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Songs To Study English 1

A NEW DAY HAS COME

by CELINE DION
‘A New Day Has Come’ is the lead
Grammar: Present Perfect, Past Tenses review
single from Céline Dion's
5Level: intermediate, upper-intermediate comeback album A New Day Has
♫ CD track 1 Come, released on March 11,
Teacher’s notes 2002.
1. Beforehand, write on the board: angel, miracle, The song was written by Aldo
fear, light, to make it through, boy, soul, to shed a tear, to Nova and Stephan Moccio.
10hold on. Tell the students that they are going to listen to a ‘A New Day Has Come’ was very
song called A New Day Has Come. The words on the board successful around the world. On
were taken from it. Be sure that your students understand the U.S. Hot Adult Contemporary
Tracks, the song stayed on top
them. Offer your group to predict this song is about.
twenty-one weeks.
2. Play the song and then check the general
15understanding.
3. Give out the worksheets. Let the students read and ask for the meaning of unknown words.
Play the song again and do the first task. Students check their answers with their partners and then the
pairs discuss them in an open group.
4. Do ex. 2.
20 5. Tell your students that the changes between then and now are also implicated into the tenses.
Ask them what tenses are used in lines 6 – 13 (Past Simple and Past Continuous). First, compare them to
the lines 24 – 27 (Past Simple vs Present Simple). Then pay attention to the lines 14 – 23 (Present Simple,
Present Continuous and Present Perfect). Why has the things changed so dramatically? Because ‘a new
day has come’, the girl has met a boy she loves… All the changes referring to the very moment in present
25are expressed with a help of The Present Perfect Tense. Elicit / explain the meaning and usage of this
tense. Ask your students to find one more example of it (I’ve been touched… - Present Perfect Passive).
Lyrics and answers
Ex. 1.
A new day has come my tears
30A new day has come Let it fill my soul and drown my fears
I was waiting for so long Let it shatter the walls for a new sun
For a miracle to come A new day has come
Everyone told me to be strong 50 A new day has come
Hold on and don't shed a tear Where there was dark now there's light
35Through the darkness and good times Where there was pain now there's joy
I knew I'd make it through Where there was weakness I found my strength
And the world thought I had it all All in the eyes of a boy
But I was waiting for you 55 Chorus.
Chorus: Let the rain come down and wash away my
40 Hush, now tears
I see a light in the sky Let it fill my soul and drown my fears
Oh, it's almost blinding me Let it shatter the walls for a new sun
I can't believe I've been touched by an 60A new day has come
angel with love Repeat the chorus and fade
45 Let the rain come down and wash away
Ex. 2. Then – now, dark – light, weakness – strength, pain – joy

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 A NEW DAY HAS COME
by CELINE DION
1. Read the text. There are five wrong words in it. Listen and correct them.
A new day has come
5A new day has come
I was waiting for so long
For a miracle to come
Everyone told me to be weak
Hold on and don't shed a tear
10Through the darkness and bad times
I knew I'd make it through
And the world thought I had it all
But I was waiting for you
Chorus:
15 Hush, now
I see a light in the night
Oh, it's almost blinding me
I can't believe I've been touched by an angel with love
Let the rain come down and wash away my tears
20 Let it fill my soul and drown my fears
Let it shatter the walls for a new sun
A new day has come
A new day has come
Where there was dark now there's light
25Where there was pain now there's joy
Where there was weakness I lost my strength
All in the heart of a boy
Chorus.
Let the rain come down and wash away my tears
30Let it fill my soul and drown my fears
Let it shatter the walls for a new sun
A new day has come
Repeat the chorus and fade
2. Find the opposites in the text.
then _____________
dark _____________
weakness _____________
pain _____________
 BUS STOP
by THE HOLLIES
Грамматика: способы выражения прошедшего времени:
употребление would
5Level: intermediate, upper-intermediate ‘Bus Stop’ is a song recorded and
released as a single by the British
♫ CD track 2 pop band The Hollies. It became a
Teacher’s notes hit in 1966, reaching #5 in the UK
1. Bring a picture of an umbrella. Ask your students to Singles Chart. It was the Hollies'
make some short stories about this object. After listening to some first US top ten hit, reaching #5 on
10stories ask if an umbrella can be involved in a love story. the Billboard charts in September
2. Give out the worksheets. Students should match the 1966.
words from the ex. 1. It was written by UK songwriter
3. Explain that these words were taken from a song called Graham Gouldman, who said the
‘Bus Stop’. You may show a picture of an English bus stop (of an idea for the song had come while
15old one is more preferable). Ask students to guess how could they he was riding home from work on
be joined together. What is this song about? a bus. The opening lines were
4. Play the song. Let the students check their ideas. written by his father, playwright
5. Ask some questions. Is their romance over? - No, it Hyme Gouldman.
isn’t. ‘Someday my name and hers are going to be the same’. How
20did it all begin? Because of what? - An umbrella. So, he
remembers how it all began. What verb forms are used? Give some examples. Is refrain about the past
or the future? - Mostly about the past (except for the last line).
5. Ask your students which word is omitted twice. Play the song and let them write in the word
would. Point that she’d shop = she would shop
25 6. Explain / elicit the usage of would for the past habits.
Lyrics and answers
Ex. 1. 1f, 2d, 3a, 4b, 5c, 6e, 7g
Ex. 2.
Bus stop, wet day, she's there I say No more sheltering, now
30Please share my umbrella Nice to think that that umbrella
Bus stop, bus go, she stays love grows 55Led me to a vow
Under my umbrella
All that summer we enjoyed it {Refrain}
Wind and rain and shine Repeat the 1st verse
35That umbrella we employed it
By August she was mine

{Refrain}
Every morning I would see her waiting at the
40stop
Sometimes she'd shop and she would show me
what she bought
All the people stared as if we were both quite
insane
45Someday my name and hers are going to be the
same

That's the way the whole thing started

Silly, but it's true
50Thinking of a sweet romance
Beginning in a queue
Came the sun, the ice was melting
 BUS STOP
by THE HOLLIES
1. Match the words.
1) shelter a) love
52) insane b) line
3) romance c) look very attentively
4) queue d) crazy
5) stare e) serious promise (e. g. during the wedding)
6) vow f) protected place
107) umbrella g) a thing protecting you against rain or hot sun

