Drinkin' – English Lyrics

• By: Joel Corry, MK, Rita Ora

Lyrics & Translation

Learn modern English slang and casual, upbeat conversational phrases through this infectious dance track. The repetitive, rhythmic nature of the lyrics makes it an excellent tool for practicing pronunciation and understanding contemporary pop music vocabulary related to social scenes and nightlife.

[English]

all Dr

Dr Dr Dr

Dr woke up in somebody's kitchen 20

minutes calls 1% phone on red how am I

getting home double vision room is

spinning clothes all over the floor but

I ain't tripping cuz I'm just sing and

every night I want more back to the Deep

Jacks with a

stranger CL from no reason celebration

one night turns into a whole situation

but I would do it all again no regrets

no all night I've been dring all night

i' been drinking all night i' been

drinking all night I've been dring all

night i' been drinking all night i' been

dring all night been dring all night

been dring

[Music]

all night I've been drinking all night

I've been drinking all night I've been

drinking all night I've been drinking

all night I've been drinking all night

i' been drinking all night I've been

drinking all night I've been drinking

all night I've been drinking

it last night was a movie I'm playing it

back looking through my camera roll like

who the hell is that I don't want to

know what I've been

spending I don't want to see who I've

been texting yeah flash back to the Deep

chest with a

stranger to in from some reason

celebration one night turns into a whole

situation but I would do it all again

and no regrets no all night I've been

drinking all night I've been drinking

all night I've been drinking all night

I've been drinking all night I've been

drinking all night I've been dring all

night I've been drinking all night I've

been drinking all night I've been

drinking all night all night all night

all night all night on night oh night

night night night on night

night

every

every every

[Applause]

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
woke /woʊk/ A2	verb - past tense of wake; to emerge from sleep
kitchen /ˈkɪtʃən/ A1	noun - a room or area for preparing and cooking food
vision /ˈvɪʒən/ B1	noun - the state of being able to see
spinning /ˈspɪnɪŋ/ B1	verb - turning or causing someone to turn or whirl around quickly
clothes /kloʊðz/ A1	noun - items worn to cover the body
tripping /ˈtrɪpɪŋ/ B2	verb - behaving irrationally or overreacting
stranger /ˈstreɪndʒər/ A2	noun - a person whom one does not know
celebration /ˌsɛləˈbreɪʃən/ B1	noun - the action of marking one's pleasure at an important event
situation /ˌsɪtʃuˈeɪʃən/ A2	noun - a set of circumstances in which one finds oneself
regrets /rɪˈɡrɛts/ B1	noun - feelings of sadness or disappointment about something
drinking /ˈdrɪŋkɪŋ/ A1	verb - consuming alcohol
movie /ˈmuːvi/ A1	noun - a film
camera /ˈkæmərə/ A1	noun - a device for recording images
spending /ˈspɛndɪŋ/ A2	verb - paying out money for something
texting /ˈtɛkstɪŋ/ B1	verb - sending a text message

Key Grammar Structures

• I've been drinking all night.

  ➔ Present Perfect Continuous

  ➔ Used to describe an action that started in the past and has continued up to the present.

• I woke up in somebody's kitchen.

  ➔ Simple Past Tense

  ➔ Used to describe a completed action "woke" that happened at a specific time in the past.

• I'm just singing.

  ➔ Present Continuous Tense

  ➔ Describes an action "singing" that is happening right now or around the current time.

• I would do it all again.

  ➔ Conditional Mood (Second Conditional Structure)

  ➔ The use of "would" indicates a hypothetical or willing reaction to a past event.

• Looking through my camera roll.

  ➔ Participial Phrase

  ➔ A phrase starting with a present participle "Looking" to provide extra information about the subject.

• I don't want to know what I've been spending.

  ➔ Noun Clause (Embedded Question)

  ➔ The phrase "what I've been spending" functions as the object of the verb "know".

• I'm playing it back.

  ➔ Phrasal Verb (Present Continuous)

  ➔ The phrasal verb "playing back" means to listen to or watch something that has been recorded.

• Who the hell is that?

  ➔ Interrogative sentence with an intensifier

  ➔ "The hell" is used here as an intensifier to express shock or confusion in the question.