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Engramme's Weekend with Music #14: Why Not Me (Eric Church) (Listening B2) |
Today's lesson is a tribute, along with the song itself, to the people who lost their lives on the night of October 1, 2017, in the mass shooting incident that took place at the Route 91 Harvest music festival on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada.
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Watch and Listen |
Watch the Video: How does the singer express his feelings about the incident?
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Song Lyrics |
Here Are the Lyrics to the Song: The key words in some of the idioms/expressions used in the song have been gapped. Listen and find out what the missing words are:
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Why you with your long brown hair _______
And you with your tattooed skin
And you from the western Virginia
That you'll never get to see again
As darkness descended the desert
And a bad actor _______ in his play
Why you from Tennessee did life capture
And me from Tennessee ____ _____
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And when the morning sun hit the mountains
And a glorious still calmed the breeze
I asked the God of all knowing ______
Why you and why not me?
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Yeah the lord is my refuge and fortress
My god with whom I _____
But I'll never know why the wicked
Gets to prey on the best of us
Why you full of life and ______
At the top of your lungs so loud
My songs that you sang so sweetly will _____
In my ears forever now
[4]
And when the morning sun hit the mountains
And a glorious still calmed the breeze
I'll ask the God of _______ wisdom
Why you and why not me?
[5]
And every morning when the sun hits the mountain
And a glorious still calms the breeze
I'll ask the God of my ________
Why you and why not me?
Why you and why not me?
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Wish You a Nice Weekend Full of Music & Love! In case you missed any of this week's lesson, you can access them all HERE
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