Sunday, November 26, 2006

Song lyrics for the mid-level ESL student: This Must Be the Place

I'm on a quest for sweet, cute song lyrics, as most of the lyrics I know are dark, ominous, weird, confusing, or in a different language.  Then I remembered my favorite Talking Heads song, "This must be the Place (Naive Melody)"!

Talking Heads, This Must be the Place (Naive Melody)


 Home is where I want to be
 Pick me up and turn me round
 I feel numb - burn with a weak heart
 (So I) guess I must be having fun
 The less we say about it the better
 Make it up as we go along
 Feet on the ground
 Head in the sky
 It's ok I know nothing's wrong . . nothing
 
 Hi yo I got plenty of time
 Hi yo you got light in your eyes
 And you're standing here beside me
 I love the passing of time
 Never for money
 Always for love
 Cover up + say goodnight . . . say goodnight
 
 Home - is where I want to be
 But I guess I'm already there
 I come home - -she lifted up her wings
 Guess that this must be the place
 I can't tell one from another
 Did I find you, or you find me?
 There was a time Before we were born
 If someone asks, this where I'll be . . . where I'll be
 
 Hi yo We drift in and out
 Hi yo sing into my mouth
 Out of all tose kinds of people
 You got a face with a view
 I'm just an animal looking for a home
 Share the same space for a minute or two
 And you love me till my heart stops
 Love me till I'm dead
 Eyes that light up, eyes look through you
 Cover up the blank spots
 Hit me on the head Ah ooh


1 Comments:

At January 07, 2007 2:33 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

this seems like a great idea, but how do you use this in class. how do you implement them for the students to benefit from them?

 

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