Demo mode — real UI, fake students. Buttons show a preview toast instead of saving.

Back to demo dashboard
← Back to dashboard
A2.2·rock·5:32

Carry On Wayward Son

Kansas · 1976

Carry On Wayward Son by Kansas (1976) — selected for the English-through-music catalog. Use the sing-along prompts and exercises to drill pronunciation, vocabulary, and listening comprehension.

💡 Click the CC button on the player for synced captions.

⏱ Timestamps may not be synchronized — edit them via Personalize on the Songs menu.

Lyrics + translation · letras.mus.br

🎤 Sing along

Sing with the chorus

  • Carry on my wayward son
  • There'll be peace when you are done
  • Lay your weary head to rest
  • Don't you cry no more

Sing it again — final chorus

  • Carry on, my wayward son
  • There'll be peace when you are done
  • Lay your weary head to rest
  • Don't you cry no more
carrydon'twayward

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

Carry on myson

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

Lay yourhead to rest

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

I wasever higher

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

Myis the event of the season

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

I set afor winds of fortune

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

Carry on, none canthe splendor

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

There'll be peace when you are done

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Once I rose above the noise and confusion

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

But I flew too high

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I can hear them say

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I set a course for winds of fortune

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

Carry on my ? son

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

Just to get a ? beyond this illusion

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

Lay your weary ? to rest

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

Tossed about, I'm like a ? on the ocean

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

Carry on, ? can equal the splendor

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 "carry" in the whole song?

"carry"

Exercise 23

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

"don't"

Exercise 24

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

  • Carry on, you will always remember
  • It surely means that I don't know
  • There'll be peace when you are done

Exercise 25

"Carry On Wayward Son" was released in 1976. Do you think the themes in the song are timeless, or do they feel dated? Give one example from the lyrics.

carrydon'twaywardthere'll

Exercise 26

Imagine you are making a short film with "Carry On Wayward Son" as the soundtrack. What scene would you show while the chorus plays?

carrydon'twaywardthere'll

Exercise 27

The singer makes a claim or statement in this song. Do you agree with it? Use evidence from the lyrics to support your answer.

carrydon'twaywardthere'll

Exercise 28

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • don't→
  • i'm→

Exercise 29

If you could ask Kansas one question about "Carry On Wayward Son", what would it be and why?

carrydon'twaywardthere'll

Exercise 30

Describe the mood of "Carry On Wayward Son" in three adjectives. What part of the song makes you feel that way?

carrydon'twaywardthere'll