I Don't Like It – English Lyrics

• By: Jack Ingram, Miranda Lambert, Jon Randall
• Album: The Marfa Tapes

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the heartfelt simplicity of "I Don't Like It," a bare-bones country ballad that offers a unique window into authentic American English. Through its conversational lyrics and raw acoustic delivery, you'll learn common expressions of affection, longing, and the nuances of expressing discomfort with absence. This song, recorded with the sounds of the Texas desert, makes language learning feel like sitting around a campfire with friends, offering a genuine and emotional connection to the words and the story they tell.

[English]

Yeah, I love it when you wake me up

And kiss me 'til the coffee's cold

I love it when you make your plans

About how we're gonna both grow old

I love it when you laugh real hard

I love to hold you when you cry

I love it when you get so high

Fly around like a firefly

But I don't like it when you walk away

I don't like it when you disappear

I don't like being away from you

I don't like it when you're not here

...

Hey, I love it when you say my name

I love it when you sing a song

I always loved to sing along

I always get the words all wrong

Yeah, I love it when you say, "Let's go

To somewhere we've never been"

I love you 'cause you love me back

I love you, you're my friend

But I don't like it when you walk away

I don't like it when you disappear

I don't like being away from you

I don't like it when you're not here

...

I don't like it when you walk away

I don't like it when you disappear

I don't like being away from you

I don't like it when you're not here

I don't like it when you walk away

I don't like it when you disappear

I don't like being away from you

I don't like it when you're not here

...

Beautiful

...

Yeah, you wanna play this don't you

No

It's that going the other way

Sometimes (Why?) Hey, sometimes it looks like this

...

Here's a Spritual number

It goes exactly like this (it goes exactly like this)

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
love /lʌv/ A1	verb - to feel deep affection noun - deep affection, a strong feeling of attachment
wake /weɪk/ A1	verb - to stop sleeping
kiss /kɪs/ A1	verb - to press one's lips against someone or something noun - an act of pressing lips together
coffee /ˈkɒfi/ A1	noun - a brewed drink made from roasted coffee beans
cold /koʊld/ A1	adjective - having a low temperature; not warm
make /meɪk/ A1	verb - to create or produce something
plans /plænz/ B1	noun - arrangements or schemes for doing something
grow /ɡroʊ/ A2	verb - to increase in size, develop
old /oʊld/ A1	adjective - having lived for a long time; not new
laugh /læf/ A1	verb - to make spontaneous sounds and movements of the face that express amusement
hold /hoʊld/ A2	verb - to grasp, keep, or sustain with the hands
cry /kraɪ/ A2	verb - to shed tears, typically as an expression of sorrow or pain
high /haɪ/ A1	adjective - elevated; far above the ground
firefly /ˈfaɪərˌflaɪ/ C1	noun - a beetle that produces light, especially at night
walk /wɔːk/ A1	verb - to move at a regular pace by lifting and setting down each foot in turn
disappear /ˌdɪsəˈpɪr/ B2	verb - to cease to be visible
friend /frɛnd/ A1	noun - a person attached to another by affection or esteem
beautiful /ˈbjuːtɪfəl/ A2	adjective - pleasing to the senses or mind; attractive
spiritual /ˈspɪrɪtʃuəl/ C1	adjective - relating to the spirit or soul
number /ˈnʌmbər/ A2	noun - a numeral; a symbol used to denote quantity

Key Grammar Structures

• I love it when you wake me up

  ➔ Present simple tense

  ➔ The sentence uses the present simple tense to describe a habitual action that the speaker enjoys.

• I don't like it when you walk away

  ➔ Negative form of the present simple

  ➔ The sentence is in negative form, expressing a dislike of a specific action.

• I always get the words all wrong

  ➔ Adverb of frequency

  ➔ The word 'always' is an adverb that indicates how often the action occurs.

• I love you 'cause you love me back

  ➔ Informal contraction ('cause)

  ➔ 'Cause' is an informal contraction of 'because,' used in everyday speech.