As Long As I Got You – English Lyrics

• By: Lily Allen
• Album: Sheezus

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into Lily Allen's heartwarming "As Long As I Got You" to explore themes of love, family, and contentment. This track offers a glimpse into the artist's personal life post-hiatus and provides a unique blend of pop with Zydeco and country influences, making it a special song to understand contemporary English pop music.

[English]

It seems like only yesterday you were with somebody else

Soon as it was over though I had claimed you for myself

Didn't take me long before I had moved my stuff to yours

Glad to leave the past behind and I'm glad to close the door

Because you know I love ya

Because you know I love ya

So far has been so good, it seems we stand test of time

You never call me "baby" but you refer to me as "mine"

What I like the best is how you can keep me on my toes

Staying home with you is better than sticking things up my nose

I had that awful feeling, that I needed help

My life had lost its meaning, but you saved me from myself

As long as I've got you and we can be

Together and forever just you and me, well, that's swell

You sleep with your mouth wide open and you go to the pub alone

You only cook from frozen but I don't ever hear you moan

You let me lie in bed when you're doing breakfast with the kids

Landing on my feet with you, I'm so happy this is how we live

Because you know I love ya

Because you know I love ya

I had that awful feeling, that I needed help

My life had lost its meaning, but you saved me from myself

As long as I've got you and we can be

Together and forever just you and me, well, that's swell

As long as I've got you and we can be

Together and forever just you and me, well, that's swell

As long as I've got you and we can be

Together and forever just you and me, well, that's swell

Key Grammar Structures

• Soon as it was over though I had claimed you for myself

  ➔ Past Perfect

  ➔ The verb "had claimed" is in the past perfect, showing an action that was finished before another past event ("it was over").

• Didn't take me long before I had moved my stuff to yours

  ➔ Negative Past Simple + Past Perfect

  ➔ "Didn't take" is the negative form of the simple past, while "had moved" is past perfect, marking an action completed before the point in the past referenced by "didn't take".

• Because you know I love ya

  ➔ Present Simple (statement)

  ➔ "you know" and "I love" are both in the present simple, used for facts or regular actions.

• You never call me "baby" but you refer to me as "mine"

  ➔ Contrast with "but" + Present Simple

  ➔ "but" links two present‑simple clauses to show a contrast: the first clause states a negative action, the second presents a different positive action.

• Staying home with you is better than sticking things up my nose

  ➔ Gerund as subject + Comparative structure

  ➔ "Staying" and "sticking" are gerunds acting as subjects. The phrase "is better than" creates a comparative meaning.

• I had that awful feeling, that I needed help

  ➔ Past Simple + Content Clause introduced by "that"

  ➔ "I had" is past simple. The second part "that I needed help" is a that‑clause functioning as the object of "had".

• My life had lost its meaning, but you saved the pain from myself

  ➔ Past Perfect + Simple Past + Contrast with "but"

  ➔ "had lost" (past perfect) shows an action completed before another past action "saved" (simple past). "but" links the two contrasting ideas.

• You sleep with your mouth wide open and you go to the pub alone

  ➔ Parallel Present Simple clauses joined by "and"

  ➔ Both "sleep" and "go" are in the present simple, describing habitual actions. "and" coordinates the two clauses.

• As long as I've got you and we can be together forever, that's swell

  ➔ Present Perfect + Conditional clause introduced by "as long as"

  ➔ "I've got" is present perfect, indicating a state that began in the past and continues now. The whole clause "as long as I've got you and we can be together" sets a condition for the result "that's swell".