Cliff Richard - Summer Holiday

We're all going on a summer holiday.
No more working for a week or two.
Fun and laughter on a summer holiday.
No more worries for me and you.
For a week or two.

We're going where the sun shines brightly.
We're going where the sea is blue.
We've seen it in the movies.
Now let's see if it's true.

Everybody has a summer holiday
Doing things they always wanted to.
So we're going on a summer holiday
To make our dreams come true
For me and you.

We're going where the sun shines brightly.
We're going where the sea is blue.
We've seen it in the movies.
Now let's see if it's true.

Everybody has a summer holiday
Doing things they always wanted to.
So we're going on a summer holiday
To make our dreams come true
For me and you.
Hmmmmmm, hmmmmmmm...
Hmmmmmm, hmmmmmmm...
Hmmmmmm, hmmmmmmm...

Tom's Diner by Suzanne Vega

Lots of Present continuous and other tenses.
And it's easy to understand!



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0rfun22H9Y&feature=related

I am sitting In the morning
At the diner On the corner

I am waiting At the counter
For the man To pour the coffee

And he fills it Only halfway
And before I even argue

He is looking Out the window
At somebody Coming in

"It is always Nice to see you"
Says the man Behind the counter

To the woman Who has come in
She is shaking Her umbrella

And I look The other way
As they are kissing Their hellos

I'm pretending Not to see them
Instead I pour the milk

I open Up the paper
There's a story Of an actor

Who had died While he was drinking
It was no one I had heard of

And I'm turning To the horoscope
And looking For the funnies

When I'm feeling Someone watching me
And so I raise my head

There's a woman On the outside
Looking inside Does she see me?

No she does not Really see me
Cause she sees Her own reflection

And I'm trying Not to notice
That she's hitching Up her skirt

And while she's Straightening her stockings
Her hair Has gotten wet

Oh, this rain It will continue
Through the morning As I'm listening

To the bells Of the cathedral
I am thinking Of your voice...

And of the midnight picnic
Once upon a time
Before the rain began...

I finish up my coffee
It's time to catch the train

Music+Lyrics

Listen to the song and read the lyrics at the same time!
http://www.lyricsmode.com/

(You may have to scroll down to start the actual video - and you might wanna ignore the scientology ads :S)

source: tanarblog.org

Shakira ~ Objection Tango

Fill in the gaps with the correct form of the word in brackets, or a preposition (dotted line).

It's not her fault that she's so _________ (resist)
But all the damage she's caused is ____________ (fix)
Every twenty seconds you repeat her name
But when it comes ……… me you don't care
If I'm _______ (live) or ________ (die)

So ___________ (object) I don't wanna be the __________ (except)
To get a bit ……… your __________ (attend)
I love you ……… free and I'm not your mother
But you don't even bother

___________ (object) I'm tired ……… this triangle
Got dizzy dancing tango
I'm falling ………… in your hands again
No way I've got to get …………

Next ……… her cheap silicon I look _________ (minimum)
That's why in front ……… your eyes I'm ___________ (visible)
But you gotta know small things also count
You better put your feet ……… the ground
And see what it's all about

__________ (object) I don't wanna be the _________ (except)
To get a bit ……… your _________ (attend)
I love you ……… free and I'm not your mother
But you don't even bother

____________ (object) the angles ……… this triangle
Got dizzy dancing tango
I'm falling ……… in your hands again
No way...no no no no no

I wish there was a chance ……… you and me
I wish you couldn't find a place ……… be
………… from here

This is pathetic and sardonic
It's sadistic and psychotic
Tango is not ……… three
Was never meant ……… be

But you can try it
Rehearse it
Or train like a horse it
But don't you count …… me
Don't you count ……… me boy

So __________ (object) I don't wanna be the _________ (except)
To get a bit …… your _________ (attend)
I love you …… free and I'm not your mother
But you don't even bother

So ___________ (object) I'm tired ……… this triangle
Got dizzy dancing tango
I'm falling ……… in your hands again
No way I've got to get ………

I'm falling ……… in your hands again
No way I've got to get …………
Get ………, get …………, hey hey hey get ……… hey hey

I'm falling ………… in your hands again
get ………… hey hey get ………… he heyyy

get …………!

