Skinny Dipping – English Lyrics

• By: Sabrina Carpenter
• Album: Short n' Sweet

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

[BIRDS CHIRPING] [WIND BLOWING]

♪♪♪

♪ IT'LL BE A WEDNESDAY ♪

♪ AND I'LL BE GOING TO THIS COFFEE SHOP ♪

♪ HEAR THE BARISTA CALL AN OAT MILK LATTE AND YOUR NAME ♪

♪ AND I LOOK UP FROM MY PHONE AND THINK THERE'S NO CHANCE ITS YOU BUT IT IS ♪

♪ YOU'LL SAY "HI" ♪

♪ I'LL SAY "HI HOW ARE YOU" ♪

♪ YOU'LL SAY HOW'S YOUR FAMILY HOW'S YOUR SISTER ♪

♪ I'LL SAY "SHANNON'S BEING SHANNON" ♪

♪ AND AFTER A MINUTE OF NONSENSICAL CHATTER ♪

♪ YOU'LL SAY WELL THIS WAS REALLY NICE ♪

♪ MAYBE WE SHOULD DO THIS ON PURPOSE SOMETIME ♪

♪ AND IT WILL HAVE BEEN LONG ENOUGH ♪

♪ THAT WE WON'T HARP ON ♪

♪ ARGUMENTS IN YOUR GARAGE ♪

♪ ALL THE WAYS WE SABOTAGED IT ♪

♪ WHAT IT WAS AND WHAT IT WASN'T ♪

♪ WE'VE BEEN SWIMMING ON THE EDGE OF A CLIFF ♪

♪ I'M RESISTANT BUT GOING DOWN WITH THE SHIP ♪

♪ IT'D BE SO NICE ♪

♪ RIGHT ♪

♪ RIGHT ♪

♪ IF WE COULD TAKE IT ALL OFF AND JUST EXIST ♪

♪ AND SKINNY DIP IN ♪

♪ WATER UNDER UNDER THE BRIDGE ♪

♪♪♪

♪ YOU'LL SUGGEST A RESTAURANT WE USED TO GO TO ♪

♪ AND I'LL SAY WON'T THAT BE TOO NOSTALGIC ♪

♪ AND YOU'LL SAY MAYBE, BUT LET'S DO IT ANYWAY ♪

♪ WE WON'T SIT AT OUR SAME OLD TABLE, I PROMISE ♪

♪ AND WE WON'T BRING UP THE PAST ♪

♪ WE'LL KEEP IT BUREAUCRATIC AND WE WON'T SAY IT BUT BOTH OF US ♪

♪ WE'LL BE THINKING ABOUT HOW DIFFERENT WE ARE FROM THOSE ♪

♪ SCARED LITTLE KIDS THAT HAD THOSE ♪

♪ ARGUMENTS IN YOUR GARAGE ♪

♪ ALL THE WAYS WE SABOTAGED IT ♪

♪ WHAT IT WAS AND WHAT IT WASN'T ♪

♪ WE'VE BEEN SWIMMING ON THE EDGE OF A CLIFF ♪

♪ I'M RESISTANT BUT GOING DOWN WITH THE SHIP ♪

♪ IT'D BE SO NICE ♪

♪ RIGHT ♪

♪ RIGHT ♪

♪ IF WE COULD TAKE IT ALL OFF AND JUST EXIST ♪

♪ AND SKINNY DIP IN ♪

[BIRDS CHIRPING]

[SWING SQUEAKING] [CRICKETS CHIRPING]

[WIND HOWLING]

♪♪♪

♪ WE'VE BEEN SWIMMING ON THE EDGE OF A CLIFF ♪

♪ I'M RESISTANT BUT GOING DOWN WITH THE SHIP ♪

♪ IT'D BE SO NICE ♪

♪ RIGHT ♪

♪ RIGHT ♪

♪ IF WE COULD TAKE IT ALL OFF AND JUST EXIST ♪

♪ AND SKINNY DIP IN ♪

♪ WATER UNDER UNDER THE BRIDGE ♪

[CITY SOUNDS]

