Where Everybody Knows Your Name – English Lyrics

• By: Gary Portnoy, Judy Hart Angelo

Lyrics & Translation

Delve into 'Where Everybody Knows Your Name,' the timeless theme from 'Cheers,' to explore English expressions of belonging, comfort, and everyday struggles. Its relatable lyrics and warm melody offer a perfect gateway to understanding authentic conversational English and the profound human desire for genuine connection.

[English]

Making your way in the world today

Takes everything you've got

Taking a break from all your worries

Sure would help a lot

Wouldn't you like to get away

All those nights when you've got no lights

The check is in the mail

And your little angel

Hung the cat up by it's tail

And your third fiance didn't show

Sometimes you wanna go

Where Everybody Knows Your Name

And they're always glad you came

You wanna be where you can see

Our troubles are all the same

You wanna be Where Everybody Knows Your Name

Roll out of bed Mr Coffee's dead

The morning's looking bright

And your shrink ran off to Europe

And didn't even write

And your husband wants to be a girl

Be glad there's one place in the world

Where Everybody Knows Your Name

And they're always glad you came

You wanna go where people know

People are all the same

You wanna go Where Everybody Knows Your Name

Where Everybody Knows Your Name

And they're always glad you came

Where Everybody Knows Your Name

And they're always glad you came

Where Everybody Knows Your Name

And they're always glad you came

Where Everybody Knows Your Name

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
Making ˈmeɪkɪŋ A1	verb - to create or produce something
Takes teɪks A1	verb - to require or need
Worries ˈwʌriz A2	noun - feelings of anxiety or concern
Break breɪk A1	noun - a pause or rest
Fiance fiˈɒns eɪ B1	noun - a man engaged to be married
Sometimes ˈsʌmtaɪmz A1	adverb - on occasion; not always
Troubles ˈtrʌbəlz A2	noun - problems or difficulties
Roll rəʊl A1	verb - to move in a circular motion
Shrink ʃrɪŋk B1	noun - a psychotherapist
Europe ˈjʊərəp A1	noun - a continent in the Northern Hemisphere
Husband ˈhʌzbənd A1	noun - a married man
Glad ɡlæd A1	adjective - feeling joy or pleasure
Place pleɪs A1	noun - a particular area or location
World wɜːrld A1	noun - the earth, together with all of its countries, peoples, and natural features
People ˈpiːpəl A1	noun - human beings in general or considered collectively
Same seɪm A1	adjective - identical; not different
Name neɪm A1	noun - a word or set of words by which a person, animal, place, or thing is known

Key Grammar Structures

• Making your way in the world today

  ➔ Gerund phrase as subject

  ➔ The word “Making” is a gerund, so the whole phrase acts as the subject of an implied verb.

• Wouldn't you like to get away

  ➔ Modal verb ‘would’ + infinitive for polite suggestion

  ➔ The modal “Would” makes the question polite; it is followed by the base form “like” and the infinitive “to get away”.

• All those nights when you've got no lights

  ➔ Adverbial ‘when’ clause with present perfect

  ➔ The word “when” introduces a time clause; “you've got” is the contraction of “you have got”, a present perfect form.

• The check is in the mail

  ➔ Simple present + prepositional phrase of location

  ➔ “is” is the simple present of “to be”; the prepositional phrase “in the mail” tells where the check is.

• And your little angel Hung the cat up by its tail

  ➔ Past simple verb; correct possessive pronoun ‘its’ vs. contraction ‘it’s’

  ➔ “Hung” is the past simple of “hang”. The pronoun should be **“its”** (possessive), not **“it’s”** (it is).

• Sometimes you wanna go

  ➔ Informal contraction ‘wanna’ (= want to) + infinitive

  ➔ “wanna” is a spoken contraction of “want to”. It is followed by the infinitive “go”.

• Roll out of bed Mr Coffee's dead

  ➔ Imperative verb + contraction ‘s’ = is

  ➔ “Roll” is an imperative telling someone to act. “Coffee's” is a contraction of **“Coffee is”**.

• The morning's looking bright

  ➔ Present progressive with contraction ‘s = is

  ➔ “morning's” = **“morning is”**; combined with “looking” gives the present progressive “is looking”.