Olivia Rodrigo
expectations lyrics
- Language
- English
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2026
- Genre
- Pop
- Length
- 3:42
I met him at a party
I think he was on drugs
He wasn't smart or funny
I convinced myself he was
He had a great apartment
And a car his parents bought
I thought that he was perfect
And now his number's blocked
Took a couple months
But now I am secure
I am so evolved
Now I ask for more and more
And more and more and more
I won't settle for a guy with a fake job
They seem so desperate for loving
But baby I'm not
Gave my heart with zero stipulations
Now I take careful consideration
I'm not kissing any boy that is passive
Their indecision is painfully unattractive
Past mistakes are just new information
These days I've got expectations
So I hit the new year
Like a single girl at a Vegas bar
Rockin' my mini dress
With a vodka cran and an open heart
Yeah I got hope
Yeah I got drive
I will not lose my faith
Don't think my future husband's at this bar in Silverlake
But in a couple months
A man will be procured
He will be evolved
And I will be adored
Adored, adored, adored, adored
I won't settle for a guy with a fake job
They seem so desperate for loving
But baby I'm not
Gave my heart with zero stipulations
Now I take careful consideration
I'm not kissing any boy that is passive
Their indecision is painfully unattractive
Past mistakes are just new information
These days I've got expectations
I've got big expectations
I've got real big expectations
I've got big expectations
I've got real big expectations
She's got big expectations
She's got real big expectations
She's got big expectations
She's got real big expectations
I won't settle for a guy with a fake job
They seem so desperate for loving
But baby I'm not
Gave my heart with zero stipulations
Now I take careful consideration
I'm not kissing any boy that is passive
Their indecision is painfully unattractive
Past mistakes are just new information
These days I've got expectations
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Key vocabulary
- any
- one or more; not specificA1
- apartment
- rental home in a buildingA1
- baby
- very young childA1
- boy
- male childA1
- car
- vehicle with wheelsA1
- great
- very goodA1
- job
- paid workA1
- loving
- full of loveA1
- months
- 12 parts of a yearA1
- more
- extra; additionalA1
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About this song
Olivia Rodrigo is an American pop singer and songwriter. She is known for emotionally driven alt-pop albums SOUR (2021) and GUTS (2023), including the break-up breakthrough “drivers license.”