– English Lyrics

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

paper was light gold in medieval times

i want tobacco sugar

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that everything we thought we knew about

the world

might turn out to be completely wrong

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won't you tell me

dr barcus sorry i was wondering have you

got a minute

no but what is it yeah no it's just um

there's something wrong with my mouth

yeah yeah it's making a really funny

noise

kind of funny noise kind of um

i love you it's really weird

i love you do you see what i mean

okay um yeah how long has this been

going on um

probably since you've been working here

oh

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you um getting enough exercise and

bowels regularly regular okay right

i'll have a thing thanks very much

thanks dr marcus

i love you

i love you now

hi can i have a coffee with skim milk

please

can i have a coffee the skim milk please

the board

you've got to say something on the board

you've got to say what type

i just want i i just want a normal

coffee please

yeah you see you've got to say something

like colombian select roast

and and skim milk that's a skinny so

then you'd say a skinny

colombian celebrity skinny skinny

colombian slack roast please

yeah now i need to know the size so do

you want a tallander

a regularino or a grandeuristic coffee

and a coffee size

bigger than a thimble smaller than a

bucket coffee coffee coffee

that includes the torlanda the

regularino and the grandeur is you know

i tell you what i'd really like is i'd

like to see the manager please

someone to see the manager of chino i

don't know chino can i help

this customaretto she's got a

see that's no good because i don't know

if she wants to have any pepper or

coffee to go to still or in a prep and

watch him

fill up my bag with complimentary coffee

please achino thank you for my card

do it now or i will be latte for work

lightly grassy ass

you see what i did i gave her those

cappuccinos that didn't work

so i like working with you you're really

funny

i'm wearing his pants

my

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i've been thinking a lot about arson

i do want to be with you you know not

really

oh oh oh oh oh gosh

uh gosh um

yeah we better stand over there for this

haven't we don't you think

um by the river yeah

where was i um

yeah you grabbed me by the shoulder and

you turned me around

[Laughter]

okay seriously it's very

important to me

i've just been thinking so much um

what you don't have to go down on one

knee

it's like there's too much and yet not

enough do you think it's just a bit no

it's a bit done

i i just think you you'll regret that

later i just think you want to do

something more memorable like i don't

know come

come at me out of the mist

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like loom at me you know and go i love

you i can't live without you know and

then and then

and then that oh

late at night i'm in bed and then

suddenly you come smashing through the

windows on some knotted together sheets

dressed as dick turpin

and you grab me and you ravage me

and and then you propose on the way out

they're obviously not that because if

you did that that wouldn't be a surprise

now so you just have to think of your

own one

just like dinner by the river and

there's a

traditional

just quite thirsty can we get a drink

yeah orange

okay you could be magly from the jungle

book and i can be the girl with a jug on

her head

i'll hold on to this yeah do it again

just more imaginative

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every day everywhere

sorry sweetheart sorry can i just can we

just go again but with

bigger tits

you sure babies we're very excited to

hear a scrape yeah i just want to try

one with just slightly bigger tips i

just think it's going to sound better

great let's do this okay baby

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in love with you

in love with you

so in love with you

why oh why can't you see

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hello i'm penny and i work for an

internet company

i'm looking for a man who already knows

how to use the internet

and can appreciate the person i really

am under the dress

i have got a personality i have got a

personality

i have got a personality i have got a

personality

but i haven't got any other dresses

[Applause]

we're the sutton ladies first netball

team

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and also someone who can put up fran

anywhere

i'm not going to say anything you can

just look and that's it

and if that isn't enough then you

clearly don't appreciate the finer

things in life

i've got a castle

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it's making me feel sick i'm gonna fall

in and it's making me

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i don't want to go

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anymore

you can fricker say

you can tenderize

you can

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you can flash fry

you can really roast

but it doesn't mean they won't leave you

you are women who cook

too much

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if you just stay a little bit back this

time because i think you sort of i think

you rushed in and

startled it after right let's just see

it

right right come here

stay there

where's the car look hmm

hello

oh look i'm hungry

oh look what you've got look hmm

some more what do you do

oh

hey

watch is it yeah yes

he's really nice oh that's mine

right

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uh that is that is 14

francs right after you paid for the main

meal okay is that enough to get us some

a dessert wine or or a cup of cognac

that clear stuff oh you know that's

about 120 what's that don't know but

it's

fantastic oh hang on how about perhaps

if we get a pudding

maybe in france and give you like a free

a pair of teeth for the pudding oh no or

just or or or just a french

french pudding's are brilliant because

they've only got them full of alcohol

today i once had a champagne vodka sauce

and i was sick

um

we we haven't got enough

um

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earlier

a bit more

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yes

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i'm looking for someone who i have

