Fly Like an Eagle
Steve Miller Band · 1976
🎤 Sing along
Sing with the chorus
- Time keeps on slippin', slippin', slippin'
- Into the future
- Time keeps on slippin', slippin', slippin'
- Into the future
Echo the hook
- 'Til I'm free
- Oh Lord, through the revolution
- Feed the babies
- Who don't have enough to eat
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:
I wanna fly like an eagle
Exercise 8
Translate this line to Portuguese:
'Til I'm free
Exercise 9
Translate this line to Portuguese:
Into the future
Exercise 10
Translate this line to Portuguese:
Oh Lord, through the revolution
Exercise 11
Translate this line to Portuguese:
Who don't have enough to eat
Exercise 12
Choose the missing word:
Time ? on slippin', slippin', slippin'
Exercise 13
Choose the missing word:
I ? fly like an eagle
Exercise 14
Choose the missing word:
I ? to fly like an eagle
Exercise 15
Choose the missing word:
With no ? on their feet
Exercise 16
Choose the missing word:
Fly like an eagle, let my ? carry me
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 "slippin'" in the whole song?
"slippin'"
Exercise 23
How many times do you hear the word "eagle" in the whole song?
"eagle"
Exercise 24
Put these three lines in the order they appear in the song:
- Into the future
- Time keeps on slippin', slippin', slippin'
- With no shoes on their feet
Exercise 25
Rewrite the chorus of "Fly Like an Eagle" in your own words — keep the meaning but change the style (formal, slang, poetic, whatever you like).
Exercise 26
If you had to summarize "Fly Like an Eagle" in one sentence to someone who has never heard it, what would you say?
Exercise 27
What kind of person do you imagine the narrator of "Fly Like an Eagle" is? Describe their age, mood, and situation using at least three details from the lyrics.
Exercise 28
Write the full form of each contraction:
wanna→i'm→don't→there's→
Exercise 29
Who in your life would you dedicate "Fly Like an Eagle" to, and what line captures what you want to say to them?
Exercise 30
The singer makes a claim or statement in this song. Do you agree with it? Use evidence from the lyrics to support your answer.