It's Gonna Be A Beautiful Night – English Lyrics

• By: Prince
• Album: Sign O' The Times

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the vibrant world of English through Prince's 'It's Gonna Be A Beautiful Night'. This song is perfect for learners to practice conversational expressions of excitement and anticipation, all while experiencing the rhythmic genius of the Minneapolis Sound.

[English]

Oh-we-oh-ooh

Oh-we-oh-ooh

Groove!

Drop out them horns

It's gonna be a beautiful

It's gonna be a beautiful night

You got your world together

Every thing's lookin' alright

Tonight there's no tomorrow

This is gonna be the one

(Alright, Paris, we gonna see how)

Tonight we're gonna lose our sorrow

(Soulful you are, are you ready?)

Tonight we're gonna have some fun

(Come on, say it)

(Oh-we-oh-ooh)

It's gonna be a beautiful

It's gonna be a beautiful night

(Keep singin, y'all)

(Oh-we-oh-ooh)

It's gonna be a beautiful

It's gonna be a beautiful night

(, clap your hands)

Little boy got the notion, get some love tonight

Get yo rap in motion, for she out o' sight

Little girl at the party

Maybe she'd like to dance

Ring around the rosie

(Paris, are you ready?)

Pocket full of chance

(Horns, do it)

(Oh-we-oh-ooh)

(Sing it, y'all)

It's gonna be a beautiful

It's gonna be a beautiful night

(Oh-we-oh-ooh)

It's gonna be a beautiful

It's gonna be a beautiful night

(Guitars and drums, groove)

(Dance, come on)

They say that there's nothing's better

Than sleeping on a rainy day

We could spend the night together

Come on baby what you say?

It's gonna be a beautiful

It's gonna be a beautiful night, oh

It's gonna be a beautiful

It's gonna be a beautiful night, oh

It's gonna be a beautiful

It's gonna be a beautiful night, oh

It's gonna be a beautiful, beautiful night

(Say it)

No time for politics, no we don't wanna fight

Everybody get up, it's gonna be a beautiful night

No time for sorrow, this is gonna be the one

Tonight there's no tomorrow

Tonight we're gonna have some fun

(Are you ready Paris?)

(Oh-we-oh-ooh)

(Say it, y'all)

It's gonna be a beautiful

It's gonna be a beautiful night

(C'mon)

(Oh-we-oh-ooh)

It's gonna be a beautiful

It's gonna be a beautiful night

(Two times)

We are beautiful, it's gonna be a beautiful night

We are beautiful, it's gonna be a beautiful night

We are beautiful, it's gonna be a beautiful night

We are beautiful, it's gonna be a beautiful night

We are beautiful, it's gonna be a beautiful night

We are beautiful, it's gonna be a beautiful night

We are beautiful, it's gonna be a beautiful night

We are beautiful, it's gonna be a beautiful night

(Paris, say it once more time, uh!)

(Oh-we-oh-ooh)

(Say it)

It's gonna be a beautiful

It's gonna be a beautiful night

(Night, y'all, yeah)

(Oh-we-oh-ooh)

It's gonna be a beautiful

It's gonna be a beautiful night

(Just the drums, just the drum Bobby)

(Oh-we-oh-ooh)

(Oh-we-oh-ooh)

(Oh-we-oh-ooh)

Everybody get way down

Tonight we're gonna ball

Tonight we're gonna get the bomb, y'all

I'm talkin' 'bout the Detroit crawl

Everybody in the west

Everybody in the east

Every man I'll injure

With my chicken grease

Get with it

One more

Are you ready Paris soul clap

Ah yeah, ah yeah

Gimme the bass, gimme the bass, one time

Said the table to the chair

"You can hardly be aware

How I suffer from the heat

And from chilblains on my feet!

If we took a little walk

We might have a little talk!

Pray let us take the air!"

Said the table to the chair

(Can't nobody)

Said the chair to the table

"Now you know we are not able!

(Fuck with us)

How foolishly you talk

When you know we cannot walk!"

(Can't nobody)

Said the table with a sigh

"It can do no harm to try

(Fuck with us)

I've as many legs as you

Why can't we walk on two?"

(Say, can't nobody)

So they both went slowly down

(Fuck with us)

And walked about the town

With a cheerful bumpy sound

(Can't nobody)

As they toddled round and round

And everybody cried

As they hastened to their side

(Fuck with us)

"See the table and the chair

Have come to take the air!"

