Enjoy Yourself – English Lyrics

• By: The Jacksons

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the vibrant sounds of the 80s with The Jacksons! 'Enjoy Yourself' is a perfect song for English learners to practice imperative verbs and positive adjectives, all while experiencing the infectious energy and timeless harmonies of one of pop music's most legendary families.

[English]

(upbeat music)

♪ Enjoy yourself ♪

♪ Enjoy yourself ♪

♪ Enjoy yourself with me ♪

♪ Enjoy yourself ♪

♪ Enjoy yourself ♪

♪ Enjoy yourself with me ♪

♪ You better enjoy yourself ♪

♪ Better enjoy yourself ♪

♪ You sittin' over there ♪

♪ Starin' into space ♪

♪ While people are dancin' ♪

♪ Dancin' all over the place ♪

♪ You shouldn't worry ♪

♪ About things that you can't control ♪

♪ Come on, girl, while the night is young ♪

♪ Why don't you let yourself, let yourself go ♪

♪ Woo ♪

♪ Enjoy yourself ♪

♪ Enjoy yourself ♪

♪ Enjoy yourself with me ♪

♪ Enjoy yourself ♪

♪ Enjoy yourself ♪

♪ Enjoy yourself with me ♪

♪ Let's have some fun ♪

♪ Let's have a good time you and me ♪

♪ Sittin' there with your mouth poked out ♪

♪ Just sweet as you can be ♪

♪ Why don't you live ♪

♪ Live the life you've got ♪

♪ Come on, girl, let's get it ♪

♪ While the music's runnin' hot ♪

♪ Woo ♪

♪ Enjoy yourself ♪

♪ Enjoy yourself ♪

♪ Enjoy yourself with me ♪

♪ Enjoy yourself ♪

♪ Enjoy yourself ♪

♪ Enjoy yourself with me ♪

♪ Pretty girl, I've been watching you ♪

♪ I can wipe away that frown ♪

♪ Ah, you and I can get together ♪

♪ We can tear the house down ♪

♪ We can tear the house down ♪

♪ We can tear the whole house down, woo ♪

♪ Enjoy yourself ♪

♪ Enjoy yourself ♪

♪ Enjoy yourself with me ♪

♪ Enjoy yourself ♪

♪ Enjoy yourself ♪

♪ Enjoy yourself with me ♪

♪ Better enjoy yourself ♪

♪ You got to enjoy yourself ♪

♪ Say it again, hey ♪

♪ Enjoy yourself enjoy yourself ♪

♪ Get down, get down get on down ♪

♪ Enjoy yourself enjoy yourself ♪

♪ Get down, get down just get on down ♪

♪ Enjoy yourself enjoy yourself ♪

♪ Get down, get down just get on down ♪

♪ Enjoy yourself enjoy yourself ♪

♪ Get down get down just get on down ♪

♪ Come on ♪

♪ Come on come on ♪

♪ Come on come on ♪

♪ Come on ♪

♪ You can do it, you can do it ♪

♪ You can do it, you can do it ♪

♪ Woo oh, hey ♪

♪ Get on down, ooh ♪

♪ Enjoy yourself ♪

♪ Get down, get down get down, get down ♪

♪ Enjoy yourself enjoy yourself ♪

♪ Get down, get down get down, get down ♪

♪ Enjoy yourself enjoy yourself ♪

♪ Get down, get down enjoy yourself ♪

♪ Get down, get down get down, get down ♪

♪ Enjoy yourself enjoy yourself ♪

♪ Get down, get down just get on down ♪

♪ Enjoy yourself got, got ♪

♪ Get down, get down got, got, get on down ♪

♪ Enjoy yourself enjoy yourself ♪

♪ Get down, get down get down, down ♪

♪ Get down, get down get down, get down ♪

♪ Enjoy yourself enjoy yourself ♪

(audience clapping)

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
Enjoy /ɪnˈdʒɔɪ/ A1	verb - To take pleasure or satisfaction in something.
Better /ˈbɛtər/ A1	adjective - More desirable, satisfactory, or effective.
Starin' /ˈstɛərɪŋ/ B1	verb - To look fixedly or vacantly at someone or something with one's eyes wide open.
Space /speɪs/ A2	noun - A continuous area or expanse which is free, available, or unoccupied.
Dancin' /ˈdænsɪŋ/ A1	verb - To move rhythmically to music.
Worry /ˈwɜːri/ A2	verb - To feel or cause to feel anxious or troubled.
Control /kənˈtroʊl/ B1	verb - To determine the behavior or supervise the running of.
Young /jʌŋ/ A1	adjective - Having lived or existed for only a short time.
Fun /fʌn/ A1	noun - Enjoyment, amusement, or lighthearted pleasure.
Mouth /maʊθ/ A1	noun - The orifice in the face used for eating and speaking.
Sweet /swiːt/ A1	adjective - Having the pleasant taste characteristic of sugar.
Live /lɪv/ A1	verb - To remain alive; to experience life.
Music /ˈmjuːzɪk/ A1	noun - Vocal or instrumental sounds combined in such a way as to produce beauty of form.
Pretty /ˈprɪti/ A1	adjective - Attractive in a delicate way without being truly beautiful.
Frown /fraʊn/ B2	noun - An expression of displeasure by contracting the brow.
Tear /tɛər/ B1	verb - To pull or rip something apart forcefully.

Key Grammar Structures

• You better enjoy yourself

  ➔ Had better (modal verb)

  ➔ 'Had better' is used here to give strong advice or a suggestion that someone should do something.

• You sittin' over there

  ➔ Omission of auxiliary 'are' (Colloquial/AAVE)

  ➔ In casual speech or music, the auxiliary verb 'are' is often omitted in the present continuous tense.

• You shouldn't worry about things that you can't control

  ➔ Relative clause with 'that'

  ➔ The clause 'that you can't control' acts as an adjective to modify the noun 'things'.

• Why don't you let yourself go

  ➔ Why don't you + base verb (Suggestion)

  ➔ This is a common English structure used to make a friendly suggestion.

• Let's have a good time you and me

  ➔ Imperative 'Let's'

  ➔ 'Let's' (let us) is used to suggest an action that involves the speaker and the listener.

• I've been watching you

  ➔ Present perfect continuous

  ➔ This tense is used to show that an action started in the past and is still continuing up to the present.

• You got to enjoy yourself

  ➔ Semi-modal 'have got to'

  ➔ 'Have got to' is an informal way of saying 'must' or 'have to'.

• We can tear the house down

  ➔ Modal verb 'can' (Ability/Possibility)

  ➔ 'Can' is used here to express the potential for having a great time (idiomatic expression).