck.
zero noun	/ˈzɪɹoʊ/	The numeric symbol that represents the cardinal number zero.
ourselves	/aʊɚˈsɛlvz/	Us; the group including the speaker as the object of a verb or preposition when that group also is the subject.
ticket noun	/ˈtɪk.ɪt/	A pass entitling the holder to admission to a show, concert, sporting event, etc.
bottle noun	/ˈbɒt.l̩/	A container, typically made of glass or plastic and having a tapered neck, used primarily for holding liquids.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
lay out verb	/ˌleɪ ˈaʊt/	To expend or contribute money to an expense or purchase.
go off verb		To explode.
stay out verb		To spend time out of one's house.

Grammar in this video

The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:

Structure	In the video
Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it	was drunk · was known
Past continuous was/were + -ing — an action in progress at a moment in the past	were driving
Future with “will” will + verb — a decision, promise or prediction	we'll make · we'll work · You'll find

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 19 contractions and reduced forms, such as we'll, you're, ain't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

The “sh” and “zh” sounds: shore /ʃɔɹ/, shelter /ˈʃɛltə/, shoulder /ˈʃoʊldɚ/

How to practise with this video

Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like belong, nowhere, shore.

What is the Shadowing Technique?

Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.

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