Austin
Dasha · 2023
🎤 Sing along
Sing with the chorus
- Did your boots stop workin'?
- Did your truck break down? (Truck break down)
- Did you burn through money?
- Did your ex find out? (Ex find out)
Echo the hook
- Drunk washed up in Austin
- A hell of a bluff, you had me believin'
- How many months did you plan on leavin'?
- What happened? Bad habits?
Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory
Exercises
Exercise 1
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Exercise 2
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Exercise 3
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Exercise 4
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Exercise 5
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Exercise 6
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Exercise 7
Translate this line to Portuguese:
Did you burn through money?
Exercise 8
Translate this line to Portuguese:
Just wish I knew what caused it
Exercise 9
Translate this line to Portuguese:
Did the nerves come get you?
Exercise 10
Translate this line to Portuguese:
And that's where you'll be forgotten
Exercise 11
Translate this line to Portuguese:
How many months did you plan on leavin'?
Exercise 12
Choose the missing word:
Sat ? alone, all throughout the morn 'til I
Exercise 13
Choose the missing word:
Where ? a will, then there's a way
Exercise 14
Choose the missing word:
Did the ? come get you?
Exercise 15
Choose the missing word:
A ? of a bluff, you had me believin'
Exercise 16
Choose the missing word:
Did your truck ? down? (Truck break down)
Exercise 17
Put the words in the right order:
Exercise 18
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Exercise 19
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Exercise 20
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Exercise 21
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Exercise 22
How many times do you hear the word "truck" in the whole song?
"truck"
Exercise 23
How many times do you hear the word "break" in the whole song?
"break"
Exercise 24
Put these three lines in the order they appear in the song:
- Did your boots stop workin'?
- I made my way back to LA
- Where there's a will, then there's a way
Exercise 25
And these three — put them in the order they appear in the song:
- Did you go back? Go batshit?
- Did your truck break down? (Truck break down)
- Just wish I knew what caused it
Exercise 26
The singer makes a claim or statement in this song. Do you agree with it? Use evidence from the lyrics to support your answer.
Exercise 27
If you had to summarize "Austin" in one sentence to someone who has never heard it, what would you say?
Exercise 28
Compare "Austin" with a Brazilian song you know. Do they share a theme? How do their styles differ?
Exercise 29
Write the full form of each contraction:
it's→i'd→you'd→weren't→i'll→there's→
Exercise 30
Which single word from this song do you think carries the most emotional weight, and why?