Easy
Lionel Richie · 1977
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Sing with the chorus
- That's why I'm easy
- I'm easy like Sunday mornin', yeah
- That's why I'm easy, so easy
- I'm easy like Sunday mornin'
Sing it again — final chorus
- That's why I'm easy
- Easy like Sunday mornin'
- Whoa, that's why I'm easy, so easy
- Yes, I'm easy like Sunday mornin'
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:
Girl, I'm leaving you tomorrow
Exercise 8
Translate this line to Portuguese:
That's why I'm easy
Exercise 9
Translate this line to Portuguese:
That's why I'm easy, so easy
Exercise 10
Translate this line to Portuguese:
I've paid my dues to make it
Exercise 11
Translate this line to Portuguese:
I wanna be high, so high
Exercise 12
Choose the missing word:
Girl, I'm ? you tomorrow
Exercise 13
Choose the missing word:
I'm ? like Sunday mornin', yeah
Exercise 14
Choose the missing word:
I've ? my dues to make it
Exercise 15
Choose the missing word:
I wanna be ? just me, oh, baby
Exercise 16
Choose the missing word:
Whoa, ? why I'm easy, so easy
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 "easy" in the whole song?
"easy"
Exercise 23
How many times do you hear the word "mornin'" in the whole song?
"mornin'"
Exercise 24
Put these three lines in the order they appear in the song:
- Girl, I'm leaving you tomorrow
- I've paid my dues to make it
- Now play it right here for me
Exercise 25
And these three — put them in the order they appear in the song:
- That's why I'm easy
- That's why I'm easy, so easy
- You see I begged, stole and I borrowed
Exercise 26
Describe the mood of "Easy" in three adjectives. What part of the song makes you feel that way?
Exercise 27
Who in your life would you dedicate "Easy" to, and what line captures what you want to say to them?
Exercise 28
Compare "Easy" 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:
can't→i'm→i've→that's→wanna→
Exercise 30
Imagine you are making a short film with "Easy" as the soundtrack. What scene would you show while the chorus plays?