– English Lyrics

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

hey I I liked your band with Jonah Ruiz

lengthen snoot malfunction

well I saw your Thanksgiving show my

name's ladybird it's weird you shake

hands yeah

I'm friends with Jenna and she's always

talking about how great your band is so

I wanted to check it out yeah Jenna

tonight yeah no see you deduce or

something huh sure see you at the deuce

hey I'm not paying you to flirt I wasn't

flirting

she had been

[Music]

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
lengthen /ˈlɛŋθən/ B2	verb - to make or become longer
malfunction /ˌmælˈfʌŋkʃən/ B2	noun - a failure to function normally or properly
shake /ʃeɪk/ A2	verb - move with quick, short movements
friends /frendz/ A1	noun - people whom one knows and with whom one has a bond of mutual affection
talking /ˈtɔːkɪŋ/ A2	verb - saying words to express thoughts or feelings
great /ɡreɪt/ A2	adjective - of an extent, amount, or intensity considerably above the average
deduce /dɪˈdjuːs/ C1	verb - conclude or infer from evidence and reasoning
flirt /flɜːrt/ B1	verb - behave in a playful or sexual way, especially with someone one is attracted to
band /bænd/ A2	noun - a group of musicians playing popular music together
Thanksgiving /ˌθæŋksˈɡɪvɪŋ/ B1	noun - a national holiday celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November in the US and Canada
show /ʃoʊ/ A1	noun - a performance or display
weird /wɪrd/ A2	adjective - strange or unusual
tonight /təˈnaɪt/ A1	adverb - on this night
paying /ˈpeɪɪŋ/ A2	verb - giving money for goods or services

Key Grammar Structures

• hey I I liked your band with Jonah Ruiz

  ➔ Repetition for emphasis, prepositional phrase as adjunct

  ➔ The repetition of 'I' emphasizes the speaker's personal enjoyment. 'with Jonah Ruiz' is a prepositional phrase modifying 'band', indicating who the band played with. "I" is repeated for emphasis.

• well I saw your Thanksgiving show my

  ➔ Interjection, Past Simple, possessive pronoun used incorrectly

  ➔ "well" is an interjection. 'saw' is the past simple tense. The 'my' at the end is grammatically incorrect and likely a speech error. "saw" is the past simple of see.

• I'm friends with Jenna and she's always talking about how great your band is

  ➔ Present continuous for state, relative pronoun, adverb of frequency, comparative adjective

  ➔ 'I'm friends' uses the present continuous to describe a state of being. 'she's' is a contraction of 'she is'. 'always' is an adverb of frequency. 'great' is a comparative adjective describing the band. "she's" is a contraction of she is.

• hey I'm not paying you to flirt I wasn't flirting

  ➔ Negative imperative, present continuous negation, past continuous negation

  ➔ "hey I'm not paying you..." is a negative imperative. 'wasn't flirting' is the past continuous in the negative form, indicating an ongoing action in the past that did not happen. "I'm not paying" is present continuous negation.