You're Makin' Me High – English Lyrics

• By: Toni Braxton

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

(upbeat music)

♪ I'll always think of you ♪

♪ Inside of my private thoughts ♪

♪ I can imagine you ♪

♪ Touching my private parts ♪

♪ And just the thought of you ♪

♪ I can't help but touch myself ♪

♪ That's why I want you so bad ♪

♪ Just one night of ♪

♪ Moonlight, with you there beside me ♪

♪ All night, doin' it again and again ♪

♪ You know, I want you so bad ♪

♪ Baby, baby, baby, baby ♪

♪ Ohh, I get so high ♪

♪ When I'm around you, baby ♪

♪ I can touch the sky ♪

♪ You make my temperature rise ♪

♪ Baby, you're makin' me high ♪

♪ Baby, baby, baby, baby ♪

♪ Can't get my mind off you ♪

♪ I think I might be obsessed ♪

♪ The very thought of you ♪

♪ Makes me want to get undressed ♪

♪ I wanna be with you ♪

♪ Inspite of what my heart says ♪

♪ I guess I want you too bad ♪

♪ All I want is ♪

♪ Moonlights, with you there inside me ♪

♪ All night, doin' it again and again ♪

♪ You know, I want you so bad ♪

♪ Baby, baby, baby, baby ♪

♪ Ohh, I get so high ♪

♪ When I'm around you, baby ♪

♪ I can touch the sky ♪

♪ You make my temperature rise ♪

♪ Boy, you're makin' me high ♪

♪ Baby, baby, baby, baby ♪

♪ I want to feel your heart and soul inside of me ♪

♪ Let's make a deal you roll, I lick ♪

♪ And we can go flying into ecstasy ♪

♪ Oh, darlin' you and me ♪

♪ Light my fire, blow my flame ♪

♪ Take me, take me, take me away ♪

♪ Yeah, yeah ♪

♪ Well all I only want is ♪

♪ Moonlights, with you there inside me ♪

♪ All night, doin' it again and again ♪

♪ Baby, I want you so bad ♪

♪ Baby, baby, baby, baby ♪

♪ I get so high ♪

♪ When I'm around you, baby ♪

♪ I can touch the sky ♪

♪ You make my temperature rise ♪

♪ You're makin' me high ♪

♪ Baby, baby, baby, baby ♪

♪ I get so high ♪

Key Grammar Structures

• I'll always think of you

  ➔ Future Simple Tense

  ➔ The phrase uses 'will' in its contracted form ('ll) to express a future action or state.

• I can't help but touch myself

  ➔ Modal Verb (can't) + Infinitive

  ➔ 'Can't help' is a fixed expression meaning inability to avoid doing something, followed by the infinitive 'but touch myself'.

• Just one night of moonlight, with you there beside me

  ➔ Prepositional Phrase

  ➔ The phrase 'of moonlight' and 'with you there beside me' are prepositional phrases providing additional details about the night and the company.

• You make my temperature rise

  ➔ Subject-Verb Agreement

  ➔ The singular subject 'You' correctly agrees with the singular verb 'make'.

• I think I might be obsessed

  ➔ Modal Verb (might) for Speculation

  ➔ 'Might' is used to express a possibility or uncertainty about being obsessed.

• Let's make a deal you roll, I lick

  ➔ Imperative Mood with Coordinated Clauses

  ➔ The imperative 'Let's make a deal' is followed by coordinated clauses 'you roll, I lick' using commas to separate the actions.

• Light my fire, blow my flame

  ➔ Imperative Mood with Parallel Structure

  ➔ The imperative verbs 'light' and 'blow' are used in parallel to create a rhythmic effect.

• You're makin' me high

  ➔ Contraction (You're) and Informal Language

  ➔ 'You're' is a contraction of 'you are', and 'makin'' is an informal shortening of 'making'.