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A2.1·rock·2:39

Buddy Holly

Weezer · 1994

Buddy Holly by Weezer (1994) — selected for the English-through-music catalog. Use the sing-along prompts and exercises to drill pronunciation, vocabulary, and listening comprehension.

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Lyrics + translation · letras.mus.br

🎤 Sing along

Sing with the chorus

  • I don't care about that
  • Don't you ever fear, I'm always near
  • I know that you need help
  • Your tongue is twisted, your eyes are slit

Sing it again — final chorus

  • I don't care about that
  • I don't care about that
  • Bang, bang, a knock on the door
  • Another big bang and you're down on the floor
don'tcarewhat's

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

What's withhomies, dissing my girl?

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

Why do theyfront?

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

(Andfor all time)

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

Oh-oh, and you're MaryMoore

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

Youris twisted, your eyes are slit

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

What's thebabe, are you feeling sick?

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Why do they gotta front?

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

But you know I'm yours

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Ooh-wee-hoo, I look just like Buddy Holly

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I don't care about that

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I know that you need help

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

What's with ? homies, dissing my girl?

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

But you ? I'm yours

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

Oh-oh, and you're ? Tyler Moore

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

I know that you ? help

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

Don't look now, but I ? my shoe

Exercise 17

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 18

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 19

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 20

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 21

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 22

How many times do you hear the word "don't" in the whole song?

"don't"

Exercise 23

How many times do you hear the word "care" in the whole song?

"care"

Exercise 24

Put these three lines in the order they appear in the song:

  • I know that you need help
  • Oh no! What do we do?
  • What's with these homies, dissing my girl?

Exercise 25

And these three — put them in the order they appear in the song:

  • (And that's for all time)
  • I can't run, and I can't kick
  • Why do they gotta front?

Exercise 26

If you could change the ending of the story told in "Buddy Holly", what would happen instead?

don'tcarewhat'syou're

Exercise 27

Describe the mood of "Buddy Holly" in three adjectives. What part of the song makes you feel that way?

don'tcarewhat'syou're

Exercise 28

Who in your life would you dedicate "Buddy Holly" to, and what line captures what you want to say to them?

don'tcarewhat'syou're

Exercise 29

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • what's→
  • gotta→
  • i'm→
  • you're→
  • that's→
  • don't→

Exercise 30

"Buddy Holly" was released in 1994. Do you think the themes in the song are timeless, or do they feel dated? Give one example from the lyrics.

don'tcarewhat'syou're