Thank You – English Lyrics

• By: Dido
• Album: No Angel

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

My tea's gone cold

I'm wondering why I got out of bed at all

The morning rain clouds up my window

And I can't see at all

And even if I could, it'd all be grey

But your picture on my wall

It reminds me that it's not so bad

It's not so bad

...

I drank too much last night, got bills to pay

My head just feels in pain

I missed the bus and there'll be hell today

I'm late for work again

And even if I'm there, they'll all imply

That I might not last the day

And then you call me and it's not so bad

It's not so bad

And I want to thank you

For giving me the best day of my life

Oh, just to be with you

Is having the best day of my life

...

Push the door, I'm home at last

And I'm soaking through and through

And then you handed me a towel

And all I see is you

And even if my house falls down now

I wouldn't have a clue

Because you're near me

And I want to thank you

For giving me the best day of my life

Oh, just to be with you

Is having the best day of my life

And I want to thank you

For giving me the best day of my life

Oh, just to be with you

Is having the best day of my life

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
tea /tiː/ A1	noun - a hot drink made by infusing the leaves of the tea plant in hot water
cold /koʊld/ A2	adjective - having a low temperature; not warm
morning /ˈmɔːrnɪŋ/ A2	noun - the early part of the day from sunrise to noon
rain /reɪn/ A1	noun - water that falls from the sky in drops
window /ˈwɪndoʊ/ A2	noun - an opening in a wall that lets light in and is often covered with glass
grey /ɡreɪ/ A2	adjective - of a color between black and white
picture /ˈpɪktʃər/ A2	noun - a drawing or photograph; an image
wall /wɔːl/ A1	noun - a vertical structure that encloses or divides a space
remind /rɪˈmaɪnd/ B1	verb - to cause someone to remember something
bad /bæd/ A2	adjective - not good; unpleasant
drank /dræŋk/ A2	verb - past tense of drink; consumed liquid
bills /bɪlz/ A2	noun - statements of charges; invoices
pay /peɪ/ A2	verb - to give money in exchange for goods or services
head /hɛd/ A1	noun - the upper part of the body containing the brain
pain /peɪn/ A1	noun - physical suffering or discomfort
missed /mɪst/ A2	verb - failed to hit, attend, or notice; not catching
bus /bʌs/ A1	noun - a large vehicle for transporting people on roads
late /leɪt/ A2	adjective - occurring after the expected time; tardy
work /wɜːrk/ A2	noun - activities involving mental or physical effort to achieve a purpose; employment
door /dɔːr/ A1	noun - a hinged barrier used to close an opening

Key Grammar Structures

• My tea's gone cold

  ➔ Present perfect tense

  ➔ "'tea's gone'" uses the present perfect tense to indicate that the tea has become cold with a result in the present.

• I'm wondering why I got out of bed at all

  ➔ Present continuous tense and past simple tense

  ➔ "I'm wondering" is present continuous showing ongoing thought; "I got out" is past simple referring to a completed past action.

• And even if I could, it'd all be grey

  ➔ Conditional sentence type 2 (unreal present)

  ➔ "Even if I could, it'd all be grey" expresses a hypothetical situation unlikely or unreal now, using past modal 'could' and conditional 'would be'.

• I drank too much last night, got bills to pay

  ➔ Past simple tense and infinitive verb phrase

  ➔ "I drank" is past simple showing completed action; "got bills to pay" uses 'to pay' as an infinitive expressing purpose or obligation.

• I'm late for work again

  ➔ Present simple with adjective complement

  ➔ "I'm late" uses subject + to be + adjective (late) to describe current state or condition.

• Because you're near me

  ➔ Present simple in positive statement with contraction

  ➔ "you're" is a contraction of "you are" in present simple, describing a current state or fact.

• And I want to thank you

  ➔ Present simple with infinitive to express intention

  ➔ "I want to thank" uses present simple verb 'want' plus infinitive 'to thank' indicating desire or intent to perform the action.