The Loco-Motion – English Lyrics

• By: Kylie Minogue
• Album: Kylie

Lyrics & Translation

Learning English can be as fun and easy as dancing 'The Loco-Motion'! This classic pop song by Kylie Minogue is perfect for beginners. The lyrics are simple, repetitive, and give clear, easy-to-follow instructions. You'll pick up common verbs and encouraging phrases all while enjoying a catchy, upbeat tune that's sure to make you smile. Let the rhythm of 'The Loco-Motion' help you take your first steps in learning English!

[English]

Everybody's doing a brand new dance now

(C'mon baby, do the loco-motion)

I know you'll get to like it if you give it a chance now

(C'mon baby, do the loco-motion)

...

My little baby sister can do it with ease

It's easier than learning your A-B-C's

So come on, come on

Do the loco-motion with me

...

You gotta swing your hips now

Come on baby, jump up, hmm, jump back

Oh, well I think you got the knack, oh-oh

...

Now that you can do it, let's make a chain now

(C'mon baby, do the loco-motion)

Chug-a-chug-a motion like a railway train now

(C'mon baby, do the loco-motion)

...

Do it nice and easy now, don't lose control

A little bit of rhythm and a lot of soul

So come on, come on

Do the loco-motion with me

...

The loco-motion

Come on, come on

The loco-motion

Come on, come on

The loco-motion

Come on, come on, come on, come on, come on

...

Move around the floor in a loco-motion

(C'mon baby, do the loco-motion)

Yeah, do it holding hands if you get the notion

(C'mon baby, do the loco-motion)

...

There's never been a dance that's so easy to do

It even makes you happy when you're feeling blue

So come on, come on

Do the loco-motion with me

...

You gotta swing your hips now

Come on baby, jump up, hmm, jump back

Oh, well I think you got the knack, oh-oh

...

Do the lo, do the lo, do the lo, the loco-motion

(C'mon, do the loco-motion)

Do the lo, do the lo, do the lo, the loco-motion

(C'mon, do the loco-motion)

...

Do it nice and easy now, don't lose control

A little bit of rhythm and a lot of soul

So come on, come on

Do the loco-motion

Come on, come on

Do the loco-motion

Come on, come on

(Do) lo-the loco-motion with me

...

The loco-motion

Come on, come on

The loco-motion

Come on, come on

The loco-motion

Come on, come on

The loco-motion

Come on, come on

The loco-motion

Come on, come on, come on, come on

...

Key Grammar Structures

• Everybody's doing a brand new dance now

  ➔ Present continuous (progressive) to describe an ongoing action.

  ➔ The verb "doing" shows the present continuous.

• I know you'll get to like it if you give it a chance now

  ➔ First conditional (if‑clause with present simple, main clause with future meaning).

  ➔ "if you give" is the present simple condition, "you'll get" shows future result.

• My little baby sister can do it with ease

  ➔ Modal verb "can" for ability.

  ➔ "can" expresses that the sister has the ability to do it.

• It's easier than learning your A‑B‑C's

  ➔ Comparative adjective "easier than" + gerund.

  ➔ "easier than" compares the difficulty of two actions; "learning" is a gerund.

• Now that you can do it, let's make a chain now

  ➔ "Now that" clause indicating a new situation, followed by a suggestion with "let's".

  ➔ "Now that" introduces a cause (you can do it); "let's" invites the listener to act together.

• Do it nice and easy now, don't lose control

  ➔ Imperative sentences; negative imperative with "don't".

  ➔ "Do" gives a direct command; "don't lose" tells the listener what not to do.

• There's never been a dance that's so easy to do

  ➔ Present perfect negative "has/have never been"; relative clause "that's so easy to do".

  ➔ "never been" shows that up to now no such dance existed; "that's" = "that is" introduces the relative clause.

• It even makes you happy when you're feeling blue

  ➔ Zero conditional (present simple + when‑clause) expressing a general truth.

  ➔ "makes" is present simple; "when you're feeling" gives the condition under which the effect occurs.