eagle eye cherry

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Listening Worksheet

Eagle Eye Cherry - Save Tonight

A. Directions: READ CAREFULLY

1. Listen to the song & answer the following questions about the persons, activities & feelings in the song.

2. You will answer with "he" or "she" not "I". Be careful with your pronouns and verbs!

3. After the first or second listening, compare with a partner, then listen again. Write fast!!

4. You will compare your answers in class, then listen again with help from the teacher.

1. Go on and close what? _____________________________________________________

2. What do they need? _______________________________________________________

3. What do they have? _______________________________________________________

4. What does he want to do? _________________________________________________*

5. What do they know? ______________________________________________________

6. What does he wish? _______________________________________________________

7. Take this wine and do what? _______________________________________________

8. What does he want to delay? ________________________________________________

9. Save tonight

10. And fight the break of dawn

11. Come tomorrow

12. Tomorrow I'll be gone

13. Save tonight

14. Fight the break of dawn

15. Come tomorrow

16. Tomorrow I'll be gone

17. There's a log on what? _________________________________________________

18. And what does it do? __________________________________________________ *

19. Tomorrow comes with what? ____________________________________________

20. To what? _____________________________________________________________

21. What's not easy? ______________________________________________________

22. Darling, please don't what? _____________________________________________*

23. What does she know? __________________________________________________*

24. What does he wish? ____________________________________________________

25. Save tonight

26. And fight the break of dawn

27. Come tomorrow

28. Tomorrow I'll be gone

29. Save tonight

30. And fight the break of dawn

31. Come tomorrow

32. Tomorrow I'll be gone

- instrumental -

33. Why does tomorrow come? ________________________________________________

34. What does he wish? _______________________________________________________

35. What does she know? _____________________________________________________

36. What does he wish? ______________________________________________________

* difficult answers to get

Repeat Chorus 3 times

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Eagle Eye Cherry

From the Album - Desireless

"Save Tonight"

1. Go on and close the curtains

2. 'Cause all we need is candlelight

3. You and me and a bottle of wine

4. And hold you tonight

5. Well, we know I'm going away

6. And how I wish, I wish it weren't so

7. So take this wine and drink with me

8. Let's delay our misery...

9. Save tonight

10. (and) Fight the break of dawn

11. Come tomorrow

12. Tomorrow I'll be gone

13. Save tonight

14. Fight the break of dawn

15. Come tomorrow

16. Tomorrow I'll be gone

17. There's a log on the fire

18. And it burns like me for you

19. Tomorrow comes with one desire

20. To take me away, it's true

21. It ain't easy to say good-bye

22. Darling please don't start to cry

23. 'Cause girl you know I've got to go

24. And Lord I wish it wasn't so

25. Save tonight

26. And fight the break of dawn

27. Come tomorrow

28. Tomorrow I'll be gone

29. Save tonight

30. And fight the break of dawn

31. Come tomorrow

32. Tomorrow I'll be gone

33. Tomorrow comes to take me away

34. I wish that I, that I could stay

35. But girl you know I've got to go (aw)

36. And Lord I wish it wasn't so

37. Save tonight

38. And fight the break of dawn

39. Come tomorrow

40. Tomorrow I'll be gone

41. Save tonight

42. And fight the break of dawn

43. Come tomorrow

44. Tomorrow I'll be gone, repeat....

A. Listening: See Worksheet Page 1

Do this before seeing lyrics.

B1. VOCABULARY Search - Advanced

Find words in the song for the following definitions. The order is mixed.

1. fabric that hangs in windows to block light, view

2. put off; postpone

3. verb that means something is on fire

4. the Supreme Being

5. extreme unhappiness

6. the beginning of morning

7. a piece of a tree trunk used in a fireplace

8. longing or wanting something (3 answers...)

9. light from a candle

10. term of endearment or kindness for a person you care about

C. GRAMMAR - Find the three 'wish' sentences.

Which ones would pass the TOEFL exam, i.e. are correct in standard written English. See Page 4!

D. Discussion

What is the problem in this song?

What does he want to fight? Why?

E. Rewrite Line 10 in your own words:

And fight the break of dawn

Do not use the words fight, break or dawn.

Write your sentence on the board.

F. Biographical: Eagle-Eye Cherry

When he was a teenager, Eagle-Eye moved with his family from Skåne (southern Sweden, his mother was Swedish)

to New York, where he stayed for 15 years. When he wasn't on tour with his dad, the jazz musician Don Cherry,

he was in The School of Performing Arts in New York which led to acting jobs in theater and TV. He met his

Swedish girlfriend on an audition, and two years ago they moved to Sweden.

G. See Video - It's Excellent!!!

H. Singing - an excellent song for students to memorize & sing, with some mnemonic devices to use.

TEACHERS: See Page 6 for Teaching Notes

Words

1. curtains

2. candlelight

3. hold

4. delay

5. misery

6. fight

7. break of dawn

8. a log

9. burns

10. desire

11. darling

12. Lord

13. wish

Definitions

1. a piece of a tree trunk used in a fireplace

2. light from a candle

3. fabric that hangs in windows to block light, view

4. extreme unhappiness

5. longing or wanting something (two answers)

6. put off; postpone

7. physically keep something or someone in your hand or arms

8. term of endearment or kindness for a person you care about

9. the beginning of morning

10. the Supreme Being

11. to oppose or go against; to combat

12. verb that means something is on fire

13. water coming from eyes, usually from sadness

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Eagle Eye Cherry -"Save Tonight"

Grammar: Wish

Wish is used to express a desire that is NOT possible in either the present, past or future.