absolutely nothing in common with

anymore

someone who treats me with total

indifference and who i can have a life

with that is

routine and empty someone who has big

hair like this and spends hours in front

of the mirror every morning doing it and

it still looks a bit [ __ ]

a bit of a loser someone who pees in

front of me

someone who smells like pate oh no

i'm over him it's okay hooray

i am making art i am

making art i am making

art i am making art i am making

art i am making art i

am making art i am making art

i am making art i am making art i am

making art

i am making art i am making art i am

making

art i am making art

i am bail ball veil

ball veil veil

fail they'll pull

i am available

my name's elizabeth hurley

i'm a genuine model

i don't like that can i have less fire

please

all right

no i i don't like the fire it makes my

voice sound hot

all right

lonely

ugh

we'll play barbara

i've joined a lady's choir great i love

it

it's very good fun we're doing the

carmina burana

check check

very relaxing

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[Laughter]

oh

sorry sorry i just just trumped

it's just four cards each barbie is it

oh just uh

only one back would you all

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don't get me wrong i'm just a lab

technician

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the things i could do to you

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i want to get inside your

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shirt

it's elementary a formula

made for two it's just chemistry

to get a reaction from your sample

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clever

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me

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cause it doesn't take much

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baby she wants to make

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uh you do know that this is a gay night

yes that's why we're here we're very

well aware of that thank you very much

so are you lesbians no

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
medieval ˌmɛdɪˈiːvəl B1	adjective - relating to the Middle Ages
tobacco təˈbækəʊ A1	noun - a plant whose leaves are dried and fermented for smoking or chewing
complcompletely kəmˈpliːtli A2	adverb - to the full extent
exercise ˈɛksəsaɪz A1	noun - physical activity to improve health
regular ˈrɛɡjələr A1	adjective - occurring at fixed intervals
skim skɪm A2	verb - to remove the cream from milk
colombian kəˈlʌmbiən A1	adjective - relating to Colombia
roast roʊst A1	verb - to cook food in an oven or over a fire
grandeur ɡrænˈdʊr B2	noun - greatness or impressiveness, especially in size or appearance
arson ˈɑːrsən B1	noun - the criminal act of deliberately setting fire to property
ravage ˈrævɪdʒ B2	verb - to cause severe and extensive damage to something
thirsty ˈθɜːrsti A1	adjective - feeling a need to drink something
personality ˌpɜːrsəˈnælɪti A2	noun - the combination of characteristics that form an individual's character
tenderize ˈtɛndərˌaɪz B1	verb - to make meat softer before cooking
flash flæʃ A2	verb - to shine suddenly and briefly
routine ruːˈtiːn A2	noun - a sequence of actions regularly followed
indifference ɪnˈdɪfərəns B2	noun - lack of interest, concern, or sympathy
art ɑːrt A1	noun - the expression or application of human creative skill and imagination
chemistry ˈkɛmɪstri B1	noun - the branch of science concerned with the substances of which matter is composed
sample ˈsæmpəl A2	noun - a small part or quantity intended to show what the whole is like

Key Grammar Structures

• paper was light gold in medieval times

  ➔ Past Simple Tense

  ➔ The sentence uses the Past Simple to describe a state that existed in the past. “**was**” is the past tense of ‘be’.

• won't you tell me

  ➔ Contraction & Tag Question

  ➔ “**won't**” is a contraction of 'will not'. The phrase functions as a polite request phrased as a tag question, inviting a response.

• you've got to say something on the board

  ➔ Modal Verb + Infinitive & Present Perfect

  ➔ “**you've got to**” is a colloquial contraction of 'you have got to', expressing obligation. “**say**” is the infinitive. The phrase implies a requirement.

• you see you've got to say something like colombian select roast

  ➔ Discourse Marker & Noun Phrase as Appositive

  ➔ “**you see**” is a discourse marker used to emphasize a point or seek agreement. “**colombian select roast**” functions as an appositive, clarifying what 'something' refers to.

• i've just been thinking so much um

  ➔ Present Perfect Continuous & Discourse Particle

  ➔ “**I've been thinking**” uses the Present Perfect Continuous to emphasize the duration of the thinking process. “**um**” is a filler/discourse particle indicating hesitation.