Rich Girl
Hall & Oates · 1976
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Sing with the chorus
- Get you too far
- Don't you know, don't you know
- That it's wrong to take what is given you?
- So far gone, on your own
Sing it again — final chorus
- Get you too far
- High and dry, out of the rain
- It's so easy to hurt others when you can't feel pain
- And don't you know that a love can't grow, ooh
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:
'Cause you know it don't matter anyway
Exercise 8
Translate this line to Portuguese:
Get you too far
Exercise 9
Translate this line to Portuguese:
But you'll never be strong 'cause
Exercise 10
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And you say
Exercise 11
Translate this line to Portuguese:
So far gone, on your own
Exercise 12
Choose the missing word:
You're a ? girl, and you've gone too far
Exercise 13
Choose the missing word:
You can rely on the old ? money
Exercise 14
Choose the missing word:
Say ? but it won't get you too far
Exercise 15
Choose the missing word:
But ? never be strong 'cause
Exercise 16
Choose the missing word:
Say money, but it ? get you too far
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 "girl" in the whole song?
"girl"
Exercise 23
How many times do you hear the word "money" in the whole song?
"money"
Exercise 24
Put these three lines in the order they appear in the song:
- 'Cause you know it don't matter anyway
- Say money, money won't get you too far
- You can rely on the old man's money
Exercise 25
Which single word from this song do you think carries the most emotional weight, and why?
Exercise 26
"Rich Girl" was released in 1976. Do you think the themes in the song are timeless, or do they feel dated? Give one example from the lyrics.
Exercise 27
Imagine you are making a short film with "Rich Girl" as the soundtrack. What scene would you show while the chorus plays?
Exercise 28
Write the full form of each contraction:
you're→you've→don't→it's→won't→you'll→
Exercise 29
What kind of person do you imagine the narrator of "Rich Girl" is? Describe their age, mood, and situation using at least three details from the lyrics.
Exercise 30
If you could change the ending of the story told in "Rich Girl", what would happen instead?