THE LOGICAL SONG (Rodger Hodgson)

1. Write these words in the chart according to its meaning:

practical, absurd, magical, happily, young, sensible, dependable, asleep, deep, cynical, simple, radical, acceptable, vegetable, wonderful, unbelievable, criminal, marvellous, simple.

2. Now listen to the song (twice) and write the words above in the right place.

When I was .............. it seemed

that life was so ...............,

a miracle, oh it was beautiful, ................

And all the birds in the trees

well they’d be singing so ...............,

oh joyfully, oh playfully watching me.

But then they sent me away

to teach me how to be ...............,

logical, oh responsible, ...................

And they showed me a world

where I could be so ...............,

oh clinical, oh intellectual, ................

There are times when all the world’s .............

the questions run too ..............

for such a ............... man.

Won’t you please,

please tell me what we’ve learned

I know it sounds ...............

please tell me who I am.

Oh watch what you say

or they’ll be calling you a ...............,

a liberal, oh fanatical, ................

Oh, won’t you sign up your name

we’d like to feel you’re ...............,

respectable, presentable-

a ...............!

But at night when all the world’s ...............

the questions run so ..............

for such a ............... man.

Won’t you please,

please tell me what we’ve learned

I know it sounds ...............

but please tell me who I am.

Cause I’m so logical,

digital, yeh,

it’s getting ...............,

bloody ................

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