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Distraction – RAYE

RAYE

Distraction lyrics

Language
English
Level
Intermediate
Released
2016
Genre
R&B, Pop
Length
3:48
  1. South London, I'm a South London girl

  2. I wonder what I should get a tattoo of

  3. I know that my momma would kill me

  4. So maybe I won't then, maybe I won't then

  5. Where is my distraction?

  6. Written in my phone, I see your name

  7. It must've been a few long weeks since I heard from you

  8. I've been doing fine, thanks

  9. Maybe I won't then, maybe I won't then

  10. Thing is I'm awake when I've been rollin'

  11. I'm just gonna give up and let you call in

  12. I would be the girl to lose this one

  13. I would be the girl to lose this one

  14. Seeing as you know I'm the baddest loser

  15. And if I wanna win, I've got to lose her

  16. I won't be the girl to lose this one

  17. So I begin to find a distraction, a distraction

  18. I just need to find something

  19. A way to stop me wondering

  20. I just need to find something

  21. A way to stop me wondering about you

  22. East London, you're an East London boy

  23. You had me strung up like a puppet toy

  24. Oh shit, wait, I'ma stop talkin'

  25. I'ma stop thinkin' 'bout you

  26. Where is my distraction?

  27. Shoppin', I'ma buy a paintbrush

  28. Grab a couple colours

  29. That carry half the weight of everything I'm feelin'

  30. So I could try to pretend

  31. I'm really artistic and I don't really miss this

  32. Thing is I'm awake when I've been rollin'

  33. I just might give up and let your call in

  34. I would be the girl to lose this one

  35. I would be the girl to lose this one

  36. Seeing as you know I'm the baddest loser

  37. And if I wanna win, I've got to lose her

  38. I won't be the girl to lose this one

  39. So I begin to find a distraction

  40. The distraction, the distraction, the distraction

  41. I just need to find something

  42. A way to stop me wondering

  43. I just need to find something

  44. A way to stop me wondering about you

  45. North London, I'm in North London now

  46. Decided, you don't get a home and now

  47. If you like, you can always call me phone

  48. Hear the dialling tone and then the answer phone

  49. I'll be fine if I ignore the sound

  50. When you call to see if I'm around

  51. The moment that you think that you have won

  52. I will have found the perfect distraction

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Key vocabulary

you're
you areA1
london
capital of EnglandA1
i'm
I amC2
artistic
creative, showing artB2
bout
a fight; a periodC2
tattoo
ink design on skin
know
have understandingA1
momma
mother (informal)
won't
will not
distraction
something that draws attentionA1

About this song

RAYE is a British South London singer-songwriter born Rachel Agatha Keen. She works across contemporary pop, R&B, dancehall, and gospel and is known for her debut album My 21st Century Blues and charting hits such as “Escapism.”

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🇬🇧 RAYE

Distraction

South London, I'm a South London girl

I wonder what I should get a tattoo of

I know that my momma would kill me

So maybe I won't then, maybe I won't then

Where is my distraction?

Written in my phone, I see your name

It must've been a few long weeks since I heard from you

I've been doing fine, thanks

Maybe I won't then, maybe I won't then

Thing is I'm awake when I've been rollin'

I'm just gonna give up and let you call in

I would be the girl to lose this one

I would be the girl to lose this one

Seeing as you know I'm the baddest loser

And if I wanna win, I've got to lose her

I won't be the girl to lose this one

So I begin to find a distraction, a distraction

I just need to find something

A way to stop me wondering

I just need to find something

A way to stop me wondering about you

East London, you're an East London boy

You had me strung up like a puppet toy

Oh shit, wait, I'ma stop talkin'

I'ma stop thinkin' 'bout you

Where is my distraction?

Shoppin', I'ma buy a paintbrush

Grab a couple colours

That carry half the weight of everything I'm feelin'

So I could try to pretend

I'm really artistic and I don't really miss this

Thing is I'm awake when I've been rollin'

I just might give up and let your call in

I would be the girl to lose this one

I would be the girl to lose this one

Seeing as you know I'm the baddest loser

And if I wanna win, I've got to lose her

I won't be the girl to lose this one

So I begin to find a distraction

The distraction, the distraction, the distraction

I just need to find something

A way to stop me wondering

I just need to find something

A way to stop me wondering about you

North London, I'm in North London now

Decided, you don't get a home and now

If you like, you can always call me phone

Hear the dialling tone and then the answer phone

I'll be fine if I ignore the sound

When you call to see if I'm around

The moment that you think that you have won

I will have found the perfect distraction

Distraction

🇬🇧 RAYE
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