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Interstate Love Song

Stone Temple Pilots · 1994

Interstate Love Song by Stone Temple Pilots (1994) — 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

  • Leavin' on a southern train
  • Only yesterday you lied
  • Promises of what I seemed to be
  • Only watched the time go by

Echo the hook

  • You lied
  • Goodbye
  • Leavin' on a southern train
  • Only yesterday
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Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

On aafternoon

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

For what I readthe lines

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

So do youor does it cry

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

Onlyyou lied

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

Onlythe time go by

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

Is thething to do

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

For what I read between the lines

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Only yesterday you lied

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

All of these things you've said to me

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

On a Sunday afternoon

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Leavin' on a southern train

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

On a ? afternoon

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

Like a ? in rusted shame

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

Leavin' on a ? train

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

Only ? the time go by

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

Is the ? thing to do

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 "lied" in the whole song?

"lied"

Exercise 23

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

  • All of these things you've said to me
  • Leavin' on a southern train
  • On a Sunday afternoon

Exercise 24

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

  • For what I read between the lines
  • Is the hardest thing to do
  • Promises of what I seemed to be

Exercise 25

Rewrite the chorus of "Interstate Love Song" in your own words — keep the meaning but change the style (formal, slang, poetic, whatever you like).

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Exercise 26

If you had to summarize "Interstate Love Song" in one sentence to someone who has never heard it, what would you say?

liedleavin'southerntrain

Exercise 27

What kind of person do you imagine the narrator of "Interstate Love Song" is? Describe their age, mood, and situation using at least three details from the lyrics.

liedleavin'southerntrain

Exercise 28

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • you've→
  • i've→
  • that's→

Exercise 29

Who in your life would you dedicate "Interstate Love Song" to, and what line captures what you want to say to them?

liedleavin'southerntrain

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.

liedleavin'southerntrain