Stayin' Alive – English Lyrics
Lyrics & Translation
[English]
(upbeat disco music)
♪ Well, you can tell by the way I use my walk ♪
♪ I'm a woman's man, no time to talk ♪
♪ Music loud and the women warm ♪
♪ I've been kicked around since I was born ♪
♪ And now it's all right, it's okay ♪
♪ And you may look the other way ♪
♪ But we can try to understand ♪
♪ The New York Times' effect on man ♪
♪ Whether you're a brother or whether you're a mother ♪
♪ You're stayin' alive, stayin' alive ♪
♪ Feel the city breakin' and everybody shakin' ♪
♪ And we're stayin' alive, stayin' alive ♪
♪ Ah, ah, ah, ah, stayin' alive, stayin' alive ♪
♪ Ah, ha, ha, ha, stayin' alive ♪
♪ Oh, when you walk ♪
♪ Well, now I get low and I get high ♪
♪ And if I can't get either, I really try ♪
♪ Got the wings of heaven on my shoes ♪
♪ I'm a dancin' man, and I just can't lose ♪
♪ You know, it's all right, it's okay ♪
♪ I'll live to see another day ♪
♪ We can try to understand ♪
♪ The New York Times' effect on man ♪
♪ Whether you're a brother or whether you're a mother ♪
♪ You're stayin' alive, stayin' alive ♪
♪ Feel the city breakin' and everybody shakin' ♪
♪ And we're stayin' alive, stayin' alive ♪
♪ Ah, ah, ah, ah, stayin' alive, stayin' alive ♪
♪ Ah, ah, ah, ah, stayin' alive ♪
♪ Oh ♪
♪ Life going nowhere, somebody help me ♪
♪ Somebody help me, yeah ♪
♪ Life going nowhere, somebody help me, yeah ♪
♪ I'm stayin' alive ♪
♪ Well, you can tell by the way I use my walk ♪
♪ I'm a woman's man, no time to talk ♪
♪ Music loud and women warm ♪
♪ I've been kicked around since I was born ♪
♪ But now it's all right, that's okay ♪
♪ You may look the other way ♪
♪ We can try to understand ♪
♪ The New York Times' effect on man ♪
♪ Whether you're a brother or whether you're a mother ♪
♪ You're stayin' alive, stayin' alive ♪
♪ Feel the city breakin' and everybody shakin' ♪
♪ And we're stayin' alive, stayin' alive ♪
♪ Ah, ah, ah, ah, stayin' alive, stayin' alive ♪
♪ Ah, ah, ah, ah, stayin' alive ♪
♪ Life going nowhere, somebody help me ♪
♪ Somebody help me, yeah ♪
♪ Life going nowhere, somebody help me, yeah ♪
♪ I'm stayin' alive ♪
♪ Life going nowhere, somebody help me ♪
♪ Somebody help me, yeah ♪
♪ Life going nowhere, somebody help me, yeah ♪
♪ I'm stayin' alive ♪
♪ Life going nowhere, somebody help me ♪
♪ Somebody help me, yeah ♪
Key Vocabulary
Vocabulary | Meanings |
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walk /wɔːk/ A2 |
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woman /ˈwʊm.ən/ A2 |
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time /taɪm/ A1 |
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music /ˈmjuː.zɪk/ A2 |
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break /breɪk/ B1 |
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shake /ʃeɪk/ B2 |
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life /laɪf/ A1 |
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help /hɛlp/ A2 |
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alive /əˈlaɪv/ B2 |
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city /ˈsɪt.i/ A2 |
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effect /ɪˈfɛkt/ B2 |
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mother /ˈmʌð.ər/ A2 |
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brother /ˈbrʌð.ər/ A2 |
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Key Grammar Structures
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I'm a woman's man, no time to talk.
➔ Present simple tense.
➔ The phrase "I'm a woman's man" uses the present simple to describe a current state.
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And you may look the other way.
➔ Modal verb 'may'.
➔ The use of "may" indicates possibility or permission.
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Whether you're a brother or whether you're a mother.
➔ Conditional structure.
➔ The phrase uses a conditional structure to present two possibilities.
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Feel the city breaking and everybody shaking.
➔ Present continuous tense.
➔ The present continuous is used to describe actions happening right now.
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Life going nowhere, somebody help me.
➔ Gerund phrase.
➔ The gerund "going" is used to describe a state of being.
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I'll live to see another day.
➔ Future simple tense.
➔ The future simple tense is used to express a future action.
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And now it's all right, it's okay.
➔ Present simple tense.
➔ The present simple is used to express a current state of being.
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