Good News – English Lyrics

• By: Shaboozey
• Album: Where I've Been, Isn't Where I'm Going: The Complete Edition

Lyrics & Translation

Discover the introspective world of Shaboozey's "Good News," a song that beautifully combines country, folk, and hip-hop influences. Explore themes of hope, struggle, and the search for positivity, and enrich your understanding of the English language through its poignant lyrics and emotional depth. Perfect for learners interested in contemporary music with meaningful messages.

[English]

Man, what a hell of a year it's been

Keep on bluffin', but I just can't win

Drowned my sorrows, but they learned to swim

Man, what a hell of a year it's been

Head in the bottle, but my heart in the cage

Yeah, it's gettin' harder to act my age

Play a sad song on a tiny violin

For the man at the bar confessin' his sins

I need some good news

Sittin' here, sippin' on cold truth

Nobody knows what I'm goin' through

Bet the devil wouldn't walk in my shoes

Wish someone told me

Livin' this life would be lonely

Tryna get away from the old me

Still stuck singin' these blues

All I really need is a little good news

Love keeps knockin', but I just stay home

I ain't pickin' no flowers from the seeds that I've sown

They say it gets darker when you're coverin' them doors

Still lookin' for the right at the end of my wrongs

At the end of my wrongs

I need some good news

Sittin' here, sippin' on cold truth

Nobody knows what I'm goin' through

Bet the devil wouldn't walk in my shoes

Wish someone told me

Livin' this life would be lonely

Tryna get away from the old me

Still stuck singin' these blues

All I really need is a little good news

Is a little good news

Hey (ooh)

Hey (ho)

Hey (oh)

Hey (ho)

I need some good news

Sittin' here, sippin' on cold truth

Nobody knows what I'm goin' through

Bet the devil wouldn't walk in my shoes

Wish someone told me

Livin' this life would be lonely

Tryna get away from the old me

Still stuck singin' these blues

All I really need is a little good news

All I really need is a little

Somethin' bring me back to the middle

All I really need is a little good news

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
hell /hel/ B1	noun - a place regarded in various religions as a spiritual realm of evil and suffering, often traditionally depicted as a place of perpetual fire beneath the earth where the wicked are punished after death.
year /jɪər/ A1	noun - the time it takes the earth to travel around the sun
sorrows /ˈsɒrəʊz/ B2	noun - a feeling of great sadness or regret
head /hed/ A1	noun - the part of the body above the neck where the brain is
bottle /ˈbɒtl/ A2	noun - a container, usually made of glass or plastic, used for holding liquids
heart /hɑːt/ A1	noun - the organ in your chest that pumps blood around your body
cage /keɪdʒ/ B1	noun - an enclosure made or wire or metal bars
sad /sæd/ A2	adjective - unhappy or causing unhappiness
song /sɒŋ/ A1	noun - a short piece of music with words
man /mæn/ A1	noun - an adult male human being
bar /bɑː(r)/ A2	noun - a place where drinks, especially alcoholic drinks, are sold and drunk
news /njuːz/ A2	noun - newly received or noteworthy information, especially about recent events
truth /truːθ/ B1	noun - the quality or state of being true
devil /ˈdevl/ B1	noun - the supreme spirit of evil
life /laɪf/ A1	noun - the condition that distinguishes animals and plants from inorganic matter, including the capacity for growth, reproduction, functional activity, and continual change preceding death.
lonely /ˈləʊnli/ A2	adjective - sad because one has no friends or company.
blues /bluːz/ B1	noun - melancholy, sadness, or depression.
love /lʌv/ A1	noun - an intense feeling of affection
flowers /ˈflaʊər/ A1	noun - the seed-bearing part of a plant
seeds /siːdz/ A2	noun - a flowering plant's unit of reproduction, capable of developing into another such plant
darker /ˈdɑːrkər/ A2	adjective - with little or no light