♪♪♪

♪ AH ♪

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
say /seɪ/ A1	verb - to utter words to convey information, an opinion, a feeling, or intention
coffee /ˈkɔːfi/ A1	noun - a drink made from roasted coffee beans
shop /ʃɒp/ A1	noun - a place where goods or services are sold verb - to visit shops and buy things
name /neɪm/ A1	noun - a word or set of words by which a person, animal, place, or thing is known, addressed, or referred to verb - give a name to someone or something
family /ˈfæməli/ A2	noun - a group of people who are related to each other, such as a father, mother, and children
sister /ˈsɪstər/ A1	noun - a female sibling
nice /naɪs/ A1	adjective - pleasant; agreeable; satisfactory
purpose /ˈpɜːrpəs/ B1	noun - the reason for which something is done or created or for which something exists
garage /ˈɡærɑːʒ/ A2	noun - a building for housing a car
argument /ˈɑːrɡjumənt/ B1	noun - an exchange of diverging or opposite views, typically a heated or angry one
edge /edʒ/ B1	noun - the outside limit of an object, area, or surface; a boundary
cliff /klɪf/ B1	noun - a steep rock face, especially at the edge of the sea
ship /ʃɪp/ A2	noun - a large boat for traveling on water
water /ˈwɔːtər/ A1	noun - a colorless, transparent, odorless, and tasteless liquid that forms the seas, lakes, rivers, and rain and is the basis of the fluids of living organisms.
bridge /brɪdʒ/ A2	noun - a structure carrying a road, path, railway, etc. across a river, road, or other obstacle
restaurant /ˈrestərɒnt/ A2	noun - a place where people pay to eat meals
kids /kɪdz/ A1	noun - children
exist /ɪɡˈzɪst/ B1	verb - to be or continue to be
swim /swɪm/ A1	verb - to move through water using your arms and legs
skinny /ˈskɪni/ A2	adjective - very thin
dip /dɪp/ A2	verb - to put something into a liquid and take it out again quickly

Key Grammar Structures

• ♪ IT'LL BE A WEDNESDAY ♪

  ➔ Future Simple (will + base verb)

  ➔ Used to express a future action or state.

• ♪ I'LL BE GOING TO THIS COFFEE SHOP ♪

  ➔ Future Continuous (will be + -ing)

  ➔ Describes an action that will be in progress at a specific time in the future.

• ♪ HEAR THE BARISTA CALL AN OAT MILK LATTE AND YOUR NAME ♪

  ➔ Infinitive of purpose (to + verb)

  ➔ Used to express the purpose of an action (to hear).

• ♪ I'LL SAY "HI HOW ARE YOU" ♪

  ➔ Reported Speech (Indirect Speech)

  ➔ It's a way of reporting what someone said. Note the absence of quotation marks.

• ♪ AND AFTER A MINUTE OF NONSENSICAL CHATTER ♪

  ➔ Prepositional Phrase

  ➔ A group of words beginning with a preposition and modifying a word in the sentence (of nonsensical chatter).

• ♪ MAYBE WE SHOULD DO THIS ON PURPOSE SOMETIME ♪

  ➔ Modal verb "should" + base verb

  ➔ Expresses a suggestion or a recommendation.

• ♪ WE'VE BEEN SWIMMING ON THE EDGE OF A CLIFF ♪

  ➔ Present Perfect Continuous (have/has been + -ing)

  ➔ Describes an action that started in the past and is still continuing or has recently stopped.

• ♪ I'M RESISTANT BUT GOING DOWN WITH THE SHIP ♪

  ➔ Contrast - Use of "but"

  ➔ The conjunction "but" is used to introduce a contrasting idea or statement.

• ♪ IT'D BE SO NICE ♪

  ➔ Conditional mood (would + verb)

  ➔ Expresses a hypothetical situation or a wish.

• ♪ IF WE COULD TAKE IT ALL OFF AND JUST EXIST ♪

  ➔ Second Conditional (if + past simple, would + base verb)

  ➔ Used to talk about hypothetical situations in the present or future.