Out Last Night – English Lyrics

• By: Kenny Chesney
• Album: Greatest Hits 2

Lyrics & Translation

Learning a language can be as fun as a great night out, and Kenny Chesney's "Out Last Night" is the perfect song to prove it. This track is filled with fun, colloquial expressions and storytelling that paint a vivid picture of a memorable party. By exploring the lyrics, you can pick up casual American English phrases and get a feel for the rhythm and flow of country music storytelling, all while enjoying a song about living in the moment.

[English]

♪ We went out last night ♪

♪ Like we swore we wouldn't do ♪

♪ Drank to much beer last night ♪

♪ A lot more than we wanted to ♪

♪ There were girls ♪

♪ From Argentina and Arkansas ♪

♪ Maine, Alabama, and Panama ♪

♪ All mixed together and having a ball ♪

♪ Yeah, we went out last night ♪

♪ One thing started leadin' to another ♪

♪ Out last night ♪

♪ Hittin' on everybody and their mother ♪

♪ There were two karaoke ♪

♪ Girls drunk on a dare ♪

♪ Singing, I Got You Babe ♪

♪ By Sonny and Cher ♪

♪ Yeah, life was good everywhere ♪

♪ We went out last night ♪

♪ Well, you know I'm a music man ♪

♪ I grew up in East Tennessee ♪

♪ But last night I was everything ♪

♪ When I got a few drinks in me ♪

♪ I was a doctor, a lawyer ♪

♪ A senator's son ♪

♪ Brad Pitt's brother ♪

♪ And a band on the run ♪

♪ Anything I thought ♪

♪ Would get the job done ♪

♪ Yeah, we went out last night ♪

♪ One thing started leadin' to another ♪

♪ Out last night ♪

♪ Hittin' on everybody and their mother ♪

♪ There were people doin' ♪

♪ Body shots up on the bar ♪

♪ Jimmy in a fist fight out by the car ♪

♪ Everybody was some kind of star ♪

♪ When we went out last night ♪

♪ Well, the fact that ♪

♪ I'm still breathin' ♪

♪ Means that I must have survived ♪

♪ And that I'll live to go out with ♪

♪ My friends again tonight ♪

♪ Oh, we went out last night ♪

♪ One thing started leadin' to another ♪

♪ Out last night ♪

♪ Everybody started lovin' on each other ♪

♪ They were dancin' on the tables ♪

♪ And howlin' at the moon ♪

♪ Pairing off together and pretty soon ♪

♪ There was not a soul in sight ♪

♪ When we went out last night ♪

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
night /naɪt/ A1	noun - the period of time between the evening and the morning
went /wɛnt/ A1	verb - past tense of go
out /aʊt/ A1	adverb - away from a place or inside
drank /dræŋk/ A1	verb - past tense of drink
beer /bɪər/ A1	noun - an alcoholic drink made from grain
girls /ɡɜːrlz/ A1	noun - female children or young women
singing /ˈsɪŋɪŋ/ A1	verb - to make musical sounds with your voice
life /laɪf/ A2	noun - the condition that distinguishes animals and plants from inorganic matter, including the capacity for growth, reproduction, functional activity, and continual change preceding death.
music /ˈmjuːzɪk/ A2	noun - vocal or instrumental sounds (or both) combined in such a way as to produce beauty of form, harmony, and expression of emotion.
man /mæn/ A1	noun - an adult male human being.
drinks /drɪŋks/ A1	noun - a liquid for drinking
lawyer /ˈlɔːjər/ B1	noun - a person who practices or studies law
brother /ˈbrʌðər/ A1	noun - a male sibling
band /bænd/ A1	noun - a group of musicians
people /ˈpiːpl/ A1	noun - human beings in general or considered collectively.
star /stɑːr/ A2	noun - a celestial body
breathin' /ˈbriːðɪn/ A2	verb - to take air into the lungs and expel it
friends /frɛndz/ A1	noun - a person whom one knows and with whom one has a bond of mutual affection
lovin' /ˈlʌvɪn/ A1	verb - to feel deep affection for (someone).
dancin' /ˈdɑːnsɪn/ A1	verb - to move one's body rhythmically to music
moon /muːn/ A1	noun - the natural satellite of the Earth