Beverly Hills – English Lyrics

• By: Weezer

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

(dice rattling)

- Ah, thank you darling.

(phone beeps)

(phone ringing)

- Hello?

- Pat, it's Hef.

I hear Weezer has a new record coming out.

- That's true.

- What do you say you come by the house and play it for the girls?

- That sounds fine.

Do you mind if I bring some friends?

- Whatever you want.

Just don't bring too many dudes.

They're coming.

(giggling) (laughs)

("Beverly Hills") (mellow rock music)

♪♪♪

♪ Where I come from isn't all that great ♪

♪ My automobile is a piece of crap ♪

♪ My fashion sense is a little whack ♪

♪ And my friends are just as screwy as me ♪

♪ I didn't go to boarding schools ♪

♪ Preppy girls never looked at me ♪

♪ Why should they ♪

♪ I ain't nobody ♪

♪ Got nothing in my pocket ♪

♪ Beverly Hills ♪

♪ That's where I want to be ♪

♪ Gimme gimme, gimme gimme ♪

♪ Livin' in Beverly Hills ♪

♪ Beverly Hills ♪

♪ Rollin' like a celebrity ♪

♪ Gimme gimme, gimme gimme ♪

♪ Livin' in Beverly Hills ♪

♪ Look at all those movie stars ♪

♪ They're all so beautiful and clean ♪

♪ When the housemaids scrub the floors ♪

♪ They get the spaces in between ♪

♪ I wanna live a life like that ♪

♪ I wanna be just like a king ♪

♪ Take my picture by the pool ♪

♪ 'Cause I'm the next big thing ♪

♪ Beverly Hills ♪

♪ That's where I want to be ♪

♪ Gimme gimme, gimme gimme ♪

♪ Livin' in Beverly Hills ♪

♪ Beverly Hills ♪

♪ Rollin' like a celebrity ♪

♪ Gimme gimme, gimme gimme ♪

♪ Livin' in Beverly Hills ♪

♪♪♪

♪ The truth is I don't stand a chance ♪

♪ It's something that you're born into ♪

♪ And I just don't belong ♪

♪ No I don't ♪

♪ I'm just a no class, beat down fool ♪

♪ And I will always be that way ♪

♪ I might as well enjoy my life ♪

♪ And watch the stars play ♪

♪ Beverly Hills ♪

♪ That's where I want to be ♪

♪ Gimme gimme, gimme gimme ♪

♪ Livin' in Beverly Hills ♪

♪ Beverly Hills ♪

♪ Rollin' like a celebrity ♪

♪ Gimme gimme, gimme gimme ♪

♪ Livin' in Beverly Hills ♪

♪ Beverly Hills ♪

♪ Beverly Hills ♪ ♪ Gimme, gimme ♪

♪ Yeah ♪

♪ Beverly Hills ♪

♪ Beverly Hills ♪ ♪ Gimme gimme, gimme gimme ♪

♪ Livin' in Beverly Hills ♪

(crowd cheering)

Key Grammar Structures

• My automobile is a piece of crap

  ➔ Simple present tense with the linking verb “is”.

  ➔ The verb "is" links the subject "My automobile" to the complement "a piece of crap".

• I didn't go to boarding schools

  ➔ Past simple negative with auxiliary “did + not”.

  ➔ "didn't" is the contracted form of "did not" and is used to make the past‑tense verb "go" negative.

• I ain't nobody

  ➔ Non‑standard negative contraction “ain’t” plus a double negative.

  ➔ "ain't" replaces "am not / is not / are not" in informal speech, and "nobody" creates a double negative meaning "I am nobody".

• I might as well enjoy my life

  ➔ Modal phrase “might as well” expressing a suggestion or resignation.

  ➔ "might as well" suggests that doing the action is as good as any other option: "I "might as well" enjoy my life."

• It's something that you're born into

  ➔ Relative clause introduced by “that”.

  ➔ "that" introduces a clause describing "something": "something **that** you're born into".

• I don't stand a chance

  ➔ Negative present simple with the idiom “stand a chance”.

  ➔ "don't" negates the verb phrase "stand a chance": "I **don't** stand a chance" means I have no possibility.

• I want to be just like a king

  ➔ Verb “want” followed by an infinitive (“to be”).

  ➔ "want" is a catenative verb that takes an infinitive complement: "I **want to be** just like a king".

• Gimme gimme, gimme gimme

  ➔ Imperative colloquial contraction of “give me”.

  ➔ "Gimme" = "give me"; the repeated imperative urges the listener to provide something repeatedly.

• I will always be that way

  ➔ Future simple with “will” plus adverb of frequency “always”.

  ➔ "will" marks a future prediction, and "always" indicates that the state will continue indefinitely: "I **will always** be that way."