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Lucky Man

The Verve · 1997

Lucky Man by The Verve (1997) — 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

  • Oh, my, my
  • Happiness, coming and going
  • I watch you look at me, and watch my fever grow
  • And I know just where I am

Echo the hook

  • It's life, it's life, it's life
  • It's life, it's life, it's life
  • It's life, it's life, it's life
it'sknowlife

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

Happiness,and going

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

But how manydo I have to turn?

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

How manydo I have to learn

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

Happiness,in my own place

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

We got a love thatdies

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

I got a lovenever die

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

And I know just where I am

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

But I'm a lucky man

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

And I know just who I am

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

You know, you know, you know, you know

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

We got a love that never dies

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

It's ? it's life, it's life

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

And I ? just where I am

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

But I'm a ? man

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

Happiness, ? in my own place

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

We got a love that ? dies

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 "it's" in the whole song?

"it's"

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:

  • Happiness, coming and going
  • It's life, it's life, it's life
  • Oh, my, my

Exercise 25

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

it'sknowlifesomething

Exercise 26

Compare "Lucky Man" with a Brazilian song you know. Do they share a theme? How do their styles differ?

it'sknowlifesomething

Exercise 27

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

it'sknowlifesomething

Exercise 28

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • it's→
  • i'm→
  • don't→

Exercise 29

The singer makes a claim or statement in this song. Do you agree with it? Use evidence from the lyrics to support your answer.

it'sknowlifesomething

Exercise 30

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

it'sknowlifesomething