Stay On Me – English Lyrics

• By: Sophie Ellis-Bextor
• Album: Perimenopop

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the confident and shimmering disco-pop of "Stay On Me," a modern classic celebrating the beauty and security of a long-term, loyal romance. Listeners will encounter dance-floor vocabulary and phrases of devotion, making it a perfect song for learning English expressions related to long-lasting love and unwavering confidence.

[English]

♪♪♪

♪ WHO’S GONNA TELL THEM ♪

♪ IT’S TIME TO CROSS HIM OFF YOUR LIST ♪

♪ WHO’S GONNA TELL THEM ♪

♪ LOVE, I'VE GOT ALL OF HIS ♪

♪ ALL HIS FINE FLIRTATION ♪

♪ ONLY LIVES FOR ME ♪

♪ SUCH A SWEET SENSATION ♪

♪ THAT I'M ALL HE SEES ♪

♪ YOU CAN HAVE YOUR PICK HERE IN THIS ROOM ♪

♪ SOMETHING IN THE WAY YOU MOVE ♪

♪ EVERYONE’S GOT THEIR EYE ♪

♪ GOT THEIR EYE ON YOU ♪

♪ BUT I KNOW THERE’S NOTHING THEY CAN DO ♪

♪ CAUSE HIS EYES STAY ON ME ♪

♪ HIS EYES ♪

♪ STAY ON ME ♪

♪ OOOHHH ♪

♪ STAY ON ME ♪

♪ HIS EYES ♪

♪ STAY ON ME ♪

♪ STAY ON ME ♪

♪ WHO’S GONNA TELL THEM ♪

♪ THIS ONE IS IN MY WORLD FOR GOOD ♪

♪ WHO’S GONNA TELL THEM ♪

♪ WELL SOMEONE PROBABLY SHOULD ♪

♪ BUT THEY GO SOFT FOCUS ♪

♪ LIKE WE’RE HERE ALONE ♪

♪ GONNA CHASE THIS FEELING ♪

♪ TILL I GET YOU HOME ♪

♪ YOU CAN HAVE YOUR PICK HERE IN THIS ROOM ♪

♪ SOMETHING IN THE WAY YOU MOVE ♪

♪ EVERYONE’S GOT THEIR EYE ♪

♪ GOT THEIR EYE ON YOU ♪

♪ BUT I KNOW THERE’S NOTHING THEY CAN DO ♪

♪ CAUSE HIS EYES STAY ON ME ♪

♪ HIS EYES ♪

♪ STAY ON ME ♪

♪ OOOHHH ♪

♪ STAY ON ME ♪

♪ HIS EYES ♪

♪ STAY ON ME, STAY ON ME ♪

♪ THEY CAN TRY, THEY CAN TRY ♪

♪ THEY CAN TRY ♪

♪ BUT HIS EYES STAY ON ME ♪

♪ YEAH TONIGHT OH TONIGHT AND FOR LIFE ♪

♪ HIS EYES STAY ON ME ♪

♪ YOU CAN HAVE YOUR PICK HERE IN THIS ROOM ♪

♪ SOMETHING IN THE WAY YOU MOVE ♪

♪ EVERYONE’S GOT THEIR EYE ♪

♪ GOT THEIR EYE ON YOU ♪

♪ BUT I KNOW THERE’S NOTHING THEY CAN DO ♪

♪ CAUSE HIS EYES STAY ON ME (EYES) ♪

♪ HIS EYES ♪

♪ STAY ON ME ♪

♪ OOOHHH ♪

♪ STAY ON ME (EYES) ♪

♪ HIS EYES STAY ON ME STAY ON ME ♪

♪ OH LET HIM TRY LET HIM TRY ♪

♪ LET HIM TRY ♪

♪ CAUSE HIS EYES STAY ON ME ♪

♪ YEAH TONIGHT OH TONIGHT AND FOR LIFE ♪

♪ HIS EYES STAY ON ME ♪

♪♪♪

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
stay /steɪ/ A1	verb - to remain in a place or condition
eyes /aɪz/ A1	noun - the organs of sight
room /ruːm/ A1	noun - a space in a building
move /muːv/ A1	verb - to change position or place
way /weɪ/ A2	noun - a method or manner
pick /pɪk/ A2	verb - to choose or select
tell /tel/ A1	verb - to inform or communicate
eye /aɪ/ A1	noun - the organ of sight
know /noʊ/ A1	verb - to have information or awareness
try /traɪ/ A1	verb - to attempt or make an effort
home /hoʊm/ A1	noun - the place where one lives
feeling /ˈfiːlɪŋ/ A2	noun - an emotion or sensation
chase /tʃeɪs/ B1	verb - to pursue or follow quickly
sweet /swiːt/ A1	adjective - pleasing to the taste or nice
fine /faɪn/ A1	adjective - of high quality or good
flirtation /flɜːrˈteɪʃən/ C1	noun - playful romantic behavior
sensation /senˈseɪʃən/ B1	noun - an exciting feeling or perception
soft /sɔːft/ A2	adjective - gentle or not hard
focus /ˈfoʊkəs/ B2	noun - the center of interest or activity
cross /krɔːs/ B1	verb - to remove or delete from a list
love /lʌv/ A1	noun - a strong affection verb - to have strong affection for

Key Grammar Structures

• Who's gonna tell them it's time to cross him off your list

  ➔ Future intention with 'going to' + infinitive (informal 'gonna')

  ➔ The word "gonna" is the informal contraction of "going to" used to talk about the future, and "cross him off" is a phrasal verb meaning to remove someone from a list.

• There's nothing they can do

  ➔ Existential there + negative clause with modal 'can'

  ➔ "There" is used to indicate existence, and the modal "can" expresses ability or possibility: "nothing they *can* do" means no action is possible.

• Everyone's got their eye on you

  ➔ Present perfect simple with colloquial 'got' meaning 'has'

  ➔ "Everyone's got" is a colloquial contraction of "Everyone has got", the present perfect used to express a state that began in the past and continues now.

• Gonna chase this feeling till I get you home

  ➔ Future intention with 'going to' (omitted) + infinitive; adverbial clause of time introduced by 'till'

  ➔ "Gonna" stands for "going to" and signals a future plan. "Till" introduces a time clause meaning "until": "till I get you home".

• They can try, they can try

  ➔ Modal verb 'can' expressing ability/possibility; repetition for emphasis

  ➔ "Can" is used here to show that they have the ability or possibility to try. The repetition "they can try, they can try" adds emphasis.

• But they go soft focus like we're here alone

  ➔ Comparative clause introduced by 'like' + subject + verb, informal simile

  ➔ "Like" introduces a comparison: "like we're here alone" means "as if we were alone here".

• His eyes stay on me

  ➔ Simple present for habitual action; verb 'stay' used intransitively meaning 'remain'

  ➔ "Stay" here means "remain". The simple present "His eyes stay on me" expresses a continual, habitual situation.

• Stay on me

  ➔ Imperative mood (command) with verb phrase 'stay on' meaning 'remain attached to'

  ➔ The phrase is an imperative, directly urging someone or something to "stay on" the speaker, i.e., to remain close or attached.

• Who's gonna tell them this one is in my world for good

  ➔ Future intention with 'going to' (gonna) + infinitive; noun clause as object of 'tell'

  ➔ "Gonna" = "going to" expresses a future plan. The whole clause "this one is in my world for good" functions as the object of the verb "tell".