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A2.1·rock·4:25

The Joker

Steve Miller Band · 1973

The Joker by Steve Miller Band (1973) — 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

  • I'm a lover and I'm a sinner
  • I play my music in the sun
  • I'm a joker, I'm a smoker
  • I'm a midnight toker

Echo the hook

  • I get my loving on the run
don'tloveydovey

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

Somecall me the space cowboy, yeah

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

'Cause Iof the pompatus of love

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

'Cause I'm aI'm a grinner

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

I'm aI'm a smoker

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

I get myon the run

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

People keepabout me, baby

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

'Cause I speak of the pompatus of love

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Well, don't you worry, baby, don't worry

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I'm a lover and I'm a sinner

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I'm a joker, I'm a smoker

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I get my loving on the run

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

Some ? call me the space cowboy, yeah

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

Say I'm ? you wrong, doing you wrong

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

I ? my music in the sun

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

You're the ? thing that I ever did see

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

I ? don't want to hurt no one

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 "don't" in the whole song?

"don't"

Exercise 23

How many times do you hear the word "lovey" in the whole song?

"lovey"

Exercise 24

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

  • I get my loving on the run
  • I'm a joker, I'm a smoker
  • Some people call me the space cowboy, yeah

Exercise 25

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

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Exercise 26

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

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Exercise 27

If you could ask Steve Miller Band one question about "The Joker", what would it be and why?

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Exercise 28

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • i'm→
  • don't→
  • you're→
  • i'll→

Exercise 29

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

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Exercise 30

Which single word from this song do you think carries the most emotional weight, and why?

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