Play Nice – English Lyrics

• By: Annie LeBlanc
• Album: Crown Lake

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

♪ They think that they know me ♪

♪ Hush my loves now don't you lie ♪

♪ Karma's got a way of making things right ♪

♪ Hush my loves now don't you lie ♪

♪ I might look sweet by I don't play nice ♪

♪ I can hear 'em talkin' in my sleep ♪

♪ Got one eye open while I'm listening ♪

♪ They think that they know me ♪

♪ Got me figured out ♪

♪ But they don't know anything that I'm about ♪

♪ And when I get the chance ♪

♪ I'll say so sweetly ♪

♪ Hush my loves, now don't you lie ♪

♪ Karma's got a way of making things right ♪

♪ If you think your words are nice ♪

♪ Better close your mouth, shut your lips real tight ♪

♪ Secrets aren't safe, keep 'em to yourself ♪

♪ To yourself and nobody else ♪

♪ So hush my loves, now don't you lie ♪

♪ I might look sweet but I don't play nice ♪

♪ I can hear 'em talkin' in my sleep ♪

♪ Hush ♪

♪ Even through all their whispering ♪

♪ They think that they know me, got me figured out ♪

♪ But they don't know anything that I'm about ♪

♪ I should warn them now to stay away ♪

♪ And I say ♪

♪ Hush my loves, now don't you lie ♪

♪ Karma's got a way of making things right ♪

♪ If you think your words are nice ♪

♪ Better close your mouth, shut your lips real tight ♪

♪ Secrets aren't safe, keep 'em to yourself ♪

♪ To yourself and nobody else ♪

♪ So hush my loves, now don't you lie ♪

♪ I might look sweet but I don't play nice ♪

♪ Hush my loves, now don't you lie ♪

♪ Karma's got a way of making things right ♪

♪ If you think your words are nice ♪

♪ Better close your mouth, shut your lips real tight ♪

♪ Secrets aren't safe, keep 'em to yourself ♪

♪ To yourself and nobody else ♪

♪ So hush my loves, now don't you lie ♪

♪ I might look sweet but I don't play nice ♪

♪ Hush my loves, now don't you lie ♪

♪ Karma's got a way of making things right ♪

Key Grammar Structures

• They think that they know me.

  ➔ Present simple tense for general truths.

  ➔ The phrase "they think" indicates a belief or opinion.

• Karma's got a way of making things right.

  ➔ Possessive form to indicate ownership.

  ➔ The phrase "Karma's got" shows that karma possesses the ability.

• I might look sweet but I don't play nice.

  ➔ Modal verb 'might' to express possibility.

  ➔ The phrase "I might look sweet" suggests a potential appearance.

• Secrets aren't safe, keep 'em to yourself.

  ➔ Negative form to express denial.

  ➔ The phrase "aren't safe" indicates that secrets are not secure.

• But they don't know anything that I'm about.

  ➔ Present simple tense for habitual actions.

  ➔ The phrase "they don't know" indicates a lack of knowledge.

• If you think your words are nice.

  ➔ Conditional clause to express a hypothetical situation.

  ➔ The phrase "if you think" introduces a condition.

• Hush my loves, now don't you lie.

  ➔ Imperative form to give commands.

  ➔ The phrase "hush my loves" is a command to be quiet.