you look like you love me – English Lyrics

• By: Ella Langley, Riley Green
• Album: hungover

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the playful world of modern country with Ella Langley and Riley Green's hit duet, "you look like you love me." This catchy tune offers a fresh take on dating, telling a story from both male and female perspectives. Its conversational, spoken-word verses and classic country sound make it a unique and engaging listen that's perfect for anyone interested in contemporary country storytelling and idiomatic expressions used in casual flirtation.

[English]

I was all but 22, I think at the time

I'd been out on the road, lonely at night

And it'd been a while, so it was on my mind

Well, I saw him walk in, with his cowboy hat

And I thought to myself, I could use some of that

His boots like glass on a sawdust floor, huh

Had moves like nothing I'd ever seen before

So I walked right up, and I pulled him to the side

I handed that man a beer and looked him in the eyes

And I said, "Baby, I think you're gonna wanna hear this"

Then I told him

"Excuse me

You look like you love me

You look like you want me to want you to come on home

And baby, I don't blame you

For looking me up and down across this room

I'm drunk and I'm ready to leave

And you look like you love me"

Well, I was down at a local beer joint with a few of the guys

When this cute little country girl caught my eye

And boy, let me tell you, she was the prettiest thing I'd ever seen in a pair of boots

Well, she walked right up to me, handed me a beer

Gave me a look like, "Let's get out of here"

And that's when I realized that she was every cowboy's dream come true

She told me this right here, she said

"Excuse me

You look like you love me

You look like you want me to want you to come on home

And baby, I don't blame you

For looking me up and down across this room

I'm drunk and I'm ready to leave

And you look like you love me"

Alright now

...

So if you ever see a man in a cowboy hat

And you think to yourself, I could use some of that

Don't waste your time

Just give him this here line

Goes a little like this

"Excuse me

You look like you love me

You look like you want me to want you to come on home

And baby, I don't blame you

For looking me up and down across this room

I'm drunk and I'm ready to leave

And you look like you love me

I'm drunk and I'm ready to leave

And you look like love me"

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
love /lʌv/ A1	noun - an intense feeling of affection verb - to feel deep affection for someone
look /lʊk/ A1	verb - to direct one's gaze towards someone or something noun - an act of directing one's gaze
want /wɒnt/ A1	verb - to have a desire for something noun - a desire for something
home /hoʊm/ A1	noun - the place where one lives
blame /bleɪm/ B1	verb - to assign responsibility for a fault or wrong noun - responsibility for a fault or wrong
drunk /drʌŋk/ B1	adjective - affected by alcohol to the extent of impaired physical and mental control
ready /ˈrɛdi/ A2	adjective - prepared for something
leave /liːv/ A1	verb - to go away from
room /ruːm/ A1	noun - a space that is separated from other spaces by walls
girl /ɡɜːrl/ A1	noun - a female child or young woman
caught /kɔːt/ A1	verb - past tense of catch, to capture or seize
eye /aɪ/ A1	noun - the organ of sight
tell /tel/ A1	verb - to communicate information to someone
dream /driːm/ A2	noun - a series of thoughts, images, and sensations occurring in a person's mind during sleep
waste /weɪst/ B1	verb - to use carelessly or extravagantly

Key Grammar Structures

• I **was all but** 22, I think at the time

  ➔ "all but" + number/amount

  ➔ "all but" means almost or nearly. Here, it means 'I was almost 22'.

• It **'d been** a while, so it was on my mind

  ➔ Past Perfect Continuous (It had been)

  ➔ Uses the contracted form of "it had been". The Past Perfect Continuous emphasizes the duration of an action that started in the past and continued until another point in the past. The speaker is emphasizing that a certain state existed for some time before the story they are about to tell.

• His boots like glass on a sawdust floor, huh

  ➔ Ellipsis (omission of words)

  ➔ This line is an example of ellipsis. The full sentence could be 'His boots looked like glass on a sawdust floor, huh?'. The words 'looked like' are omitted for brevity and to create a more informal, conversational tone.

• Had moves like **nothing I'd ever seen** before

  ➔ Past Perfect Tense + "ever" (emphasis)

  ➔ The use of 'I'd ever seen' emphasizes that, up until that point in the past, the speaker had never witnessed such moves. "Ever" intensifies the experience.

• And baby, I don't blame you For looking me **up and down** across this room

  ➔ Phrasal Verb: look someone up and down

  ➔ "Look someone up and down" is a phrasal verb meaning to examine someone carefully, especially in a way that expresses a judgement.

• And you look like you **want me to want you** to come on home

  ➔ Complex Sentence Structure: want + object pronoun + to + verb

  ➔ This sentence uses the structure 'want someone to do something'. It shows a desire or expectation. The double use of "want" emphasizes the reciprocal desire.

• Well, I was down at a local beer joint **with a few of the guys**

  ➔ Quantifier "a few of"

  ➔ "A few of" indicates a small but non-specific number. It implies more than one, but not many.

• And that's when I realized that she was **every cowboy's dream come true**

  ➔ Possessive Determiner and Idiomatic Expression

  ➔ "Every cowboy's dream come true" is an idiom meaning something that is perfect or ideal for a particular group of people. "Cowboy's" uses the possessive to show that the dream belongs to all cowboys.