Pocketful of Sunshine

by Natasha Bedingfield

a British singer and songwriter. This song comes from her second album of the same title, published in 2008. She wrote the song with American songwriters Danielle Brisebois and John Shanks.

I got a pocket, got a pocketful of sunshine
I got a love and I know that it’s all mine, oh, oh oh oh
Do what you want but you’re never gonna break me
Sticks and stones are never gonna shake me, oh, oh oh oh

I got a pocket, got a pocketful of sunshine
I got a love and I know that it’s all mine, oh, oh oh oh
Wish that you could but you ain’t gonna own me
Do anything you want, you can’t slow me down, oh no

Take me away, a secret place
A sweet escape, take me away
Take me away to better days
Take me away, a hiding place

There’s a place that I go that nobody knows
Where the rivers flow and I call it home
And there’s no more lies, in the darkness there’s light
And nobody cries, there’s only butterflies

Take me away, a secret place
A sweet escape, take me away
Take me away to better days
Take me away, a hiding place

The sun is on my side and takes me for a ride
I smile up to the sky, I know I’ll be alright
The sun is on my side and takes me for a ride
I smile up to the sky, I know I’ll be alright

Vocabulary:

pocket – a bag or pouch sewn into your clothes where you carry small things
pocketful – a full pocket, a lot
gonna – going to
ain’t – are not
escape – a place that’s away from your usual life
lies – words that are not the truth
butterflies – beautiful insects, beauty in general
on my side – helping me, supporting me
alright – okay