2A SONG Just Like a Pill

a Listen to the song and cross out the extra word in each line.

b Listen to the song again with the

Just Like a Pill lyrics. Find words in the song which
mean the following:
Verse 1
1 a piece of equipment which keeps
1 Im lying down here on the floor where you left me
2 I think I just took too much
you alive when you cant breathe
3 Im crying out here, what have you done?
4 I thought it would be great fun 2 a feeling on your skin which makes
you want to scratch
Chorus
5 I cant stay here on your life support, theres a
shortage in the switch 3 an idiom which means a place which
6 I cant stay on your morphine, cos its really making is a long way away from other
me itch buildings or towns
7 I said I tried to call the nurse again but shes being a
real little witch
4 annoyed and impatient because you
8 I think Ill get right outta here, where I can
cant do what you want
9 Run just as fast as I possibly can
10 Run to the middle of nowhere
11 Get to the middle of my frustrated fears 5 say that something is definitely true
12 And I swear that youre just like a pill
13 Instead of making me feel better you keep making
me ill
You keep making me ill

Verse 2 GLOSSARY
14 I havent moved yet from the spot where you left me (electrical) shortage = short circuit
15 This must be a very bad trip cos = short form of because
16 All of the other pills, they were so different morphine = a powerful drug made from
17 Maybe I should get some help now opium used to reduce pain
outta = out of
Chorus bad trip (NAmE, informal) = a bad
experience related to taking drugs

SONG FACTS
This song was American singer Pinks first number 1
hit in the UK in 2002.The lyrics of the song are about
trying to get out of a difficult relationship, using the
metaphor of a patient being in hospital and dependent
on the medication and equipment there. It also deals
with Pinks own problems with drugs.

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 3A SONG The Airplane Song

a Listen to the song and write the

The Airplane Song missing words. Use the clues in
brackets to help you.
Shes a 1 strawberry milkshake (a type of fruit)
Shes as 2 as a peach (an adjective) b Read the lyrics with the glossary
But shes ice cold
and answer the questions.
She never told me she was leaving
She left on a 3 (a day of the week) 1 Whats the relationship between
I went out for the day the singer and the girl?
And she left for the 4 (a period of time) 2 Whats happened?
She never told me she was leaving
3 How does he feel about her?
Chorus 4 What would he like her to do?
So get yourself on my aeroplane, cos its been far too long
since you went away (x 2)
5 What promises does he make to
Shes so 5 (an adjective)
her?
She left last 6 (a month)
And thats the reason I miss you so

Shes a 7 creation (an adjective)

She hit the road, but the road hit back
Nobody told me youre an 8 (a place)
I will wait for a 9
(a period of time)
Ive been 10 the days since you left one-way (a verb)
Nobody reaches her island

Chorus

So give me a 11 (a noun meaning opportunity)

I want you to know
I wont love you and leave you
And then let you go
I need to sort 12 out (a reflexive pronoun)
Can somebody 13 me the way? (a verb)
And nobody knows the way (x 3)
And nobody knows theres a way
Nobody knows

You gotta give me a chance

And say youll 14 (a verb phrase)
I wont love you and leave you
And then 15 (an idiom)
Youre always hard on yourself

But nobody knows theres a way

And nobody knows the way (x 3)
And nobody knows theres a way
Nobody knows the right way

Chorus
GLOSSARY
And get yourself on the aeroplane, cos its been far too long hit the road = (informal) start a journey
since you went away gotta = have got to / have to
Get yourself on the aeroplane, cos its been far too long since sort myself out = to solve my problems
you went away (x 6)

SONG FACTS
This song appears on the 2007 album Scouting for
Girls and it spent 60 weeks in the UK charts in 2008.
This three-piece English band met while they were
boy scouts and still at school.

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