– English Lyrics

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

oh great there it is thanks to Lira

Peach

oh wow look at that Robin landed on the

chocolate swamp that's five chips for me

thank you finally somebody understands

Marsh jamming Barney

what was on that tape Too bad you'll

never find out ah damn it if only I've

given you a fake tape and hidden the

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in the room where it's just weird about

it I I gave you Ted's graduation tape

instead so should we pop it in

fun fun

cannot believe it

I love you

I love you so much

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thank you

you're right

Victoria I'm sorry I haven't told you

this yet but a while back I was

kind of into Robin

in fact on our first date I might have

said I love you

understandably she freaked out and I

left

but unfortunately

the night did not end there

we all ended up at the bar with our cab

driver ranji

21

.

and I drank

unlocked

so you guys think I should have kissed

her

but I'll tell you what I'm gonna go kiss

her right

now yes do it to the cat

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no is someone out there

wow Ted you were right you shouldn't

have told that story

but you did earn yourself the right to

the end of mine we fast forward eight

years into the future wait eight years

that's that's this year

Marshall not only is it this year it's

tonight

hi

Barney come on I mean just because her

life went one way and yours went another

doesn't make your life any worse

my life rocks

money suits and sex these are tears of

joy I can be cooped up in some tiny

apartment changing some Brat's poopy

diapers but instead I'm out in the world

being awesome 24 7 365. it let me dodge

a bullet big guy

Plus

here's the mini cherry on top of the

regular cherry on top of the Sunday of

Awesomeness that is my life after

Shannon and I talked I nailed her

damn no yeah sorry don't buy it you're

making it up you're just trying to cover

the fact that you actually had a

profound moment of doubt about yourself

and uh oh my God

that he was pretty good on this phone

huh

it works just stop it

but that's getting ahead of the story

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
swamp /swɒmp/ B2	noun - an area of low-lying, uncultivated ground where water collects; a bog.
graduation /ˌɡrædʒuˈeɪʃən/ B1	noun - the receiving or conferring of an academic degree or diploma.
unfortunately /ʌnˈfɔːrtʃənətli/ B2	adverb - it is regrettable; sadly.
unlocked /ʌnˈlɒkt/ B1	verb - opened something that was secured with a lock.
future /ˈfjuːtʃər/ A2	noun - the time or a period of time following the moment of speaking.
cooped /kuːpt/ C1	verb - confined in a small space.
apartment /əˈpɑːrtmənt/ A1	noun - a suite of rooms forming one residence.
diapers /ˈdaɪəpərz/ B1	noun - pieces of absorbent material worn by babies.
awesome /ˈɔːsəm/ A2	adjective - extremely impressive or daunting; excellent.
dodge /dɒdʒ/ B2	verb - to avoid by a sudden quick movement.
profound /prəˈfaʊnd/ C1	adjective - very great or intense; having deep insight.
doubt /daʊt/ B1	noun - a feeling of uncertainty or lack of conviction.
understandably /ˌʌndərˈstændəbli/ B2	adverb - in a way that can be understood as logical or natural.
jamming /ˈdʒæmɪŋ/ B2	verb - playing music, especially in a relaxed or improvisational way.
fake /feɪk/ A2	adjective - not genuine; imitation or counterfeit.

Key Grammar Structures

• if only I'd given you a fake tape

  ➔ Third Conditional (regret/hypothetical past)

  ➔ Used "if only" with the past perfect to express a wish that a past action had been different.

• I haven't told you this yet

  ➔ Present Perfect Tense

  ➔ The "haven't told" structure emphasizes that the action is not complete up to the present moment.

• I might have said I love you

  ➔ Modal Verbs of Deduction/Possibility in the past (might have + V3)

  ➔ "might have said" refers to a possibility that occurred in the past.

• I'll tell you what I'm gonna go kiss her

  ➔ Future Intent with "be going to"

  ➔ "gonna go kiss" expresses a planned immediate future action.

• you shouldn't have told that story

  ➔ Modals in the past (shouldn't have + V3) for criticism

  ➔ "shouldn't have told" expresses a regret or criticism about a past action that was ill-advised.

• you're just trying to cover the fact

  ➔ Present Continuous for current activity

  ➔ "are trying" describes an ongoing action happening at the time of speaking.

• that's getting ahead of the story

  ➔ Idiomatic Present Continuous

  ➔ "getting ahead of" is an idiom meaning to jump to future events before they are due.