– English Lyrics

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

one more time hey don't you want a

washboard stomach and rock H hard pecs

no I want a flabby gut and saggy man

breasts good that's good

okay I want to quit the gym you want to

quit I want to quit the

gym you do realize you won't have access

to our new full surfice Swedish

Spa I want to quit the

gym okay Dave in the membership office

handles

quitters excuse me are you a

member

me no sorry members

only I want to quit the gym it's okay

man be

strong so are you a member of any gym no

and I'm not going to be so you can save

your little speech okay no problem could

you come here for a

second hi I'm Maria

[Music]

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
washboard ˈwɒʃ.bɔːrd B1	noun - a board with ridges used for laundering clothes, or metaphorically, a very toned stomach
flabby ˈflæb.i A2	adjective - lacking firmness or tone, especially in muscles or flesh
saggy ˈsæɡ.i A2	adjective - loose and hanging down, especially due to loss of firmness
quit kwɪt A1	verb - to stop doing something or leave a place or activity
access ˈæk.ses A2	noun - the ability or right to approach, enter, or use something
surfice ˈsɜːr.fɪs B1	noun - likely a misspelling of 'surface', referring to the outer or upper side of something
Swedish ˈswiː.dɪʃ A1	adjective - relating to Sweden, its people, or its language
membership ˈmem.bər.ʃɪp A2	noun - the state of being a member of a group or organization
handles ˈhæn.dəlz A1	noun - a part that is designed to be held or gripped by the hand verb - to deal with or manage a situation or task
quitters ˈkwɪ.tərz A1	noun - people who give up or stop doing something
strong strɒŋ A1	adjective - having power or physical strength
speech spiːtʃ A1	noun - the expression of thoughts or feelings in spoken words

Key Grammar Structures

• one more time hey don't you want a washboard stomach and rock H hard pecs

  ➔ Contraction ('don't')

  ➔ 'Don't' is a contraction of 'do not', commonly used in informal speech.

• no I want a flabby gut and saggy man breasts

  ➔ Adjective order

  ➔ Adjectives follow a specific order: opinion, size, age, shape, color, origin, material, purpose. Here, 'flabby' (opinion) comes before 'gut' (noun).

• okay I want to quit the gym you want to quit

  ➔ Infinitive ('to quit')

  ➔ The infinitive 'to quit' is used after modal verbs like 'want'.

• you do realize you won't have access to our new full surfice Swedish Spa

  ➔ Future contraction ('won't')

  ➔ 'Won't' is a contraction of 'will not', used to express future negation.

• Dave in the membership office handles quitters

  ➔ Prepositional phrase ('in the membership office')

  ➔ The prepositional phrase 'in the membership office' provides location information about Dave.

• excuse me are you a member

  ➔ Tag question

  ➔ A tag question ('are you?') is added to a statement to turn it into a question, often for confirmation.

• I want to quit the gym it's okay man be strong

  ➔ Contraction ('it's')

  ➔ 'It's' is a contraction of 'it is', used in informal contexts.