What the song is about
The singer goes clothes shopping. They look at jackets, sweaters, shirts and pants, try things on in the fitting room, find that some items are too tight or too short, ask an assistant for help, and finally find clothes that fit perfectly. At the end they buy everything and leave happy.
Useful words and expressions
- Can I try this on? – the standard question for asking to wear something in a shop before you buy it. Try on is a phrasal verb: try this on, try it on.
- fitting room – the small room in a shop where you try on clothes (British English also says changing room). In the chorus, the room is short for the fitting room.
- mirror – the glass you look at yourself in.
- small, medium, large – common clothing sizes.
- too tight / too short – too + adjective means "more than is good": This one is too tight. The legs are too short.
- a new size – a different size.
- pants – American English for trousers. You say a pair of pants or a few pairs.
- rack – the rail where clothes hang in a shop. Right off the rack means taking them straight from there (off of is informal American English; off the rack is the standard form).
- assistant – a shop worker who helps customers.
- It fits like a glove – an idiom: it fits perfectly.
- The prices are great, it doesn't even hurt – informal: the clothes are so cheap that paying is not painful.
- the desk – here, the place where you pay (also checkout or till).
- I'm taking charge – I am in control and making my own decisions.
- something shiny and new – after something, the adjective comes after the word: something new, something nice.
Grammar
- Present simple for telling a story: I walk in the store, I look at the clothes, I take a green shirt. The song tells the events as if they are happening now.
- Present continuous for what is happening and for plans: I'm finding my style (happening now) and I'm taking it home to wear it tonight (a plan).
- Questions with can: Can I try this on? – polite requests in a shop.
- Where is...?: Where is the room? – asking for a place.
- Adjectives before nouns: a white cotton shirt follows the normal order (color, then material).
Careful: lines not to copy
Some lines bend English to keep the rhyme or rhythm:
- "I'm bursting in bloom" – the usual expressions are in full bloom or bursting into bloom. It means "I feel fresh and beautiful".
- "to look at my best" – the correct phrase is to look my best (or to be at my best).
- "The assistant returns with another profile" – profile does not make sense here; it was chosen to rhyme with smile. You would say another size or another style.
- "A yellow nice dress" – this word order is wrong. In English, opinion adjectives come before color: a nice yellow dress.