2. Listen again. What word is omitted twice?

Bus stop, wet day, she's there I say
Please share my umbrella
15Bus stop, bus go, she stays love grows
Under my umbrella
All that summer we enjoyed it
Wind and rain and shine
That umbrella we employed it
20By August she was mine

{Refrain}
Every morning I _________ see her waiting at the stop
Sometimes she'd shop and she __________ show me what she bought
25All the people stared as if we were both quite insane
Someday my name and hers are going to be the same

That's the way the whole thing started

Silly, but it's true
30Thinking of a sweet romance
Beginning in a queue
Came the sun, the ice was melting
No more sheltering, now
Nice to think that that umbrella
35Led me to a vow

{Refrain}
Repeat the 1st verse

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 EL CONDOR PASA (IF I COULD)
by SIMON AND GARFUNKEL
Грамматика: условные предложения
Level: intermediate
5Лексика: природные объекты, антонимы ‘El Cóndor Pasa’ (Flight of the
♫ CD track 3 Condor) is a song from the
zarzuela (Spanish lyric-dramatic
Teacher’s notes
genre) El Cóndor Pasa by the
1. Tell the students that they are going to listen to a
Peruvian composer
song based on a (Peruvian) melody called El Condor Pasa Daniel Alomía Robles written in
10(Flight Of The Condor). Ask them to write out more ‘nature’ 1913 and based on traditional
words (animals, places, objects) while listening. Play the song. Andean folk tunes.
It is possibly the best-known
Possible answers: sparrow, snail, swan, ground, forest, the Peruvian song worldwide due to a
earth… cover version by
2. Now, let them practice ex. 1. Check the answers. Simon & Garfunkel in 1970 on
15 3. Do ex. 2. Play the song again. their Bridge Over Troubled Water
4. Tel the group that this piece has another English album. This cover version is called
El Condor Pasa (If I Could).
name, which is not a literal translation. Ask them to guess it
Paul Simon used the instrumental
(If I Could). version of Los Incas as the basic-
5. Ask a question (it might be written on the board), track and wrote entirely new,
20‘If you could chose how would you rather call it? Would you unrelated lyrics.
remain this name or give another one?’ While answering elicit
the structure (If I could chose) I’d rather call it / I would call it… (you may also write it as a prompt).
6. Follow up. Explain to the students a construction of the lyrics. And ask them to write their
own text using opposites and I’d rather structure.
25 Lyrics and answers
Ex. 1. 1) nail, 2) forest, 3) hammer, 4) sparrow, 5) snail, 6) street
Ex. 2. Forest – street, sparrow – snail, hammer – nail.
Ex. 3.
I'd rather be a sparrow1 than a snail2
30Yes I would, if I could, I surely would
I'd rather be a hammer3 than a nail4
Yes I would, if I only could, I surely would

Away, I'd rather sail away

35Like a swan that's here and gone
A man gets tied up to the ground
He gives the world it's saddest sound
Its saddest sound

40I'd rather be a forest5 than a street6

Yes I would, if I could, I surely would
I'd rather feel the earth beneath my feet
Yes I would, if I only could, I surely would

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EL CONDOR PASA (IF I COULD)

 by SIMON AND GARFUNKEL
1. Write the words from the box.
Forest, sparrow, nail, street, hammer, snail, forest

5a)_______ b)_______ c)_______ d)_______ e)_____ f)_______

2. Match the words which are thought to be the opposites.

forest snail
sparrow nail
10hammer street

3. Put the words for ex. 1 into this text. Listen and check.
I'd rather be a ________1 than a _________2
Yes I would, if I could, I surely would
15I'd rather be a _________3 than a ________4
Yes I would, if I only could, I surely would

Away, I'd rather sail away

Like a swan that's here and gone
20A man gets tied up to the ground
He gives the world it's saddest sound
Its saddest sound

I'd rather be a __________5 than a ___________6

25Yes I would, if I could, I surely would
I'd rather feel the earth beneath my feet
Yes I would, if I only could, I surely would

4. Think of some opposites and try to write a similar poem using I’d
30rather / If I could / I would.
_________________________________________
_________________________________________
_________________________________________
_________________________________________
35_________________________________________
_________________________________________
_________________________________________
 HOUSE
by ELTON JOHN
Грамматика и лексика: местоимения this – that (is), these ‘House’ is taken from ‘Made in
5– those (are); структура a place where… England’, the twenty-fifth studio
Level: начальный album by English
♫ CD track 4 singer/songwriter Elton John (the
Teacher’s notes author of such famous songs as
1. Bring a picture of a house (room). Refresh the Nikita, Candle In The Wind, ‘The
10usage of this – that, these – those by showing and naming the Lion King’ soundtrack etc),
objects. released in 1995. An interesting
2. Tell your students to concentrate on the beginnings peculiarity is that, much unlike his
of the lines and fill in the gaps marked with letters with previous works, and with the
proper pronouns. Play the song. Check the answers. exception of the title track, all of
15 3. Tell your students to concentrate on the endings of the album's songs have one-word
the lines and fill in the gaps marked with numbers with the titles.
words given. Play the song. First let the students check their
answers with their partners. Then check.
4. Then let your students practice in showing and naming some objects using the structure This
20is a_____ / That is a_____ / These are the______ / Those are the_______.
5. Follow up. Pair / Group work. One student thinks of an object and describes it using where.
This is a room (place, thing) where I ______ (eat, sleep, relax). The second student should guess it.
6. You may also elicit the difference between ‘It belongs to me’ and ‘They belong to me’.
Lyrics and answers
25
This is my house1 And I sit by the window8
This is where I live2 And I wish I was rain
That is the winter I want to fall from the sky
Those are the trees3 I want to get wet all over the rain
30I can hear them breathe 50'Cause this is my house9
This is my bed4 It belongs to me
This is where I sleep5 Inside my head
That was the dark It's all that's left
Those are my dreams Thisc is my house
35they belong to me 55Thisd is my bed
This is my floor6 This is where I sleep
This is where I lie Thate was the dark
This is a square room7 Thosef are my dreams
That was a bright light They belong to me
40Thesea are not my eyes 60This is my house
What is my soul? This is my house
Where is my tired heart? This is my house
Thatb is the question Yeah this is my house
Where is the answer? This is my house
45Inside my house 65This is my house
This is my house
 HOUSE
by ELTON JOHN
1. Listen to the song and fill in the gaps with letters in the beginning of the lines.
Write this, that, these or those.
52. Listen to the song one more time and fill in the gaps with numbers in the
endings of the lines. Write the words from the box.
Floor, house (*2), live, window, trees, room, bed. sleep

