Fixer Upper – English Lyrics

• By: Kristen Bell, Idina Menzel, Jonathan Groff, Josh Gad
• Album: Frozen (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the playful English idioms and lighthearted, fast-paced vocabulary of 'Fixer Upper.' This ensemble piece offers a perfect way to learn conversational English phrases related to personality traits, flaws, and the language of unconditional love and acceptance, all wrapped up in a fun, theatrical show tune style.

[English]

Kristoff.

Hey,

Kristoff's home.

Kristoff, you

Kristoff's home.

Wait, Kristoff.

Ah, let me look at you.

Take off your clothes.

No, I'm I'm going to keep my clothes on.

Look, it's great to see you all, but

where's Grandpavi?

He's napping. But look, I grew a

mushroom.

Iron my fire crystal.

I passed a kidney stone. Kristoff, pick

me up.

You're getting big. Good for you.

Trolls. They're trolls.

He's brought a girl.

She's like a little cupcake.

What's going on?

I've learned to just roll with it.

Let me see. Bright eyes, working nose,

strong teeth. Yes. Yes. She'll do nicely

for our crystal.

Wait, wait, wait. Um,

you've got the wrong idea. No, that's

not why I brought her here,

right? We're not I'm not

What's the issue, dear? Why are you

holding back from such a man? Is it the

clumpy way he walks?

What?

Or the grumpy way he talks?

No. Or the pear-shaped square shaped

weirdness of his feet.

Hey,

and though we know he washes well, he

always ends up sort of smelly. But

you'll never meet a fellow who's

sensitive and sweet.

That's nice. But

so he's a bit of a fixer upper. So he's

got a few flaws

like his peculiar

his thing with the reindeer that's a

little outside.

This is not about me.

But this certain

Can we please just stop talking about

this? We've got a real actual problem

here.

I'll say. So tell me, dear. Is it the

way that he runs scared or that he's

socially impaired

or that he only likes to tinkle in the

I did not need to know that.

Are you holding back your fondness due

to his unmanly blondness

or the way he covers up meds?

[Music]

No, I don't.

His isolation is confirmation of his

desperation for healing hugs. So he's a

bit of a mixer, but we know what to do.

[Music]

Stop it. Stop it. Stop it. Enough. She

is engaged to someone else. Okay.

So, she's a bit of a fixer upper.

That's a minor thing. Her quote

engagement is a flex arrangement.

And by the way, I don't see no ring.

She's a bit of a fixer up in between.

Get the fianc out of the way.

[Music]

We're not saying you can change him cuz

people don't really change. We're only

saying that love's a force that's

powerful and strange. People make bad

choices if they're mad or scared or

stressed. Throw a little love their way.

You'll bring out their best.

Everyone's a bit of a fixer. That's what

it's all about.

Father,

brother,

we need each other to raise us up and

round us out. Everyone's a bit of a

push.

[Applause]

The only fixer upper fixer that can fix

a fixer upper is

[Music]

Do you honor take Kristoff to be

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
mushroom /ˈmʌʃruːm/ A2	noun - A fleshy, spore-bearing fruiting body of a fungus.
crystal /ˈkrɪstəl/ A2	noun - A clear, solid mineral substance.
trolls /trɒlz/ A2	noun - Mythical creatures, often depicted as ugly and mischievous.
cupcake /ˈkʌpkeɪk/ A1	noun - A small cake baked in a cup-shaped mold.
roll /roʊl/ A2	verb - To move by turning over and over.
bright /braɪt/ A2	adjective - Giving out or reflecting a lot of light.
sensitive /ˈsensətɪv/ B1	adjective - Quick to respond to slight changes in conditions or feelings.
sweet /swiːt/ A1	adjective - Having the pleasant taste characteristic of sugar or honey.
flaws /flɔːz/ B1	noun - Imperfections or liabilities.
peculiar /pɪˈkjuːljər/ B2	adjective - Strange or odd; unusual.
reindeer /ˈreɪndiər/ A2	noun - A large deer found in arctic regions.
impaired /ɪmˈpeərd/ B2	adjective - Weakened or damaged.
isolation /ˌaɪsəˈleɪʃən/ B2	noun - The state of being alone.
desperation /ˌdespəˈreɪʃən/ C1	noun - The state of being utterly hopeless.
engaged /ɪnˈɡeɪdʒd/ B1	adjective - Having promised to marry someone.
arrangement /əˈreɪndʒmənt/ B1	noun - A plan or agreement.
choices /ˈtʃɔɪsɪz/ A2	noun - Decisions made between different options.

Key Grammar Structures

• What's going on?

  ➔ Present continuous question

  ➔ The question uses "What's" (contraction of "What is") to ask about an ongoing situation.

• She's like a little cupcake.

  ➔ Simile with 'like'

  ➔ The phrase uses "like" to compare the girl to a cupcake, highlighting her sweetness.

• You'll never meet a fellow who's sensitive and sweet.

  ➔ Future simple with 'will'

  ➔ The sentence uses "will" to express a strong statement about the future.

• So he's a bit of a fixer upper.

  ➔ Present simple with 'be'

  ➔ The sentence uses "be" to describe a general characteristic.

• People make bad choices if they're mad or scared or stressed.

  ➔ Conditional sentence (Type 1)

  ➔ The sentence uses "if" to describe a condition and its probable result.

• Throw a little love their way. You'll bring out their best.

  ➔ Imperative mood + Future simple

  ➔ The first sentence is an imperative command, and the second uses "will" for a future prediction.

• Everyone's a bit of a fixer.

  ➔ Contraction with apostrophe

  ➔ The apostrophe replaces "is" in "Everyone is," creating a contraction.