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This town will never change 00:00
People come and go, it's all the same 00:03
Speed the roads on our doubting days 00:06
To any place that's far away 00:09
I never learned anybody's name 00:12
We all vowed that we wouldn't stay 00:16
Kissing signs on the interstate 00:19
All we do for now is sit and wait 00:22
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In our idle town 00:28
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In our idle town 00:34
Yeah, we invent our own little games (In our idle town) 00:37
When the lights out at the stadium fade (In our idle town) 00:44
Making life a spinning arcade (in our idle town) 00:51
And curfew's at midnight, we watch the sunrise 00:57
We watch the sunrise 01:06
We watch the sun 01:13
Springtime when the air is thin 01:15
We're getting antsy and they're noticing 01:17
While everybody's off partying 01:21
We're watching stars over ice cream 01:24
And now we're kicking up to seventh gear 01:27
And we're breathing in the atmosphere 01:30
I don't even need a sip of beer 01:33
I can feel it all 01:37
In our idle town 01:42
01:47
In our idle town 01:49
Yeah, we invent our own little games (In our idle town) 01:52
When the lights out at the stadium fade (In our idle town) 01:59
Making life a spinning arcade (In our idle town) 02:06
And curfew's at midnight, we watch the sunrise 02:12
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We watch the sunrise 02:22
We watch the sun 02:28
And they watched the sunrise 02:33
Blinking out of red eyes, and sore minds 02:37
The airplanes keep flying by, and they cry 02:45
'Cause they've never even touched the sky 02:52
No, they'll never even touch the sky 02:58
Yeah, we invent our own little games (In our idle town) 03:01
And everybody's trying to escape (In our idle town) 03:07
Killing time at the yellow cafe (In our idle town) 03:14
And curfew's at midnight (In our idle town) 03:20
Yeah, I think that we'll all be okay (In our idle town) 03:27
The idle town will stay as it stays (In our idle town) 03:33
And everyone I love's in this place (In our idle town) 03:40
So, curfew's at midnight, we watch the sunrise 03:46
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Idle Town

By
Conan Gray
Album
Idle Town - Single
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Lyrics:

[English]

This town will never change

People come and go, it's all the same

Speed the roads on our doubting days

To any place that's far away

I never learned anybody's name

We all vowed that we wouldn't stay

Kissing signs on the interstate

All we do for now is sit and wait

...

In our idle town

...

In our idle town

Yeah, we invent our own little games (In our idle town)

When the lights out at the stadium fade (In our idle town)

Making life a spinning arcade (in our idle town)

And curfew's at midnight, we watch the sunrise

We watch the sunrise

We watch the sun

Springtime when the air is thin

We're getting antsy and they're noticing

While everybody's off partying

We're watching stars over ice cream

And now we're kicking up to seventh gear

And we're breathing in the atmosphere

I don't even need a sip of beer

I can feel it all

In our idle town

...

In our idle town

Yeah, we invent our own little games (In our idle town)

When the lights out at the stadium fade (In our idle town)

Making life a spinning arcade (In our idle town)

And curfew's at midnight, we watch the sunrise

...

We watch the sunrise

We watch the sun

And they watched the sunrise

Blinking out of red eyes, and sore minds

The airplanes keep flying by, and they cry

'Cause they've never even touched the sky

No, they'll never even touch the sky

Yeah, we invent our own little games (In our idle town)

And everybody's trying to escape (In our idle town)

Killing time at the yellow cafe (In our idle town)

And curfew's at midnight (In our idle town)

Yeah, I think that we'll all be okay (In our idle town)

The idle town will stay as it stays (In our idle town)

And everyone I love's in this place (In our idle town)

So, curfew's at midnight, we watch the sunrise

...

Vocabulary in this song:

Vocabulary Meanings

town

/taʊn/

A1
  • noun
  • - a human settlement smaller than a city

change

/tʃeɪndʒ/

A2
  • verb
  • - to make something different

people

/ˈpiːpəl/

A1
  • noun
  • - human beings in general

watch

/wɒtʃ/

A2
  • verb
  • - to look at something for a period of time

sunrise

/ˈsʌnraɪz/

B1
  • noun
  • - the time in the morning when the sun appears

games

/ɡeɪmz/

A2
  • noun
  • - activities that people do for fun

air

/ɛr/

A1
  • noun
  • - the invisible mixture of gases that surrounds the Earth

notice

/ˈnoʊtɪs/

B1
  • verb
  • - to become aware of something

midnight

/ˈmɪdnaɪt/

B1
  • noun
  • - the middle of the night; 12 o'clock at night

escape

/ɪˈskeɪp/

B2
  • verb
  • - to break free from confinement or control

kissing

/ˈkɪsɪŋ/

B1
  • verb
  • - to touch with the lips as a sign of love or greeting

light

/laɪt/

A2
  • noun
  • - the natural agent that stimulates sight and makes things visible

ice cream

/ˈaɪs ˌkriːm/

A2
  • noun
  • - a sweetened frozen food typically eaten as a snack or dessert

atmosphere

/ˈætməsfɪr/

B2
  • noun
  • - the envelope of gases surrounding the Earth

curfew

/ˈkɜːrfjuː/

B2
  • noun
  • - a regulation requiring people to remain indoors during specified hours

Grammar:

  • People come and go, it's all the same

    ➔ Present Simple tense for habitual actions

    ➔ Uses the **present simple** to express routines or repeated actions.

  • We all vowed that we wouldn't stay

    ➔ Past simple tense for definite actions completed in the past

    ➔ The **vowed** is in the **past simple** to show a firm decision made in the past.

  • Making life a spinning arcade

    ➔ Present participle used to form ongoing or descriptive phrases

    ➔ Uses the **making** as a **present participle** to describe an ongoing action or state.

  • And curfew's at midnight, we watch the sunrise

    ➔ Possessive 's' indicating possession or a fixed time

    ➔ Uses the **possessive 's'** to indicate that **curfew** occurs at a specific time.

  • And they're noticing

    ➔ Present continuous tense for ongoing actions

    ➔ Uses the **present continuous** tense with **are noticing** to indicate actions happening now.

  • And everyone I love's in this place

    ➔ Possessive construction with 'love's' indicating possession or relation

    ➔ Uses **love's** as a **possessive noun** to show belonging or relation to **everyone I love**.