Kickstart My Heart – English Lyrics

• By: Mötley Crüe
• Album: From The Beginning

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the electrifying world of Mötley Crüe's 'Kickstart My Heart' – a high-octane track born from a dramatic real-life event. Learning the lyrics and context of this iconic song offers a thrilling gateway into understanding rock and roll slang, expressions of intensity, and narratives of resilience, making it a powerful tool to immerse yourself in English through the raw energy of glam metal.

[English]

When I get high

I get high on speed

Top fuel funny car's a drug for me

My heart, my heart

Kickstart my heart

Always got the cops

Coming after me

Custom-built bike doing 103

My heart, my heart

Kickstart my heart

Ooh, are you ready, girls?

Ooh, are you ready now?

Ooh, yeah

Kickstart my heart

Give it a start

Ooh, yeah, baby

Ooh, yeah

Kickstart my heart

Hope it never stops

Ooh, yeah, baby, yeah

Skydive naked from an aeroplane

Or a lady with a body from outer space

My heart, my heart

Kickstart my heart

Say I got trouble

Trouble in my eyes

I'm just looking for

Another good time

My heart, my heart

Kickstart my heart

Yeah, are you ready, girls?

Yeah, are you ready now?

Ooh, yeah

Kickstart my heart

Give it a start

Ooh, yeah, baby

Ooh, yeah

Kickstart my heart

Hope it never stops

Ooh, yeah, baby

Ooh, kickstart my heart

When we started this band

All we needed, needed was a laugh

Years gone by

I'd say we've kicked some ass

When I'm enraged or hittin' the stage

Adrenaline rushing through my veins

And I'd say we're still kickin' ass

Ooh, aah, kickstart my heart

Hope it never stops

And to think, we did all of this

To rock

Ooh, yeah

Kickstart my heart

Give it a start

Ooh, yeah, ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-baby

Ooh, yeah

Kickstart my heart

Hope it never stops

Ooh, yeah, baby

Ooh, yeah

Kickstart my heart

Hope it never stops

Ooh, yeah, baby

Ooh, yeah

Kickstart my heart

Give it a start

Ooh, yeah

Okay boys, let's rock the house

...

(Kickstart my heart)

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
kickstart /ˈkɪk.stɑːrt/ B2	verb - to start something with a sudden burst of energy or effort.
heart /hɑːrt/ A1	noun - the organ that pumps blood around the body. noun - the center of emotion.
speed /spiːd/ A2	noun - how fast something is moving.
fuel /fjuːəl/ B1	noun - a substance that is burned to produce energy.
custom /ˈkʌstəm/ B2	adjective - made or done for a particular person or purpose.
ready /ˈredi/ A2	adjective - prepared for something.
naked /ˈneɪkɪd/ B1	adjective - without any clothes.
trouble /ˈtrʌbl/ A2	noun - difficulty or problems.
time /taɪm/ A1	noun - the passing of events.
laugh /læf/ A1	verb - to make sounds and movements of the face expressing amusement.
ass /æs/ C1	noun - (slang) buttocks; a foolish person.
enraged /ɪnˈreɪdʒd/ C1	adjective - very angry.
stage /steɪdʒ/ A2	noun - a raised platform for performances.
veins /veɪnz/ B1	noun - blood vessels that carry blood to the heart.
rock /rɒk/ A2	verb - to move back and forth rhythmically.
house /haʊs/ A1	noun - a building for human habitation.

Key Grammar Structures

• When I get high

  ➔ Conditional Clause (Type 1)

  ➔ The sentence uses "When" to introduce a condition. "Get" is in the present simple, indicating a possible future event.

• Top fuel funny car's a drug for me

  ➔ Subject-Verb Agreement and Possessive ('s)

  ➔ The subject "car" agrees with the verb "is" (contracted to 's). The possessive 's shows the car's attribute.

• Always got the cops

  ➔ Present Simple (habitual action)

  ➔ Although this isn't standard English (should be "always get"), the use of "got" implies a habitual action.

• Custom-built bike doing 103

  ➔ Present Participle as Adjective (reduced relative clause)

  ➔ "Doing" functions as an adjective, modifying "bike". This is a reduced form of a relative clause (which is doing).

• Skydive naked from an aeroplane

  ➔ Bare Infinitive and Prepositional Phrase

  ➔ "Skydive" is used as a bare infinitive and the prepositional phrase "from an aeroplane" specifies the action.

• Or a lady with a body from outer space

  ➔ Prepositional Phrase and Adjective Phrase

  ➔ The prepositional phrases "with a body" and "from outer space" modify "lady" and "body", respectively, providing details.

• Say I got trouble

  ➔ Ellipsis and Informal Language

  ➔ The sentence is a colloquial expression; the verb "that" is omitted (I say *that* I got trouble). It uses informal language.

• I'm just looking for

  ➔ Present Continuous (ongoing action)

  ➔ This uses the present continuous tense, describing an action happening at the present moment or around the present moment.

• When we started this band

  ➔ Past Simple and Compound Sentence

  ➔ The sentence uses the past simple tense "started" and introduces a compound sentence, with the main clause to follow.

• I'd say we've kicked some ass

  ➔ Contraction and Present Perfect

  ➔ "I'd" is a contraction of "I would" and "we've" is a contraction of "we have". "Kicked" is used in the present perfect tense.