Riptide – English Lyrics

• By: Vance Joy

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

I was scared of dentists and the dark

I was scared of pretty girls and starting conversations

Oh, all my friends are turning green

You're the magician's assistant in their dream

Ah-ooh-ooh-ooh, ah-ahh-ah-ah

And they come unstuck

Lady, running down to the riptide

Taken away to the dark side

I wanna be your left-hand man

I love you when you're singing that song

And I got a lump in my throat

'Cause you're gonna sing the words wrong

There's this movie that I think you'll like

This guy decides to quit his job and heads to New York City

This cowboy's running from himself

And she's been living on the highest shelf

Ah-ooh-ooh-ooh, ah-ahh-oh

And they come unstuck

Lady, running down to the riptide

Taken away to the dark side

I wanna be your left-hand man

I love you when you're singing that song

And I got a lump in my throat

'Cause you're gonna sing the words wrong

...

I just wanna, I just wanna know

If you're gonna, if you're gonna stay

I just gotta, I just gotta know

I can't have it, I can't have it any other way

I swear she's destined for the screen

Closest thing to Michelle Pfeiffer that you've ever seen, oh

Lady, running down to the riptide

Taken away to the dark side

I wanna be your left-hand man

I love you when you're singing that song

And I got a lump in my throat

'Cause you're gonna sing the words wrong

Oh lady, running down to the riptide

Taken away to the dark side

I wanna be your left-hand man

I love you when you're singing that song

And I got a lump in my throat

'Cause you're gonna sing the words wrong

Oh lady, running down to the riptide

Taken away to the dark side

I wanna be your left-hand man

I love you when you're singing that song

And I got a lump in my throat

'Cause you're gonna sing the words wrong

Yeah, I got a lump in my throat

'Cause you're gonna sing the words wrong

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
scared /skɛərd/ A1	adjective - frightened or anxious
dentist /ˈdentɪst/ A2	noun - a person qualified to treat the teeth
conversation /ˌkɒnvəˈseɪʃən/ B1	noun - a talk between two or more people
magician /məˈdʒɪʃən/ B1	noun - a person who performs magic tricks
assistant /əˈsɪstənt/ B1	noun - a person who helps someone in a job
unstuck /ʌnˈstʌk/ C1	adjective - to become loose or to lose emotional stability
riptide /ˈrɪptaɪd/ C1	noun - a strong current of water flowing away from the shore
lump /lʌmp/ B2	noun - a swelling or solid mass in the body
throat /θroʊt/ A2	noun - the passage in the neck for food and air
cowboy /ˈkaʊbɔɪ/ A2	noun - a man who herds cattle
shelf /ʃɛlf/ A2	noun - a flat surface for storage
destined /ˈdɛstɪnd/ B2	adjective - certain to meet a particular fate