– English Lyrics

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

hey

oh

um you got a minute um yeah i'm just

working

so

uh-huh

um oh i got you a birthday present

oh wow you remembered

oh

it's a judy jetson thermos

right like the kind you right yeah

oh i got something for you too

how'd you know i was coming

um

yeah um twin thing

i can't believe you did this

i can't believe you

did this

so

what's the deal with um you and joey

oh right

he is so great but that's over

does he know who

joey

you know um

he's really nutsy about you he is

why you got me that's right

excuse me

doesn't this come with a side salad

so um are you gonna call him what you

think he likes me no joey

oh

no no he is so smart he'll figure it out

do you want some chicken

no no no food with a face

i have not changed

yeah you too

hi ursula

hey

okay well um i know that we haven't

talked in a long time but um okay our

mom is not our birth mom this this other

lady is our birth mom

right okay the one that lives in montauk

you know her no i um i read about her in

mom's suicide note

if there is a suicide

note do you still have it

hang on

i can't believe you didn't tell me there

was a suicide note yeah so have you been

doing

i've

shut up

goodbye phoebe and ursula i'll miss you

p.s your mom lives in montauk

i just wrote this

it's pretty much the gist

except for the poem you read the poem

right

no

all right hang on

[Music]

who is it it's phoebe oh great

oh you

um what's up

um

well i

sort of have some bad news can i come in

um yeah no thanks

well

um

grandma died today wow

didn't she die like five years ago

no she just died today

um okay we're having a memorial service

tomorrow okay i know i went to that

already

no you didn't well then who's been dead

for five years well lots of people

look are you coming to the memorial

service or not

um no

see i already thought she was dead so

i've kind of made my peace with it

and plus i'm going to a concert tomorrow

so i'd invite you but um i only have two

tickets left

fine okay enjoy your concert thanks

enjoy your funeral

who is it

it's phoebe

phoebe

hey

oh god

so so you're making porn movies no i'm

not

they're still rolling

just making one right now

let's go phoebe and and you're using my

name

yeah can i help you with something

creamy come on look i'm talking right

now you're you mean her

you know

twin stuff is always a real big seller

what

yeah i could talk them into giving you

like

30 dollars

no

no way no and stop using my name and

shame on you and shame on all of you

you're disgusting

especially you with that

[Music]

ursula

oh

wait

it's me and stevie oh i thought there

was a mirror there okay bye-bye wait a

second

um so what's new with you

um nothing

i mean

i'm getting married next week what

yeah yeah it's gonna be a small ceremony

just family

his

okay

well i'm really happy for you

wait if um

if you want to come

i guess that'd be okay really sure why

not you could be my sister for the day

yeah

okay

um you know my friends are having a

halloween party tonight at my old

apartment so you could come

maybe i could meet the guy you're

marrying

well i'm supposed to be working at the

restaurant tonight

i'm supposed to be working right now so

who cares

by the way um it's a costume party oh

okay so that's why you're

no

good thanks

hey beautiful

hello handsome

oh god

oh look at you too

so when did you guys meet well two weeks

ago two weeks that's it yeah i know it

sounds crazy and it's not like me to do

something so impulsive but

she's just so perfect and we have so

much in common oh really

we're both teachers huh

and we were both in the peace corps

peace corps really

[Laughter]

in fact when we were building houses in

uruguay we were just two towns apart and

we never met

yeah

it wasn't a town when i got there but it

was a town when i left

shall we get me really drunk

hi liar hey you know the only reason

he's marrying you is because he thinks

all the things you were saying about

yourself were true well they could be

true but they're not

yeah it's a fine line huh

why are you lying to him i don't know

he said he did all this stuff and then i

said i did it too and he got so excited

it was really fun

honey

it's a filthy disgusting habit and i

want you to quit now

she's helped so many people quit smoking

no you really better get going oh right

you have a church group meeting tonight

right

well

it's nice meeting you

you too

and ursula was really nice meeting you

tonight

jeez come on bunny versus duty we're

waiting

[Music]

you

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
working /ˈwɜːrkɪŋ/ B1	verb - to be engaged in activity with effort, especially to earn money.
remembered /rɪˈmembərd/ A2	verb - to bring back to mind; recall.
thermos /ˈθɜːrmɒs/ B1	noun - a vacuum flask for keeping liquids hot or cold.
believe /bɪˈliːv/ A2	verb - to accept something as true; feel sure of the truth of.
great /ɡreɪt/ A2	adjective - of an extent, amount, or intensity considerably above the average.
nuttsy /ˈnʌtsi/ B2	adjective - eccentric or crazy.
figure /ˈfɪɡər/ B1	verb - to come to a conclusion; work something out.
smart /smɑːrt/ A2	adjective - having or showing intelligence.
changed /tʃeɪndʒd/ A2	verb - become different.
suicide /ˈsuːɪsaɪd/ C1	noun - the action of intentionally ending one's own life.
shut /ʃʌt/ A2	verb - to close (something) tightly.
memorial /mɪˈmɔːriəl/ B2	noun - something created to commemorate a person or event.
concert /ˈkɒnsərt/ B1	noun - a live musical performance.
impulsive /ɪmˈpʌlsɪv/ B2	adjective - acting or done without forethought.
common /ˈkɒmən/ A2	adjective - occurring, found, or done often; prevalent.
lying /ˈlaɪɪŋ/ A2	verb - not telling the truth.
habit /ˈhæbɪt/ B1	noun - a settled or regular tendency or practice.

Key Grammar Structures

• oh wow you remembered

  ➔ Past Simple Tense, Interrogative Tag (implied)

  ➔ The sentence uses the past simple ("remembered") to express a completed action in the past. The 'wow' and intonation imply a question, functioning as an implied interrogative tag – 'you remembered, didn't you?'

• how'd you know i was coming

  ➔ Contraction of 'how did you', Past Simple Tense, Indirect Question

  ➔ The sentence uses a contraction ('how'd') for conversational fluency. It's an indirect question embedded within a statement, asking how the other person knew about the speaker's arrival.

• doesn't this come with a side salad

  ➔ Present Simple Tense (negative), Inversion for Emphasis, Tag Question

  ➔ The sentence uses inversion ('doesn't this come') for emphasis, highlighting surprise or disbelief. It's a rhetorical question functioning as a tag question, expecting agreement.

• i can't believe you didn't tell me there was a suicide note

  ➔ Modal Verb ('can't'), Past Simple Tense (negative), Reported Speech (implied)

  ➔ The sentence expresses disbelief using the modal verb 'can't'. The past simple negative ('didn't tell') indicates a past action that didn't happen. The phrase 'there was a suicide note' functions as implied reported speech.

• well then who's been dead for five years

  ➔ Present Perfect Tense, Interrogative Pronoun ('who'), Tag Question (implied)

  ➔ The sentence uses the present perfect ('been dead') to ask about a state that started in the past and continues to the present. 'Who' is an interrogative pronoun. The intonation suggests a tag question, seeking confirmation.