Demo mode — real UI, fake students. Buttons show a preview toast instead of saving.

Back to demo dashboard
← Back to dashboard
B1.1·rock·4:40

You Can Call Me Al

Paul Simon · 1986

You Can Call Me Al by Paul Simon (1986) — selected for the English-through-music catalog. Use the sing-along prompts and exercises to drill pronunciation, vocabulary, and listening comprehension.

💡 Click the CC button on the player for synced captions.

⏱ Timestamps may not be synchronized — edit them via Personalize on the Songs menu.

Lyrics + translation · letras.mus.br

🎤 Sing along

Sing with the chorus

  • If you'll be my bodyguard
  • I can be your long-lost pal
  • I can call you Betty
  • And Betty, when you call me

Sing it again — final chorus

  • If you'll be my bodyguard
callbettyyou'll

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

A mandown the street

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

You know, I don't find thisamusing anymore

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

He says, "Why am Iof attention?

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

Heback down the alley

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

It's ain a strange world

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

Heno currency

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Why am I soft in the middle?

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I want a shot at redemption

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I can be your long-lost pal

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

And Betty, when you call me

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

He says, "Why am I short of attention?

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

A man ? down the street

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

Far away, my ? door

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

And ? when you call me

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

He ? back down the alley

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

Maybe it's his ? time around

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 "call" in the whole song?

"call"

Exercise 23

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

"betty"

Exercise 24

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

  • A man walks down the street
  • And whoa, my nights are so long
  • Maybe it's his first time around

Exercise 25

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

  • He is surrounded by the sound, sound
  • There were hints and allegations
  • Why am I soft in the middle?

Exercise 26

Rewrite the chorus of "You Can Call Me Al" in your own words — keep the meaning but change the style (formal, slang, poetic, whatever you like).

callbettyyou'llbodyguard

Exercise 27

If you had to summarize "You Can Call Me Al" in one sentence to someone who has never heard it, what would you say?

callbettyyou'llbodyguard

Exercise 28

What kind of person do you imagine the narrator of "You Can Call Me Al" is? Describe their age, mood, and situation using at least three details from the lyrics.

callbettyyou'llbodyguard

Exercise 29

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • don't→
  • you'll→
  • it's→
  • doesn't→

Exercise 30

Who in your life would you dedicate "You Can Call Me Al" to, and what line captures what you want to say to them?

callbettyyou'llbodyguard