10This is my ____________1 _________f are my dreams

This is where I _________2 They belong to me
That is the winter This is my house
Those are the ________3 45This is my house
I can hear them breathe This is my house
15This is my ______4 Yeah this is my house
This is where I ______5 This is my house
That was the dark This is my house
Those are my dreams 50This is my house
they belong to me
20This is my _________6
This is where I lie
This is a square ________7
That was a bright light
________a are not my eyes
25What is my soul?
Where is my tired heart?
______b is the question
Where is the answer?
Inside my house
30And I sit by the _________8
And I wish I was rain
I want to fall from the sky
I want to get wet all over the rain
'Cause this is my _______9
35It belongs to me
Inside my head
It's all that's left
__________c my house
_________d my bed
40This is where I sleep
_________e was the dark
 LAZING ON A SUNDAY AFTERNOON
by QUEEN
Грамматика: Future forms (Simple and Continuous), article
the, prepositions
5Лексика: phrasal verbs ‘Lazing on a Sunday Afternoon’ is
Level: intermediate a song from ‘A Night at the Opera’
the fourth album by English rock
♫ CD track 5 group Queen, released in
Teacher’s notes November 1975. At the time of its
1. Write out and pre-teach / refresh the words and release, it was the most expensive
10phrases: honeymoon, bound to be proposal, ordinary guy. album ever recorded. A Night at
2. Ask your students the following questions. The song the Opera has been consistently
is called ‘Lazing On A Sunday Afternoon’. Why do you think voted by the public and cited by
‘lazing’? What do ordinary people do during the week? music publications as one of
Queen's finest works, and has
3. Now ask the students to listen to the song and say if
frequently been described as one
15the character is ‘an ordinary guy’? Why (not)? of the greatest albums ever
4. Do the worksheet tasks. recorded.
Lyrics and answers ‘Lazing on a Sunday Afternoon’ is
Ex. 1 a song by the group singer
I go out to work on a Monday morning Mercury. He played piano and did
20Tuesday I go off to honeymoon all of the vocals. The lead vocal
I'll be back again before it's time for Sunny-down, was sung in studio, produced
I'll be lazing on a Sunday afternoon through headphones elsewhere in
Bicycling on every Wednesday evening the studio in a tin bucket. A
microphone picked up the sound
Thursday I go waltzing to the Zoo
from the bucket, which gives it a
25I come from London town, I'm just an ordinary guy, hollow "megaphone" sound. The
Fridays I go painting in the Louvre guitar solo is also reported to
I'm bound to be proposing on a Saturday night (There he goes have been recorded on the vocal
again) track, as there were no more
I'll be lazing on a Sunday tracks to record on.
30lazing on a Sunday
lazing on a Sunday afternoon.
Ex. 2
1) Be back 2) go out 3) go off 4) come from

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 LAZING ON A SUNDAY AFTERNOON
by QUEEN

1. Fill in the gaps.

5 On, the, ’m, ’ll, the

I go out to work ____ a Monday morning
Tuesday I go off to honeymoon
I'____ be back again before it's time for Sunny-down,
I'____ be lazing ____ a Sunday afternoon
10Bicycling ____ every Wednesday evening
Thursday I go waltzing to ____ Zoo
I come from London town, I'___ just an ordinary guy,
Fridays I go painting in _____ Louvre
I'm bound to be proposing ____ a Saturday night (There he goes again)
15I'___ be lazing ____ a Sunday
lazing ____ a Sunday
lazing ____ a Sunday afternoon.
2. Listen to the song and check yourselves.
3. Find the phrasal verbs with the following meanings:
201) Come back____________
2) Leave (a room)__________
3) Go or run away___________
4) Be born in________________

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30

35

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 LEMON TREE
by FOOL’S GARDEN
Грамматика: Present Continuous
Level: начальный, intermediate ‘Lemon Tree’ is a song by German
5 ♫ CD track 6 pop band Fool's Garden from the
album Dish of the Day, which was
Teacher’s notes
released as a single in 1995 and
1. Introduce the song. Students have to decide if it is a
became a major international hit
sad or a happy one. Is a narrator happy or sad? Listen to the in 1996.
song and write out some activities what he’s doing now. Play The band recorded a new version
10the song. of the song in prior for their 2009
2. Discuss the students’ answers. Give out the release High Times - The Best of
worksheets. Ask for any vocabulary difficulties. Why is the Fools Garden.
room boring? It’s another rainy Sunday afternoon. He’s
waiting for his girlfriend. She isn’t coming. He’s got nothing to
15do. So, what is he doing? Open the brackets. Mind that there some verbs in different tenses.
3. Now, play the song again and let the students check their answers. Pay attention to the
spelling (sitting, stepping). Ask your group to explain these forms.
Lyrics and answers

20I'm sitting here in the boring room But there's a heavy cloud inside my head
It's just another rainy Sunday afternoon I feel so tired
I'm wasting my time 50Put myself into bed
I got nothing to do Well, nothing ever happens and I wonder
I'm hanging around Isolation is not good for me
25I'm waiting for you Isolation I don't want to sit on the
But nothing ever happens and I wonder lemon-tree
55I'm steppin' around in the desert of joy
I'm driving around in my car Baby anyhow I'll get another toy
I'm driving too fast And everything will happen and you wonder
30I'm driving too far
I'd like to change my point of view I wonder how
I feel so lonely 60I wonder why
I'm waiting for you Yesterday you told me 'bout the blue blue sky
But nothing ever happens and I wonder And all that I can see is just another lemon-tree
35 I'm turning my head up and down
I wonder how I'm turning turning turning turning turning
I wonder why 65around
Yesterday you told me 'bout the blue blue sky And all that I can see is just a yellow lemon-tree
And all that I can see is just a yellow lemon-tree And I wonder, wonder
40I'm turning my head up and down
I'm turning turning turning turning turning I wonder how
around 70I wonder why
And all that I can see is just another lemon-tree Yesterday you told me 'bout the blue blue sky
And all that I can see, and all that I can see, and
45I'm sitting here all that I can see
I miss the power Is just a yellow lemon-tree
I'd like to go out taking a shower
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 LEMON TREE
by FOOL’S GARDEN
Open the brackets. Write the verbs in correct form. The listen and check.

