– English Lyrics

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

I bet a nickel.

Hang on there a minute, moon pie.

I want to teach you somethin'.

Look at your cards,

and then look in the mirror.

Hey, I'm smiling.

-(firecracker pops) -Uh-huh.

And what does that

tell me about your cards?

That I like them?

Attaboy. Now...

look at my face.

-(firecracker pops) -Tell me

what you see.

That you're old.

It's a good thing I love you.

-(firecracker pops) -I'm gonna look at my cards again.

You're unhappy.

Which means...?

You don't have good cards.

-Mm-hmm. -(firecracker pops)

So...

I'm gonna see your nickel...

-and raise you a quarter. -Quarter?

You can fold.

No. I have good cards; you have bad cards.

I'm in.

-Nines and fives. -Mm.

That's too bad.

Three queens. You lose!

-(laughing) -What?

But you weren't happy.

-I made you think I was unhappy. -But that's lying.

You lied to your moon pie.

I bluffed my moon pie.

-Do people know about this? -Sheldon,

what's on a person's face

is not always what's in their heart.

Well, this changes everything.

How do you know who to trust?

You don't.

That's what makes life interesting.

ADULT SHELDON: Meemaw liked to teach me things that kept me awake at night.

MARY: Mom, we're home!

In here!

What's he doing up?

Losin'.

(firecracker pops)

Hell is that?

I sent Georgie on a beer run,

and tipped him with firecrackers.

Oh, Mom.

-(door opens) -Was I supposed to stiff him?

(door closes)

I ate so much candy!

Okay.

They're all yours.

(chuckles)

(firecracker pops)

-♪ Faith, faith, faith. -(groans)

Key Grammar Structures

• I bet a nickel.

  ➔ Present Simple for habitual actions or statements

  ➔ The verb 'bet' is in the present simple tense, indicating a habitual action or a statement of fact.

• Hang on there a minute, moon pie.

  ➔ Imperative mood with a term of endearment

  ➔ The phrase uses the imperative mood ('Hang on') followed by a term of endearment ('moon pie').

• Look at your cards, and then look in the mirror.

  ➔ Imperative mood with sequencing (and then)

  ➔ The imperative mood is used with 'and then' to sequence actions.

• That I like them?

  ➔ Indirect question with subject-verb inversion

  ➔ The indirect question inverts the subject and verb ('I like' becomes 'like I').

• I made you think I was unhappy.

  ➔ Past simple with object clause

  ➔ The past simple ('made') is used with an object clause ('you think I was unhappy').

• That's what makes life interesting.

  ➔ Relative pronoun ('that') as subject of the clause

  ➔ The relative pronoun 'that' introduces a clause and acts as its subject.