(Y'all say it y'all)

But in going down an alley

To a castle in the valley

They completely lost their way

And wandered all the day

Till, to see them safely back

They paid a ducky quack

And a beetle and a mouse

Who took them to their house

When they whispered to each other

"O delightful little brother!

(Can't nobody fuck with us)

What a lovely walk we've taken!

Let us dine on beans and bacon!"

So the ducky and the little Browny

(Say it, y'all)

Mousey and the Beetle Dined,

And danced upon the heads

Till they toddled to their beds

(Can't nobody fuck with us)

Good God

Good God

Good God

Revolution, baby way down low

Beautiful night, y'all say it

Beautiful night, y'all say it

Say what a beautiful night, y'all say it

Beautiful night, y'all say it

Come on

(Oh-we-oh-ooh)

Say it

(Oh-we-oh-ooh)

Say it louder, y'all

(Oh-we-oh-ooh)

Say it louder, y'all

(Oh-we-oh-ooh)

Miko, Miko, hit me in the back with funk

Beautiful night, y'all say it

Beautiful night, y'all say it

Everybody feelin' alright, y'all say it

Gonna be a beautiful night, y'all say it

Everybody

Oh-we-oh-ooh, oh-we-oh-ooh

Say it

Oh-we-oh-ooh, oh-we-oh-ooh

Say it

Oh-we-oh-ooh, oh-we-oh-ooh

Oh-we-oh-ooh, oh-we-oh-ooh

Get the horns in here

Keep singin' y'all

Everybody clap your hands

Everybody clap your hands

Everybody, groove, come on

Confusion!

Yeah!

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
beautiful /ˈbjuːtɪfʊl/ A1	adjective - Pleasing the senses or mind aesthetically.
sorrow /ˈsɒroʊ/ B2	noun - A feeling of deep distress caused by loss or disappointment.
motion /ˈmoʊʃən/ B1	noun - The action or process of moving or being moved.
politics /ˈpɒlɪtɪks/ B1	noun - The activities associated with the governance of a country or area.
hasten /ˈheɪsən/ C1	verb - To move or travel hurriedly.
cheerful /ˈtʃɪəfʊl/ B1	adjective - Noticeably happy and optimistic.
suffer /ˈsʌfər/ A2	verb - To experience or be subjected to something unpleasant.
wander /ˈwɒndər/ B2	verb - To walk or move in a leisurely or aimless way.
confusion /kənˈfjuːʒən/ B1	noun - Uncertainty about what is happening or what to do.
delightful /dɪˈlaɪtfʊl/ B2	adjective - Causing delight; charming.
revolution /ˌrevəˈluːʃən/ B2	noun - A forcible overthrow of a government or social order.
aware /əˈweər/ A2	adjective - Having knowledge or perception of a situation or fact.
foolish /ˈfuːlɪʃ/ B1	adjective - Lacking good sense or judgment; unwise.
groove /ɡruːv/ B2	verb - To dance or move to music with a strong rhythm.
toddle /ˈtɒdəl/ C1	verb - To move with short unsteady steps.

Key Grammar Structures

• It's gonna be a beautiful night

  ➔ Future intention using 'going to'

  ➔ The phrase "gonna" is a colloquial contraction of "going to," used here to express a future prediction or firm intention.

• Maybe she'd like to dance

  ➔ Conditional modal 'would' ('d like)

  ➔ The contraction 'd represents "would," creating a polite or hypothetical preference structure.

• There's no tomorrow

  ➔ Existential 'there is'

  ➔ Used to denote the existence or lack of something in a specific context.

• I've as many legs as you

  ➔ Comparative structure 'as...as'

  ➔ Used to compare the quantity of something between two subjects.

• We could spend the night together

  ➔ Modal verb 'could' for suggestion

  ➔ Here, "could" is used to make a polite or soft suggestion.

• If we took a little walk

  ➔ Second conditional (If + past simple, would + base verb)

  ➔ The second conditional is used for hypothetical or unlikely situations.

• They completely lost their way

  ➔ Adverb modifying a verb

  ➔ The adverb "completely" emphasizes the extent of the action "lost".

• Can't nobody fuck with us

  ➔ Double negative (informal/slang)

  ➔ In non-standard English, double negatives are often used for emphasis, though they are grammatically incorrect in standard English.