Poplar St – English Lyrics

• By: Glass Animals
• Album: I LOVE YOU SO F***ING MUCH

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

When I was a boy I lived on Poplar St

Just a little child with plasters on my knees

Watching all the world from high up in the trees

I saw Mrs Moore sleep around with Mr Keats

I feel like a new man

Red flowers in my bed

Breathe straight through the crisp air

Dead flowers in the sand

I am a true romantic

Free falling love addict

I am a true romantic

Free falling love addict, yeah

...

Mama always called that woman prosti-tits

For wearing lower cuts than most and red lipstick

One night Mrs Moore she made her eyes at me

Pulled me through her door and stuck her teeth in deep

I feel like a new man

Red flowers in my bed

Breathe straight through the crisp air

Dead flowers in the sand

I am a true romantic

Free falling love addict

I am a true romantic

Free falling love addict, yeah

And all your days are gone

Sitting on the floor

In your underwear

Begging me for more

And all your days are gone

Sitting on the floor

In my underwear

Begging you for more

I feel like a new man

Red flowers in my bed

Breathe straight through the crisp air

Dead flowers in the sand

I am a true romantic

Free falling love addict

I am a true romantic

Free falling love addict, yeah

...

Just another boy who lived on Poplar St

Tangled up in lust and her exotic needs

One night Mrs Moore she called collect to me

I don't love you anymore she said and ceased to be

Just another boy

Just another boy

Just another boy

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
live /lɪv/ A2	verb - to have life; to be alive
flower /ˈflaʊə(r)/ A2	noun - a plant cultivated for its bright colors and sweet smell
romantic /rəˈmæn.tɪk/ B2	adjective - feeling or showing love or romance
addict /ˈædɪkt/ B2	noun - a person who is dependent on something, especially a substance or activity
breath /brɛθ/ A2	noun - the act of breathing air in and out
flower /ˈflaʊər/ A2	noun - a plant with colorful petals
dead /dɛd/ A2	adjective - no longer alive
flower /ˈflaʊər/ A2	noun - the bloom of a plant
floor /flɔːr/ A1	noun - the surface of which people walk
call /kɔːl/ A2	verb - to speak loudly to summon someone
cease /siːs/ B2	verb - to stop or come to an end
cease /siːs/ B2	verb - to stop or come to an end

Key Grammar Structures

• When I was a boy I lived on Poplar St

  ➔ Simple Past Tense

  ➔ The verbs 'was' and 'lived' are in the simple past tense, indicating completed actions in the past.

• I feel like a new man

  ➔ Present Simple with 'feel'

  ➔ The verb 'feel' is in the present simple tense, expressing a current state or feeling.

• Mama always called that woman prosti-tits

  ➔ Simple Past with Adverb 'always'

  ➔ The adverb 'always' modifies the past habit of 'called', indicating a repeated action in the past.

• One night Mrs Moore she made her eyes at me

  ➔ Past Simple with Subject-Verb Inversion

  ➔ The sentence uses subject-verb inversion for emphasis, placing 'Mrs Moore' after 'she made'.

• I don't love you anymore she said and ceased to be

  ➔ Past Simple with 'said' and Past Tense 'ceased'

  ➔ The verbs 'said' and 'ceased' are both in the past tense, indicating completed actions in the past.

• Just another boy who lived on Poplar St

  ➔ Relative Pronoun 'who'

  ➔ The relative pronoun 'who' introduces a relative clause that describes 'another boy'.