Jason Mraz
Wordplay lyrics
- Language
- English
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2005
- Genre
- Pop
- Length
- 3:07
I've been all around the world, I've been a new sensation
But it doesn't really matter in this g-generation
The sophomore slump is an uphill battle
And someone said, it ain't my scene
'Cause they need a new song like a new religion, music for the television
I can't do the long division, someone do the math
For the record label puts me on the shelf up on the freezer
Got to find another way to live the life of leisure
So, I drop my top, mix and I mingle
Is everybody ready for the single? And it goes
Ha-la-la-la-la, now, listen closer to the verse I lay
Ha-la-la-la-la, it's all about the wordplay
Ha-la-la-la, love, the wonderful thing it does
Because, because I am the wizard of ooh's and ah's and fa-la-la's
Yeah, the Mr. A to Z, they say, I'm all about the wordplay
When it's time to get ill, I got your remedy
For those who don't remember me
Well, let me introduce you to my style
I try to keep it jumble, and the lyrics never mumble
When the music's making people tongue-tied
You want a new song like a new religion, music for the television
I can't do the long division, someone do the math
For the people write me off like I'm a one-hit wonder
Gotta find another way to keep from going under
Pull out the stops, got your attention
I guess it's time again for me to mention the wordplay
Ha-la-la-la-la, now, listen closer to the verse I lay
Ha-la-la-la-la, it's all about the wordplay
Ha-la-la-la, love, the wonderful thing it does
Because, because I am the wizard of ooh's and ah's and fa-la-la's
Yeah, the Mr. A to Z, they say, I'm all about the wordplay
I built a bridge across the stream of consciousness, it always seems to be flowing
But I don't know which way my brain is going
Oh, the rhyming and the timing keeps the melodies inside me
And they're climbing 'til I'm running out of air
Are you prepared to take a dive into the deep end of my head?
Are you listening to a single word I've said?
Ha-la-la-la-la, listen closer to the words I say
Ha-la-la-la-la, I'm stickin' to the wordplay
Ha-la-la-la, love, the wonderful thing it does
Because, because I am the wizard of ooh's and ah's and fa-la-la's
Yeah, the Mr. A to Z, they say, I'm all about the wordplay
Ha-la-la-la-la, I'm all about the wordplay
Ha-la-la-la-la, stickin' with the wordplay
Ha-la-la-la, love, I love the wonderful thing it does
Because, because the ooh's and ah's and fa-la-la's are back in love
With the Mr. A to Z, they say is all about the wordplay
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Key vocabulary
- consciousness
- being awake and awareC1
- melodies
- pleasant musical tunesC1
- lay
- put downB1
- leisure
- free time for relaxingB1
- wonder
- feel curiousB1
- single
- one, not moreA2
- keep
- continue having; holdA1
- let
- allowA1
- well
- in a good wayA1
- write
- make letters or wordsA1
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About this song
Jason Mraz is an American singer-songwriter known for melodic pop and acoustic folk, with early roots in Virginia busking and a career built around radio-ready singles. He is especially associated with charting hits such as “The Remedy (I Won’t Worry)” and later work spanning polished albums and stage appearances, including Broadway’s Waitress.