Good Girl – English Lyrics

• By: Paris Paloma

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into Paris Paloma's 'Good Girl,' a compelling track that offers a powerful English lesson in modern feminist discourse. Through its raw and poetic lyrics, you'll explore themes of body autonomy and societal pressures, making it an ideal song to understand contemporary social commentary and emotional expression in English.

[English]

Heaven is a fed girl Somebody’s got to 

Somebody’s got to And if you call me good girl 

One more time Then my fist will meet your skull

I sometimes walk naked A child in the garden 

And I pretend that there is no other way Despite the distant shadow of incredulous laughter 

Echoing as if I should know why it’s there But I like the feeling 

I’m at the beginning of time And no thoughts of who I am 

Have entered my mind I bend over the river and 

Catch a glimpse of Something that’s none of my business 

As I scoop some up to drink I disperse whatever it was 

And you can scream at me all you want That the greatest love affair is with myself 

That it should be passionate Unwavering 

No shadow of a doubt that I am In love with my body! 

And my body is in love with me! But I am not 

The water is not in love With the cup that I drink from

Heaven is a fed girl Somebody’s got to

Somebody’s got to And if you call me good girl

One more time Then my fist will meet your skull

For god’s sake! How can I even begin

To clean up the mess of this relationship With my body

That third eye turned inwards on me

Running as if in a dream Getting out and wading back in

Through the quagmire of who I might be Balancing this scaffolding of skin

And I grieve it I grieve the world where I am

A child in the garden

Heaven is a fed girl Somebody’s got to

Somebody’s got to And if you call me good girl

One more time Then my fist will meet your skull

Heaven is a fed girl Somebody’s got to

Somebody’s got to And if you call me good girl

One more time Then I will break your nose

And I say it to myself “Somebody’s got to” And I repeat it in my teeth “Somebody’s got to”

Cut free and let the soft down grow on you Never let the tide be one more drop full

Go under the knife, make a new normal Or die gnarled and happy, an old animal

I’d gnaw off my leg to escape it all

Let time take me Weather like the tree

How clever to make A girl’s own face the enemy

In the half-light She’ll agonise

To be evergreen A “Good girl, always look and never be”

Heaven is a fed girl Somebody’s got to

Somebody’s got to If you call me good girl

One more time Then my fist will meet your skull

Heaven is a fed girl Somebody’s got to

Somebody’s got to And if you call me good girl

One more time Then I will break your nose

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
fed fɛd A1	adjective - having been given food
call kɔːl A1	verb - to speak to someone in order to talk to them
fist fɪst A1	noun - a hand with the fingers curled tightly into the palm
skull skʌl A2	noun - the bone structure of the head
naked neɪkɪd A1	adjective - not wearing any clothes
incredulous ɪnˈkrɛdʌləs B2	adjective - unwilling or unable to believe something
echoing ˈɛkəʊɪŋ B1	verb - to repeat a sound as a result of reflection
glimpse ɡlɪmps A2	noun - a brief or partial view
scoop skʊp A2	verb - to pick up and remove something with a scooping motion
disperse dɪˈspɜːrs B1	verb - to distribute or spread over a wide area
unwavering ʌnˈweɪvərɪŋ B2	adjective - not changing or faltering
quagmire ˈkwæɡmaɪər B2	noun - a difficult, precarious, or entrapping position
scaffolding ˈskæfəldɪŋ B1	noun - a temporary structure used to support workers and materials during construction
grieve ɡriːv B1	verb - to feel or show great sorrow or distress
gnaw nɔː A2	verb - to bite or chew on something persistently
weather ˈwɛðər A1	verb - to endure or come safely through a difficult situation
agonise ˈæɡənaɪz B2	verb - to suffer extreme pain or anguish
evergreen ˈɛvəɡriːn A2	adjective - having foliage that remains green and functional through more than one growing season

Key Grammar Structures

• Heaven is a fed girl

  ➔ Present simple tense

  ➔ The verb 'is' is in the present simple tense, used to describe a general truth or state of being.

• And if you call me good girl / One more time

  ➔ Conditional sentence (Type 1)

  ➔ 'If' introduces a conditional sentence, suggesting a possible outcome if the condition is met.

• I sometimes walk naked

  ➔ Present simple with 'sometimes' for habitual actions

  ➔ 'Sometimes' is used with the present simple to indicate an action that occurs occasionally.

• Despite the distant shadow of incredulous laughter

  ➔ Prepositional phrase with 'despite'

  ➔ 'Despite' introduces a prepositional phrase that contrasts with the main clause.

• That the greatest love affair is with myself

  ➔ Relative clause with 'that'

  ➔ 'That' introduces a relative clause providing additional information about the main clause.

• And I grieve it / I grieve the world

  ➔ Parallel structure

  ➔ The sentences use parallel structure with the same verb 'grieve' to emphasize related ideas.

• Cut free and let the soft down grow on you

  ➔ Imperative mood

  ➔ The verbs 'cut' and 'let' are in the imperative mood, giving direct commands.

• How clever to make / A girl’s own face the enemy

  ➔ Inversion for emphasis

  ➔ The sentence uses inversion ('How clever... to make') to emphasize the action.