♫ Tanglish lyrics	↻ English translation
Male
Sight adipom dum adipom	We will check out girls and smoke cigarettes
Thanniyathaan kalandhadipom	We will drink alcohol mixed with water
Books-ah mattum edukavae maatom	We will never touch books
Male
Naanga bus-sula thaan thongiduvom	We will hang from moving buses
Trainuleyum thothiduvom	We will cling onto trains too
Ticket-ah mattum edukavae mattom	We will never buy tickets
Male
Ponnu mugangalaiyae	We won't look at girls' faces
Paakavae maatom	We won't look at them at all
Aana mugam thavira	But except for the face
Mathatha parpom	We will look at everything else
Male
Naanga account vechi	We will open a tab account
Dum adipomae	And smoke cigarettes on credit
Adhula aaru peyru sernthizhupomae	And six of us will share a single cigarette puff
Male
{Dhinam dhinam	{Every single day
Aalayam selvadhu saalavum nandru	Going to the temple is very good
Angae azhagiya figuregal	Because beautiful girls
Varumae endru} (2)	Will come there}
Hoi..	Hoi..
Male
Sight adipom dum adipom	We will check out girls and smoke cigarettes
Thanniyathaan kalandhadipom	We will drink alcohol mixed with water
Books-ah mattum edukavae maatom	We will never touch books
Male
Naanga bus-sula thaan thongiduvom	We will hang from moving buses
Trainuleyum thothiduvom	We will cling onto trains too
Ticket-ah mattum edukavae mattom	We will never buy tickets
Maatom…..	Never...
Male
Nanganalluril oru aunty	An aunt in Nanganallur
Aval naalaru maadhamaai	For four to six months
Husbandai vendi	Prayed for a husband
Kondu vanthaal oru scooty	And bought a scooty
Adha thallitu ponaanae	Third-year Pandi pushed it away
Third year paandi	Pandi stole it away
Male
Group study endru solli	Saying it's for group study
Nanbanoda veetukulla	Inside a friend's home
Neelappadam paakalainaa kannukazhaga	If we don't watch adult movies, it's not good for the eyes
Male
Kangalaal kaanbadhum poi	What you see with your eyes is a lie
Kaadhaal ketpadhum poi	What you hear with your ears is a lie
T shirt pengalaithaan nambividathae	Don't trust girls who wear T-shirts
Male
Sila kalloori pengal thaan	Some college girls
Doordarshan polathaan	Are like Doordarshan channel
Ummendru povargal paar	Look at them walking solemnly and quietly
Male
Sila palli kooda pengal thaan	Some school girls
F tv polathaan	Are like Fashion TV
Aaal paadhi aaadayum paa paa paadhi	Half is personality, and half is revealing clothing
Male
{Manasula thondrum ennam	{Whatever thought comes to your mind
Veliyae solluveer	Speak it out loud
Vayasula yaarum	No one at your age
Figarae yaavarum kezhleer}(2)	Is without a crush, listen everyone}
Kezhleer	Listen!
Male
Sight adipom dum adipom	We will check out girls and smoke cigarettes
Thanniyathaan kalandhadipom	We will drink alcohol mixed with water
Books-ah mattum edukavae maatom	We will never touch books
Male
Naanga bus-sula thaan thongiduvom	We will hang from moving buses
Trainuleyum thothiduvom	We will cling onto trains too
Ticket-ah mattum edukavae mattom	We will never buy tickets
Male
{Indha pada podhumaa	{Is this troop enough?
Innum konjam veynumaa} (2)	Or do you need some more?}
Oh ooo..oho..ooo.oho..ooooo	Oh ooo..oho..ooo.oho..ooooo
Oh ooo..oho..ooo.oho..ooooo	Oh ooo..oho..ooo.oho..ooooo
Male
Oho Pattam pattam	Oho degree degree
Pattangalai vaangiyathum	After getting degrees
Velai onnum kedaikaliya	If you don't get any job
Ladies college munnala	In front of a women's college
Oru std booth vai	Set up an STD telephone booth
Male
A.C yil vaazhnthidum	If you get angry at the VC
Vc mela kobam vandha	Who lives in air conditioning
Election kootathila	In an election crowd
Lesa kaiya vai vai	Gently touch/nudge them
Male
Professor yaarachum	If any professor
Practicalsil kaiya vacha	Touches inappropriately during practicals
Avarukitta tution thaan vai..eih	Take private tuition from him
Male
Maasathil oru naal	One day a month
Mass cutting seidhaal thaan	Only if you do mass bunking
Kalloori vaazhvukku perumai mai	It brings pride to college life
Male
{Lifeboy irukkumidam	{Where Lifebuoy soap is present
Aarokyam thaan	There is health
Nee oru playboy aagumidam	The place where you become a playboy
College thaan} (2)	Is college}
Male
Sight sight sight	Sight sight sight
Dum dum dum	Smoke smoke smoke
Thanniyathaan kalandhadipom	We will drink alcohol mixed with water
Books-ah mattum edukavae maatom	We will never touch books
Mattommm	Never
Male
Naanga bus-sula thaan thongiduvom	We will hang from moving buses
Trainuleyum thothiduvom	We will cling onto trains too
Ticket-ah mattum edukavae mattom	We will never buy tickets
Matt tom tomm..	Never ever..
Male
Ponnu mugangalaiyae	We won't look at girls' faces
Paakavae maatom	We won't look at them at all
Aana mugam thavira	But except for the face
Mathatha parpom	We will look at everything else
Male
Naanga account vechi	We will open a tab account
Dum adipomae..yeah yeah yeah	And smoke cigarettes on credit
Adhula aaru peyru sernthizhupomae..	And six of us will share a single cigarette puff
Chorus
{Lifeboy irukkumidam	{Where Lifebuoy soap is present
Aarokyam thaan	There is health
Nee oru playboy aagumidam	The place where you become a playboy
College thaan} (4)	Is college}

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