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A2.1·soul·3:26

Coming Home

Leon Bridges · 2015

Coming Home by Leon Bridges (2015) — 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

  • Wanna be around, girl
  • Wanna be around, girl
  • Ooh, wanna be around, girl
  • Baby, how I'd be grieving

Echo the hook

  • Baby, baby, baby
  • I'm coming home
  • To your tender sweet loving
  • You're my one and only woman
girlbabyyou're

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

To yoursweet loving

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

Ooh,be around, girl

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

If youto leave me all alone now

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

ByI don't want nobody else

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

To your tenderloving

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

I need yourdarling

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I'm coming home

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

You're the only one that I want

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

By myself, I don't want nobody else

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I need your loving, darling

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Baby, baby, baby

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

To your ? sweet loving

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

Ooh, ? be around, girl

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

By ? I don't want nobody else

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

To your tender ? loving

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

I need your ? darling

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 "girl" in the whole song?

"girl"

Exercise 23

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

"baby"

Exercise 24

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

  • Baby, baby, baby
  • Baby, how I'd be grieving
  • To your tender sweet loving

Exercise 25

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

  • I'm coming home
  • Wanna be around
  • Wanna be around, girl

Exercise 26

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

girlbabyyou'rewant

Exercise 27

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

girlbabyyou'rewant

Exercise 28

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

girlbabyyou'rewant

Exercise 29

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • i'm→
  • you're→
  • wanna→
  • i'd→
  • don't→

Exercise 30

"Coming Home" was released in 2015. Do you think the themes in the song are timeless, or do they feel dated? Give one example from the lyrics.

girlbabyyou'rewant