deja vu – English Lyrics

• By: Olivia Rodrigo
• Album: SOUR

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the world of Olivia Rodrigo's 'deja vu,' a song that beautifully articulates the bittersweet experience of past loves echoing in the present. Through its vivid storytelling and relatable emotions, this track offers a unique opportunity to explore English vocabulary related to relationships, memory, and emotional processing. The song's expressive lyrics and evocative imagery make it special, allowing listeners to connect deeply with its universal themes while enhancing their language comprehension.

[English]

♪ ♪

♪ Car rides to Malibu  ♪

♪ Strawberry ice cream  ♪

♪ One spoon for two  ♪

♪ And trading jackets  ♪

♪ Laughing ‘bout how small It looks on you  ♪

♪ ( Ha, ha, ha, ha Ha, ha, ha ) ♪

♪ Watching reruns of Glee  ♪

♪ Being annoying  ♪

♪ Singing in harmony  ♪

♪ I bet she’s bragging  ♪

♪ To all her friends Saying you’re so unique  ♪

♪ So when you gonna tell her  ♪

♪ That we did that too  ♪

♪ She thinks it’s special  ♪

♪ But it’s all reused  ♪

♪ That was our place  I found it first  ♪

♪ I made the jokes  You tell to her  ♪

♪ When she’s with you  ♪

♪ Do you get deja vu?  ♪

♪ When she’s with you  ♪

♪ Do you get deja vu? ♪

♪ Do you get deja vu? ♪

♪ ♪

♪ Do you call her  ♪

♪ Almost say my name  ♪

♪ ‘Cause let’s be honest  ♪

♪ We kinda do sound the same  ♪

♪ Another actress  ♪

♪ I hate to think That I was just your type  ♪

♪ ♪

♪ I bet that she knows Billy Joel  ♪

♪ ‘Cause you played her “Uptown Girl”  ♪

♪ You’re singing it together  ♪

♪ Now I bet you even tell her  ♪

♪ How you love her  ♪

♪ In between the chorus And the verse  ♪

♪ ♪

♪ So when you gonna tell her  ♪

♪ That we did that too  ♪

♪ She thinks it’s special  ♪

♪ But it’s all reused  ♪

♪ That was the show  ♪

♪ We talked about  ♪

♪ Played you the song  ♪

♪ She’s singing now  ♪

♪ When she’s with you  ♪

♪ Do you get deja vu?  ♪

♪ When she’s with you  ♪

♪ Do you get deja vu?  ♪

♪ ♪

♪ Do you get deja vu?  ♪

♪ Strawberry ice cream in Malibu  ♪

♪ Don’t act like we didn’t Do that shit too  ♪

♪ You’re trading jackets Like we used to do  ♪

♪ Yeah everything is all reused  ♪

♪ Play her piano But she doesn’t know  ♪

♪ That I was the one Who taught you Billy Joel  ♪

♪ A different girl now But there’s nothing new  ♪

♪ I know you get deja vu  ♪

♪ ♪

♪ I know you get deja vu   ♪

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♪ I know you get deja vu  ♪

Key Grammar Structures

• Car rides to Malibu

  ➔ Prepositional Phrase

  ➔ The phrase 'to Malibu' is a prepositional phrase acting as an adverbial, indicating direction.

• One spoon for two

  ➔ Prepositional Phrase

  ➔ 'For two' is a prepositional phrase indicating the purpose or beneficiary.

• Laughing ‘bout how small It looks on you

  ➔ Contraction and Adjective Clause

  ➔ '‘Bout' is a contraction of 'about', and 'how small it looks on you' is an adjective clause describing the appearance.

• I bet she’s bragging To all her friends

  ➔ Present Continuous Tense

  ➔ 'She’s bragging' uses the present continuous tense to describe an action happening now.

• That we did that too

  ➔ Emphasis with 'That'

  ➔ The use of 'that' before 'we did that too' adds emphasis to the action being repeated.

• Do you get deja vu?

  ➔ Question Formation

  ➔ This is a direct question formed by inverting the auxiliary verb 'do' with the subject 'you'.

• Don’t act like we didn’t Do that shit too

  ➔ Negative Imperative

  ➔ 'Don’t act' is a negative imperative, commanding the listener not to behave in a certain way.

• That I was the one Who taught you Billy Joel

  ➔ Relative Pronoun

  ➔ 'That' and 'who' are relative pronouns introducing clauses that describe the antecedent.