I can't write left-handed
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B2 · Upper-Intermediate
English
I Can't Write Left Handed
john legend
I Can't Write Left Handed by john legend — English lyrics with Spanish translation, line by line. Learn English through music on Langooo.
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8 lines, first 8 translated
About this song
I Can't Write Left Handed by john legend is a great song to learn English through music. This page breaks down 8 lines with a clear, line-by-line translation, plus 7 key words such as ain't, write, lord. Singing along is one of the fastest ways to pick up natural pronunciation and make new phrases stick — far more memorable than plain word lists. Tap any line to open interactive mode and practice the vocabulary until you own it.
Lyrics and Translation
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Would you please write a letter, write a letter to my mother?
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Tell her to tell, tell her to tell, tell her to tell the family lawyer
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Trying to get, trying to get a deferment for my younger brother
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Tell the Reverend Harris to pray for me, Lord, Lord, Lord
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I ain't gonna live, I don't believe I'm going to live to get much older
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Strange little man over here in Vietnam I ain't, I ain't never seen
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Bless his heart ain't never done nothing to,
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Song Vocabulary
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ain't
no es
write
escribir
lord
caballero
letter
carta
trying
intentando
live
vivir
never
nunca
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