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Luk thung B1 · intermediate 2012

Your Heart for My Number (ขอใจเธอแลกเบอร์โทร): meaning and key lines

Yinglee Srijumpolหญิงลี ศรีจุมพล

What the song is about

ขอใจเธอแลกเบอร์โทรkǎw jai toe lâek boe-too is a luk thung song by Yinglee Srijumpol (2012). One of the biggest luk thung hits of the 2010s: its chorus parodies the recorded message you hear when a Thai phone call goes to voicemail, so every Thai gets the joke. It is packed with phone and flirting vocabulary (ask for a number, call me, wait on the line) in clear Central Thai.

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Song facts

Artist
Yinglee Srijumpol
Released
2012
Style
Luk thung
Level
B1 (intermediate)
Mood
flirty, cheeky, upbeat
Views
about 268M (Oct 2026)
Video
GMM GRAMMY OFFICIAL
Lyrics
Key lines quoted; the full song is in the video

Key lines, explained

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  1. แวบ wâepเดียว diawแค่ kâeดู duuก็ gâwทำให้ tam-hâiรู้ rúuว่า wâaเธอ toeนะ náโดน doonหัวใจ hǔa-jai

    One quick look was all it took to know you'd hit me right in the heart.

    แวบเดียวwâep diaw = in a flash. ทำให้tam-hâi + verb = to make (someone) do or feel something: ทำให้รู้tam-hâi rúu = made me realise. โดนdoon = to hit, to get hit; โดนใจdoon jai means 'to hit the spot, strike a chord'.
  2. อยาก yàakบอก bàwkเหลือเกิน lǔea-goenว่า wâaเธอ toeน่ารัก nâa-rákแค่ไหน kâe-nǎi

    I so want to tell you how cute you are.

    Verb + เหลือเกินlǔea-goen = so much, terribly. แค่ไหนkâe-nǎi = how much, to what extent. น่าnâa + verb = worth …-ing: น่ารักnâa-rák = lovable, cute; น่ากินnâa-gin = looks delicious.
  3. จน jonเธอ toeมา maaขอ kǎwเบอร์โทร boe-tooเข้าทาง kâo taangแล้ว láewเอ๋ย ǒei

    Until you came and asked for my number: just what I wanted!

    จนjon = until. ขอเบอร์kǎw boe = to ask for someone's phone number, the classic first move (today: ขอไลน์kǎw lai = ask for someone's LINE). เข้าทางkâo taang, literally 'into my path', means it's going exactly my way. เอ๋ยǒei is a sing-song exclamation.
  4. อยาก yàakบอก bàwkจัง jangเลย loeiถึง tǔengบ้าน bâanให้ hâiรีบ rîipโทร tooหา hǎa

    I really want to say: when you get home, hurry up and call me.

    Verb + จังเลยjang loei = so much (casual and warm). ถึงบ้านtǔeng bâan = to get home. ให้hâi + verb = tell someone to do something. รีบrîip = to hurry. โทรหาtoo hǎa + person = to call someone.
  5. เบอร์โทร boe-tooอื่น ùuenจะ jàได้ยิน dâi-yinเสียง sǐangรอ rawสาย sǎai

    Call any other number and you'll hear the waiting tone.

    อื่นùuen = other (คนอื่นkon ùuen = other people). ได้ยินdâi-yin = to hear. รอสายraw sǎai = to hold the line; เสียงรอสายsǐang raw sǎai is the ringback tone, often a song the person you call has chosen. The next line: 'but call this number and you'll hear my heart say…'
  6. ท่าน tâanกำลัง gam-langเข้า kâoสู่ sùuบริการ baw-rí-gaanรับฝาก ráp-fàakหัวใจ hǔa-jai

    You are now entering the heart-deposit service.

    A parody of the Thai voicemail message ท่านกำลังเข้าสู่บริการรับฝากข้อความtâan gam-lang kâo sùu baw-rí-gaan ráp-fàak kâw-kwaam, 'you are being connected to the message-deposit service'. ท่านtâan = you (very polite, used in announcements). กำลังgam-lang + verb = in the middle of doing.
  7. ฝาก fàakไว้ wáiกับ gàpฉัน chǎnนะ náหัวใจ hǔa-jaiของ kǎwngเธอ toeแลก lâekเบอร์โทร boe-too

    Leave your heart with me, in exchange for my number.

