One Number Away – English Lyrics

• By: Luke Combs

Lyrics & Translation

Learning a language through music is a powerful tool, and Luke Combs' "One Number Away" offers a great opportunity to connect with the emotional depth of country music storytelling. The song's clear narrative and relatable theme of heartbreak and longing make it accessible for learners. Its use of vivid imagery and common idioms provides a fantastic way to understand the nuances of the English language as used in contemporary American country music.

[English]

[ Phone ringing ]

"Hey, it's me.

Someone just told me it's 11:11 and to make a wish,

but, you know I couldn't really think of one.

Guess I don't need a wish,

'cause I'm the luckiest girl in the world.

I've already got you. Love you. Bye."

♪ Are you sitting at home all alone trying to fall asleep? ♪

♪♪

♪ Are you staring a hole through your phone ♪

♪ Praying that it rings? ♪

♪♪

♪ Are you watching a movie that you've seen a thousand times? ♪

♪♪

♪ Maybe playing some Mayer ♪

♪ Getting lost in your favorite lines? ♪

♪ Well, if you're anything like me ♪

♪ You just might be doing whatever it takes ♪

♪ To drown out the noise ♪

♪ But I just wanna hear your voice ♪

♪ I'm one number away from calling you ♪

♪ I said I was through, but I'm dying inside ♪

♪ Got my head in a mess, girl, I confess ♪

♪ I lied when I said, "I'm leaving and not coming back" ♪

♪ Might be the whiskey or the midnight rain ♪

♪ But everywhere I go I see your face ♪

♪ In my brain, dialing up, everything I want to say ♪

♪ But I'm still one number away ♪

♪♪

♪ Are you stuck at a red light ♪

♪ With a Marlboro Light on your lips? ♪

♪♪

♪ Does the smoke in your mirror get clearer without my kiss? ♪

♪♪

♪ Are you changing the station replacing our favorite song? ♪

♪ Maybe it's a mistake, hit the brakes, I'm moving on ♪

♪ Well, if you're anything like me ♪

♪ You just might be doing whatever it takes ♪

♪ To outrun the storm ♪

♪ But I'm almost out that door ♪

♪ And I'm one number away from calling you ♪

♪ I said I was through, but I'm dying inside ♪

♪ Got my head in a mess, girl, I confess ♪

♪ I lied when I said, "I'm leaving and not coming back" ♪

♪ Might be the whiskey or the midnight rain ♪

♪ But everywhere I go I see your face ♪

♪ In my brain, dialing up, everything I want to say ♪

♪ But I'm still one number away ♪

♪ Will you pick up when I call? ♪

♪ Or just forget we loved at all? ♪

♪ We don't have to talk, I just wanna hear your voice ♪

♪ And I'm one number away from calling you ♪

♪ I said I was through, but I'm dying inside ♪

♪ Got my head in a mess, girl, I confess ♪

♪ I lied when I said, "I'm leaving and not coming back" ♪

♪ Might be the whiskey or the midnight rain ♪

♪ But everywhere I go I see your face ♪

♪ In my brain, dialing up, everything I want to say ♪

♪ But I'm still one number away ♪

♪ Away ♪

♪ Away ♪

♪♪

♪ Yeah, I'm still one number away ♪

♪♪

[ Siren wails ]

[ Police radio chatter ]

"Hey, it's me.

I just found something on my car,

and it really made me think of you.

[ Siren wails ]

Which made me think there's something

I really need to tell you.

I'm in the car right now.

Just wanted to call you

and tell you that I'm headed your way,

and I guess I just really wanted --"

[ Crash ]

[ Horn blaring ]

[ Phone vibrates ]

[ Siren wails ]

[ Phone vibrates ]

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
ringing /ˈrɪŋɪŋ/ B1	verb - making a sound like a bell
wish /wɪʃ/ A2	noun - a desire or hope for something to happen verb - to want something to happen
luckiest /ˈlʌk.i.ɪst/ B2	adjective - having the most luck or good fortune
confess /kənˈfɛs/ B2	verb - to admit or acknowledge something, often guilt or truth
alone /əˈloʊn/ A2	adjective - without anyone else; by oneself
drowning /ˈdraʊnɪŋ/ B2	verb - sinking or being submerged in water
fang /fæŋ/ C1	noun - a long, sharp tooth of an animal
mistake /mɪˈsteɪk/ B1	noun - an error or wrong action verb - to do something incorrectly
storm /stɔːrm/ B2
door /dɔːr/ A1	noun - a barrier that allows entry or exit
call /kɔːl/ A1	verb - to phone someone
face /feɪs/ A1	noun - the front part of the head with the eyes, nose, and mouth

Key Grammar Structures

• I'm the luckiest girl in the world.

  ➔ Superlative form of adjectives (the luckiest)

  ➔ Uses the **superlative** ('the luckiest') to emphasize the highest degree of 'lucky'.

• I'm dying inside.

  ➔ Present continuous with 'be' + verb + ing to describe ongoing emotional state

  ➔ Uses **present continuous** tense to express an emotional or mental state that is happening now.

• I lied when I said, "I'm leaving and not coming back."

  ➔ Past simple tense to report a completed action (lied)

  ➔ Uses **past simple tense** ('lied') to indicate a completed action or statement made in the past.

• Will you pick up when I call?

  ➔ Future simple tense with 'will' for real-time predictions or requests

  ➔ Uses **future simple ('will')** to ask a question about something that might happen in the future.

• And I'm one number away from calling you.

  ➔ Prepositional phrase indicating proximity or position ('away from')

  ➔ Uses a **prepositional phrase ('away from')** to indicate the distance or relationship between the speaker and the action of calling.

• Get my head in a mess, girl, I confess.

  ➔ Idiom in the present tense ('get in a mess') to express being in confusion or disorder

  ➔ Uses an **idiomatic expression ('get in a mess')** in the present tense to describe being confused or disorganized.

• Might be the whiskey or the midnight rain.

  ➔ Modal verb 'might' to express possibility

  ➔ Uses **modal verb 'might'** to indicate a possibility that either the whiskey or the rain could be the cause.