John Mayer
If I Ever Get Around to Living lyrics
- Language
- English
- Level
- Beginner
- Released
- 2012
- Genre
- Pop
- Length
- 5:22
If I ever get around to living
I'm going to put my things away
In the drawers and in the closets
There I'll stay
Stay
If I ever get around to living
It's going to be just like I dreamed
I'm going to take the love I'm given
And set it free
Free
If I ever get around to living
I'll take the end of every day
Tie it up to every morning
And sail away
Away
Free
Free
Maybe it's all a dream I'm having at 17
I don't have tattoos
And very soon, mother will be calling me
Saying, "Come upstairs, you've got some work to do"
When are you going to wise up boy?
When are you going to wise up boy?
When are you going to wise up boy?
When are you going to wise up boy?
You are hiding in your mind
Working all the time
Trying to make it better than you got it
And you been spending all your time
Searching for a sign
That's never going to look the way you want it
I think you better wise up, boy
I think you better wise up, boy
I think you better wise up, boy
I think you better wise up, boy
I think you better wise up, boy
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Key vocabulary
- i'm
- I amC2
- drawers
- pull-out storage boxesA2
- end
- finish pointA1
- free
- not paid; not controlledA1
- it's
- it isA1
- stay
- remain in one placeA1
- upstairs
- on or to the upper floorA1
- living
- having life; existingB1
- when
- at what timeB1
- boy
- male childA1
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About this song
John Mayer is an American singer-songwriter whose work spans blues, pop, and R&B, along with later jam-influenced material. He is known for his hit songwriting and distinctive guitar playing that blend classic rock and soul, and for forming Dead & Company with surviving members of the Grateful Dead.