Lyrics

Hey, hey, hey
Hey, hey, hey

Your   stains
On the   part of my
Left   brain
I knew I wouldn't forget you
And so I went and let you
Blow my  

Your sweet  
The   of you in every
Single dream I dream
I knew when we  
You're the one I have decided
Who's one of my  

Hey soul sister
Ain't that Mr. mister
On the radio,  
The way you move ain't fair, you know
Hey soul sister
I don't wanna  
A single thing you do
Tonight

Hey, hey, hey

Just in time
I'm so   you have
A one track   like me
You gave my life direction
A game show love connection
We can't deny

I'm so obsessed
My heart is   to beat
Right out my untrimmed  
I   in you
Like a   , you're Madonna
And I'm always gonna wanna   your mind

Hey soul sister
Ain't that Mr. mister
On the radio, stereo
The way you move ain't fair, you know
Hey soul sister
I don't wanna miss
A single thing you do
Tonight

The way you can   a rug
Watching you is the only   I need
So   , I'm so  
You're the only one I'm   of

You see, I can be myself now  
In fact there's   I can't  
I want the world to see you'll be with me

Hey soul sister
Ain't that Mr. mister
On the radio, stereo
The way you move ain't fair, you know
Hey soul sister
I don't wanna miss
A single thing you do
Tonight

Hey soul sister
I don't wanna miss
A single thing you do
Tonight

Hey, hey, hey
Tonight
Hey, hey, hey
Legend

Meaning

Lyrically, Stafford admitted the inspiration for the song came about while Monahan was imagining what Burning Man must be like, and started penning lyrics inspired by the imagery he saw:

"The story lyrically, I’ve heard Pat talk about this in interviews. He’s always heard of Burning Man. Somewhere in Reno Nevada's desert, they do it every year. It’s this whole city in the desert that gets built for a festival that happens every year. They build a huge man out of wood and at the end of the festival they burn it. Pat had never been to Burning Man, but he had an image in his head of what it must be like. All these beautiful women dancing around the fire. That was the imagery he conjured up when he was writing the lyrics to, “Hey, Soul Sister.” It’s a pretty big deal. Thousands and thousands of people go to it every year. People run around naked and I guess it’s a total crazy deal.

Vocabulary

soul

figurative (emotional energy)
She puts a lot of soul into her art.

blow sb's mind

slang (astound [sb])
Did you hear about Carmen's winning the lottery? -Yes, it blows my mind!

stain

to leave a mark on something that is difficult to remove

moonbeam

a beam or line of light that comes from the moon

cut a rug

To dance really well and impress others.
The couple cut a rug at the dance, which earned them a prize.

one-track mind

A mind obsessed with only one thing
That boy has a one-track mind. All he thinks about is his girlfriend.