5I'm ______________ (sit) here in the And all that I can see is just another
boring room lemon-tree
It's just another rainy Sunday
afternoon I'm ____________ (sit) here
I'm ______________ (waist) my time 40I miss the power
10I got nothing to do I'd like to go out taking a shower
I'm _______________ (hang around) But there's a heavy cloud inside my
I'm ______________ (wait) for you head
But nothing ever __________ I feel so tired
(happen) and I wonder 45Put myself into bed
15 Well, nothing ever ____________
I'm _____________ (drive) around in (happen) and I wonder
my car
I'm _____________ (drive) too fast Isolation is not good for me
I'm _____________ (drive) too far 50Isolation I don't want to sit on the
20I'd like to change my point of view lemon-tree
I feel so lonely
I'm ______________ (wait) for you I'm ____________ (step) around in
But nothing ever ____________ the desert of joy
(happen) and I wonder 55Baby anyhow I'll get another toy
25 And everything ________________
I wonder how (happen) and you wonder
I wonder why
Yesterday you ___________ (tell) me I wonder how
'bout the blue blue sky 60I wonder why
30And all that I can see is just a yellow Yesterday you _______ (tell) me 'bout
lemon-tree the blue blue sky
I'm _____________ (turn) my head And all that I can see, and all that I
up and down can see, and all that I can see
I'm turning turning turning turning 65Is just a yellow lemon-tree
35turning around

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 LOVE ME TENDER
by ELVIS PRESLEY
Грамматика и лексика: различные разряды местоимений, ‘Love Me Tender’ is a song sung
5вокабуляр по теме «Любовь» by Elvis Presley, adapted from the
tune of ‘Aura Lee’, a sentimental
Level: начальный, intermediate
Civil War ballad with music by
♫ CD track 7 George R. Poulton and words by
Teacher’s notes W.W. Fosdick.
1. It is a good activity for St. Valentine Day. Draw a Presley performed ‘Love Me
10heart on the board. Tell your students that they are going to Tender’ on the
listen to a song. Ask them to predict what it will be about. The Ed Sullivan Show 9
September 1956. Soon the single
Find out what ‘love’ vocabulary they have. Write out these
and the movie, Love Me Tender,
words. were released.
2. Name the song. Ask if they know it, what they think The song is credited to Presley
15of it. Give out the worksheets. and Vera Matson, but the
3. Offer your students to check if there are the words principal writer of the lyrics was
you have written out in this song. Ask your class to find out Ken Darby (Matson's husband).
how we call our love(r). Play the song. Check the answers. We This song was ranked #437 on
call our love (My) darling / (My) dear. Rolling Stone's list of the 500
20 4. Give out the worksheets. Let your students look Greatest Songs of All Time.
them through and find more ‘love’ words (they may ask any
questions about the vocabulary).
5. Explain that while the second listening they should fill in the gaps with the proper pronouns
and possessive adjectives. Revise them. Play the song again.
25 6. Check the answers and let the students complete the task.
Lyrics and answers
Ex. 1
Love me tender, 40Love me tender,
Love me sweet, Love me long,
30Never let me go. Take me to your heart.
You have made my life complete, For it's there where I belong,
And I love you so. And we’ll never part.
45
Love me tender, Love me tender,
35Love me true, Love me dear,
All my dreams fulfilled. Tell me you are mine.
For my darling I love you, I’ll be yours through all the years,
And I always will. 50Till the end of time.

Ex. 2
Always – never, meet – part, reality – dream, hate – love
Ex. 3
55Across
3. Dream. 4. Heart. 6. Darling.
Down
1. Your. 2. Part. 5. Always.

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 LOVE ME TENDER
by ELVIS PRESLEY
1. Listen to the song and fill in the gaps.
5
I, me, my, mine, you, your, yours, it, we
Love ____ tender, love ____ sweet, 20 Love ____ tender, love ____
Never let ___ go. true
____ have made ____ life complete All ____ dreams fulfill.
10And ____love _____ so. For ___ darling ____ love ____
Love ____ tender, love ____ And ____ always will.
true 25Love ___ tender, love ___ dear,
All ____ dreams fulfill. Tell ___ ___ are mine
For ___ darling ____ love ____ ___’ll be _____ through all the years
15 And ____ always will. Till the end of time.
Love ____ tender, love ____ long, Love ____ tender, love ____
Take ____ to ____ heart 30true
For __’s there where ____ belong All ____ dreams fulfill.
And ____’ll never part. For ___ darling ____ love ____
And ____ always will.
2. Match the opposites.
35always part
meet love
reality never
hate dream
3. Use the words from the song to solve this crossword.
40 Across
3. Something not real
4. The symbol of love.
6. Dear.

45 Down
1. I – my, you - …
2. ≠ meet.
5. ≠ never.

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 NOT ALONE ANYMORE
by TRAVELING WILBURYS
Грамматика: согласование времен, Future-in-the past
‘Not Alone Anymore’ is a song
5Level: intermediate, upper-intermediate
from the first album of a late
♫ CD track 8 1980s supergroup Traveling
Teacher’s notes Wilburys consisting of George
1. Tell your students they are going to listen to a song Harrison, Jeff Lynne, Roy Orbison,
‘Not Alone’. Ask them to predict what this song is about. Is it Tom Petty and Bob Dylan. The
10about lost love or existing one? band recorded two albums during
the two years they were together.
2. Play the song and let the students check their
‘Wilburys’ was a slang term
answers.
coined by Harrison and Lynne
3. The song is about lost love. So, the narrator is
during the recording of Cloud
remembering their about the way they parted. He is
Nine album as a pet name for
15recalling their conversations. To find out how it is
various types of equipment in the
expressed with language students should fill in the gaps.
recording studio; Harrison,
Give them time to work. Then play the song again. referring to errors caused by
Students listen and check their answers. malfunctioning equipment,
4. Focus on the tenses and elicit the consequence jokingly remarked to Lynne: "We'll
20of tenses. Encourage students to find out what I’d (1st bury 'em in the mix". The term
and 2nd lines) means (I’d = I would). was used again when the entire
Lyrics and answers group was together.
You always said1 that I'd be2 back again
That I'd come3 running to you in the end
25I thought4 that you were5 on your own
And now I find you're not alone

