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A2.2·jazz · pop·3:06

Don't Know Why

Norah Jones · 2002

Don't Know Why by Norah Jones (2002) — 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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🎤 Sing along

Sing with the chorus

  • I don't know why I didn't come
  • I left you by the house of fun
  • I don't know why I didn't come
  • I don't know why I didn't come

Echo the hook

  • My heart is drenched in wine
  • But you'll be on my mind forever
  • Out across the endless sea
  • I will die in ecstasy
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Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

I'til I saw the sun

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

I left you by theof fun

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

Ithat I could fly away

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

Catchingin my hand

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

Butbe on my mind forever

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

My heart isin wine

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I waited 'til I saw the sun

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I left you by the house of fun

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I wished that I could fly away

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I will die in ecstasy

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Something has to make you run

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

I ? 'til I saw the sun

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

I don't ? why I didn't come

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

I ? that I could fly away

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

My ? is drenched in wine

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

Driving down the ? alone

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 "know" in the whole song?

"know"

Exercise 24

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

  • Driving down the road alone
  • I waited 'til I saw the sun
  • Instead of kneeling in the sand

Exercise 25

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

  • But you'll be on my mind forever
  • I don't know why I didn't come
  • My heart is drenched in wine

Exercise 26

Describe the mood of "Don't Know Why" in three adjectives. What part of the song makes you feel that way?

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Exercise 27

Who in your life would you dedicate "Don't Know Why" to, and what line captures what you want to say to them?

don'tknowdidn'theart

Exercise 28

Compare "Don't Know Why" with a Brazilian song you know. Do they share a theme? How do their styles differ?

don'tknowdidn'theart

Exercise 29

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • don't→
  • didn't→
  • you'll→
  • i'll→

Exercise 30

Imagine you are making a short film with "Don't Know Why" as the soundtrack. What scene would you show while the chorus plays?

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