Cheating – English Lyrics

• By: John Newman
• Album: Tribute

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

One, two, three, four

...

I saw you Sunday, Monday, ah

Hanging with your man again

You came back on a Tuesday, ah

With that cold-heart look of shame

Oh, I could love you better

Better than you once knew

And if you're cheating, cheat on, yeah

'Cause cheating's just a thing you do

It's just a thing you do

I saw you Friday, Saturday, ah

Tearing up another heart

You came home a-crying, ah

Why'd you take it all so hard?

You know I love you better

Better than you once knew

And if you're cheating, cheat on, yeah

But I would never cheat on you

Yeah, I could love you better

Better than you once knew

And if you're cheating, cheat on, yeah

'Cause cheating's just the thing you do

It's just a thing you do, yeah

Oh, no, oh

Oh, I've been told you, baby

Girl, you've done some things so bad to me

And I know

You are the one that's creeping

You are the one that's cheating

But if your heart is beating

Bring it on, bring it to me

You are the one that's creeping

You are the one that's cheating

But if your heart is beating

Bring it on, bring it to me

You are the one that's creeping

You are the one that's cheating

But if your heart is beating

Bring it on, bring it to me

You are the one that's creeping

You are the one that's cheating

But if your heart is beating

Bring it on, bring it to me

I could love you better

Better than you once knew

And if you're cheating, cheat on, yeah

But I would never cheat on you, no

I could love you better

Better than you once knew

And if you're cheating, cheat on, yeah

'Cause cheating's just a thing you do, no, no, no, no

Oh, uh

Oh, oh

...

Key Grammar Structures

• I saw you Sunday, Monday, ah

  ➔ Past Simple Tense

  ➔ The verb 'saw' is in the past simple tense, indicating a completed action in the past.

• You came back on a Tuesday, ah

  ➔ Past Simple Tense with Time Expression

  ➔ The phrase 'on a Tuesday' is a time expression used with the past simple tense to specify when the action occurred.

• Oh, I could love you better

  ➔ Modal Verb (Could) for Ability

  ➔ The modal verb 'could' is used to express ability or possibility in the past.

• And if you're cheating, cheat on, yeah

  ➔ Present Continuous Tense with 'If' Clause

  ➔ The present continuous tense 'you're cheating' is used in a conditional sentence with 'if' to describe a hypothetical situation.

• But I would never cheat on you

  ➔ Conditional Sentence Type 2

  ➔ This is a type 2 conditional sentence, used to talk about hypothetical situations in the present or future.

• You are the one that's creeping

  ➔ Relative Pronoun ('that')

  ➔ The relative pronoun 'that' is used to introduce a clause that describes the noun 'one'.

• Bring it on, bring it to me

  ➔ Imperative Mood

  ➔ The phrases 'bring it on' and 'bring it to me' are in the imperative mood, used to give commands or make requests.

• 'Cause cheating's just a thing you do

  ➔ Contraction ('Cause) and Apostrophe for Possession

  ➔ 'Cause is a contraction of 'because', and the apostrophe in 'cheating's' indicates possession.