| That don't impress me much (Shania Twain) | 
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A woman who is not easily impressed. Oh my, aren't women demanding today! Or are they not?
I've known a few guys who thought they were pretty smart
 But you've got being right down to an art
 You think you're a genius  -you drive me up the wall
 You're a regular original, a 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, 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
 
 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 outta 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
 Now, 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 who 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
 Now, c'mon baby tell me- you must be jokin', right?
 
 Oh-oo-oh, you think you're something special
 Oh-oo-oh, you think you're something else
 
 Okay, so you got a car
 That don't impress me much
 So you got the moves but have you got the touch
 Now, 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 nights
 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= That doesn't make me think you're great and  important. Yes, THAT is third person singular, so the verb should take an -S  (that doesn't impress me), but in colloquial English people sometimes forget  about the -S for the 3rd person singular, especially with the auxiliary verb DO  (e.g. "she don't like me").
 
 GUYS (coll. AmE)= men.
 
 SMART (AmE) = intelligent (BrE). In BrE "smart" means "elegant".
 
 YOU’VE GOT BEING RIGHT DOWN TO AN ART= You always want to be right. You try so  hard to be right all the time that you have turned it into something  sophisticated, like an art. YOU’VE GOT = "you consider". BEING is used here as a  noun, like in: "Being right is an art", where "being right" is the subject of  the sentence.
 
 YOU DRIVE ME UP THE WALL= You make me feel very angry, nervous, irritated.
 
 YOU’RE A REGULAR ORIGINAL= Most people think they’re very original, and you’re  just one of them. REGULAR means "common, usual, ordinary, normal". What she  means by that is that he thinks he's original but he's not.
 
 A KNOW-IT-ALL= A person who thinks they know everything (pejorative word).
 
 A ROCKET SCIENTIST= A scientist who designs rockets. A rocket is a aircraft  designed to travel into space. See a picture here:  a rocket.
 
 YOU GOT THE BRAINS= You’ve got the brains = you are very intelligent.
 
 HAVE YOU GOT THE TOUCH?= Have you got what I need?, are you the right person? 
 To have the touch is to have the right ability or personality, to be the right  person for that situation. "The touch" is the same as "a je-ne-se-quoi", but the  French expression sounds a bit pedantic (though many people use it, esp. in the  UK).
 She’s looking for a guy who has "the touch", which in this particular context  means that he is a nice loving person able to make her happy.
 
 DON’T GET ME WRONG= Don’t misinterpret what I say. You use this expression when  you say something that may sound offensive but you don’t want them to be  offended. So most of the times, if you use this expression it’s because you are  being offensive.
 
 COMB= a tool to make your hair look tidy (see picture of  a comb). Pronounced  /kəʊm/, remember that words ending in –MB have a silent B (e.g.  lamb, bomb,  plumb, etc). The verb is also "to comb your hair".
 
 UP HIS SLEEVE= Literally it means "under your sleeve". The SLEEVE is the part of  a sweater or jacket that covers your arms. When you put something inside your  sleeve, you pull it up from your wrist upwards, so we say "UP the sleeve" and  not "under", that should be the correct form. We also use the expression "to  have something up your sleeve" meaning that you carry something at hand, ready  to use any moment, even if it’s not actually up your sleeve but in your pocket  or wherever.
 
 JUST IN CASE= Because you may need it, though that’s not probable.
 
 EXTRA HOLD GEL= A hair gel (to keep your hairstyle in place) which is very  powerful and makes your hair almost solid.
 
 OUGHTTA (coll.)= Ought to = Should
 
 LOCK= To lock your hair with gel is to fix it in place using gel so that it  won’t move and your hairstyle won’t change.
 
 ‘CAUSE= Because. Also spelled: ‘coz, ‘cuz, ‘cos.
 
 OUTTA (coll.)= Out of.
 
 OUT OF PLACE= Untidy, not neat, not in order.
 
 HEAVEN FORBID= As an expression it means "I really hope that will never happen":
 - If you keep driving so fast you’ll have an accident some day. Heaven forbid!
 "Heaven" is a euphemism that means "God".
 But when this phrase is part of a sentence, like here, it means, "it would be  horrible if that should happen":
 - Heaven forbid it should fall outta place = It would be a disaster if your  hairstyle is ruined.
 
 YOU GOT THE LOOKS= You are so attractive, so handsome/beautiful.
 
 TO SHINE HIS MACHINE= To polish his car until it shines.
 
 TO KISS SOMEBODY GOODNIGHT= To say good-night with a kiss. 
 
 C’MON= Come on!
 
 YOU MUST BE JOKING, RIGHT?= This is a joke, you’re not serious. Notice how we  use RIGHT at the end of a sentence instead of a question tag.
 - You’re Brazilian, aren’t you? = You’re Brazilian, right?
 - He can speak German, can’t he? = He can speak German, right?
 - They don’t know me, do they? = They don’t know me, right?
 Question tags are more common in the UK and right-tags are more common in the  USA (and they’re very simple, so please, if you speak a romance language, like  Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, French, etc, stop saying: "You’re John, no?" and  say "You’re John, right?", it’s just as simple and it’s correct!)
 
 YOU’VE GOT THE MOVES= In this context, talking about the guy with a car, it  means "you can go with your car wherever you want". In a more general context,  "you've got the moves" may mean "you know how to move, you move in a cool way, I  like the way you move".
 
 COOL= Great, fantastic, fashion.
 
 YOU’RE ELVIS OR SOMETHING?= We use the phrase OR SOMETHING? at the end of a  sentence meaning "or something similar to that".
 
 WHATEVER!= As an expression it means: "Ok, I don’t want to argue with you about  that because I don’t care about it. I think discussing about this would be  stupid, so I’m not going to say anything else":
 - You should do something with your hair, it looks horrible
 - No, it’s not. I looks nice to me.
 - Nice? Oh gosh, you look like a hippie from the 60’s.
 - Yeah, right. Whatever! (end of conversation)
Modern societies are getting more and more competitive, demanding and  materialistic. If you want to impress someone, you need some or all of these  things: cash, looks and brain: Cash (money), good looks (attractive appearance),  brain (intelligence)
 
 But all Shania is saying in this song is that all those things don’t impress  her. That’s not what she is looking for in a boy, because all she wants is a  loving person who holds her and cuddles her in the middle of the night, that is,  someone who gives her affection, who loves her, and all the rest is not  important.