Hello, You Beautiful Thing – English Lyrics

• By: Jason Mraz
• Album: YES!

Lyrics & Translation

Learning a language through music is a joyful journey, and "Hello, You Beautiful Thing" by Jason Mraz is a perfect companion. Its clear, optimistic lyrics about appreciating the simple beauties of a new day can help you learn positive and encouraging English phrases. The song's uplifting melody and straightforward message make it an enjoyable and memorable way to practice your language skills while embracing a happy perspective.

[English]

Fall out of bed and catch a fading star

Fancy I woke up before my alarm

Rubbed my mind through my eyes

It's the best I can do

Before it's automatic habit of returning to you

Though I smile when it happens

Almost as if it was magic

It means there's a God somewhere, and he's laughing

And I shuffle my slipperless toes to the kitchen

Still low to the ground

But high on living

And I know, I know, it's gonna be a good day

Hello, hello, you beautiful thing

Waking up, I stretch my body and acknowledge some aches

Must be something I did yesterday

Pour a cup of liquid gold, because my engine's still cold

But in a minute everything's gonna change

'Cause I know, I know, it's gonna be a good day

Hello, hello, you beautiful thing

Hello, hello, you beautiful thing

And this is what I've been waiting for

(This is what I've been waiting for)

And this is what I've been waiting for

(This is what I've been waiting for)

Looking out from a cul-de-sac

Watching the bend of the Earth

Take the black of the night from the dirt

I can see from the depths of my readjusting eyes

A reflection of yes's and that ever changing sky

But why do bad dreams linger long after I awake?

I don't need no scenes of violence or pain replayed

And I feel quite foolish sometimes when I pray

But my thoughts are all I've got

So I try to make 'em brave

And I know, I know, it's gonna be a good day

Hello, hello, you beautiful thing

Hello, hello, you beautiful thing

Oh, this is what I've been waiting for

(This is what I've been waiting for)

Oh, this is what I've been waiting for

(This is what I've been waiting for)

Oh, this is what I've been waiting for

(This is what I've been waiting for)

Oh, this is what I've been waiting for

(Hello)

And I know, I know, it's gonna be a good day

Hello, hello, you beautiful thing

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
catch /kætʃ/ A1	verb - to grasp or capture something
star /stɑːr/ A1	noun - a large ball of gas in space
fancy /ˈfæn.si/ B1	verb - to imagine or think
rub /rʌb/ A2	verb - to move one's hand over a surface
automatic /ˌɔː.təˈmæt.ɪk/ B1	adjective - happening without conscious thought
habit /ˈhæb.ɪt/ A2	noun - a regular tendency or practice
magic /ˈmædʒ.ɪk/ A2	noun - the power of apparently influencing events by supernatural means
shuffle /ˈʃʌf.əl/ B1	verb - to walk by dragging one's feet
slipperless /ˈslɪp.ər.lɪs/ C1	adjective - not wearing slippers
acknowledge /əkˈnɒl.ɪdʒ/ B2	verb - to accept or admit the existence of
liquid /ˈlɪk.wɪd/ A2	noun - a substance that flows and is not a solid
cul-de-sac /ˈkʌl.də.sæk/ C1	noun - a street with only one outlet
linger /ˈlɪŋ.ɡər/ B2	verb - to remain in a place longer than necessary
violence /ˈvaɪ.ə.ləns/ B1	noun - extreme force or aggression
brave /breɪv/ A2	adjective - courageous and not afraid

Key Grammar Structures

• Fall out of bed and catch a fading star

  ➔ Imperative mood (bare infinitives)

  ➔ The base-form verbs "Fall" and "catch" are used in an imperative mood with an implied subject 'you'.

• It's the best I can do

  ➔ Modal 'can' expressing ability (present)

  ➔ The modal "can" expresses ability or possibility; here it marks present ability.

• before it's automatic habit of returning to you

  ➔ Noun phrase: 'habit of' + gerund (returning)

  ➔ The structure "habit of" + gerund ("returning") forms a noun phrase; the gerund functions as a noun.

• I know, I know, it's gonna be a good day

  ➔ Colloquial future: 'gonna' = 'going to'

  ➔ The contraction "gonna" represents 'going to', used to express future intention.

• Pour a cup of liquid gold, because my engine's still cold

  ➔ Contraction 'engine's' = 'engine is' (subject + be)

  ➔ The contraction "engine's" is the shortened form of 'engine is', combining subject and verb.

• Oh, this is what I've been waiting for

  ➔ Present perfect continuous: 'I've been waiting'

  ➔ The phrase "I've been waiting" shows present perfect continuous to describe an action begun in the past and continuing to now.

• Looking out from a cul-de-sac

  ➔ Present participle 'Looking' as a participial phrase (adverbial)

  ➔ "Looking" is a present participle forming a participial phrase that describes the ongoing action or scene.

• I don't need no scenes of violence or pain replayed

  ➔ Double negative / negative concord

  ➔ The sentence features a negative construction with "don't" and "no" (double negation), which in some dialects expresses emphasis rather than a true negative.

• Must be something I did yesterday

  ➔ Modal 'must' for deduction (present)

  ➔ "Must" expresses logical deduction about the present; the speaker infers.