SONG: NINE TO FIVE


 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-gqMpZroy8






1-Listen to the song and try to fill in the gaps with one word each.


life/ ahead /folks /ladder/ yawn/ deserve/ stumble/wallet/ enough/swear  


Tumble out of bed and 1______ to the kitchen

Pour myself a cup of ambition

And 2_______ and stretch and try to come to life

Jump in the shower and the blood starts pumping

Out on the street the traffic starts jumping

With 3_______ like me on the job from nine to five


CHORUS 1


Working nine to five, what a way to make a living

Barely getting by it's all taking and no giving

They just use your mind and they never give you credit

It's 4______  to drive you crazy if you let it

Nine to five for service and devotion

You would think that I would 5 _______a fair promotion

Want to move 6 _______ but the boss won't seem to let me

I 7 _______sometimes that man is out to get me


They let you dream just to watch 'em shatter

You're just a step on the bossman's 8 _______      

But you got dreams he'll never take away


In the same boat with a lot of your friends

Waitin' for the day your ship 'll come in

And the tide's gonna turn an' it's all gonna roll you away


CHORUS 2

 

Workin' nine to five, what a way to make a living
Barely gettin' by, it's all takin' and no givin'
They just use your mind and you never get the credit
It's 9 ________ to drive you crazy if you let it

9 to 5, yeah, they got you where they want you
There's a better 10 ________and you think about it, don't you?

It's a rich man's game, no matter what they call it
And you spend your life putting money in his 11___________


REPEAT CHORUS 2

2-What is the meaning of the expressions in bold? Can you give your own examples?


3-What is to 'pour yourself a cup of ambition'?


4-When do you swear?


5-What makes you stumble? and yawn?


6-What do you think you deserve to get in the future?             

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