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A2.1·rock·4:12

Walk of Life

Dire Straits · 1985

Walk of Life by Dire Straits (1985) — 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

  • Oh yeah, the boy can play
  • Dedication, devotion
  • He turnin' all the nighttime into the day
  • The song about the sweet ole lovin' woman

Sing it again — final chorus

  • Oh yeah, the boy can play
  • Dedication, devotion
  • He turnin' all the nighttime into the day
  • The song about the sweet ole lovin' woman
walkjohnnylife

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

Here comesinging oldies, goldies

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

Down in thetrying to make it pay

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

The song about theole lovin' woman

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

Hand me now myshoes

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

He turnin' all theinto the day

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

Here come Johnnyoldies, goldies

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Be-bop-a-lula, baby what I say

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

He got the action, he got the motion

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

He do the song about the knife

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Here come Johnny, gonna tell you a story

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Hmm, you do the walk of life

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

Here come ? singing oldies, goldies

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

Down in the ? trying to make it pay

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

The ? about the sweet ole lovin' woman

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

Hand me now my ? shoes

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

The song about the ? ole lovin' woman

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 "walk" in the whole song?

"walk"

Exercise 23

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

"johnny"

Exercise 24

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

  • He do the song about the knife
  • Here come Johnny singing oldies, goldies
  • Yeah, he do the walk of life

Exercise 25

Describe the mood of "Walk of Life" in three adjectives. What part of the song makes you feel that way?

walkjohnnylifesong

Exercise 26

Who in your life would you dedicate "Walk of Life" to, and what line captures what you want to say to them?

walkjohnnylifesong

Exercise 27

Compare "Walk of Life" with a Brazilian song you know. Do they share a theme? How do their styles differ?

walkjohnnylifesong

Exercise 28

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • gonna→
  • there's→

Exercise 29

Imagine you are making a short film with "Walk of Life" as the soundtrack. What scene would you show while the chorus plays?

walkjohnnylifesong

Exercise 30

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

walkjohnnylifesong