Footloose – English Lyrics

• By: Kenny Loggins

Lyrics & Translation

Discover the liberating world of Kenny Loggins' "Footloose," a song that perfectly captures the spirit of freedom and dance. Learn how this iconic track, born from a movie about overcoming restrictions, encourages you to 'kick off your Sunday shoes' and embrace spontaneity, offering a fun and energetic way to improve your English vocabulary and cultural understanding .

[English]

("Footloose" by Kenny Loggins)

♪ Been working so hard ♪

♪ I'm punching my card ♪

♪ Eight hours for what ♪

♪ Oh tell me what I got ♪

♪ I gotten this feeling ♪

♪ That time's just holding me down ♪

♪ I'll hit the ceiling ♪

♪ Or else I'll tear up this town ♪

♪ Tonight I gotta cut loose footloose ♪

♪ Kick off your Sunday shoes ♪

♪ Please Louise ♪

♪ Pull me up off my knees ♪

♪ Jack get back ♪

♪ C'mon before we crack ♪

♪ Lose your blues ♪

♪ Everybody cut footloose ♪

♪ You're playing so cool ♪

♪ Obeying every rule ♪

♪ Dig way down in your heart ♪

♪ You're burning yearning for some ♪

♪ Somebody to tell you ♪

♪ That life ain't passing you by ♪

♪ I'm trying to tell you ♪

♪ It will if you don't even try ♪

♪ You can fly if you'd only cut loose footloose ♪

♪ Kick off your Sunday shoes ♪

♪ Ooh-wee Marie ♪

♪ Shake it shake it for me ♪

♪ Whoa Milo ♪

♪ C'mon c'mon let's go ♪

♪ Lose your blues ♪

♪ Everybody cut footloose ♪

♪ Cut footloose ♪

♪ Oh-oh-oh-oh cut footloose ♪

♪ Oh-oh-oh-oh cut footloose ♪

♪ We got to turn you around ♪

♪ You put your feet on the ground ♪

♪ Now take a hold of your soul ♪

♪ I'm turning it loose ♪

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
working /ˈwɜːrkɪŋ/ A2	verb - exerting effort; doing something that involves physical or mental effort, especially as part of a job
feeling /ˈfiːlɪŋ/ A2	noun - an emotional state or reaction
time /taɪm/ A1	noun - the indefinite continued progress of existence and events in the past, present, and future regarded as a whole.
town /taʊn/ A1	noun - an urban area that has a name, defined boundaries, and local government, and that is generally larger than a village and smaller than a city.
loose /luːs/ B1	adjective - not firmly or tightly fixed in place; detached or able to be detached. verb - set free; release
shoes /ʃuːz/ A1	noun - a covering for the foot, typically made of leather or plastic and having a sturdy sole.
knees /niːz/ A1	noun - the joint between the thigh and the lower leg in humans.
blues /bluːz/ B1	noun - feelings of sadness or depression.
cool /kuːl/ A2	adjective - fashionable or attractive.
rule /ruːl/ A2	noun - one of a set of explicit or understood regulations or principles governing conduct within a particular activity or sphere.
heart /hɑːrt/ A1	noun - a hollow muscular organ that pumps the blood through the circulatory system by rhythmic contraction and dilation.
life /laɪf/ A1	noun - the condition that distinguishes organisms from inorganic matter, including the capacity for growth, reproduction, functional activity, and continual change preceding death.
feet /fiːt/ A1	noun - plural of foot. The terminal part of the leg below the ankle, on which a person stands or moves.
ground /ɡraʊnd/ A2	noun - the solid surface of the earth.
soul /soʊl/ B1	noun - the spiritual or immaterial part of a human being or animal, regarded as immortal.

Key Grammar Structures

• Been working so hard

  ➔ Present Perfect Continuous (informal)

  ➔ This is a shortened form of 'I have been working so hard.' The Present Perfect Continuous emphasizes the duration of an action that started in the past and continues to the present.

• Eight hours for what

  ➔ Ellipsis (omission of words)

  ➔ The full sentence is 'Eight hours for what *do I get*?' or 'Eight hours for *achieving* what?'. Ellipsis is common in informal speech and song lyrics.

• Tonight I gotta cut loose

  ➔ "Gotta" - Contraction of "got to"

  ➔ "Gotta" is a very informal contraction of "got to," meaning "have to." It implies a strong sense of obligation or desire. "I gotta" = "I have got to" = "I have to"

• Kick off your Sunday shoes

  ➔ Imperative Mood

  ➔ "Kick off" is an imperative verb phrase. It's a direct command or instruction to someone.

• Please Louise, pull me up off my knees

  ➔ Imperative with a polite introduction

  ➔ The use of 'Please' softens the command 'pull me up off my knees', making it a polite request. 'Pull me up off my knees' is the direct imperative.

• You're playing so cool

  ➔ Present Continuous

  ➔ The Present Continuous describes an action happening now. Here, it means that someone is currently acting in a cool or detached manner.

• That life ain't passing you by

  ➔ Negative Present Continuous with "ain't"

  ➔ "Ain't" is a non-standard contraction for "is not" or "are not". Here, it replaces "is not". The sentence means 'That life is not passing you by'. Using "ain't" is very informal.

• It will if you don't even try

  ➔ Conditional Sentence (Zero Conditional Variation)

  ➔ This is a conditional statement suggesting a likely outcome if a specific condition is met. While not strictly Zero Conditional (which implies a general truth), it strongly suggests a very likely result. 'It' refers to 'life passing you by'. If you don't try, it (life passing you by) will happen.