Sex and the City – English Lyrics

• By: Audrey Hobert
• Album: Who’s the Clown?

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into Audrey Hobert's "Sex and the City" to explore the rich English of diaristic pop songwriting, where witty, tongue-in-cheek observations meet sincere vulnerability. This track is special because it perfectly captures the common young adult tension between media-fueled fantasy and mundane reality, offering relatable self-awareness in its dramatic, melancholic sound.

[English]

This isn't Sex and the City

Nobody's watching me write in my room

And anyway, when I get home I take off my cool clothes

'Cause why would I stay in those?

I go to the bar, that's monumental

And if he's hot and seems into it, it's accidental

What's it like to be admired?

Hot and desired?

This isn't Sex and the City

Nobody sees me and knows of my column

Nobody sees me at all is the problem

But of course when they do, they're not the one that I want to

But I go to the bar, I'm a believer

So if it's not in the stars, then I don't want it either

I say goodbye and take the bottle

I've never been stronger

Call the Uber and I tell 'em turn it up

Tell 'em turn it up, baby

That's my song they're playing

Baby, turn it up, could you turn it up, maybe?

Cause I'm drunk and I'm high so I'm crossed

Didn't score any guys so I'm lost

That's all for now, Mr. Driver

I'm rating you 5 stars

If this was Sex and the City

I'd get in and he would've already called me

But instead I'm in the shower

Gotta feel a warm touch somehow

Now I'm ready to go back out

And he's here at the bar

God, is he boring?

I wanna wake up in makeup with him in the morning

He calls a car to his apartment

I guess there's a God, then

The seat is up, the place is haunted

He's heating up and eating up a pizza pocket

I wanted one, but he forgot it

He's off his meds and he's an artist

Touching my leg, you don't have a headboard

Do that again, I think that I want more

If this is it, then what is it all for?

Let's make it quick, then I'm leaving out the front door

Call the Uber and I tell 'em turn it up

Tell 'em turn it up, baby

That shit's overrated

Baby, turn it up, could you turn it up, maybe?

I was drunk, I was high, I was crossed

He's the love of my life, no, he's not

I could have guessed, I'm swearing by it

But I guess you never know until you go and try it

What it's like to be admired

Hot and desired

Key Grammar Structures

• This isn't Sex and the City

  ➔ Present simple negative contraction

  ➔ The contraction "isn't" is used to negate the present simple verb "is".

• And if he's hot and seems into it, it's accidental

  ➔ Present simple with 'if' clause

  ➔ The present simple is used in both the main clause and the 'if' clause to describe a general condition and result.

• What's it like to be admired?

  ➔ Present simple question with 'like'

  ➔ The question structure uses the present simple with 'like' to ask about a general experience or feeling.

• I say goodbye and take the bottle

  ➔ Present simple with 'and'

  ➔ The conjunction 'and' is used to join two present simple verbs describing sequential actions.

• I've never been stronger

  ➔ Present perfect with 'never'

  ➔ The present perfect with 'never' emphasizes the lack of an action up to the present moment.

• I'm rating you 5 stars

  ➔ Present continuous for future action

  ➔ The present continuous is used here to describe a future action that is planned or decided.

• I wanted one, but he forgot it

  ➔ Simple past with 'but'

  ➔ The simple past is used to describe completed actions, and 'but' contrasts the two actions.

• Let's make it quick, then I'm leaving out the front door

  ➔ Let's structure for suggestion

  ➔ The 'Let's' structure is used to make a suggestion or proposal, often for joint action.