Dancing – English Lyrics

• By: Kylie Minogue
• Album: Golden

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

No one wants to stay at home

Nobody wants to be alone

When you come knocking, I'll be at your door

I don't ever wanna stop

I'm gonna give it all I've got

And when they ask me, "who could ask for more?"

Can't stand still

I won't slow down

When I go out, I wanna go out dancing

Ah-ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah-ah

When I go out, I wanna go out dancing

Ah-ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah-ah

I wanna go out dancing

I wanna go out

I wanna go out, dancing

This is where I wanna be with you

Your arms wrapped around me

And fireworks reflecting in your eyes

This is how I wanna feel

The wild kiss, the music reeling

Getting down, riding all the highs

Can't stand still

I won't slow down

When I go out, I wanna go out dancing

Ah-ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah-ah

When I go out, I wanna go out dancing

Ah-ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah-ah

I wanna go out dancing

I wanna go out

I wanna go out, dancing

Everybody's got a story

Let it be your blaze of glory

Burning bright, never fade away

And when the final curtain falls, we could say we did it all

The never ending of a perfect day

Can't stand still

(Can't stand still)

I won't slow down

(Won't slow down)

When I go out, I wanna go out dancing

Ah-ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah-ah

When I go out, I wanna go out dancing

Ah-ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah-ah

I wanna go out dancing

I wanna go out

I wanna go out

(I wanna go out dancing)

I wanna go out

I wanna go out

(I wanna go out dancing)

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
dance /dæns/ A1	verb - to move your body in a way that goes with the rhythm of music
home /hoʊm/ A1	noun - the place where one lives
alone /əˈloʊn/ A2	adjective - without anyone else
light /laɪt/ A2	noun - something that makes things visible or affords illumination
fireworks /ˈfaɪərwɜrks/ B2	noun - a device containing explosive substances that produces a visual and/or auditory effect
music /ˈmjuːzɪk/ A1	noun - vocal or instrumental sounds (or both) combined to produce beauty of form, harmony, and expression
story /ˈstɔːri/ B1	noun - a narrative, either true or fictitious, designed to interest, amuse, or instruct the reader or listener
perfect /ˈpɜːrfɪkt/ B2	adjective - having all the required or desirable elements, qualities, or characteristics
glory /ˈɡlɔːri/ B2	noun - high renown or honor won by notable achievements
fade /feɪd/ B2	verb - to gradually grow faint and disappear

Key Grammar Structures

• No one wants to stay at home

  ➔ present simple (third‑person singular)

  ➔ The verb "wants" agrees with the singular subject "No one".

• When you come knocking, I'll be at your door

  ➔ future simple with will + present simple in time clause

  ➔ "I'll" is the contracted form of "I will", used for a definite future intention.

• I don't ever wanna stop

  ➔ negative contraction "don't" + adverb placement + informal "wanna"

  ➔ "don't" is the contracted negative of "do not"; the adverb "ever" comes before the informal verb "wanna".

• And when they ask me, "who could ask for more?"

  ➔ indirect question + modal verb "could" for possibility

  ➔ "could" is a modal verb that expresses a theoretical possibility in the embedded question.

• Can't stand still

  ➔ negative contraction "can't" used as declarative statement

  ➔ "Can't" is the contracted form of "cannot" and here it states inability: "I cannot stand still."

• I won't slow down

  ➔ future negative with "won't" (will not)

  ➔ "won't" is the contraction of "will not"; it shows a refusal or decision not to "slow down".

• This is where I wanna be with you

  ➔ relative adverb "where" introducing a clause + informal "wanna"

  ➔ "where" links the location to the clause "I wanna be with you"; "wanna" = "want to".

• Your arms wrapped around me

  ➔ past participle phrase used as reduced relative clause

  ➔ "wrapped" modifies "arms" and functions like "that are wrapped".

• When the final curtain falls, we could say we did it all

  ➔ future conditional sense with modal "could" for speculation

  ➔ "could" expresses a possible action in the future: "we might be able to say..."