Just Like Me, Just Like You – English Lyrics

• By: Bryan Adams
• Album: So Happy It Hurts

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

I tried to tell ya how I feel

But the words got in the way

Guess I'll keep on talking

'Til there's nothing left to say

I really made a mess of things

The way I sometimes do

Ain't that just like me?

Ain't that just like you?

...

I tried to make things better

I tried to play along

Guess I'll keep on trying

To turn a right from wrong

I don't know how I screwed it up

Guess I want my cake and eat it too

Ain't that just like me?

Yeah, ain't that just like you?

Ain't that just like me? (Ain't that just like me?)

Ain't that just like me?

Ain't that just like you? (Ain't that just like you?)

Ain't that just like you? (Like you)

Ain't that just like me? (Ain't that just like me?)

Ain't that just like me? (Ain't that just like me?)

I really made a mess of things

The way I always do

Ain't that just like me?

Ain't that just like me?

Ain't that just like you?

Yeah, just like me and you

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
tell /tel/ A2	verb - to communicate information
feel /fiːl/ A2	verb - to experience an emotion
mess /mes/ A2	noun - a dirty or untidy state verb - to make a mess
way /weɪ/ A2	noun - a method or direction
play /pleɪ/ A2	verb - to engage in recreation
trying /ˈtraɪɪŋ/ A2	verb - attempting to do something
right /raɪt/ A2	noun - morally good
wrong /rɒŋ/ A2	adjective - not correct
know /noʊ/ A2	verb - to be aware of
screwed /skruːd/ B1	verb - to make a mistake; to ruin something
always /ˈɔːlweɪz/ B1	adverb - at all times
cake /keɪk/ B1	noun - a sweet baked food
talking /ˈtɔːkɪŋ/ B1	verb - to communicate verbally
better /ˈbetər/ B1	adjective - of a higher quality
things /θɪŋz/ B1	noun - objects or matters

Key Grammar Structures

• I tried to tell ya how I feel

  ➔ Past Simple Tense

  ➔ The verb 'tried' is in the past simple tense, indicating a completed action in the past.

• But the words got in the way

  ➔ Past Simple Tense with 'got'

  ➔ The verb 'got' is used in the past simple tense to describe an action that happened in the past.

• Guess I'll keep on talking

  ➔ Future Simple with 'will'

  ➔ The modal verb 'will' is used to express a future action or intention.

• Ain't that just like me?

  ➔ Contraction of 'is not'

  ➔ 'Ain't' is a colloquial contraction of 'is not', often used in informal speech.

• I don't know how I screwed it up

  ➔ Present Simple with 'do' for emphasis

  ➔ The auxiliary verb 'do' is used in the negative form to emphasize the action of not knowing.

• Guess I want my cake and eat it too

  ➔ Present Simple with 'do' for emphasis

  ➔ The structure 'Guess I want...' is used to express a supposition or assumption.

• Ain't that just like you? (Like you)

  ➔ Parenthetical expression

  ➔ The phrase '(Like you)' is a parenthetical expression used to add extra information or emphasis.

• Yeah, just like me and you

  ➔ Coordinating conjunction 'and'

  ➔ The conjunction 'and' is used to join two subjects, 'me' and 'you', in a compound subject.