Sailor Song – English Lyrics

• By: Gigi Perez

Lyrics & Translation

Learning a language through music is a powerful tool, and Gigi Perez's 'Sailor Song' offers a unique opportunity to delve into poetic and emotionally charged English. The song's vivid imagery and metaphorical lyrics, such as the desire to be loved 'like a sailor,' provide rich ground for understanding nuanced expression. Its exploration of themes like intense love, devotion, and finding personal salvation makes it a compelling piece for language learners to connect with contemporary and heartfelt songwriting.

[English]

I saw her in the rightest way

Looking like Anne Hathaway

Laughing while she hit her pen

And coughed, and coughed

And then she came up to my knees

Begging, "Baby, would you please

Do the things you said you'd do

To me, to me?"

Oh, won't you kiss me on the mouth and love me like a sailor?

And when you get a taste, can you tell me what's my flavor?

I don't believe in God, but I believe that you're my savior

My mom says that she's worried, but I'm covered in this favor

And when we're getting dirty, I forget all that is wrong

I sleep so I can see you, 'cause I hate to wait so long

I sleep so I can see you, and I hate to wait so long

...

She took my fingers to her mouth

The kind of thing that makes you proud

That nothing else had ever

Worked out, worked out

And lately, I've tried other things

But nothing can capture the sting

Of the venom she's gonna

Spit out right now

Oh, won't you kiss me on the mouth and love me like a sailor?

And when you get a taste, can you tell me what's my flavor?

I don't believe in God, but I believe that you're my savior

I know that you've been worried, but you're dripping in my favor

And when we're getting dirty, I forget all that is wrong

I sleep so I can see you, 'cause I hate to wait so long

I sleep so I can see you, and I hate to wait so long

And we can run away to the walls inside your house

I can be the cat, baby, you can be the mouse

And we can laugh off things that we know nothing about

We can go forever, until you wanna sit it out

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
sailor /ˈseɪlɚ/ B1	noun - a person who works at sea, especially as a crew member of a ship
taste /teɪst/ B1	noun - the sensation of flavor perceived in the mouth and throat on contact with a substance verb - to have a particular flavor or be flavored with something
flavor /ˈfleɪvər/ B2	noun - the distinctive taste of a particular food or drink
believe /bɪˈliːv/ B1	verb - to accept as true or real
savior /ˈseɪvjər/ C1	noun - a person who saves someone or something from danger or difficulty
favor /ˈfeɪvər/ B2	noun - an act of kindness, approval, or support
dirty /ˈdɜːrti/ B1	adjective - covered or marked with an unclean substance
wait /weɪt/ A2	verb - to stay in one place until a particular time or event
run /rʌn/ A1	verb - to move quickly on foot
love /lʌv/ A2	verb - to feel deep affection for someone noun - an intense feeling of deep affection
kiss /kɪs/ A2	verb - to touch or press lips together to show affection noun - a act of pressing lips to someone else as a sign of affection
runaway /ˈrʌnəweɪ/ B2	noun - a person who flees or escapes

Key Grammar Structures

• Would you please do the things you said you'd do

  ➔ Use of modal verb 'would' for polite requests

  ➔ 'Would' is used to make polite or conditional requests.

• And can you tell me what's my flavor?

  ➔ Use of question inversion for asking questions

  ➔ Question inversion involves switching the typical word order to form questions.

• I sleep so I can see you, 'cause I hate to wait so long

  ➔ Use of 'so' to indicate purpose, and 'because' as a causal conjunction

  ➔ 'So' indicates purpose, meaning 'in order to', and 'because' introduces the reason.

• And we can run away to the walls inside your house

  ➔ Use of 'can' for ability or possibility

  ➔ 'Can' is a modal verb expressing ability or possibility.

• And we can laugh off things that we know nothing about

  ➔ Use of 'know nothing about' to indicate lack of knowledge

  ➔ 'Know nothing about' means to have no knowledge or information about something.

• My mom says that she's worried, but I'm covered in this favor

  ➔ Use of reported speech 'says that' and passive phrase 'covered in'

  ➔ 'Says that' introduces reported speech, and 'covered in' is an idiomatic phrase meaning to be filled or surrounded by something.

• And we can run away to the walls inside your house

  ➔ Use of prepositional phrase 'inside your house' to indicate location

  ➔ 'Inside your house' specifies the location where the action takes place.