VALENTINES DAY

SARA BAREILLES LYRICS

"Love Song"

Head under (1) _________________

And they tell me to breathe easy for a while
The breathing gets(2) _____________, even I know that
Made room for me but it's too soon to see
If I'm happy in your (3) ______________
I'm unusually hard to hold on to
Blank stares at blank (4) ______________
No easy way to say this
You mean well, but you make this hard on me
I'm not gonna (5) _____________ you a love song
'cause you asked for it
'cause you need one, you see
I'm not gonna write you a love song
'cause you tell me it's make or (6) _____________ in this
If you're on your way
I'm not gonna write you to stay
If all you have is leaving I'ma need a better (7) ___________ to write you a love song
today, today
I learned the hard way
That they all say things you want to (8) _______________
And my heavy heart sinks deep down (9) __________ you and your twisted words,
Your help just hurts
You are not what I thought you were
Hello to high and (10) _________
Convinced me to please you
Made me think that I need this too
I'm trying to let you hear me as I am
I'm not (11) ______________ write you a love song
'cause you asked for it
'cause you need one, you see
1 a (12) ___________ song
I'm not gonna write you

'cause you tell me it's make or break in this

If you're on your way
I'm not gonna write you to stay
If all you have is leaving I'ma need a (13) ___________ reason to write you a love song
today
Promise me that you'll leave the light on
To help me see with (14) _______________, my guide, gone
'cause I believe there's a way you can love me
Because I say
I won't write you a love song
'cause you (15) ____________ for it
'cause you need one, you see
I'm not gonna write you a love song
'cause you tell me it's make or break in this
Is that (16) _________ you wanted a love song?
'cause you asked for it
'cause you need one, you see
I'm not gonna write you a love song
'cause you tell me it's make or break in this
If you're on your (17) ___________
I'm not gonna write you to stay
If your heart is nowhere in it
I don't want it for a minute
Babe, I'll walk the seven (18) ________ when I believe that there's a reason to write you a
love song today, today

1. Fill in the gaps

2. What do you think gonna and Ima mean?

3. How many different verbal tenses can you find? Which ones?

4. Match these words and expressions with their meanings:

a. Breathe (L.2)
fail

1. to cause something to succeed or

b. Make room (L.4)

lungs : to inhale and exhale

2. to move air into and out of your

c. hold on to (L.6)
or recorded on in. //

3. Empty, with nothing written, printed

Showing no feeling,

understanding, or interest.
e. blank (L.7)
or money

4. In a difficult situation; without help

f. make or break (L.14)

somebody

5. To keep holding something /

g. sink (L.21)
something

6. to provide space for someone or

h. twisted (L.21)

7. not in or at any place

i. high and dry (L.24)

8. strange and unpleasant : not normal

j. please, v. (L.25)
water, mud, etc.

9. to go down below the surface of

k. nowhere (L.52)
satisfied

10. to make (someone) happy or