Those Eyes – English Lyrics

• By: New West

Lyrics & Translation

‘Those Eyes’ by New West is a perfect song for learners of English to explore the language of romantic expression. With its slow tempo and clear vocal delivery, it is an excellent tool for practicing descriptive adjectives and emotional vocabulary in a modern, conversational style.

[English]

when we're out in a crowd laughing loud

and nobody knows why

when we're lost at a club getting drunk

and you give me that smile

going home in the back of a car and your

hand touch his mind

when we're done making love and you look

up and give me those eyes

[Music]

things that you do

remind me

[Music]

when we're apart and I'm missing you

I close my eyes

[Music]

when you call me at night while you're

out getting high with your friends

[Music]

[Music]

things that you do

[Applause]

and when we're apart and I'm missing you

I close my eyes

[Applause]

[Music]

and give me those eyes

[Music]

cause all of the smoke

[Applause]

foreign

[Music]

[Music]

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
crowd /kraʊd/ A2	noun - a large number of people gathered together
laughing /ˈlɑːfɪŋ/ A1	verb - making sounds and movements of the face and body that express amusement
drunk /drʌŋk/ B1	adjective - affected by alcohol to the extent of losing control
smile /smaɪl/ A1	noun - a facial expression indicating pleasure or amusement
remind /rɪˈmaɪnd/ A2	verb - to cause someone to remember someone or something
missing /ˈmɪsɪŋ/ A2	verb - feeling sad because someone is not present
apart /əˈpɑːrt/ A2	adjective - separated by distance or time
smoke /smoʊk/ A2	noun - visible vapor produced by burning substances
high /haɪ/ B2	adjective - under the influence of drugs or alcohol

Key Grammar Structures

• When we're out in a crowd laughing loud

  ➔ Reduced relative clause / Participle phrase

  ➔ "Laughing" acts as a present participle describing the subject 'we' while performing the action.

• When we're lost at a club getting drunk

  ➔ Past participle used as an adjective

  ➔ "Lost" is the past participle of 'lose', describing the state of the subject.

• When we're done making love

  ➔ Adjective + Gerund phrase

  ➔ "Done" functions as an adjective followed by the gerund "making" to express completion of an activity.

• Things that you do remind me

  ➔ Defining relative clause

  ➔ "That you do" is a relative clause specifying which "things" are being referred to.

• When we're apart and I'm missing you

  ➔ Present Continuous for current state

  ➔ "Am missing" expresses an ongoing feeling or emotional state at the time of speaking.

• While you're out getting high

  ➔ Subordinate clause with time conjunction

  ➔ "While" introduces a simultaneous action happening in the background.

• Cause all of the smoke

  ➔ Causal conjunction

  ➔ "Cause" (short for because) is used to introduce the reason or motivation for the main clause.