Show Me How You Burlesque – English Lyrics

• By: Christina Aguilera

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

Underneath the city lights

There is a world few know about

Where rules don't apply, no

And you can't keep a good girl down

...

She going through the club looking for a good time

Gonna make that

Shake that

Money on the dime

Don't need a sugga daddy

Shell be working it just fine

Up on the table

Shell be dancing all night (hee-eey)

Babydoll just come alive

Under the spotlight

All the girls wanna fall in line

We say

He-eh-eh-hey

Here come the ladies bout to give a little show

He-eh-eh-hey

Here comes the boozie gonna show a little more

More, more, more

Hit it up, get it up

Won't let you rest

Hit it up, get it up

This is not a test

Hit it up, get it up

Gotta give me your best

So get your ass up

Show me how you burlesque

Hit it up, get it up

Won't let you rest

Hit it up, get it up

This is not a test

Hit it up, get it up

Gotta give me your best

So get your ass up

Show me how you burlesque

...

A little bit of naughty is a little bit nice

She's a whole lot of glam, take sugar, take spice

Shimmy, shimmy, strut, strut

Give a little work, what

Up on the table

Well be dancing all night (hee-eey)

Everybody just come to life

Under the spotlight

All the boys wanna fall behind

We say he-eh-eh-hey

Here come the ladies 'bout to give a little show

He-eh-eh-hey

Here comes the boozie gonna show a little more

Hit it up, get it up

Won't let you rest

Hit it up, get it up

This is not a test

Hit it up, get it up

Gotta give me your best

So get your ass up

Show me how you burlesque

Hit it up, get it up

Won't let you rest

Hit it up, get it up

This is not a test

Hit it up, get it up

Gotta give me your best

So get your ass up

Show me how you burlesque

Ok girls, let's show how it's done

It ain't over till we say

And weve only just began

Let me hear you say

Yeah, yeah, yeah

I say yeaah, yeah yeah yeah

I say yeah yeah yeaah ah

I say yeaah yeah yeah

Hit it up, get it up

Won't let you rest

Hit it up, get it up

This is not a test

Hit it up, get it up

Gotta give me your best

So get your ass up

Show me how you burlesque

Hit it up, get it up

Won't let you rest

Hit it up, get it up

This is not a test

Hit it up, get it up

Gotta give me your best

So get your ass up

Show me how you burlesque

...

Key Grammar Structures

• Underneath the city lights

  ➔ Prepositional Phrase

  ➔ The phrase 'Underneath the city lights' uses a prepositional phrase to indicate location.

• Where rules don't apply, no

  ➔ Subject-Verb Agreement with Negation

  ➔ The sentence 'Where rules don't apply, no' demonstrates subject-verb agreement with the negation 'don't'.

• She going through the club looking for a good time

  ➔ Gerund Phrase

  ➔ The phrase 'looking for a good time' is a gerund phrase functioning as an adverbial.

• Don't need a sugga daddy

  ➔ Contraction

  ➔ The word 'Don't' is a contraction of 'do not'.

• Up on the table

  ➔ Prepositional Phrase

  ➔ The phrase 'Up on the table' uses prepositions to indicate position.

• All the girls wanna fall in line

  ➔ Subject-Verb Agreement with Modal Verb

  ➔ The sentence uses 'wanna' (want to) as a modal verb, agreeing with the plural subject 'All the girls'.

• Hit it up, get it up

  ➔ Imperative Mood

  ➔ The phrases 'Hit it up' and 'get it up' are in the imperative mood, giving commands.

• This is not a test

  ➔ Negative Sentence with 'not'

  ➔ The sentence 'This is not a test' uses 'not' to form a negative statement.

• Show me how you burlesque

  ➔ Object Pronoun

  ➔ The phrase uses 'me' as an object pronoun.