Arctic Monkeys
The Car lyrics
- Language
- English
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2022
- Genre
- Pop
- Length
- 3:19
Your grandfather's guitar
Thinking about how funny I must look
Trying to adjust to what's been there all along
With the boat kiosk lady and her sleepy amigos
But it ain't a holiday until
You go to fetch something from the car
Travel size champagne cork pops
And we're sweeping for bugs
In some dusty apartment
The "what's-it-called café"
You can arrive at 11
And have lunch with the English
But it ain't a holiday until
They force you to make a wish
They say, "Climb up this"
And, "Jump off that"
And you pretend to fall asleep on the way back
No, it ain't a holiday until
You go to fetch something from the car
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Key vocabulary
- adjust
- change slightlyB2
- lunch
- midday mealA1
- make
- create or produceA1
- some
- not allA1
- something
- an unknown objectA1
- guitar
- six-string instrumentA1
- thinking
- using your mindA1
- boat
- small ship on waterA1
- car
- vehicle with wheelsA1
- funny
- making you laughA1
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About this song
Arctic Monkeys are an English rock band from Sheffield known for their indie and garage rock sound that rose to prominence in the mid-2000s with Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not. They are fronted by singer-guitarist Alex Turner and later broadened their style with producer-led releases from Josh Homme and genre-shifting concept work like Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino.