Why Can't I Wake Up with You – English Lyrics

• By: Take That

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into Take That's emotive pop ballad "Why Can't I Wake Up with You" – a perfect song to explore English expressions of longing and romance. Its clear narrative and catchy R&B-infused style make it an engaging way to learn vocabulary related to emotions and relationships, and to understand natural English phrasing in love songs.

[English]

Oh, I can't decide

If I should read or think

I'll keep an open mind

Till the day sets in

I hear you call me (hear you call me, you call me)

I'm so willing to call back (willing to call back)

Hear you thinking

Hope you hear me thinking too

Why can't I wake up with you

So you're there when I open my eyes (there when I open my eyes)

Baby why can't I wake up with you

You're my life

Oh, I feel alive

So I'll just begin

To read my mind

Before you ring me

Hear you thinking

Hope you hear me thinking too

Why can't I wake up with you

So you're there when I open my eyes (there when I open my eyes)

Baby why can't I wake up with you

You're my life

So good to be near you (so good to be near you)

So dark when you walk from my side

Baby why can't I wake up with you

You're my life (you're my life)

Hear you thinking

Hope you hear me thinking too

Why can't I wake up with you

So you're there when I open my eyes (there when I open my eyes)

Baby why can't I wake up with you

You're my life

Why don't we dream the same night

So you're there when the dark turns to light

Baby I know this is right

You're my life

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
wake /weɪk/ A1	verb - to stop sleeping
open /ˈoʊpən/ A1	verb - to move something to create an opening adjective - not closed or blocked
alive /əˈlaɪv/ A1	adjective - living, not dead
think /θɪŋk/ A1	verb - to have ideas or opinions
call /kɔːl/ A1	verb - to speak to someone on the phone
read /riːd/ A1	verb - to look at and understand written words
mind /maɪnd/ A2	noun - the part of a person that thinks and feels
life /laɪf/ A1	noun - the state of being alive
begin /bɪˈɡɪn/ A1	verb - to start something
near /nɪr/ A1	adjective - close in distance
dark /dɑːrk/ A1	adjective - with little or no light
walk /wɔːk/ A1	verb - to move on foot
dream /driːm/ A2	verb - to have images in your mind while sleeping noun - a series of thoughts or images in your mind while sleeping
light /laɪt/ A1	noun - brightness from the sun or a lamp adjective - not heavy or dark
ring /rɪŋ/ A2	verb - to call someone on the phone
willing /ˈwɪlɪŋ/ B1	adjective - ready to do something
decide /dɪˈsaɪd/ A2	verb - to choose something
set /sɛt/ A1	verb - to put something in a place
good /ɡʊd/ A1	adjective - of high quality