Short Courses

2025-02-25 Bailey in St Ives – My Song, My Home

Welcome to My Song, My Home. In this podcast, we travel around the UK and meet musicians. In this episode we visit the beach in Cornwall and meet Bailey. Bailey tells us about her musical ambitions and performs her song Cobalt Blue by the sea.

Vocabulary

Note: The words below can have multiple meanings. Here, our definitions reflect the meanings of the vocabulary in the song and podcast interview.

scene
activities, events and people related to a particular interest, such as art or music

open mic night
an event where anyone can sing or play

shut someone down
dismiss someone’s idea

feel blue
feel sad

rant
talk about something in an angry and sometimes confused way

etched
cut into something, such as glass or metal

Lyrics

You put on the rock star station
You brush my long blonde hair
We rant about the prime minister
And the neighbours we can’t stand
Who kissed the wishbone scar
Etched on my top lip?
I will whistle to your songs
Till you say stop it
I’ve got this instant death feelin’ baby
It’s the last time you mean this, lately
I’ve been cruel to you
You’ve been feelin’ cobalt blue

Sundown
Hot and heavy
And I’m swimming in my nightgown
I’ll be your beach baby
No one is around
Bet you think that I’m a freak
You stand and smile at me
Will you want me just the same
When I’m not 23?
I’ve got this instant death feelin’ baby
It’s the last time you mean this, lately
I’ve been cruel to you
You’ve been feelin’ cobalt blue
I’ve been cruel to you
You’ve been feelin’ cobalt blue
I’ve got this instant death feelin’ baby
it’s the last time you mean this, lately
I’ve been cruel to you
You’ve been feelin’ cobalt blue
You’ve been feelin’, feelin’, feelin’ cobalt blue

Cobalt Blue by Bailey Tomkinson

BBC Learning English

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