I'll see you through the rain

Through the heartache and pain
30It hurts like never before
You're not alone any more

You always said6 that I would know7 someday

Just how it feels when your love walks away
35I let you down, I let you go
I lost you, how was I to know

I'll see you through the rain

Through the heartache and pain
40It hurts like never before
You're not alone any more

I never knew8 I could9 feel this way

I never could see past yesterday
45You feel that everything is gone
I feel it too, you're not alone

I'll see you through the rain

Every heartache and pain
50It hurts like never before
 You're not alone, you're not alone
You're not alone any more, any more, any more
NOT ALONE
by TRAVELING WILBURYS
5Fill in the gaps with the word from the box. Then listen and check your answers.
Be, said (*2), were, know, knew, could, thought, come

You always ________1 that I'd _______2 back again

That I'd ________3 running to you in the end
10I ___________4 that you __________5 on your own
And now I find you're not alone

I'll see you through the rain

Through the heartache and pain
15It hurts like never before
You're not alone any more

You always ________6 that I would _________7 someday

Just how it feels when your love walks away
20I let you down, I let you go
I lost you, how was I to know

I'll see you through the rain

Through the heartache and pain
25It hurts like never before
You're not alone any more

I never __________8 I ___________9 feel this way

I never could see past yesterday
30You feel that everything is gone
I feel it too, you're not alone

I'll see you through the rain

Every heartache and pain
35It hurts like never before
You're not alone, you're not alone
You're not alone any more, any more, any more

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 NOW YOU’RE GONE
by JEFF LYNNE ‘Now You’re Gone’ is a song from
Armchair Theatre, the first solo
5Грамматика: Past Simple
album by Jeff Lynne, released in
Level: начальный, intermediate
1990. Jeff Lynne is famous for his
♫ CD track 9 Electric Light Orchestra and his
Teacher’s notes participation in a supergroup
1. Ask your students to read the title. What is this ‘TravellingWilburys’.
10song about?
2. Let your group read the part of the song in
italics. Ask them if it is about the past or the present?
How did they guess? What ‘sweet memories’ can the photo bring back? Play the song and let
them check.
15 3. Now, complete the worksheet tasks.
Lyrics and answers
Ex. 1 Be – was /were, lose – lost, want – wanted, change – changed, mean – meant, have
– had.
Ex. 2
20I, I was crazy about you
I, didn't want to be without you
And I, lost what I had and now you’re gone

You, you always meant the world to me

25You, you never wanted much you see
And you, you changed my life but now you gone

In my heart you were the one

But now, now you’re gone
30
Your photograph brings back sweet memories
Something about you I don't know what it is
Your face so young the days so long
But now, you’re gone
35
In my heart you were the one
But now, you’re gone

Yeah now, now your gone

40But now, you’re gone
 NOW YOU’RE GONE
by JEFF LYNNE
st nd
51. Match the 1 and the 2 forms.
Be meant
Lose had
Want lost
Change was / were
10Mean wanted
Have changed

2. Try to fill in the gaps with the word from the box (write the verbs only if
you’re sure).
15 Was, were(*2), changed, lost, wanted, meant, had, didn't want

I, I ________ crazy about you

I ________________ to be without you
And I ________ what I ________ and now you’re gone
20
You, you always _________ the world to me
You, you never _________ much you see
And you, you _________ my life but now you gone

25 In my heart you ________ the one

But now, now you’re gone

Your photograph brings back sweet memories

Something about you I don't know what it is
30Your face so young the days so long
But now, you’re gone

In my heart you ________ the one

But now, now you’re gone
35
Yeah now, now you’re gone
But now, you’re gone

3. Listen to the song again and check your answers.

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 OLD MACDONALD
Traditional performed by FREE ABC SONGS ‘Old MacDonald Had a Farm’ is a
children's song about a farmer
5 project named MacDonald (or McDonald)
Лексика: животные и звуки животных and the various animals he keeps
Level: начальный on his farm. Each verse changes
the name of the animal and its
♫ CD track 10 respective noise. In many
Teacher’s notes versions, the song is cumulative,
10 1. In the beginning of the lesson practice reading and with the noises from all the
pronunciation. It is better touse the familiar words with earlier verses added to each
letters oo, qu, a (e. g. book, look, cook, queen, back, black subsequent verse.
etc). In the 1917 book Tommy's Tunes,
a collection of World War I era
2. Ask students to name as many animals as they can
songs by F. T. Nettleingham, the
15(you may make a sort of a auction: the one who says the last song "Ohio (Old Macdougal Had a
word is a winner). Now you may play a song and ask students Farm)" has quite similar lyrics.
how many animals are mentioned. What are they? The Traditional Ballad Index
3. Now give out the worksheets and let your students considers the "Tommy's Tunes"
do ex. 1. Check the answers. version to be the earliest known
20 4. While listening the students should complete the version of "Old Macdonald Had a
second exercise. Farm.
5. Follow up 1. If you have time practice more animals
and sound with the help of this song structure. Follow up 2.
Finishing studying animals you may work on a project and create some unusual animals. Students can
25present their animals using this tune.
Lyrics and answers
Ex. 1 A. Dog – woof-woof. B. Cow – moo-moo. C. Duck – quack-quack. D. Sheep – baa-
baa. E. Cat-meow-meow.
Ex. 2
30Old Macdonald had a farm, e, i, e, i, o
and on that farm he had a duck, e, i, e, i, o
with a quack quack here, a quack quack there
here a quack, there a quack, everywhere a quack quack
Old Macdonald had a farm, e, i, e, i, o!
35Old Macdonald had a farm, e, i, e, i, o
and on that farm he had a dog, e, i, e, i, o
with a woof woof here, a woof woof there
here a woof, there a woof, everywhere a woof woof
Old Macdonald had a farm, e, i, e, i, o!
40Old Macdonald had a farm, e, i, e, i, o
and on that farm he had a cat, e, i, e, i, o
with a meow meow here, a meow meow there
here a meow, there a meow, everywhere a meow meow
Old Macdonald had a farm, e, i, e, i, o!
45Old Macdonald had a farm, e, i, e, i, o
and on that farm he had a cow, e, i, e, i, o
with a moo moo here, a moo moo there
here a moo, there a moo, everywhere a moo moo
Old Macdonald had a farm, e, i, e, i, o!
50Old Macdonald had a farm, e, i, e, i, o
and on that farm he had a sheep, e, i, e, i, o
 with a baa baa here, a baa baa there
here a baa, there a baa, everywhere a baa baa
Old Macdonald had a farm, e, i, e, i, o!
OLD MACDONALD
5 Traditional performed by FREE ABC SONGS project
1. Name the animals. Then draw lines to the ‘words’ of animals.
Cow, sheep, duck, dog, cat

