Joyride – English Lyrics

• By: Mariah Carey

Lyrics & Translation

Embark on a lyrical "Joy Ride" with Mariah Carey and delve into the language of love and profound connection. This heartfelt ballad, a hidden gem from her acclaimed "The Emancipation of Mimi" album, offers a chance to explore expressive English vocabulary related to romance and happiness. Mariah's iconic vocals and the song's evocative imagery make it a special and accessible way to appreciate the nuances of English song lyrics.

[English]

Baby baby don't you ever let go

More and more until we both overflow

Got a feeling that my heart's never known

I found love

Tender kisses and I'm floating on air

You can have me anytime, anywhere

When you need me I will always be there

I found love

And our love goes round and round

Way up high, a joy ride

We can touch the stars above

We found love

And our love was heaven sent

From the day we first met

We've got something they can't touch

We found love

Lovin' you is like a taste of heaven

Wanna gaze into your eyes forever

Run away and spend our lives together

I've found love

Baby baby

All it takes is one touch

And immediately I feel a rush

Baby boy, too much is never enough

I found love

And our love goes round and round

Way up high, a joy ride

We can touch the stars above

We found love

And our love was heaven sent

From the day we first met

We've got something they can't touch

We found love

I don't need anything

When you're here next to me

Nobody in this whole wide world

Could ever replace you in my eyes

We found paradise

Forever you and I

...

Our love goes round and round

On a joy ride

(With ya babe, with ya babe

With ya babe, with you baby)

And our love goes round and round

Way up high, a joy ride

We can touch the stars above

We found love

And our love was heaven sent

From the day we first met

We've got something they can't touch

We found love (We found love)

Baby baby baby, we found love

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
love /lʌv/ A1	noun - a strong affection for another person; a feeling of warmth and care verb - to feel affection for someone or something
found /faʊnd/ A2	verb - to discover or come upon something by searching or chance
ride /raɪd/ A2	noun - a journey in a vehicle or on an animal; a thrill ride verb - to sit on and move along on a vehicle or animal
touch /tʌtʃ/ A1	verb - to make physical contact with something noun - an instance of touching; a brief contact
heaven /ˈhɛvən/ B1	noun - a place of perfect happiness often believed to be after life; paradise
stars /stɑːrz/ A2	noun - luminous celestial bodies visible in the night sky
eyes /aɪz/ A1	noun - the two organs of sight
kisses /ˈkɪsɪz/ A2	noun - plural of kiss; acts of kissing
floating /ˈfloʊtɪŋ/ B1	adjective - suspended in air or water; moving gently verb - present participle of float; to be buoyant
air /ɛər/ A1	noun - the invisible mixture of gases that surrounds the earth
day /deɪ/ A1	noun - a 24-hour period; daytime
met /mɛt/ A2	verb - past simple of meet; to come into the presence of someone
feel /fiːl/ A2	verb - to perceive by touch or to have a certain emotional state
rush /rʌʃ/ B1	noun - a sudden strong movement or strong feeling verb - to move with urgent effort or speed
paradise /ˈpærəˌdaɪs/ B2	noun - a place of perfect happiness; a heavenly state
replace /rɪˈpleɪs/ B2	verb - to take the place of something or someone; to substitute
world /wɜːrld/ A1	noun - the earth and all its people, places, and things
baby /ˈbeɪbi/ A1	noun - a very young child; a beloved person adjective - describing something as very young or intended for babies

Key Grammar Structures

• Baby baby don't you ever let go

  ➔ Imperative with negative and adverb of frequency

  ➔ The phrase "don't you ever let go" is a negative imperative combined with "ever" to emphasize the command never to let go.

• Got a feeling that my heart's never known

  ➔ Present perfect contraction and relative clause

  ➔ The contraction "heart's" stands for "heart has" in present perfect. "That my heart's never known" is a relative clause explaining the feeling.

• You can have me anytime, anywhere

  ➔ Modal verb 'can' expressing ability or permission

  ➔ "Can" expresses the possibility or permission to have the subject "me" at any time or place.

• Baby boy, too much is never enough

  ➔ Use of intensifier 'too much' and adverb 'never' with adjective 'enough'

  ➔ "Too much" intensifies the amount, and "never enough" means no quantity is sufficient.

• All it takes is one touch

  ➔ Subject–verb inversion and existential expression

  ➔ "All it takes" means 'everything needed,' functioning as the subject followed by the verb 'is' in a simple sentence structure.

• When you need me I will always be there

  ➔ First conditional with future simple

  ➔ The structure "When + present simple, will + verb" shows a real future condition and result.

• We've got something they can't touch

  ➔ Present perfect contraction and modal verb in negative

  ➔ "We've" is a contraction of "we have" in present perfect. "Can't touch" uses modal verb "can" in negative form to indicate impossibility.

• Nobody in this whole wide world could ever replace you in my eyes

  ➔ Modal verb 'could' expressing hypothetical ability and adverb 'ever'

  ➔ Here, "could" shows a hypothetical or impossible ability to replace, and "ever" emphasizes at any time.