Call Me Maybe – English Lyrics

• By: Carly Rae Jepsen
• Album: Kiss

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the catchy world of 'Call Me Maybe' to master conversational English and learn how to express spontaneous emotions and romantic interest through simple, repetitive, and highly effective pop lyrics!

[English]

Hey, I just met you, and this is crazy

But here's my number, so call me maybe

It's hard to look right at you, baby

But here's my number, so call me maybe

Hey, I just met you, and this is crazy

But here's my number, so call me maybe

Key Grammar Structures

• Hey, I just met you

  ➔ Present Perfect

  ➔ The usage of "just" with the present perfect indicates a very recent action.

• and this is crazy

  ➔ Demonstrative Pronoun

  ➔ "This" refers to the whole situation of meeting someone and feeling an instant connection.

• But here's my number

  ➔ Presentative 'Here is'

  ➔ Using "here is" (here's) to draw attention to something being offered or presented.

• so call me maybe

  ➔ Adverb of probability (Maybe)

  ➔ The informal placement of "maybe" at the end softens the imperative command, making it a suggestion.

• It's hard to look right at you

  ➔ Cleft sentence / Infinitive structure

  ➔ The structure "It is + adjective + to-infinitive" is used to describe the difficulty of an action.