Robbie Williams and Gary Barlow - Shame

Ex. 1. Listen and match the halves.

1.Well there's three version of this story, A. the Albert hall.

2. And we can put it down to circumstance B. return to sender.
3. Out of sentimental gain C. mine, and yours and then the truth.
4. But it came back D. sweet surrender?
5. I read your mind E. and tried to call,
6. My tears could fill F. I wanted you to feel my pain,
7. Is this the sound of G. our childhood then our youth.

Ex. 2. Listen and number the lines in the correct order.

…………..Oh what a shame.

…………..What a shame we never listened.
…………..People spend a life time this way.
…………..And all that went away was the price we paid.
…………..I told you through the television.

Ex. 3. Listen and number the lines in the correct order.

remember / letter / meant / throwing / poster / high /

surrender /underneath / unkind/ recall /

So I got busy ………………………………..… everybody ………………………….……the bus.

Oh, and with your ……………………..….30 foot at the back of Toy-R-Us.
I wrote a ……………..….in my mind but the words were so ………….……………about a man I can't……………………..
I don't ……………………………..………the reasons why.
I must have………………………..……….them at the time.
Is this the sound of sweet…………………………………?

Text from ex. 2

Words come easy when they're true.
Words come easy when they're true.

So I got ……………… throwing everybody I told you through the television

…………………………….. the bus And all that went away was the price we paid
And with your ……………………………. 30 foot high People spend a lifetime this way
at the back of Toys-R-Us And that’s how they stay
Now we can put it down to circumstance, our Oh what a shame.
childhood then our youth.
People spend a lifetime this way
Oh what a shame
What a shame we never listened
Such a shame, what a shame