10A. ___________

quack-
B. ___________
quack
15 woof-
C. ___________ woof
meow-
meow
D. ___________
20 moo-moo
baa-baa
E. ___________

2. Listen to the song and write the names of the animals into the gaps.
25Old Macdonald had a farm, e, i, e, i, o meow there
and on that farm he had a _______, here a meow, there a meow,
e, i, e, i, o everywhere a meow meow
with a quack quack here, a quack 50Old Macdonald had a farm, e, i, e, i,
quack there o!
30here a quack, there a quack, Old Macdonald had a farm, e, i, e, i, o
everywhere a quack quack and on that farm he had a _______,
Old Macdonald had a farm, e, i, e, i, e, i, e, i, o
o! 55with a moo moo here, a moo moo
Old Macdonald had a farm, e, i, e, i, o there
35and on that farm he had a _______, here a moo, there a moo, everywhere
e, i, e, i, o a moo moo
with a woof woof here, a woof woof Old Macdonald had a farm, e, i, e, i,
there 60o!
here a woof, there a woof, Old Macdonald had a farm, e, i, e, i, o
40everywhere a woof woof and on that farm he had a _______,
Old Macdonald had a farm, e, i, e, i, e, i, e, i, o
o! with a baa baa here, a baa baa there
Old Macdonald had a farm, e, i, e, i, o 65here a baa, there a baa, everywhere a
and on that farm he had a _______, baa baa
45e, i, e, i, o Old Macdonald had a farm, e, i, e, i, o
with a meow meow here, a meow
 OUR HOUSE
by CROSBY, STILLS, NASH & YOUNG
Грамматика: словообразование (переход одной части ‘Our House’ is a song Graham
5речи в другую) Nash, most famously recorded by
Лексика: дом Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young on
Level: начальный, intermediate their 1970 album Déjà Vu. The
song refers to Nash's brief affair
♫ CD track 11 with Joni Mitchell at the time the
Teacher’s notes group recorded the Déjà Vu
10 1. For the weaker groups write the missing words in a album. Nash was facing the
random order on the board and keep them covered if it is complex moral struggle between
possible. the hippy era free love mentality
2. Tell the students that they are going to listen to a and the desire for a monogamous
rather nice (pretty) song. Ask them to listen and make and relationship. Unlike the other
15share their own opinion. Play the record. Discuss if they liked tracks on the album, this is the
song of a man who yearns for
it or not. Why?
stability in his relationship, house-
3. Ask what it is about and refresh some ‘house’ ownership, and family life.
vocabulary. Think of the things those make a living-room cozy.
4. Give out the worksheets and explain the students
20that they have to fill in the gaps without listening for the
second time. Ask them to read the lyrics. Pay their attention to the verbs light, place, and rest (they can
be nouns as well; it is a common thing in English). Ask the students’ question about unknown
vocabulary. For the weaker groups uncover the world list.
5. Let the students complete the task. Discuss the results.
25 Lyrics and answers
I'll light the fire
You place the flowers in the vase
That you bought today
Staring at the fire
30For hours and hours
While I listen to you play your love songs
All night long for me
Only for me
Come to me now
35 And rest your head for just five minutes
Everything is done
Such a cozy room
The windows are illuminated
By the evening sunshine through them
40 Fiery gems for you
Only for you
{Refrain}
Our house, is a very, very, very fine house
With two cats in the yard
45Life used to be so hard
Now everything is easy 'cause of you
La la la....
{Refrain}
Repeat the first three lines
 OUR HOUSE
by CROSBY, STILLS, NASH & YOUNG
Listen to the song and fill in the gaps.
I'll light the ____________1
5You place the ___________2 in the ____________3
That you bought today
Staring at the ____________4
For hours and hours
While I listen to you play your love songs
10All night long for me
Only for me

Come to me now
And rest your head for just five minutes
15Everything is done
Such a cozy __________5
The ____________6 are illuminated
By the evening sunshine through them
Fiery gems for you
20Only for you

{Refrain}
Our house, is a very, very, very fine house
With two ____________7 in the _____________8
25Life used to be so hard
Now everything is easy 'cause of you

La la la....

