3 Nights – English Lyrics

• By: Dominic Fike

Lyrics & Translation

Discover the story behind Dominic Fike's "3 Nights" and improve your English by exploring its conversational and narrative-driven lyrics. The song's casual storytelling about modern relationships and its blend of catchy pop and laid-back rap offers a perfect opportunity to learn contemporary phrases and expressions in a musical context.

[English]

Three nights at the motel

Under streetlights in the City of Palms

Call me what you want, when you want, if you want

And you can call me names if you call me up

Three nights at the motel

Under streetlights in the City of Palms

Call me what you want, when you want, if you want

And you can call me names if you call me up

Feel like the least of all your problems, you can reach me if you wanna

Stay up tonight, stay up at night

Green lights in your body language

Seems like you could use a little company from me

But if you got everything figured out, like you say

Don't waste a minute, don't wait a minute

It's only a matter of time for you to

Tell me now, 'cause I've been up for

I've been up for

Three nights at the motel

Under streetlights in the City of Palms

Call me what you want, when you want, if you want

And you can call me names if you call me up (call me up)

Three nights at the motel

Under streetlights in the City of Palms (what you want, ay)

Call me what you want, when you want, if you want

And you can call me names if you call me up

I can't fix each and all your problems, I'm no good with names and faces

She sent me naked pictures from her neck down to the waist

I get my feelings involved, she stopped returning my calls

Her flaws turned into walls and barricades

And I'm too far gone in all the wrong ways

And now every long day is a bad one

I can't make you call or make you stay

Or take you off the pedestal

So I get lost in modern music, watching movies, talking to the walls in my room

Walking through the halls in my head, just tryna make sure it all makes sense

I ain't made of money, maybe someday you can take it from me

I'm up too late thinking 'bout you

In MIA for

Three nights at the motel

Under streetlights in the City of Palms

Call me what you want, when you want, if you want

And you can call me names if you call me up (call me up)

Three nights at the motel

Under streetlights in the City of Palms (what you want, ay)

Call me what you want, when you want, if you want

And you can call me names if you call me up, ooh

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
nights /naɪts/ A1	noun - the period from sunset to sunrise
motel /moʊˈtel/ A2	noun - a roadside hotel or inn designed primarily for motorists
streetlights /ˈstriːtˌlaɪts/ A2	noun - a light in a public place, especially a street
city /ˈsɪti/ A1	noun - a large town
call /kɔːl/ A1	verb - to give someone a name noun - a telephone conversation
names /neɪmz/ A1	noun - a word or set of words by which a person, animal, place, or thing is known
problems /ˈprɒbləmz/ A2	noun - a matter or situation regarded as unwelcome or harmful and needing to be dealt with and overcome
reach /riːtʃ/ A2	verb - to arrive at
lights /laɪts/ A1	noun - the natural agent that stimulates sight and makes things visible
body /ˈbɒdi/ A1	noun - the physical structure of a person or animal
language /ˈlæŋɡwɪdʒ/ A2	noun - the method of human communication, either spoken or written
company /ˈkʌmpəni/ A2	noun - the fact or condition of being with other people
waste /weɪst/ B1	verb - to use carelessly or extravagantly
minute /ˈmɪnɪt/ A1	noun - a unit of time equal to sixty seconds or one sixtieth of an hour
time /taɪm/ A1	noun - the indefinite continued progress of existence and events in the past, present, and future regarded as a whole
fix /fɪks/ B1	verb - to mend or repair
feelings /ˈfiːlɪŋz/ A2	noun - an emotional state or reaction
flaws /flɔːz/ B2	noun - a mark, blemish, or other imperfection which mars a substance or object
walls /wɔːlz/ A1	noun - a long, solid, upright structure of brick, stone, or other material enclosing or protecting an area
music /ˈmjuːzɪk/ A1	noun - vocal or instrumental sounds (or both) combined in such a way as to produce beauty of form, harmony, and expression of emotion