Buddy Reading Song of the Week - Week 5

Each week a new song video with the lyrics will be linked to this post.

Your task is to get together with a buddy, grab a worksheet from the Buddy Reading on the wall and work through it together for the 

'Song of The Week.' 

This will mean listening to the video below, reading the lyrics below the video and then answering the questions and completing the tasks on the sheet.

"Family Portrait"

(By Pink)

Momma please stop crying, I can't stand the sound

Your pain is painful and it's tearin' me down

I hear glasses breaking as I sit up in my bed

I told God you didn't mean those nasty things you said

You fight about money, 'bout me and my brother

And this I come home to, this is my shelter

It ain't easy growing up in World War III

Never knowing what love could be

You'll see

I don't want love to destroy me like it has done my family

Can we work it out? (Can we?) Can we be a family? (Can we?)

I promise I'll be better (I promise), Mommy I'll do anything (I'll do anything)

Can we work it out? Can we be a family?

I promise I'll be better, Daddy please don't leave

Daddy please stop yelling (Stop), I can't stand the sound (Can't stand the sound)

Make mama stop crying, 'cause I need you around

My mama she loves you, no matter what she says it's true

I know that she hurts you, but remember I love you, too

I ran away today, ran from the noise, ran away (Ran away)

Don't wanna go back to that place, but don't have no choice, no way

It ain't easy growing up in World War III

Never knowing what love could be

Well I've seen

I don't want love to destroy me like it did my family

Can we work it out? (Can we work it?) Can we be a family?

I promise I'll be better, Mommy I'll do anything

(I promise I'll do anything to keep you there)

Can we work it out? Can we be a family?

I promise I'll be better (I promise, I promise), Daddy please don't leave

In our family portrait (In our family portrait) we look pretty happy (We look pretty happy)

Let's play pretend, let's act like it comes naturally

I don't wanna have to split the holidays

I don't want two addresses

I don't want a step-brother anyways

And I don't want my mom to have to change her last name

In our family portrait we look pretty happy

We look pretty normal, let's go back to that

In our family portrait we look pretty happy

Let's play pretend, act like it goes naturally

In our family portrait we look pretty happy

(Can we work it out? Can we be a family?)

We look pretty normal, let's go back to that

(I promise I'll be better, Mommy I'll do anything)

In our family portrait we look pretty happy

(Can we work it out? Can we be a family?)

Let's play pretend and act like it comes so naturally

(I promise I'll be better, Daddy please don't leave)

In our family portrait we look pretty happy

(Can we work it out? Can we be a family?)

We look pretty normal, let's go back to that

(I promise I'll be better, Daddy please don't leave)

In our family portrait we look pretty happy

(Can we work it out? Can we be a family?)

We look pretty normal, let's go back to that

(I promise I'll be better, Daddy please don't leave)

Daddy don't leave

Daddy don't leave

Daddy don't leave

Turn around please

Remember that the night you left you took my shining star?

Daddy don't leave

Daddy don't leave

Daddy don't leave

Don't leave us here alone

Mom will be nicer

I'll be so much better, I'll tell my brother

Oh, I won't spill the milk at dinner

I'll be so much better, I'll do everything right

I'll be your little girl forever

I'll go to sleep at night

Buddy Reading Song of the Week - Week 4

Each week a new song video with the lyrics will be linked to this post.

Your task is to get together with a buddy, grab a worksheet from the Buddy Reading on the wall and work through it together for the 

'Song of The Week.' 

This will mean listening to the video below, reading the lyrics below the video and then answering the questions and completing the tasks on the sheet.

"Father And Son"

(By Cat Stevens)

[Father:]

It's not time to make a change

Just relax, take it easy

You're still young, that's your fault

There's so much you have to know

Find a girl, settle down

If you want you can marry

Look at me, I am old, but I'm happy

I was once like you are now, and I know that it's not easy

To be calm when you've found something going on

But take your time, think a lot

Why, think of everything you've got

For you will still be here tomorrow, but your dreams may not

[Son:]

How can I try to explain, cause when I do he turns away again

It's always been the same, same old story

From the moment I could talk I was ordered to listen

Now there's a way and I know that I have to go away

I know I have to go

[Father:]

It's not time to make a change

Just sit down, take it slowly

You're still young, that's your fault

There's so much you have to go through

Find a girl, settle down

If you want you can marry

Look at me, I am old, but I'm happy

[Son:]

All the times that I cried, keeping all the things I knew inside

It's hard, but it's harder to ignore it

If they were right, I'd agree, but it's them they know not me

Now there's a way and I know that I have to go away

I know I have to go