You Know I'm No Good
Amy Winehouse · 2006
🎤 Sing along
Sing with the chorus
- I cheated myself
- Like I knew I would
- I told you I was trouble
- You know that I'm no good
Sing it again — final chorus
- I cheated myself
- Like I knew I would
- I told you I was troubled
- Yeah, you know that I'm no good
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:
Meet you downstairs in the bar and hurt
Exercise 8
Translate this line to Portuguese:
'Cause you're my fella, my guy
Exercise 9
Translate this line to Portuguese:
You tear me down like Roger Moore
Exercise 10
Translate this line to Portuguese:
Like I knew I would
Exercise 11
Translate this line to Portuguese:
You know that I'm no good
Exercise 12
Choose the missing word:
Meet you ? in the bar and hurt
Exercise 13
Choose the missing word:
Hand me your ? and fly
Exercise 14
Choose the missing word:
I ? you I was trouble
Exercise 15
Choose the missing word:
Run out to ? your chips and pita
Exercise 16
Choose the missing word:
Lick your ? as I soak my feet
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 "cheated" in the whole song?
"cheated"
Exercise 23
How many times do you hear the word "myself" in the whole song?
"myself"
Exercise 24
Put these three lines in the order they appear in the song:
- Lick your lips as I soak my feet
- Meet you downstairs in the bar and hurt
- This is when my buzzer goes
Exercise 25
And these three — put them in the order they appear in the song:
- I cried for you on the kitchen floor
- Then you notice little carpet burn
- Your rolled up sleeves in your skull T-shirt
Exercise 26
Rewrite the chorus of "You Know I'm No Good" in your own words — keep the meaning but change the style (formal, slang, poetic, whatever you like).
Exercise 27
If you had to summarize "You Know I'm No Good" in one sentence to someone who has never heard it, what would you say?
Exercise 28
What kind of person do you imagine the narrator of "You Know I'm No Good" is? Describe their age, mood, and situation using at least three details from the lyrics.
Exercise 29
Write the full form of each contraction:
you're→i'm→he's→can't→we're→it's→
Exercise 30
Who in your life would you dedicate "You Know I'm No Good" to, and what line captures what you want to say to them?