    ฝากfàak…ไว้กับwái gàp… = to leave something with someone for safekeeping: ฝากกระเป๋าไว้ได้ไหมfàak grà-bpǎo wái dâi mǎi = can I leave my bag here? แลกlâek = to exchange (แลกเงินlâek ngoen = change money). ฉันchǎn is usually sung (and said) chán.

Words you'll learn

  • เบอร์โทร boe-too

    phone number

    Short for เบอร์โทรศัพท์boe too-rá-sàp.

  • ขอเบอร์ kǎw boe

    to ask for someone's number

  • โทร too

    to phone, call

    โทรหาtoo hǎa + person = to call someone: โทรหาฉันนะtoo hǎa chǎn ná = call me, OK?

  • แลก lâek

    to exchange (money)

  • ฝาก fàak

    to leave (something) with someone

    Giving something into someone's care: your bag at reception, a parcel with the guard.

  • ได้ยิน dâi-yin

    to hear

    Hearing just happens; listening on purpose is ฟังfang. ได้ยินว่าdâi-yin wâa means 'I heard that…'.

  • เสียง sǐang

    sound, voice

  • รอสาย raw sǎai

    to hold the line

  • รีบ rîip

    to hurry

    ไม่ต้องรีบmâi dtâwng rîip = no need to hurry.

  • บ้าน bâan

    house, home

    You know it from กลับบ้านglàp bâan (go home). It means any home, a house or a flat, and อยู่บ้านyùu bâan is 'at home'.

  • น่ารัก nâa-rák

    cute, lovely, sweet

    Literally 'lovable': for children, pets and clothes, and for kind people: น่ารักมากnâa-rák mâak can mean 'that's so sweet of you'.

  • เหลือเกิน lǔea-goen

    so much, extremely

  • แค่ไหน kâe-nǎi

    how much, to what extent

  • หัวใจ hǔa-jai

    heart

  • ทำให้ tam-hâi

    to make (someone feel or do something), to cause

    ทำให้รู้ว่าtam-hâi rúu wâa = made (me) realise that; ทำให้แม่ภูมิใจtam-hâi mâe puum-jai = to make Mom proud.

  • บริการ baw-rí-gaan

    service; to serve

    You see it on every bill: ค่าบริการkâa baw-rí-gaan = service charge.

Slang and casual Thai

  • โดนใจ doon jai

    to hit the spot, strike a chord

    Literally 'hit the heart'; the song says โดนหัวใจdoon hǔa-jai. Used for songs, food, people: เพลงนี้โดนใจpleeng níi doon jai.

  • เข้าทาง kâo taang

    playing into my hands, just what I wanted

    Literally 'into my path'.

  • จังเลย jang loei

    so (much)!

    Warm, casual intensifier after a verb or adjective: น่ารักจังเลยnâa-rák jang loei.

Grammar in this song

ทำให้tam-hâi + verb means "to make (someone) do/feel": แวบเดียวwâep diaw…ก็ทำให้รู้gâw tam-hâi rúu "one glance made me realise". ให้hâi + verb after a verb of speaking means "tell someone to": บอกให้รีบโทรหาbàwk hâi rîip too hǎa "tell you to hurry and call".

ฝากfàak X ไว้กับwái gàp Y = leave X with Y for safekeeping, an everyday pattern at hotels, shops and with friends. กำลังgam-lang + verb = in the middle of doing. จนjon = until: จนเธอมาขอเบอร์jon toe maa kǎw boe "until you came and asked for my number".

The culture behind it

Yinglee Srijumpol (born 1983 in Buriram, Isan) had sung for years before this song, written by Boy Khemmarat for her 2012 debut album with GMM Grammy Gold, made her a star; in February 2013 it was the most-played luk thung song on Bangkok radio. Luk thung ("child of the fields") is Thailand's country music, born among rural migrants; this one has the fast Isan mor lam sing beat that fills temple fairs and village parties.

The hook is a joke every Thai understands. When a call goes to voicemail, Thai mobile networks play the announcement ท่านกำลังเข้าสู่บริการรับฝากข้อความtâan gam-lang kâo sùu baw-rí-gaan ráp-fàak kâw-kwaam, "you are being connected to the message-deposit service". Yinglee swaps ข้อความkâw-kwaam (message) for หัวใจhǔa-jai (heart). The song also mentions เสียงรอสายsǐang raw sǎai, ringback tones, which used to be big business: people paid to make callers hear their favourite song. Today the first move is usually ขอไลน์หน่อยkǎw lai nàwy, "can I have your LINE?"

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