Relax Ay Voo
Unwind with 'Relax Ay Voo': A French Twist on Relaxation
Lyrics
(Dean) When you're too tense it's common sense to relax-ay-voo
Dean emphasizes the importance of relaxing when feeling too tense, using the phrase "relax-ay-voo."
(Dean) The more you earn the less you learn to relax-ay-voo
Dean suggests that the more money one makes, the less they tend to learn how to relax.
(Line) We French you'll find are more inclined to relax-ay-voo
Line Renaud speaks about the French inclination toward relaxation, echoing the phrase "relax-ay-voo."
(Both) Relax, relax, relax, relax-ay-voo
A collective urging to relax using the phrase "relax-ay-voo."
(Line) Your doctor bills they hold for pills to relax-ay-voo
Line Renaud notes the tendency for people to accumulate medical bills for pills to relax.
(Line) You're in your prime so now's the time to relax-ay-voo
Encouragement to relax during one's prime or best years.
(Dean) The girls pursue those fellows who can relax-ay-voo
Dean implies that women are attracted to men who can relax.
(Both) Relax, relax, relax, relax-ay-voo
Reiteration of the need to relax using the phrase "relax-ay-voo."
(Dean) You're as tight as a drum
Reference to someone being uptight or tense ("tight as a drum").
(Line) You're as gay as a tune
Comparing someone's demeanor to being cheerful or happy ("gay as a tune").
(Dean) You better loosen up chum
Encouragement to loosen up and relax.
(Dean) Your drum is apt to snap and go boom boom
Warning that if one remains tense, they might snap or break ("drum is apt to snap and go boom boom").
(Dean) And when you go they'll take your dough
Suggesting that when one passes away, their money will be taken due to taxes.
(Line) Cause it's tax-ay-voo (D) relax-ay-voo
Play on words - "tax-ay-voo" rhymes with "relax-ay-voo," linking taxes with the need to relax.
(Both) Get your sneakers and slacks and relax-ay-voo
Encouragement to get ready (with sneakers and slacks) to relax.
(Line) I don't have to try to relax-ay-voo
Line Renaud feels no necessity to make an effort to relax, possibly indicating a natural inclination to relaxation.
(Dean) Chum I'm much to numb to relax-ay-voo
Dean expresses his own numbness or lack of feeling towards the need to relax.
(Line) We French you'll find are more inclined to relax-ay-voo
Reiteration of the French inclination toward relaxation, echoing the phrase "relax-ay-voo."
(Both) Relax, relax, relax, relax-ay-voo
Collective urging to relax, repeating the phrase "relax-ay-voo."
(Line) Bub, I take a tub to relax-ay-voo
Line Renaud mentions taking a bath as a means to relax.
(Dean) Bub, I sit and scrub to relax-ay-voo
Dean talks about his own method of relaxation, which involves sitting and scrubbing.
(Line) The girls pursue those fellows who can relax-ay-voo
Similar to line 8, implying that women are attracted to men who can relax.
(Both) Relax, relax, relax, relax-ay-voo
Reiteration of the need to relax using the phrase "relax-ay-voo."
(Line) You're as tight as a drum
Reiteration of someone being uptight or tense ("tight as a drum").
(Dean) I was loose as a deuce
Dean contrasts his current state with a previous state of being carefree or relaxed ("loose as a deuce").
(Line) You're as gay as a tune
Similar to line 12, comparing someone's demeanor to being cheerful or happy ("gay as a tune").
(Dean) I was light as a kite
Dean contrasts his previous carefree state ("light as a kite") with the current need to loosen up.
(Line) Better loosen up chum
Encouragement to loosen up and relax.
(Line) Your drum is apt to snap and go boom boom
Reiteration of the warning that if one remains tense, they might snap or break ("drum is apt to snap and go boom boom").
(Line) And when you go they'll take your dough
Suggesting that when one passes away, their money will be taken due to taxes.
(Dean) For a tax-ay-voo (L) relax-ay-voo
Play on words - "tax-ay-voo" rhymes with "relax-ay-voo," linking taxes with the need to relax.
(Both) Get your sneakers and slacks and relax-ay-voo
Encouragement to get ready (with sneakers and slacks) to relax.
(Both) Get your sneakers and slacks and relax-ay-voo
Reiteration of the encouragement to get ready (with sneakers and slacks) to relax.
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