“CONVERSATIONS WITH MY

THIRTEEN YEAR OLD SELF” by PINK

A. Listen to the song and complete it. Order the pictures according to the lyrics.
Conversations with my thirteen year old self (x2)
You're _______________
I know this
The world couldn't care less
You're _______________
I feel this
And you wish you were the best
No _______________
Or guidance
And you always walk ____________
You're _______________
At night when
Nobody else is _______________

Come over here and let me hold your hand

and _________________ you darling
I promise you that it won't always feel this bad
There are so many things I want to ______________to you
You're the girl I used to be
You little ________________ thirteen year old me

You're ___________________
But you're hiding
God I know that _______________ too well
You forget
That I've been you
And now I'm just the shell
I _______________
I love you and
Everything will work out fine
Don't try to
Grow up yet
Oh just give it some ____________

The ________________ you feel is real you're not asleep but it's a nightmare
But you can wake up anytime
Oh don't _________________ your passion or the fighter that's inside of you
You're the girl I used to be
The pissed off _____________________ thirteen year old me

Conversations with my thirteen year old self (x2)

Until we meet again
Oh I wish you well oh
I wish you well
Little girl
Until we meet again
Oh I wish you well
Little girl
I wish you well
Until we meet again
My little thirteen year old me help she was (4). She used to (5) when nobody was looking. She would (6) even
B. Complete this text about the song. Use the words below.
advice  cry  changes  thirteen  laugh
lost  hope  care   unhappy  fight
This song is about a woman who is looking back at herself when she was (1). As
almost every 13-year-old she felt very (2) and nobody seemed to (3). Without any
when she felt miserable. In the end, she had no one to talk to.
Now, as she is older, she knows what being a teenager is all about and tries to give
teenage girls some piece of (7) and a message of (8). Even if life seems like a
nightmare sometimes, you should never give up. You should (9) and be confident,
because everything (10) in life - as you will understand better when you’re older.