Walk Over Me – English Lyrics

• By: The All-American Rejects

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

("Walk Over Me")

♪ Doctor, doctor ♪

♪ Could you please just give me somethin' ♪

♪ For the state I'm in ♪

♪ I'm having trouble and society ♪

♪ Believe I got it wrong again ♪

♪ I'm one month sober ♪

♪ I don't think I'm getting over my predicament ♪

♪ But if I jumped out of the window what would she say ♪

♪ It's not on me, it's all on you ♪

♪ We can't deny the things we do ♪

♪ I can't believe her pretty feet walked over me ♪

♪ All over me ♪

♪ Help me, help me doc ♪

♪ It seems to be an awful lot for me to understand ♪

♪ I know I'm not a specimen, ♪

♪ The troubles and the mess I'm in ♪

♪ I should be dead ♪

♪ He said, let's all start think ♪

♪ That you've had all your fun ♪

♪ It's time to be a man ♪

♪ So you better quit your bitchin ♪

♪ Think about what the people would say ♪

♪ It's not on me, it's all on you ♪

♪ I can't prescribe what you want me to ♪

♪ You need some sleep, you better leave ♪

♪ You walked over me ♪

♪ All over me ♪

♪ Wait until tomorrow, and it's gone ♪

♪ So long ♪

♪ Wait until tomorrow, so long ♪

♪ It's gone ♪

♪ Wait until tomorrow ♪

♪ You beg and steal and borrow till it's gone ♪

♪ He don't got a lot but he's got all he needs ♪

♪ I need someone to love ♪

♪ And all he's got well it's all that he needs ♪

♪ Somebody help me cause I could hear the voices in the tube ♪

♪ To get me through anything I do ♪

♪ And anything will do good by me ♪

♪ A little pill, a little thrill ♪

♪ Should I take it I think I will ♪

♪ And anything will do good ♪

♪ So as long as it's always too good ♪

♪ Either way I don't give a damn what you people all say ♪

♪ All now boy ♪

♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh ♪

♪ It's not on me, it's all on you ♪

♪ I can't deny the things I do ♪

♪ I can't believe her pretty feet walked over me ♪

♪ All over me ♪

♪ It's not on me, it's all on you ♪

♪ There comes a time to speak the truth ♪

♪ So you can see me when I leave ♪

♪ Walk over you ♪

♪ All over you ♪

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
walk /wɔːk/ A1	verb - to move at a regular pace by lifting and setting down each foot in turn
doctor /ˈdɒktər/ A1	noun - a qualified practitioner of medicine
trouble /ˈtrʌbəl/ A1	noun - a problem or difficulty
society /səˈsaɪəti/ A2	noun - the aggregate of people living together in a more or less ordered community
sober /ˈsoʊbər/ B1	adjective - not affected by alcohol
predicament /ˈprɛdɪkəmənt/ B2	noun - a difficult situation
prescribe /prɪˈskraɪb/ B2	verb - to advise and authorize the use of (a medicine or treatment)
specimen /ˈspɛsəmən/ B2	noun - an individual, item, or part considered typical of a group, class, or whole
bitchin /ˈbɪtʃɪn/ C1	adjective - excellent; cool (slang)
thrill /θrɪl/ B1	noun - a sudden feeling of excitement and pleasure
deny /dɪˈnaɪ/ A2	verb - to refuse to admit the truth or existence of something
understand /ˌʌndərˈstænd/ A1	verb - to perceive the intended meaning of something
borrow /ˈbɒroʊ/ A2	verb - to take and use (something belonging to someone else) with the intention of returning it
pill /pɪl/ A2	noun - a small rounded mass of solid medicine
damn /dæm/ B1	adjective - used to express anger or frustration
voice /vɔɪs/ A1	noun - the sound produced in a person's larynx and uttered through the mouth

Key Grammar Structures

• But if I jumped out of the window what would she say

  ➔ Second Conditional (unreal present)

  ➔ The structure "if + past simple, would + base verb" expresses an unreal or imagined situation in the present. Here "if I **jumped**" and "would **say**" show this pattern.

• I'm one month sober

  ➔ Present Simple with time expression

  ➔ The present simple "I **am**" is used with a duration phrase "**one month**" to describe a state that started in the past and continues now.

• You better leave

  ➔ "Had better" construction (advice)

  ➔ "You **had better**" is a modal-like expression used to give strong advice or warning. The verb "leave" follows directly without "to".

• Should I take it I think I will

  ➔ Modal verb "should" for suggestion + future simple

  ➔ "**Should**" is used to ask for advice or make a suggestion. The second clause "I **will**" uses the simple future to express a decision.

• There comes a time to speak the truth

  ➔ Existential "there" construction

  ➔ The word "there" introduces the existence of something. The verb follows the subject "a time" (singular), so we use "comes".

• He don't got a lot but he's got all he needs

  ➔ Subject‑verb agreement & contraction

  ➔ In standard English the verb should be "doesn't" for third‑person singular, but the lyric uses colloquial "don't". The second clause uses the contraction "he's" (= "he has").

• All over me

  ➔ Phrasal verb with preposition "over"

  ➔ "All **over**" functions as a phrasal verb meaning "completely covering" or "dominating" someone. The object "me" receives the action.