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Lyrics & Translation

[English]

yeah I'm trying to get in touch with

Sharon Leonard she works for the NYU

paper this is Jerry Seinfeld she was

supposed to meet me at a coffee shop to

do an interview

oh hey come here come here those two

girls behind you they're

e really you know uh just because you

two are homosexual so

what I mean you should just come out of

the closet and be openly gay

already so what do you

say you know you'll always be the only

man I'll ever love what's the matter

with you come on go along I'm not going

along hi Jerry It's Sharon Leonard from

the NYU paper I'm here at the coffee

shop and I was a little late I guess we

must have missed each other yeah Shar

from n come on up what was that oh

that's that reporter from NYU she's

finally going to do the interview I told

her to come up here so this way we

wouldn't miss each other uh do you want

me to stay

sure I don't

care

hi hi I'm I'm Sharon hi I'm

Jerry something the matter no no no

nothing you look familiar have we ever

met I'm I'm not sure have we you look

familiar uh why don't we do this over

here oh this is George oh hi nice to

meet you he's going to hang around if

that's all right with you sure I'd like

to talk to him too oh

okay okay there we go uh-oh oh is that a

problem no I I just uh hate my my my

voice on tape it always sounds so high

and

whiny shall we start by away okay let's

see um are you just a comedian or do you

do anything else uh well right now

George and I are writing a pilot for NBC

oh so you also work

together

yeah Jerry did you wash this

PIR yeah washed it it looks like it

hasn't been

washed so wash

it you hear the way he talks to

me you should hear how my boyfriend

talks to

me

what hey uh let me ask you something

what do you think of this shirt it's

nice Jerry said he didn't like it I

didn't say I didn't like it I said it

was okay oh you said you didn't like it

oh well so what if I don't like it is

that like the end of the world or

something so how did you two meet oh

actually we met in the jimm locker room

yeah actually it was in gym class I I

was trying to climb the ropes and Jerry

was spotting me and uh I kept slipping

and burning my

thighs and then finally I slipped and I

fell on Jerry's

head and we've been close ever since do

you guys live to Together live together

no I I got my own place oh and do your

parents know no what my parents they

don't know what's going

on oh God you're that girl in the coffee

shop that was EES dropping on us I knew

you look familiar oh no no I I better

get going there been a big

misunderstanding here yeah we did that

whole thing for your benefit we knew you

were e dropping that's why my friend

said all that it was on purpose we're

not gay not that there's anything wrong

with that no of course not I mean it's

fine if that's who you are absolutely I

mean I have many gay friends my father's

gay look I I I know what I heard heard

it was a joke all right look you want to

have sex right now do you want to have

sex with me right now let's

go come on let's go budy come

on hey come on let's go I thought we

were going to take a

steam no I don't want any steam no steam

well I don't want to sit there naked all

by myself

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
interview ˈɪn.tə.vjuː B1	noun - a formal meeting in which questions are asked and answers are given verb - to question someone formally
homosexual hoʊˈmoʊ.sɛk.ʃuəl C1	adjective - attracted to people of the same sex
closet ˈkloʊ.zɪt B2	noun - a small room for storing things; figuratively a place where one hides one's sexual identity
gay ɡeɪ A2	adjective - homosexually attracted; cheerful
love lʌv A1	noun - deep affection verb - to feel deep affection for
matter ˈmæt.ər B1	noun - a subject under consideration; importance verb - to be important
reporter rɪˈpɔːr.tɚ B2	noun - a person who gathers and presents news
pilot ˈpaɪ.lət B2	noun - a test episode of a TV series
voice vɔɪs A2	noun - the sound produced by a person when speaking
high haɪ A2	adjective - at a great vertical distance; elevated in pitch
whiny ˈwaɪ.ni C1	adjective - complaining in an irritating way
gym dʒɪm A2	noun - a place equipped for physical exercise
slipping ˈslɪp.ɪŋ B2	verb - to lose footing and slide unintentionally
burning ˈbɜːr.nɪŋ B1	verb - to be on fire; to feel heat or stinging pain
parents ˈpɛr.ənts A2	noun - a mother and father
misunderstanding ˌmɪs.ʌn.dɚˈstæn.dɪŋ C1	noun - failure to understand correctly
sex sɛks A2	noun - biological distinction between male and female; sexual activity
naked ˈneɪ.kɪd B1	adjective - without clothes
alone əˈloʊn A1	adjective - by oneself; without others
coffee ˈkɒf.i A1	noun - a brewed drink made from roasted coffee beans

Key Grammar Structures

• yeah I'm trying to get in touch with Sharon Leonard she works for the NYU paper

  ➔ Present continuous tense

  ➔ The phrase "I'm trying" uses the present continuous tense to describe an action happening now or in progress.

• oh hey come here come here those two girls behind you they're really you know uh just because you two are homosexual

  ➔ Relative pronoun (who/that)

  ➔ The phrase "those two girls behind you" uses a relative pronoun to provide additional information about the subject.

• what I mean you should just come out of the closet and be openly gay

  ➔ Infinitive of purpose

  ➔ The phrase "to come out of the closet" uses the infinitive of purpose to express the aim of the action.

• you'll always be the only man I'll ever love

  ➔ Future in the past

  ➔ The phrase "I'll ever love" uses the future in the past to express a future action from a past perspective.

• I told her to come up here so this way we wouldn't miss each other

  ➔ Hypothetical past (second conditional)

  ➔ The phrase "we wouldn't miss each other" uses the second conditional to express a hypothetical situation in the past.

• shall we start by away

  ➔ Polite suggestion (shall)

  ➔ The word "shall" is used to make a polite suggestion or offer.

• it always sounds so high and whiny

  ➔ Adjective order

  ➔ The adjectives "high" and "whiny" follow the typical order: opinion, size, age, shape, color, origin, material, purpose.

• we've been close ever since

  ➔ Present perfect continuous

  ➔ The phrase "we've been close" uses the present perfect continuous to describe an action that started in the past and continues to the present.