The Lady in My Life – English Lyrics

• By: Michael Jackson
• Album: Thriller

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the romantic world of Michael Jackson with 'The Lady in My Life.' This song is a perfect gateway for English learners to practice listening to emotive storytelling and romantic vocabulary, all while experiencing the timeless production of the world's best-selling album.

[English]

There'll be no darkness tonight

Lady our love will shine

(Lighting the night)

Just put your trust in my heart

And meet me in paradise

(Now is the time)

Girl, you're every wonder in this world to me

A treasure time won't steal away

So, listen to my heart

Lay your body close to mine

Let me fill you with my dreams

I can make you feel all right

And baby through the years

Gonna love you more each day

So, I'll promise you tonight

That you will always be the lady in my life

...

Lay back in my tenderness

Let's make this a night we won't forget

Girl, I need your sweet caress, oh

Reach out to a fantasy

Two hearts in the beat of ecstasy

Come to me, girl

And I will keep you warm

Through the shadows of the night

Let me touch you with my love

I can make you feel so right

And baby through the years

Even when we're old and gray

I will love you more each day

'Cause you will always be the lady in my life

Stay with me

I want you to stay with me

I need you by my side

Don't you go nowhere

(Ooh, girl, let me keep you warm)

Let me keep you warm

(You are the lady in my life)

You're my lady

(Fill you with the sweetest love)

I wanna squeeze ya

(Always the lady in my life)

I wanna touch you, babe

(Lay back in my tenderness)

(You are the lady in my life)

Do-do, do-do, doo

(Rock me with your sweet caress)

(Always the lady in my life)

You're my lady and I love you girl

(Ooh, ooh, girl, let me keep you warm)

(You are the lady in my life)

Don't you go nowhere

(Fill you with the sweetest love)

I love you

(Always the lady in my life)

I love you; I love you; I need you; I want you, babe

(Lay back in my tenderness)

Stay with me

(You are the lady in my life)

Don't you go no where

(Rock me with your sweet caress)

And I love you, babe

(Always the lady in my life)

All over, babe

Don't you go no where

You're my lady

...

All through the night

(Ooh girl, let me keep you warm)

I wanna give you all

(You are the lady in my life)

In my life

(Fill you with the sweetest love)

Let me feel you babe

(Always the lady in my life)

All over, all over, all over

(Lay back in my tenderness)

Lay back with me

(You are the lady in my life)

Let me touch you girl

(Rock me with your sweet caress)

Lay back with me

(Always the lady in my life)

All over, all over

(Ooh girl, let me keep you warm)

All over, all over, all over, all over, all over, babe

(You are the lady in my life)

Woo

(Fill you with the sweetest love)

(Always the lady in my life)

You're my lady

(Lay back in my tenderness)

You're my lady, babe

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
darkness /ˈdɑːrknəs/ A2	noun - the partial or total absence of light
paradise /ˈpærədaɪs/ B2	noun - an ideal or idyllic place or state
wonder /ˈwʌndər/ B1	noun - a feeling of surprise mingled with admiration
treasure /ˈtreʒər/ B1	noun - a very valuable or highly valued object
tenderness /ˈtendərnəs/ C1	noun - gentleness and kindness
caress /kəˈres/ C2	noun - a gentle or loving touch
fantasy /ˈfæntəsi/ B2	noun - the faculty or activity of imagining things
ecstasy /ˈekstəsi/ C2	noun - an overwhelming feeling of great happiness or joyful excitement
shadows /ˈʃædoʊz/ A2	noun - dark areas or shapes produced by a body coming between rays of light and a surface
shine /ʃaɪn/ A2	verb - to give out a bright light
promise /ˈprɒmɪs/ A2	verb - to assure someone that one will do something
squeeze /skwiːz/ B1	verb - to firmly press something, typically with one's fingers
touch /tʌtʃ/ A1	verb - to come into or be in contact with
sweet /swiːt/ A1	adjective - pleasing in general; delightful
gray /ɡreɪ/ A1	adjective - of a color intermediate between black and white

Key Grammar Structures

• There'll be no darkness tonight

  ➔ Future Simple (will be)

  ➔ The contraction "There'll" is used to express a state that will exist in the future.

• Girl, you're every wonder in this world to me

  ➔ Present Simple (to be)

  ➔ The verb "are" describes a permanent or current identity/state of the person addressed.

• Gonna love you more each day

  ➔ Informal Future (going to)

  ➔ "Gonna" is a common contraction of "going to", used here to indicate a firm intention for the future.

• I can make you feel all right

  ➔ Modal verb of ability (can)

  ➔ "Can" indicates the speaker's power or capacity to create a specific emotional state in the listener.

• Let's make this a night we won't forget

  ➔ Imperative (Let's) and Relative Clause

  ➔ "Let's" is used for suggestions, and "that/which" is omitted before "we won't forget".

• Even when we're old and gray

  ➔ Adverbial clause of time (when)

  ➔ The "when" clause establishes the future condition or time frame for the action described in the main clause.

• Don't you go nowhere

  ➔ Negative Imperative (Double negative)

  ➔ A colloquial/informal use of "don't" + "nowhere" for emphasis, technically a double negative.

• I want you to stay with me

  ➔ Verb pattern (want + object + infinitive)

  ➔ This structure is used to express desire regarding someone else's action.