Cloud 9 – English Lyrics

• By: Jamiroquai
• Album: AUTOMATON

Lyrics & Translation

Discover the uplifting vibes of Jamiroquai's 'Cloud 9,' a song that perfectly blends funk, jazz, and pop elements to express the joy of finding love again. Through its catchy lyrics and upbeat rhythm, this song offers a fantastic way to learn English idioms and explore themes of happiness and optimism.

[English]

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

[♪♪♪]

♪ You pick me up, then you put me down ♪

♪ Can't seem to find my way around ya ♪

♪ See what you think, when you don't think it now ♪

♪ You lost my love, but someone found it ♪

♪ Now when the rain falls upon my head ♪

♪ I don't think of you that much at all ♪

♪ Just one thing seemed to make you care ♪

♪ Who's gonna drive and take you home? ♪

♪ Only a fool could walk away from me this time ♪

♪ I look up to heaven, every star I see is mine ♪

♪ Only a fool could walk away from me this time ♪

♪ I'm walking on air, and every cloud is cloud nine ♪

♪ You get your kicks playing stupid tricks ♪

♪ But I've found another crush, you got me now ♪

♪ Game, set and match, don't seem to be no catch ♪

♪ I don't think she'll drive me to the wall ♪

♪ Ooh, we go out at night ♪

♪ And the world starts feelin' right ♪

♪ She don't care about Hollywood ♪

♪ I know you don't believe it, but this time I really mean it ♪

♪ I hope it's clearly understood ♪

♪ (Hope it's understood) - Yeah ♪

♪ Only a fool could walk away from me this time ♪

♪ I look up to heaven, every star I see is mine ♪

♪ Only a fool could walk away from me this time ♪

♪ I'm walking on air and every cloud is cloud nine ♪

♪ I'm not the one, the one for you ♪

♪ Can't change it, baby ♪

♪ I'm not the one, the one for you ♪

♪ I know it, baby ♪

♪ I'm not the one, the one for you ♪

♪ Can't change it, baby ♪

♪ I'm not the one, the one for you ♪

♪ Only a fool could walk away from me this time, yeah ♪

♪ I'm not the one, the one for you ♪

♪ I look up to heaven, every star I see is mine ♪

♪ I'm not the one, the one for you ♪

♪ (Only a fool) - Only a fool ♪

♪ (Could walk away) - Only a fool ♪

♪ (From me this time) - Could walk away ♪

♪ I'm walking on air and every cloud is cloud nine ♪

[♪♪♪]

♪ I'm not the one, the one for you ♪

[ENGINE REVVING]

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
pick /pɪk/ A2	verb - to take hold of and lift something with your fingers or hand
down /daʊn/ A2	verb - to move or cause to move to a lower position
find /faɪnd/ A2	verb - to discover or locate something
love /lʌv/ A2	noun - a strong feeling of affection verb - to feel deep affection for someone
walk /wɔk/ A2	verb - to move along on foot at a regular pace
cloud /klaʊd/ A2	noun - a visible mass of condensed water vapor floating in the atmosphere
star /stɑːr/ A2	noun - a luminous celestial body visible in the night sky
walked /wɔːkt/ B1	verb (past tense of walk) - moved along on foot in the past
heaven /ˈhɛv.ən/ B2	noun - the sky or the universe as seen from Earth
clouds /klaʊdz/ A2	noun - plural of cloud, visible masses of condensed water vapor in the sky
walked /wɔːkt/ B1	verb (past tense of walk) - moved along on foot in the past

Key Grammar Structures

• You pick me up, then you put me down

  ➔ Present Simple (repeated actions)

  ➔ Uses the present simple to describe actions that happen regularly or as a pattern: "You" does this to "me".

• Can't seem to find my way around ya

  ➔ "Seem to" + infinitive (expressing difficulty or uncertainty)

  ➔ "Can't seem to find" indicates that the speaker is experiencing difficulty in finding their way around the other person. The structure "seem to" expresses a sense of something appearing to be the case, but without absolute certainty.

• See what you think, when you don't think it now

  ➔ Conditional Clause (implied 'if')

  ➔ This line implies an "if" condition. It's saying "See what you think *if* you don't think it now." It challenges the person to consider a different perspective.

• Who's gonna drive and take you home?

  ➔ Future with "gonna" (informal future)

  ➔ "Gonna" is a colloquial shortening of "going to" and expresses a planned future action. This line is a question about who will perform the action of driving and taking the person home.

• Only a fool could walk away from me this time

  ➔ Modal verb "could" (expressing possibility/conditional)

  ➔ "Could" expresses that it's only *possible* for a fool to walk away. It strongly suggests that it would be a foolish decision to leave.

• I look up to heaven, every star I see is mine

  ➔ Relative Clause (every star I see)

  ➔ "Every star I see" is a relative clause modifying "every star". It adds extra information about which stars are being referred to.

• I'm walking on air and every cloud is cloud nine

  ➔ Present Continuous (state/feeling)

  ➔ "I'm walking" uses the present continuous to express the speaker's current state of euphoria and happiness. It is more about the feeling right now than the literal action of walking.

• I don't think she'll drive me to the wall

  ➔ Future Simple with "will" (prediction/assumption)

  ➔ "She'll drive" uses "will" to express a prediction or assumption about the future. It suggests the speaker believes this new person will not cause them distress.

• I'm not the one, the one for you

  ➔ Definite Article "the" (specifying)

  ➔ The repeated use of "the" emphasizes that there is only *one* specific person who would be suitable for the other person, and it is not the speaker.