Sleepin' On Me – English Lyrics

• By: Meghan Trainor
• Album: Timeless

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

I'm finally out your head

Then I come back again

(Ooh, she's crazy, dum-da-dum, daisy)

I win against the odds

Call me "The Underdog"

(Ooh, she's crazy, dum-da-dum, daisy)

(Ooh) So think before you speak

(Ah-ah) 'Cause talkin' is cheap

(How?) And how'd you even miss me when I've been here the whole time?

I bet you was asleep (Wake up)

(On me) Sleepin' on me (Sleep on me)

Ooh, baby, what a shame

I bet you was asleep (Wake up)

(On me) Sleepin' on me (Sleep on me)

Now you never look away

I bet when you close your eyes (When you close your eyes)

You dream of me all night

Ooh, I bet you was asleep (Wake up)

(On me) Sleepin' on me (Sleep on me)

So why, why won't you wake up?

They never thought I would make it to Hollywood

(Ooh, she's crazy, dum-da-dum, daisy)

Yeah, they say, "She ain't got nothin' left"

"I wouldn't hold your breath"

(Ooh, she's crazy, dum-da-dum, daisy)

(Ooh) So think before you speak

(Ah-ah) 'Cause talkin' is cheap

(How?) And how'd you even miss me when I've been here the whole time?

I bet you was asleep (Wake up)

(On me) Sleepin' on me (Sleep on me)

Ooh, baby, what a shame

I bet you was asleep (Wake up)

(On me) Sleepin' on me (Sleep on me)

Now you never look away

I bet when you close your eyes (When you close your eyes)

You dream of me all night

Ooh, I bet you was asleep (Wake up)

(On me) Sleepin' on me (Sleep on me)

So why, why won't you wake up?

(Now you're right where I want-nt)

I said, "Why won't you wake up?"

(Now you're right where I want-nt)

(Yeah, ah-ah)

Oh, think before you speak (Ooh)

(Ah-ah) 'Cause talkin' is cheap

Tell me, how'd you even miss me? (How? I've been here the whole time)

When I've been here the whole time?

I bet you was asleep (Wake up)

(On me) Sleepin' on me (Sleep on me)

Ooh, baby, what a shame

I bet you was asleep (Wake up) (Doom-doom, be-dooby)

(On me) Sleepin' on me (Sleep on me) (Doom-doom, be-dooby-doom)

Now you never look away (Doom-doom, be-dooby-doom)

I bet when you close your eyes (When you close your eyes)

You dream of me all night

Ooh, I bet you was asleep (Wake up)

(On me) Sleepin' on me (Sleep on me)

So why, why won't you wake up?

Wake up, wake up

I said, "Wake up, wake up," yeah

Wake up, wake up

Baby, why won't you wake up?

Wake up, wake up

Wake up, wake up (Yeah)

Wake up, wake up

Why won't you wake up?

Key Grammar Structures

• So think "before you speak"

  ➔ Imperative + time clause (before + subject + verb)

  ➔ The verb "think" is in the imperative, and the phrase "before you speak" is a time clause indicating when the action should happen.

• "Cause talking" is cheap

  ➔ Gerund as subject

  ➔ The gerund "talking" functions as the subject of the sentence.

• How "did" you even miss me when "I've been" here the whole time?

  ➔ Past simple question with auxiliary "did" + present perfect continuous

  ➔ The auxiliary "did" forms the past simple question, while "I've been" is the contraction of "I have been", indicating an action that started in the past and continues up to now.

• "I bet" you were asleep

  ➔ Modal verb "bet" used as a semi‑modal expressing speculation

  ➔ "Bet" functions like a modal verb meaning "I am sure" or "I think"; it introduces a confident guess.

• "Why won't you" wake up?

  ➔ Modal verb "won't" + infinitive for future negative intention

  ➔ "Won't" is the contraction of "will not"; it expresses a refusal or lack of intention in the future.

• "They never thought" I would make it to Hollywood

  ➔ Past simple with a future‑in‑the‑past clause (would + base verb)

  ➔ "Would" is used to express a future event relative to a past viewpoint; the speakers thought something would happen later.

• "I said, 'Why won't you wake up?'"

  ➔ Reported speech with a question retained in original form

  ➔ When reporting a question, the speaker can keep the exact wording inside quotation marks; the verb "said" introduces the reported speech.

• "When you close your eyes, you dream of me all night"

  ➔ Zero conditional (present simple + present simple)

  ➔ The zero conditional expresses a general truth: if the condition (closing your eyes) happens, the result (dreaming of me) always follows.

• "I win against the odds"

  ➔ Simple present with prepositional phrase "against the odds"

  ➔ "Against the odds" is a prepositional phrase meaning "despite difficulties"; the simple present states a habitual or general fact.