Coldplay
Orphans lyrics
- Language
- English
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2019
- Genre
- Pop
- Length
- 3:18
I wanna know when I can go
Back and get drunk with my friends
Boom-boom-ka, buba-de-ka
Boom-boom-ka, buba-de-ka
Boom-boom-ka, buba-de-ka
Rosaleem of the Damascene
Yes, she had eyes like the moon
Would have been on the silver screen
But for the missile monsoon
She went
Woo-woo, woo-woo, ooh-ooh-ooh
Indigo up in heaven today
Woo-woo, woo-woo, ooh-ooh-ooh
Bombs going boom, bo-bo-boom
She say
"I wanna know when I can go
Back and get drunk with my friends
I wanna know when I can go
Back and be young again"
Baba would go where the flowers grow
Almond and peach trees in bloom
And he would know just when and what to sow
So golden and opportune
But he went
Woo-woo, woo-woo, ooh-ooh-ooh
Tulips the colour of honey today
It's true, true, woo-woo, ooh-ooh-ooh
Bombs going boom, bo-bo-boom
He say
"Oh, I wanna know when I can go
Back and get drunk with my friends
I wanna know when I can go
Back and be young again" (yeah)
Woo-woo, woo-woo, ooh-ooh-ooh
Woo-woo, woo-woo, ooh-ooh-ooh
Cherubim, Seraphim, soon
Come sailing us home by the light of the moon
Oh, I wanna know when I can go
Back and get drunk with my friends
I wanna know when I can go
Back and feel home again
Woo-woo, woo-woo, ooh-ooh-ooh
I guess we'll be raised on our own then
Woo-woo, woo-woo, ooh-ooh-ooh
'Cause I wanna be with you 'til the world ends
I wanna be with you 'til the whole world ends
Boom-boom-ka, buba-de-ka
Boom-boom-ka, buba-de-ka
Boom-boom-ka, buba-de-ka
Boom-boom-ka, buba-de-ka
Boom
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Key vocabulary
- friends
- people you likeA1
- go
- move to a placeA1
- going
- moving toward a placeA1
- know
- have understandingA1
- went
- past of goA1
- where
- in what placeA1
- young
- not oldA1
- wanna
- want to
- when
- at what timeB1
- drunk
- very affected by alcoholB1
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About this song
Coldplay is a British rock band that plays art rock and alternative pop. Formed in London in the late 1990s, they are known for arena-sized, atmospheric songs such as “Clocks” and for an evolving catalog from Parachutes through Viva la Vida, Mylo Xyloto, Everyday Life, and Music of the Spheres.