"The Show" (by Lenka) Fill-in-the-Blanks Worksheet & Lyrics
ESL Level: Pre-Intermediate (good for junior high or high school students)
Worksheet Focus: Listening
Worksheet Description: This is a simple fill-in-the-blanks (gap fill) worksheet for The Show, a nice song by Lenka. Generally, the blanks replace simple words such as "sun", "sky", etc. I have used this worksheet with my advanced group of Japanese Jr. High ESL students (mostly girls). They really liked the song. The song is fairly slow and many of its parts repeat, so the worksheet was not difficult.
Worksheet Download: Lenka-The-Show-Worksheet-ESL.doc
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The Show (Lenka) Lyrics
Here are the lyrics in case you can't identify them from the song.
"The Show"
I'm just a little bit caught in the middle
Life is a maze and love is a riddle
I don't know where to go I can't do it alone I've tried
And I don't know why
Slow it down
Make it stop
Or else my heart is going to pop
'Cause it's too much
Yeah, it's a lot
To be something I'm not
I'm a fool
Out of love
'Cause I just can't get enough
I'm just a little bit caught in the middle
Life is a maze and love is a riddle
I don't know where to go I can't do it alone I've tried
And I don't know why
I'm just a little girl lost in the moment
I'm so scared but I don't show it
I can't figure it out
It's bringing me down I know
I've got to let it go
And just enjoy the show
The sun is hot
In the sky
Just like a giant spotlight
The people follow the sign
And synchronize in time
It's a joke
Nobody knows
They've got a ticket to that show
Yeah
I'm just a little bit caught in the middle
Life is a maze and love is a riddle
I dont know where to go I can't do it alone I've tried
And I don't know why
I'm just a little girl lost in the moment
I'm so scared but I don't show it
I can't figure it out
It's bringing me down I know
I've got to let it go
And just enjoy the show
Just enjoy the show
I'm just a little bit caught in the middle
Life is a maze and love is a riddle
I dont know where to go I can't do it alone I've tried
And I don't know why
I'm just a little girl lost in the moment
I'm so scared but I don't show it
I can't figure it out
It's bringing me down I know
I've got to let it go
And just enjoy the show
dum de dum
dudum de dum
Just enjoy the show
dum de dum
dudum de dum
Just enjoy the show
I want my money back
I want my money back
I want my money back
Just enjoy the show
I want my money back
I want my money back
I want my money back
Just enjoy the show
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Enjoy the gap-fill worksheet and the song!
- Matthew Barton / Englishcurrent.com