1965 – English Lyrics

• By: Jessie Murph
• Album: Sex Hysteria (Deluxe)

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into Jessie Murph's polarizing track "1965," a country-pop song that uses sharp, satirical commentary on gender roles and modern relationships. By examining the lyrics, you can learn about the artist's critique of 'trad-wife' culture and the modern dating landscape, all wrapped in a unique, genre-bending sound that mixes trap beats with retro soul elements, making it a special, attention-grabbing piece of contemporary music.

[English]

My hair is high, coke is cheap

It's a great time to be alive

Studies are now saying that cigarettes are recommended

And women belong in the kitchen

We'd go to church on a Sunday, wake up on Monday

You'd go to work, and I'd stay home and sing and do fun things

I might get a little slap-slap, but you wouldn't hit me on Snapchat

Don't fuckin' text me at 2 a.m. sayin', "Where you at, at?" Boy, fuck you

You'd handwrite me letters when you went away

You'd make me feel better, you'd know what to say

And maybe you'd still be a hoe

But if you cheated, hell, I wouldn't know

I want you to love me (hair up high, hair up high, hair up high)

Like it's 1965 (hair up high, hair up high, hair up high)

Oh-oh

I want you to want me (hair up high, hair up high, hair up high)

I think I'd give up a few rights (hair up high, hair up high, hair up high)

If you would just love me like it's 1965

...

You'd show up at the door with flowers and ask me

What I am doing an hour half past three

We'd go to diners and movies and such

We'd just hold hands and I'd love every touch, and

I would be 20, and it'd be acceptable

For you to be 40 and that is fucked up, I know

But at least you wouldn't drive off before I get in the fuckin' door

You fuckin' fuck, fuck you

I want you to love me (hair up high, hair up high, hair up high)

Like it's 1965 (hair up high, hair up high, hair up high)

Oh

I want you to want me (hair up high, hair up high, hair up high)

I think I'd give up a few rights (hair up high, hair up high, hair up high)

If you would just love me like it's 1965

I guess Bud Light didn't exist

Fuck, and I guess movies didn't exist

Maybe they did, I'm not sure about that timeline, but

I'm sure about that you are mine and I am yours

And I'd fight matadors

And Dirty Dancing wasn't a thing yet, I love that movie, fuck

But, oh, we could read a lot of books, ah-la

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
hair /her/ A1	noun - the thin threads growing from the skin of a human or animal head
coke /koʊk/ B1	noun - slang for cocaine; also a brand of soft drink
cigarettes /sɪˈɡærət/ B1	noun - small tubes of paper containing tobacco for smoking
kitchen /ˈkɪtʃən/ A1	noun - a room or area where food is prepared and cooked
church /tʃɜːrtʃ/ A1	noun - a building where Christian believers gather for worship
Snapchat /ˈsnæpˌtʃæt/ B2	noun - a social‑media app for sending pictures and short videos that disappear after viewing
cheat /tʃiːt/ B2	verb - to act dishonestly or unfairly in order to gain an advantage noun - a person who behaves dishonestly
love /lʌv/ A1	verb - to feel deep affection for someone or something noun - a strong feeling of deep affection
rights /raɪts/ B1	noun - legal, social, or moral entitlements or freedoms
door /dɔːr/ A1	noun - a movable barrier that allows entry into a building or room
flowers /ˈflaʊərz/ A1	noun - the colorful, fragrant part of a plant that produces seeds
movies /ˈmuːviːz/ A1	noun - films; motion pictures shown for entertainment
touch /tʌtʃ/ A1	verb - to make contact with something using a part of the body noun - the act of touching; a light feeling of contact
acceptable /əkˈsɛptəbl/ B2	adjective - deemed satisfactory or permissible
drive /draɪv/ A2	verb - to operate a vehicle; to cause something to move in a particular direction
matadors /ˈmætədɔːrz/ C1	noun - professional bullfighters in Spanish bullfighting
dancing /ˈdænsɪŋ/ A2	verb - moving rhythmically to music, typically following a set of steps noun - the activity or art of moving to music
books /bʊks/ A1	noun - written or printed works consisting of pages bound together
timeline /ˈtaɪmlaɪn/ B2	noun - a chronological sequence of events
cheap /tʃiːp/ A1	adjective - low in price; inexpensive

Key Grammar Structures

• It's a great time to be alive.

  ➔ Infinitive phrase as subject complement

  ➔ "to be alive" functions as a complement explaining why it’s a great time.

• Studies are now saying that cigarettes are recommended.

  ➔ That-clause as object of reporting verb

  ➔ The clause "that cigarettes are recommended" reports what 'studies' say.

• We'd go to church on a Sunday, wake up on Monday.

  ➔ Past habitual with 'would'

  ➔ "We'd go" means 'we used to go', expressing a repeated past action.

• Don't text me at 2 a.m. saying, 'Where you at?'

  ➔ Imperative with gerund phrase of purpose

  ➔ "Don't text me" is the imperative; the participle phrase "saying ..." describes the reason or action connected.

• You'd handwrite me letters when you went away.

  ➔ Conditional past/habitual 'would' with time clause

  ➔ "You'd handwrite" shows a repeated action in the past happening whenever "you went away."

• If you cheated, hell, I wouldn't know.

  ➔ Second conditional (unreal past)

  ➔ "If you cheated" imagines an unreal situation; "I wouldn't know" shows hypothetical consequence.

• Like it's 1965.

  ➔ Simile using 'like' with present tense for hypothetical past

  ➔ "Like it's 1965" means behaving as if living in that year — a metaphorical comparison.

• I'd fight matadors.

  ➔ Modal perfect ‘would’ for hypothetical action

  ➔ "I'd fight" imagines something the speaker might do, not a real event.

• Dirty Dancing wasn't a thing yet, I love that movie.

  ➔ Past simple with idiom 'wasn't a thing yet'

  ➔ "Wasn't a thing yet" means it didn’t exist or wasn’t popular at that time.