Meaning

“I remember I had a girl friend visiting me and it was near Christmas and we were baking cookies. I was writing this album and there was a scandal of [Pitt] and Gwyneth [Paltrow] where there was naked photos of him [in Playgirl magazine, which Pitt later successfully sued for publishing the paparazzi photos]. And this was like all the rage. I just thought 'I don't know what all the fuss is about.' I'm like, well that don't impress me much, I mean what is all the fuss. We see people naked every day. That's really what I thought. I wasn't picking on Brad Pitt. But that was just the association in that moment and things we make fusses about and whatever. Of course, it could have been any gorgeous guy.”

Lyrics

I've known a few guys
who thought they were pretty smart
You think you're a genius
You're a regular original know-it-all

Oh-oo-oh, you think you're special
Oh-oo-oh, you think you're something else

Okay, so you're a rocket scientist
That don't impress me much
So you got the brains,
but have you got the touch
Don't get me wrong, I think you're alright
But that won't keep me warm
in the middle of the night
That don't impress me much

I never knew a guy
who carried a mirror in his pocket
And a comb up his sleeve - just in case
And all that extra hold gel in your hair
oughtta lock it
'Cause Heaven forbid it should fall out of place

Oh-oo-oh, you think you're special
Oh-oo-oh, you think you're something else

Okay, so you're Brad Pitt
That don't impress me much
So you got the looks, but have you got the touch
Don't get me wrong, yeah, I think you're alright
But that won't keep me warm
in the middle of the night
That don't impress me much

You're one of those guys
that likes to shine his machine
You make me take off my shoes
before you let me get in
I can't believe you kiss your car
good night
C'mon, baby, tell me -
you must be joking right!

Oh-oo-oh, you think you're special
Oh-oo-oh, you think you're something else

Okay, so you've got a car
That don't impress me much
So you got the moves,
but have you got the touch
Don't get me wrong, yeah,
I think you're alright
But that won't keep me warm
in the middle of the night

That don't impress me much
You think you're cool
but have you got the touch
Don't get me wrong, yeah,
I think you're alright
But that won't keep me warm
on the long, cold, lonely night
That don't impress me much

Okay, so what do you think,
you're Elvis or something?
Whatever
That don't impress me
That don't impress me
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Legend
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  • Chorus
  • People Talking

Vocabulary

To drive sb up the wall

to make someone extremely angry

have got something down to a fine art

to be able to do something very well or quickly, often because you have done it so many times
if you have an activity down to a fine art, you know the best way of doing it because you have done it a lot.