Coming Up Easy – English Lyrics

• By: Paolo Nutini
• Album: Sunny Side Up

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into Paolo Nutini's "Coming Up Easy," a song that beautifully mixes English colloquialisms with soulful expressions. Explore themes of love, conflict, and personal struggles, all while enjoying Nutini's distinctive Scottish accent and rich musical style. This track offers a fantastic way to enrich your understanding of the English language and connect with its emotional depth.

[English]

Sunday morning, got the hazy, hazy janes

I turn to you and inhale you where you lay

Took a wonder through the garden to await the long, long day

And then roll for a while on a violet flowerbed

Oh, you kiss my lips again and again and again

And then again and then

We would watch the sun coming up easy

While the rain came tumbling down

And it washed our bodies so clean

That we could see them rise up off of the cold, cold ground

It's a shame the way it seems to go

'Cause now my best friend, my partner in crime

I'm afraid it looks like we're gonna have to go our separate ways

You see the thing is, I love you, I love you

But you see I resent you all the same

And all my other friends, they're just saying you're slowing me down

Oh, but I should have known you'd turn to me and say

Before you throw too much of me away

Don't you remember seeing the sun coming up easy

While the rain came tumbling down?

And it washed our bodies so clean

That we could see them rise up off, of the cold, cold ground

I see the sun coming up easy

While the rain came tumbling down

Oh, and it washed our bodies so clean

That we could feel them rise up off of the cold, cold ground, yeah, yeah

It was in love I was created

And in love is how I hope I die

Yeah, it was in love I was created

And in love is how I hope I die, oh, I

Yeah, it was in love I was created

And in love is how I hope I die, oh, I

Yeah, it was in love I was created

And in love is how I hope I die, oh, I, yeah

Yeah, it was in love I was created

And in love is how I hope I die, oh, I, yeah

Yeah, it was in love I was created

And in love is how I hope I die, oh, I, yeah

We watched the sun coming up easy

Yeah, we watched the sun coming up easy

Yeah, we watched the sun coming up easy

Oh, we watched the sun coming up easy

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
sun /sʌn/ A1	noun - the star at the centre of the solar system
rain /reɪn/ A1	noun - water that falls from clouds
kiss /kɪs/ A1	noun - an act of pressing one's lips to another verb - to press one's lips against someone or something
love /lʌv/ A1	noun - deep affection or strong feeling of attachment verb - to feel deep affection for someone
friend /frɛnd/ A1	noun - a person you like and trust
ground /ɡraʊnd/ A1	noun - the solid surface of the earth
clean /kliːn/ A1	adjective - free from dirt or stains verb - to remove dirt from something
wash /wɒʃ/ A1	verb - to clean with water or other liquid
rise /raɪz/ B1	verb - to move upward; to go up
slow /sloʊ/ A2	adjective - moving or acting at a low speed
afraid /əˈfreɪd/ A2	adjective - feeling fear or anxiety
separate /ˈsepəreɪt/ B1	adjective - set apart; distinct verb - to divide or cause to be apart
partner /ˈpɑːrtnər/ B1	noun - a person who shares or participates in something with another
crime /kraɪm/ B2	noun - an action that is illegal and punishable by law
hazy /ˈheɪzi/ B2	adjective - unclear, obscured by mist or confusion
violet /ˈvaɪələt/ B2	adjective - of a deep purple-blue colour noun - a purple‑blue flowering plant
flowerbed /ˈflaʊərbɛd/ B2	noun - a patch of ground where flowers are cultivated
tumble /ˈtʌmbəl/ B1	verb - to fall or roll over repeatedly
resent /rɪˈzɛnt/ C1	verb - to feel bitterness or indignation toward someone
await /əˈweɪt/ C1	verb - to wait for or expect

Key Grammar Structures

• I turn to you and inhale you where you lay

  ➔ Simple present tense; Relative adverb clause

  ➔ The verb "turn" is in the simple present to describe a habitual action. The clause "where you lay" is a relative adverb clause that tells the place of the action.

• We would watch the sun coming up easy

  ➔ Modal "would" + base verb (conditional/habitual); Gerund phrase as object

  ➔ "Would" expresses a habitual or imagined past action. "watch" is the base verb. "the sun coming up" is a gerund phrase functioning as the object of "watch".

• It's a shame the way it seems to go

  ➔ Simple present with verb + infinitive (seems to go)

  ➔ "seems" is a present‑simple verb followed by the infinitive "to go". This construction expresses appearance or perception.

• I'm afraid it looks like we're gonna have to go our separate ways

  ➔ Expression of fear + that‑clause omitted; "looks like" + clause; informal "gonna" + infinitive

  ➔ "I'm afraid" introduces a feeling of fear, often followed by a that‑clause, here omitted. "looks like" is a *verb + like* construction meaning "seems as if". "gonna" is informal for "going to" plus the infinitive "have to go".

• You see the thing is, I love you, I love you

  ➔ Discourse marker "you see"; Nominal clause "the thing is"

  ➔ "you see" is a colloquial discourse marker that draws the listener’s attention. "the thing is" introduces a nominal clause that functions as the subject of the following statement.

• But you see I resent you all the same

  ➔ Contrastive conjunction "but"; Discourse marker "you see"; Simple present "resent"

  ➔ "But" signals a contrast to the previous idea. "you see" again functions as a discourse marker. "resent" is a verb in the simple present expressing a current feeling.

• Before you throw too much of me away

  ➔ Subordinating conjunction "before" + present simple for future reference

  ➔ "Before" introduces a time clause. The verb "throw" is in the present simple even though the meaning refers to a future action, a common English pattern.

• It was in love I was created

  ➔ Past simple "was"; Passive voice "was created"; Inversion for emphasis

  ➔ "was" is the past simple of "be". "was created" is a passive construction showing the subject receives the action. The fronting of "in love" before the clause creates an inversion for stylistic emphasis.

• And in love is how I hope to die

  ➔ "hope" + infinitive "to die"; Nominal clause "how I hope to die"; Inversion for poetic effect

  ➔ "hope" is followed by the infinitive "to die" expressing a desired future action. The whole phrase "how I hope to die" functions as a nominal clause, acting as the complement of "is". The inversion "And in love is..." gives a poetic rhythm.