30{Refrain}

Repeat the first three lines

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 SWEET DREAMS
by EURHYTHMICS
Грамматика: Passive Voice
5Лексика: материал (стекло, серебро, кожа и т. д.)
Level: intermediate ‘Sweet Dreams (Are Made of
♫ CD track 12 This)’ (or simply ‘Sweet Dreams’)
is a song by pop music duo
Teacher’s notes
Eurythmics (David A. Stewart and
1. Write out and pre-teach the word abuse. Annie Lennox). It is notable as the
10 2. Tell your students they are going to listen to the song which provided the group
song and fill in the gaps with the proper forms of the words in with their breakthrough into
brackets. Play the song. commercial success. On Rolling
3. Discuss the difference between each pair of the Stone's The 500 Greatest Songs of
Some of them sentences. All Time issue in 2003, "Sweet
15 Answer Dreams (Are Made of This)" was
ranked number 356: it was the
Ex. 1 group's only song on the list. The
Sweet dreams are made of this lyrics of the song allude to a
Who am I to disagree? search for fulfillment, and the
I travel the world "Sweet Dreams" are the desires
20And the seven seas-- that motivate us.
Everybody's looking for something. The original recording's main
Some of them want to use you instrumentation featured a
Some of them want to get used by you sequenced analog synthesizer riff,
Some of them want to abuse you which Stewart discovered
accidentally in the studio when he
25Some of them want to be abused.
played a bass track in reverse.
Apart from the synthesizer, the
(Hold your head up--Keep your head up—Movin’ on) arrangement also uses Movement
Systems Drum Computer, piano in
Ex.2 the middle eight, and Lennox's
multitracked harmony vocals.
30a) a glass vase – A vase is made glass.
b) the cotton T-shirts – The T-shirts are made of cotton.
c) a leather jacket – A jacket is made of leather.
d) a silver watch – A watch is made of silver.
e) the plastic pens – The pens are made of plastic.
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 SWEET DREAMS
by EURHYTHMICS
1. Listen and fill in the gaps with the proper forms of the verbs in brackets.
Sweet dreams ____________ (make) of this
5Who am I to disagree?
I travel the world
And the seven seas--
Everybody's looking for something.
Some of them want to ___________ (use) you
10Some of them want to get _________ (use) by you
Some of them want to ___________ (abuse) you
Some of them want to ___________ (abuse).

(Hold your head up--Keep your head up--MOVIN' ON)

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2. Match the objects and material. Use the word box to fill in the gaps. Then
write what these objects are made of (e. g. Sweet dreams are made of this).
Cotton, silver, glass, plastic, leather

20a) a ___________ A vase is made of __________________

b) the __________ The T-shirts are made_______________

c) a____________ A jacket is________________________

d) a___________ A watch__________________________

e) the __________ The______________________________

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 WIND OF CHANGE
by SCORPIONS
Грамматика: причастия настоящего времени
Level: intermediate ‘Wind of Change’ is a 1990 power
ballad written by Klaus Meine,
5 ♫ CD track 13 vocalist of the Scorpions. It
Teacher’s notes appeared on their 1990 album
1. Announce the song. Ask students if they know why Crazy World. The Scorpions were
it is called so. Ask where the story takes place and if a inspired to write this song on a
visit to Moscow in 1989. The
narrator dreams of the wind of changes or he feels it now. lyrics celebrate the political
10Play the song. changes in Eastern Europe at that
2. Check the students’ answers. time – such as the Polish Round
The story takes place in Moscow, Russia (the USSR). Table Agreement and fall of the
The Moskva is the name of the river, and Gorky Park is a Berlin Wall and the clearly
imminent end of the Cold War.
famous amusement park in Moscow. The narrator feels the The band also recorded a Russian-
15wind of change while walking around the city. language version of the song,
3. Give out the worksheets. Explain that to avoid under the title «Ветер Перемен»
repetition in ‘Soldiers <are> passing by and they are listening (Veter Peremen) and a Spanish
version called Vientos de Cambio.
to the wind of change’ the author uses participle listening.
The song is currently the 10th
Ask your students to fill in the gaps with the Present best-selling single of all time in
20participles (V-ing). Germany.
4. Play the song again. Then check the answers.
Lyrics and answers
I follow the Moskva I follow the Moskva
Down to Gorky Park Down to Gorky Park
25Listening to the wind of change Listening to the wind of change
An August summer night 50
Soldiers passing by Refrain 2
Listening to the wind of change Take me to the magic of the moment
On a glory night
30The world is closing in Where the children of tomorrow share their
Did you ever think 55dreams
That we could be so close, like brothers With you and me
The future's in the air Take me to the magic of the moment
I can feel it everywhere On a glory night
35Blowing with the wind of change Where the children of tomorrow dream
60away
Refrain 1 in the wind of change
Take me to the magic of the moment
On a glory night The wind of change
40Where the children of tomorrow dream Blows straight into the face of time
away 65Like a stormwind that will ring the freedom
in the wind of change bell
For peace of mind
Walking down the street Let your balalaika sing
45Distant memories What my guitar wants to say
Are buried in the past forever 70Refrain 2
WIND OF CHANGE
 by SCORPIONS
Listen and fill in the gaps with the present participles (V-ing)

I follow the Moskva Down to Gorky Park

5Down to Gorky Park 30___________ to the wind of change
__________ to the wind of change
An August summer night Refrain 2
Soldiers passing by Take me to the magic of the moment
Listening to the wind of change On a glory night
10 35Where the children of tomorrow
The world is closing in share their dreams
Did you ever think With you and me
That we could be so close, like Take me to the magic of the moment
brothers On a glory night
15The future's in the air 40Where the children of tomorrow
I can feel it everywhere dream away
__________ with the wind of change in the wind of change
Refrain 1
Take me to the magic of the moment The wind of change
20On a glory night 45Blows straight into the face of time
Where the children of tomorrow Like a stormwind that will ring the
dream away freedom bell
in the wind of change For peace of mind
Let your balalaika sing
25___________ down the street 50What my guitar wants to say
Distant memories
Are buried in the past forever Refrain 2
I follow the Moskva