The Beautiful South - Rotterdam

And the women tug their hair
Like they’re trying to prove it won’t fall out
And all the men are gargoyles
Dipped long in Irish stout

The whole place is pickled
The people are pickles for sure
And no-one knows if they’ve done more here
Than they ever would do in a jar

This could be Rotterdamor anywhere
Liverpool or Rome
’cause Rotterdam is anywhere
Anywhere alone x2

And everyone is blonde
And everyone is beautiful
And when blondes and beautiful are multiple
They become so dull and dutiful

And when faced with dull and dutiful
They fire red warning flares
Battle-khaki personality
With red underwear

This could be Rotterdam or anywhere
Liverpool or Rome
’cause Rotterdam is anywhere
Anywhere alone x2

The whole place is pickled
...

This could be rotterdam or anywhere
...

Green Day - Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life)

Another turning point;
a fork stuck in the road.
Time grabs you by the wrist;
directs you where to go.
So make the best of this test
and don't ask why.
It's not a question
but a lesson learned in time.

It's something unpredictable
but in the end it's right.
I hope you had the time of your life.

So take the photographs
and still frames in your mind.
Hang it on a shelf
In good health and good time.
Tattoos of memories
and dead skin on trial.
For what it's worth,
it was worth all the while.

[chorus]

Coldplay - Yellow

Look at the stars,
Look how they shine for you,
And everything you do,
Yeah they were all yellow,

I came along
I wrote a song for you
And all the things you do
And it was called yellow

So then I took my turn
Oh all the things I've done
And it was all yellow

Your skin
Oh yeah your skin and bones
Turn into something beautiful
D'you know you know I love you so
You know I love you so

I swam across
I jumped across for you
Oh all the things you do
Cause you were all yellow

I drew a line
I drew a line for you
Oh what a thing to do
And it was all yellow

Your skin
Oh yeah your skin and bones
Turn into something beautiful
D'you know for you I bleed myself dry
For you I bleed myself dry

It's true look how they shine for you
look how they shine for you x4

look how they shine
look at the stars look how they shine for you

Pink Floyd - Another Brick in the Wall

You! Yes, you! Stand still laddy!
When we grew up and went to school
There were certain teachers who would
Hurt the children anyway they could
By pouring their derision
Upon anything we did
Exposing every weakness
However carefully hidden by the kids

What have we here laddie?
Mysterious scribblings? A secret code?
No - poems, no less - poems everybody!
The laddie recons himself a poet!
"Money gets back
I'm all right Jack
Keep your hands off my stack
New car, Caviar,
Four star daydream twinkle by me
A football team"
Absolute rubbish, laddie!
(smack!)
Get on with your work!
Repeat after me:
An acre is the area of a rectangle......

But in the town it was well known
When they got home at night their fat and
Psychopathic wives would thrash them
Within inches of their lives

We don't need no education
We don't need no thought control
No dark sarcasm in the classroom
Teacher leave the kids alone
Hey teacher leave the kids alone!
All in all it's just another brick in the wall
All in all you're just another brick in the wall

The Cranberries - Just my Imagination

There was a game we used to play
We would hit the town on friday night
And stay in bed until Sunday
We used to be so free
We were living for the love we had and
Living not for reality

It was just my imagination x3
There was a time I used to pray
I have always kept my faith in love
It's the greatest thing from the man above
The game I used to play
I've always put my cards upon the table
Let it never be said that I'd be unstable

It was just my imagination x3

There is a game I like to play
I like to hit the town on friday night
And stay in bed until Sunday
We'll always be this free
We will be living for the love we have
Living not for reality

It's not my imagination x3
Not my x18

The Cranberries - Animal Instinct

Suddenly something has happened to me
As I was having my cup of tea
Suddenly I was feeling depressed
I was utterly and totally stressed
Do you know you made me cry
Do you know you made me die

And the thing that gets to me
Is you'll never really see
And the thing that freaks me out
Is I'll always be in doubt
It is a lovely thing that we have
It is a lovely thing that we
It is a lovely thing, the animal
The animal instinct

So take my hands and come with me
We will change reality
So take my hands and we will pray
They won't take you away
They will never make me cry, no
They will never make me die
And the thing that gets to me
Is you'll never really see
And the thing that freaks me out
Is I'll always be in doubt

The animal, the animal,
The animal instinct in me
It's the animal, the animal,
The animal instinct in me
It's the animal, it's the animal,
It's the animal instinct in me x2