TAXI DRIVER – English Lyrics

• By: Sienna Spiro
• Album: Visitor

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the melodic world of Sienna Spiro's 'TAXI DRIVER' to enhance your English skills! This song is a perfect tool for learning expressive, conversational English and modern idioms related to emotions and movement. Its clear vocals and storytelling make it a special way to master the nuance of contemporary pop lyrics.

[English]

Taxi driver caught my red eyes in the rearview

Turn the sound down, headphones out now, wanna hear you

If I could afford to, I'd stay here longer 'cause I need your help

Pull up on the shoulder of a stranger, I've got nowhere else to be

Taxi driver, could you make this right for me?

Don't say you won't go that way

Tell me you'll be my escape

Salt burn in my eyes, don't wanna feel this way tonight

I'll pay you any price if you take me somewhere

I don't know, I'm too far gone

I don't mind losing track of time with you

Taxi driver ball my eyes out on your sofa

Full disclosure, I'm exposed, so let me know, yeah

Will I feel this way in the mornin'?

Talkin' to you got me pourin' it out

Only one mile away

Salt burn in my eyes, don't wanna feel this way tonight

I'll pay you any price if you take me somewhere

I don't know, I'm too far gone

I don't mind losing track of time with you

No, oh

Taxi driver, don't take me home

No, oh

Oh-oh, no, mm

Taxi driver

Know my time's up

I'll get out here

My eyes are dry

I'll say goodbye

You'll disappear

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
taxi driver /ˈtæksi ˈdraɪvər/ A1	noun - a person who drives a taxi
rearview /ˌrɪərˈvjuː/ B2	noun - a mirror used to see behind a vehicle
afford /əˈfɔːrd/ B1	verb - to have enough money to pay for something
stranger /ˈstreɪndʒər/ A2	noun - a person whom one does not know
escape /ɪˈskeɪp/ B1	noun - a way of avoiding something unpleasant verb - to get free from something
salt /sɔːlt/ A2	noun - the substance used for seasoning (or tears)
price /praɪs/ A2	noun - the amount of money expected for something
lose /luːz/ A2	verb - to fail to keep possession of
sofa /ˈsoʊfə/ A1	noun - a long upholstered seat with a back and arms
disclosure /dɪsˈkloʊʒər/ C1	noun - the action of making new or secret information known
exposed /ɪkˈspoʊzd/ B2	adjective - left without protection; vulnerable
pour /pɔːr/ B1	verb - to cause a liquid to flow from a container
disappear /ˌdɪsəˈpɪər/ B1	verb - to cease to be visible

Key Grammar Structures

• If I could afford to, I'd stay here longer

  ➔ Second Conditional

  ➔ Used for hypothetical situations in the present. 'Could' indicates ability, and 'would' shows the result of the condition.

• I don't wanna feel this way tonight

  ➔ Informal contraction ('wanna' = want to)

  ➔ In casual speech/lyrics, 'want to' is often contracted to 'wanna'.

• I'll pay you any price if you take me somewhere

  ➔ First Conditional

  ➔ Describes a real possibility: 'If' + present simple, followed by 'will' + base verb.

• Talkin' to you got me pourin' it out

  ➔ Causative structure / Resultative state

  ➔ 'Got me' implies that the action of 'talking' caused the speaker to reach the state of 'pouring it out'.

• I've got nowhere else to be

  ➔ Infinitive as an adjective

  ➔ The infinitive 'to be' modifies the indefinite pronoun 'nowhere'.

• Know my time's up

  ➔ Omission of relative pronoun 'that'

  ➔ The full phrase is '[I] know [that] my time's up'. 'That' is commonly dropped in speech.

• I'm too far gone

  ➔ Idiomatic expression (Degree adverb 'too')

  ➔ 'Too far gone' means having reached a state from which it is impossible to return or recover.