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YAKETY YAK
 by THE COASTERS
Грамматика: повелительное наклонение
Лексика: обязанности, предметы быта (одежда)
Level: начальный, intermediate
5 ♫ CD track 14 ‘Yakety Yak’ is a song written,
Teacher’s notes produced, and arranged by Jerry
Leiber and Mike Stoller for The
1. Tell the students that they are going to listen to a
Coasters and released on Atlantic
song called ‘Yakety Yak’. Elicit / translate the title (blab, Records in 1958, spending seven
waffle). Write out the title and a phrase ‘Don’t talk back’. weeks as number one on
10Elicit the situation. Who might say it? – A teenager and a List of number one rhythm and blu
parent. Why? They are having arguments about the chores. es hits
2. Find out which chores your students have at home. and a week as number one on
Write some of them on the board. the Hot 100 pop list. This song
3. Now complete the first exercise. Check the was one of a string of singles
released by The Coasters between
15answers.
1957 and 1959 that dominated
4. Explain the second task. Play the song. the charts, one of the biggest
5. Give your students time to check the answers in performing acts of the rock and
pairs. Then play the song again. roll era.
6. Asks students to fill in the gaps with mother’s The lyrics describe the listing of
20instructions (ex. 3). Give an example with a help of a picture household chores to a kid,
of scrubbing the floor. Check the answers. presumably a teenager, the
7. Explain the imperatives (both positive and teenager's response (yakety yak)
negative). and the parent's retort (don't talk
back. The serio-comic street-
8. Ask students to find more imperatives.
smart “playlets” etched out by
25 9. Follow up. Ask your students to make a dialogue
the songwriters were sung by the
based on this song. Act it out. Coasters with a sly clowning
Lyrics and answers humor. The screaming saxophone
Ex. 1 a) laundry mat, b) hat, c) room, d) spending of King Curtis filling in hot,
cash, e) broom, f) coat, g) trash, h) kitchen floor honking bursts in the up tempo
doo-wop style.
30 Ex. 2.
Take out the papers and the 1trash And
Or you don't get no 2spending cash when you finish doing that
If you don't scrub that 3kitchen floor Bring in the dog and put out the cat
You ain't gonna rock and roll no more 50Yakety yak
35Yakety yak Don't talk back
Don't talk back
Don't you give me no dirty looks
4
Just finish cleaning up your room Your father's hip, he knows what cooks
Let's see that dust fly with that 5broom 55Just tell your hoodlum friends outside
40Get all that garbage out of sight You ain't got time to take a ride
Or you don't go out Friday night Yakety yak
Yakety yak Don't talk back
Don't talk back
60Yakety yak, yakety yak
45You just put on your 6coat and 7hat Yakety yak, Yakety yak
8
And walk yourself to the laundry mat Yakety yak?
Ex. 4. 1) put on your coat (and hat), 2) take out (the papers) and the trash, 3) walk (yourself)to
the laundry mat, 4) bring in the dog, 5) don’t talk back.
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YAKETY YAK
 by THE COASTERS
1. Match the words and the pictures.
Coat, laundry mat, trash, spending cash, hat, room, kitchen floor, broom

5
a)_____________ b)___________ c)___________ d)__________

e)_____________ f)___________ g)___________ h)__________

2. Listen and fill in the gaps with the words (letters) from ex. 1.
10Take out the papers and the 1______ And when you finish doing that
2
Or you don't get no _____________ Bring in the dog and put out the cat
3
If you don't scrub that ___________ Yakety yak
You ain't gonna rock and roll no more Don't talk back
Yakety yak 30
15Don't talk back Don't you give me no dirty looks
Your father's hip, he knows what
4
Just finish cleaning up your _______ cooks
5
Let's see that dust fly with that ____ Just tell your hoodlum friends outside
Get all that garbage out of sight 35You ain't got time to take a ride
20Or you don't go out Friday night Yakety yak
Yakety yak Don't talk back
Don't talk back
Yakety yak, yakety yak
6 7
You just put on your _____ and ___ 40Yakety yak, Yakety yak
8
25And walk yourself to the _________ Yakety yak
3. Write instructions from the text above

1.________ 2.____________ 3.___________ 4.__________ 5._________

45 ________ _____________ ____________ ___________ __________

YELLOW SUBMARINE
50 by THE BEATLES
 Грамматика: Past Simple (Present Simple review)
Лексика: природные объекты, цвета (повторение)
Level: начальный, intermediate
♫ CD track 15
5 Teacher’s notes
‘Yellow Submarine’ is a 1966 song
1. Ask your students to read the title. Explicate
by The Beatles (credited to
(translate or show the picture) the word ‘submarine’. What do Lennon/McCartney), with lead
they think the song will be about? What colours will be used? vocals by Ringo Starr. Although it
What picture can they think of? Write out the words (the) sun, had previously been released on
10sea, wave and explain them or show some pictures. Play the the Revolver album, it became
song and let your students check their answers. the title song for the 1968
2. Students complete the first task. Check the answers animated United Artists film, also
and practice pronunciation. called Yellow Submarine. It is also
the title for the soundtrack album
3. Tell the students to listen to the song for the
to the film, released as part of
15second time and fill in the gaps (ex. 2). Play the song The Beatles' music catalogue.
again. McCartney was living in Jane
4. Optional activity. Find out what the other verb Asher's parents' house when he
forms are. Why? found the inspiration for the
Answers song: "I was laying in bed in the
Asher's garret... I was thinking of
20 Ex. 1 Was born, told, found, sailed, lived. it as a song for Ringo, which it
Ex. 2 eventually turned out to be, so I
In the town where I was born, wrote it as not too rangey [too
Lived a man who sailed to sea, many notes] in the vocal, then
And he told us of his life started making a story, sort of an
25In the land of submarines. ancient mariner, telling the young
kids where he'd lived. It was
So we sailed up to the sun, pretty much my song as I recall... I
think John helped out. The lyrics
Till we found the sea of green,
got more and more obscure as it
And we lived beneath the waves goes on, but the chorus, melody
30In our yellow submarine. and verses are mine." The song
We all live in a yellow submarine, began as being about different
Yellow submarine, yellow submarine. coloured submarines, but evolved
And our friends are all aboard to include only a yellow one.
Many more of them live next door.
35And the band begins to play.
We all live in a yellow submarine,
Yellow submarine, yellow submarine.
As we live a life of ease,
Everyone of us has all we need,
40Sky of blue and sea of green
In our yellow submarine.
We all live in a yellow submarine,
Yellow submarine, yellow submarine.

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by THE BEATLES
 1. Write the Past Simple forms (there are two regular verbs).
To be born - ________________, tell - ____________, find - ____________,
sail - ____________, live - ____________.
2. Listen to the song. Fill in the proper forms (some verbs are used more
5than once).
In the town where I______________,
_________ a man who _________ to sea,
And he _________ us of his life
In the land of submarines.
10 So we ________ up to the sun,
Till we ________ the sea of green,
And we ________ beneath the waves
In our yellow submarine.
Chorus: We all live in a yellow submarine,
15 Yellow submarine, yellow submarine.
And our friends are all aboard
Many more of them live next door.
And the band begins to play.
Chorus.
20As we live a life of ease,
Everyone of us has all we need,
Sky of blue and sea of green
In our yellow submarine.
Chorus.
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