Bucket List – English Lyrics

• By: Mitchell Tenpenny
• Album: This Is The Heavy

Lyrics & Translation

Learning a new language can be an exciting item to add to your bucket list, and Mitchell Tenpenny's song "Bucket List" is the perfect motivational soundtrack for that journey. The song's clear and heartfelt lyrics about living life to the fullest can inspire you to take on new challenges, like mastering English. Its narrative style of storytelling through song is a special element of country music that makes learning both enjoyable and culturally enriching.

[English]

♪ Yeah, I hate that the only way ♪

♪ I can say what I need to say ♪

♪ Is with a prayer I hope is ♪

♪ Getting through the clouds ♪

♪ Now, You're forever young ♪

♪ And I'm living like I'm dying ♪

♪ All I'm doing is just trying ♪

♪ To make you proud ♪

♪ Yeah, life is like a first kiss ♪

♪ You don't know how ♪

♪ Long it's gonna last ♪

♪ All you get is what you get ♪

♪ And it gets real really fast ♪

♪ I'mma love a little more ♪

♪ Dream a little deeper ♪

♪ Leave all the leavers ♪

♪ Keep all the keepers ♪

♪ Find peace of mind ♪

♪ In the time the good Lord gives ♪

♪ I'mma cross one off ♪

♪ Put two more on it ♪

♪ Say I love you ♪

♪ 'Fore the moments gone ♪

♪ And never have to ♪

♪ Ask myself what if ♪

♪ When I get to the ♪

♪ Bottom of my bucket list ♪

♪ Mine used to look real petty ♪

♪ Was the picture in the dictionary ♪

♪ Of the guy that wasn't ready ♪

♪ To grow up ♪

♪ And all it took was ♪

♪ A last goodbye ♪

♪ A broken heart ♪

♪ On borrowed time ♪

♪ And letting go of things ♪

♪ That are hard to let go of ♪

♪ Now I love a little more ♪

♪ Dream a little deeper ♪

♪ Leave all the leavers ♪

♪ Keep all the keepers ♪

♪ Find peace of mind ♪

♪ In the time the good Lord gives ♪

♪ I'mma cross one off ♪

♪ Put two more on it ♪

♪ Say I love you ♪

♪ 'Fore the moments gone ♪

♪ And never have to ♪

♪ Ask myself what if ♪

♪ When I get to ♪

♪ The bottom of my bucket list ♪

♪ Yeah ♪

♪ Yeah, life is like a first kiss ♪

♪ You don't know how ♪

♪ Long it's gonna last ♪

♪ All you get is what you get ♪

♪ And it gets real really fast ♪

♪ I'mma love a little more ♪

♪ Dream a little deeper ♪

♪ Leave all the leavers ♪

♪ Keep all the keepers ♪

♪ Find peace of mind ♪

♪ In the time the good Lord gives ♪

♪ I'mma cross one off ♪

♪ Put two more on it ♪

♪ Say I love you ♪

♪ 'Fore the moments gone and ♪

♪ Never have to ♪

♪ Ask myself what if ♪

♪ When I get to the ♪

♪ Bottom of my bucket list ♪

♪ Yeah ♪

♪ The bottom of my bucket list ♪

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
hate /heɪt/ A2	verb - to dislike intensely
prayer /preər/ B1	noun - a solemn request for help or expression of thanks addressed to God or another deity.
clouds /klaʊdz/ A1	noun - a visible mass of condensed water vapor floating in the atmosphere
young /jʌŋ/ A1	adjective - having lived or existed for only a short time.
life /laɪf/ A1	noun - the condition that distinguishes animals and plants from inorganic matter, including the capacity for growth, reproduction, functional activity, and continual change preceding death.
kiss /kɪs/ A2	noun - an act of pressing one's lips against someone or something verb - to touch with the lips
love /lʌv/ A1	verb - to feel deep affection for noun - an intense feeling of affection
dream /driːm/ A2	noun - a series of thoughts, images, and sensations occurring in a person's mind during sleep verb - to experience a dream
peace /piːs/ B1	noun - freedom from disturbance; tranquility.
mind /maɪnd/ A2	noun - the element of a person that enables them to be aware of the world and their experiences, to think, and to feel; the faculty of consciousness and thought.
time /taɪm/ A1	noun - the indefinite continued progress of existence and events in the past, present, and future regarded as a whole.
moments /ˈmoʊmənts/ B1	noun - a very brief period of time.
bottom /ˈbɒtəm/ A2	noun - the lowest point or part of something.
bucket /ˈbʌkɪt/ B1	noun - a roughly cylindrical open container, typically made of metal or plastic, with a handle.
list /lɪst/ A2	noun - a series of names, items, etc., written or printed together in a meaningful grouping or sequence so as to record or facilitate reference.
heart /hɑːrt/ A1	noun - a hollow muscular organ that pumps the blood through the circulatory system by rhythmic contraction and dilation. In vertebrates there may be one or more hearts.
hard /hɑːrd/ A2	adjective - firm and solid; not easily broken or damaged.