White Knuckle Ride – English Lyrics

• By: Jamiroquai

Lyrics & Translation

Learning English through Jamiroquai's "White Knuckle Ride" offers a fantastic opportunity to engage with idiomatic expressions and vivid, action-oriented language. The song's title itself is a common English idiom, and the lyrics are filled with descriptive language about pressure and excitement, making it a special and dynamic way to enhance your vocabulary and understanding of metaphorical phrases in English.

[English]

Yeah, Gonna make it better

Ooh yeah

Yeah, Gonna make it right

Here it is

There's no way to make it better

Get's you down

It's pressure (pressure)

I'm serious

Trouble genie's on the way

Got a little something for you

It's pressure (pressure)

It gets ya down

Now it ain't what you know

But I knew that anyway

I can't let this pressure go

This pressure's here to stay, yeah

Yeah (white knuckle ride)

Gonna make it better (white knuckle ride, I'm on it, baby)

Yeah (white knuckle ride)

Gonna make it right (white knuckle ride, I'm on it)

It's not so easy to control (pressure)

It's not so easy to control (pressure)

There's no easy way to make it better

There it is, There it is

Couldn't change it if I wanted

Taste it all the time

It's pressure (pressure)

Yeah hey!

Oh baby

Step into the light!

Don't know if I can recover (don't know if I can recover)

Got me 'round it's little finger (got me 'round it's little finger)

Pressure (pressure)

Whoa, Whoa, Whoa

There it is

Couldn't change it if I wanted

Taste it all the time

Step into the light!

Don't know if I can recover

Taste it all the time (I'm taste it all the time, yeah)

Yeah, (white knuckle ride)

Gonna make it better (white knuckle ride, I'm on it baby)

Yeah (white knuckle ride)

You know I'm gonna make it right (white knuckle ride, I'm on it)

It's not so easy to control (pressure)

It's not so easy to control (It's not so easy to control it)

There's no easy way to make it better (I'm on it baby)

Took a white knuckle ride

Yeah, (white knuckle ride)

I'm gonna make it better (white knuckle ride, I'm on it baby)

In somehow inside, I (white knuckle ride)

I know I'm gonna make it right (white knuckle ride, I'm on it)

It's not so easy to control it

It's not so easy to control (pressure)

It's not so easy to control (pressure)

Took a white knuckle ride

I'm on it baby!

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
pressure /ˈpreʃər/ B1	noun - continuous physical force exerted on or against an object by something in contact with it
ride /raɪd/ A2	verb - to sit on and control the movement of an animal or a vehicle noun - an act of traveling in a vehicle or on an animal
better /ˈbetər/ A1	adjective - of a higher quality or more desirable verb - improve something
right /raɪt/ A1	adjective - correct or true noun - something that is morally or legally correct verb - to restore or set right
way /weɪ/ A1	noun - a method, style, or manner of doing something
control /kənˈtrəʊl/ B1	verb - to have power over noun - the power to influence or direct people's behavior or the course of events
easy /ˈiːzi/ A1	adjective - achievable or obtainable with little effort or difficulty
taste /teɪst/ A2	verb - perceive the flavor of something noun - the sensation of flavor perceived in the mouth
light /laɪt/ A1	noun - the natural agent that stimulates sight and makes things visible. adjective - giving out or reflecting much light; bright
recover /rɪˈkʌvər/ B1	verb - return to a normal state of health, mind, or strength.
finger /ˈfɪŋɡər/ A1	noun - each of the four long parts of the hand, or the corresponding parts of the foot
knuckle /ˈnʌkəl/ B2	noun - a joint in a finger
inside /ˌɪnˈsaɪd/ A2	adverb - in or into the interior of something adjective - situated or occurring in or on the inside