I bet you wonderin'
I bet you wonderin'
Song translation
I Heard It Through the Grapevine
Marisa Monte
Learn I Heard It Through the Grapevine by Marisa Monte with lyrics, line-by-line translation, and interactive vocabulary practice.
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About this song
I Heard It Through the Grapevine by Marisa Monte is a great song to learn Portuguese through music. This page breaks down 56 lines with a clear, line-by-line translation, plus 7 key words such as honey, heard, grapevine. 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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How I knew
How I knew
'Bout your plans
'Bout your plans
To make me blue
To make me blue
With some other guy
With some other guy
You knew before
You knew before
Between two of us guys
Between two of us guys
You know I love you more
You know I love you more
It took me by surprise
It took me by surprise
I must say
I must say
When I found you yesterday
When I found you yesterday
Don't you know that
Don't you know that
I heard it
I heard it
Through the grapevine,
Through the grapevine,
Not much longer
Not much longer
Would you be mine
Would you be mine
Uhh, uhh, heard it
Uhh, uhh, heard it
Through the grapevine
Through the grapevine
Oh I'm just about
Oh I'm just about
To lose my mind
To lose my mind
Honey honey, oh baby
Honey honey, oh baby
Ooh, ooh, honey honey
Ooh, ooh, honey honey
I know a man
I know a man
Ain't supposed to cry
Ain't supposed to cry
But these tears
But these tears
I can't hold inside
I can't hold inside
Losin' you
Losin' you
Would end my life you see
Would end my life you see
Cause you mean
Cause you mean
That much to me
That much to me
You could have
You could have
Told me yourself
Told me yourself
That you loved
That you loved
Someone else
Someone else
Instead
Instead
I heard it
I heard it
Through the grapevine
Through the grapevine
Not much longer
Not much longer
Would you be mine
Would you be mine
Ohh, I heard it
Ohh, I heard it
Thought the grapevine
Thought the grapevine
And I'm just about
And I'm just about
To lose my mind
To lose my mind
Honey honey
Honey honey
People say
People say
Believe half
Believe half
Of what you see
Of what you see
Oh, and none
Oh, and none
Of what your hear
Of what your hear
But I can't help
But I can't help
Song Vocabulary
Key words from this song. Practice them in Langooo to remember them faster.
honey
honey
heard
heard
grapevine
grapevine
much
much
knew
knew
longer
longer
lose
lose