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Road to Mandalay

by Robbie Williams


Save me from drowning in the sea
Beat me up on the beach
What a lovely holiday
Theres nothing funny left to say

This sombre song would drain the sun
But it won't shine until its sung

No water running in the stream
The saddest place we've ever seen

Everything I touched was golden
Everything I loved got broken
On the Road to Mandalay
Every mistake I've ever made
Has been rehashed and then replayed
As I got lost along the way

[Refrain]

There's nothing left for you to give
The truth is all that you've left with
Twenty paces then at dawn
We will die and be reborn

I like to sleep beneath the trees
Have the universe at one with me
Look down the barrel of a gun
And feel the Moon replace the Sun

Everything we've ever stolen
Has been lost returned or broken
No more dragons left to slay
Every mistake I've ever made
Has been rehashed and then replayed
As I got lost along the way

[Refrain]

Save me from drowning in the sea
Beat me up on the beach
What a lovely holiday
Theres nothing funny left to say

Exercises
By Isabel Pérez

Music link to Radio Blog

1. Complete the gaps with the prepositions you hear.

Save me ____ drowning ______the sea
Beat me ____ ____ the beach
What a lovely holiday
Theres nothing funny left to say

This sombre song would drain the sun
But it won't shine ____ its sung

No water running ___ the stream
The saddest place we've ever seen


2.Unjumble the verses. Then translate the ordered sentences

Everything I loved got broken
On the Road to Mandalay
Everything I touched was golden
Has been rehashed and then replayed
Every mistake I've ever made
As I got lost along the way


3. Try to match the halves without listening to this part of the song, then listen to it and check if you were right. Write the right verses and translate them.

There's nothing left

at dawn

The truth is all
for you to give
Twenty paces then
and be reborn
We will die
that you've left with
I like to sleep
beneath the trees
Have the universe
the barrel of a gun
Look down
at one with me
And feel the Moon
replace the Sun













4. Complete the table with the past simple or past participle forms that you find in the song.

 

Regular verbs

Infinitive / participle or past form

Irregular verbs

Infinitive / participle or past form

  
  
  
  
  
  
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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