Wishing for the:

1. present: use simple past

Example: I wish my classroom had a view.

(but it doesn't)

I wish I remembered my dreams.

(but I don't )

I wish the world were at peace.

(but it isn't.) (See Note -->)

2. past: use past perfect

Example: I wish I had paid more attention to my mother's words. (but I didn't.)

I wish I had been at Bob Marley 's concert at the

Santa Barbara County Bowl. (but I wasn't)

I wish I had met my grandmother. (but I didn't)

3. future: use would plus the simple form of verb.

I wish he would call me. (But he won't)

I wish they would stop fighting. (But they won't)

--> Note: In formal English, "were" is used for the be verb for present wish sentences.

However, "was" is very common in spoken English.

I wish he were here or I wish he was here.

Eagle Eye used both the formaI and informal "be" verb forms with his wish.

I wish it weren't so ; I wish it wasn't so

Which form does he use the most: the formal correct one, or the more commonly used one?

-->Activity: Write your own sentences.

Use a different verb for each sentence. Be truthful, realistic, humorous, etc. Underline your verbs.

(Add the "but" and the opposite idea, the truth - see examples above.)

A. Write three wishes for the present.

1. ___________________________________________________________________________________

2. ___________________________________________________________________________________

3. ___________________________________________________________________________________

B. Write three wishes for the past.

1. ___________________________________________________________________________________

2. ___________________________________________________________________________________

3. ___________________________________________________________________________________

C. Write three wishes for the future.

1. ___________________________________________________________________________________

2. ___________________________________________________________________________________

3. ___________________________________________________________________________________

"Desireless," earned him a Grammy nomination. And it has changed his life. During a recent interview with CNN
at the Jazz Standard in New York, Eagle-Eye was asked about how he got his name. "No one has ever asked me that
before!" he joked. "Actually, my dad named me Eagle-Eye. What happened was, he was checking out his new son and
I was in the crib, I was sound asleep, and I woke up and opened one eye, and he said, 'Ah, Eagle-Eye.'"

His dad was Don Cherry, an avant-garde jazz trumpeter who died in 1995. Eagle-Eye's mother is Swedish; his early
years were spent in Stockholm, his teen years in New York. His stepsister is the London-based R&B star Neneh Cherry.
They are collaborating on a biography and a documentary about their father, though they've yet to collaborate musically.
"I think we are going to have to do it so people stop asking," he says. "I'd love to do some-thing with her. She has one
of the most original voices, you can spot her in any context."

Eagle-Eye has been catching the attention of MTV viewers with the video for "Save Tonight." In it, he stars in several
different roles, and thanks to camera tricks he interacts with himself. The lyrics to "Save Tonight" focus on spending
as much time as he can with his girlfriend, hoping to "fight the break of dawn".

The song's Grammy nomination this year in the category of pop performance by a male has changed his life, he says.
"The irony is that the more success the song has brought, the more my life has become the song -- constantly leaving
my girlfriend behind," he says. "But I think what's cool about the song is that it is a story anyone can relate to. And also
the concept of not wanting tomorrow to come, and that can be applied to being at a great party or a concert. It's like,
'Oh man, does this have to end?'"

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TEACHER sheet

A. Directions: READ CAREFULLY

Teacher: After they work in pairs trying to figure out the answers, go over all the answers orally in class.

There are interesting discussions about which answers are correct.

Don't give them the answer:

play the song, rewinding or repeating the area in question to determine which answer is correct.

Then pronounce the answer yourself for reinforcement.

Marked below are the problem areas and comments are added.

1. Go on and close what? ________________________

2. What do they need? __________________________

3. What do they have? __________________________

4. What does he want to do? _____________________ * To hold you tonight is very hard for them to hear.

5. What do they know? _________________________

6. What does he wish? __________________________

* Some will say: I wish it weren't so and some will say: I wish it wasn't so.
They will swear each is what they heard.
Explain the difference (weren't is correct but wasn't is very common, especially in speaking:
The TOEFL Exam prefers weren't, but most people use wasn't.
So what does Eagle Eye do?
When they listen carefully again, they will find that Eagle Eye uses both in the song - which does he use the most, however?

7. Take this wine and do what? ___________________

8. What does he want to delay? ___________________

9. Save tonight

10. And fight the break of dawn

11. Come tomorrow

12. Tomorrow I'll be gone

13. Save tonight

14. Fight the break of dawn

15. Come tomorrow

16. Tomorrow I'll be gone

17. There's a log on what? ____________________

18. And what does it do? _____________________ * The pronouns are difficult here: like him for her.

19. Tomorrow comes with what? _______________

20. To what? ________________________________

21. What's not easy? _________________________

22. Darling, please don't what? ________________* Most students hear "stop to cry", but upon listening

they hear the 'start' with a bit of an East Coast accent.

23. What does she know? _____________________* He's got to go. They write different answers here:

for example: he has to go, he gotta go, etc. Go over what He's got to comes from, and how many
other ways there are to say this? Then play the song to see which one Eagle Eye uses.

24. What does he wish? _______________________

Repeat Chorus

33. Why does tomorrow come? _____________________

34. What does he wish? ___________________________

35. What does she know? _________________________

36. What does he wish? __________________________

Repeat Chorus 3 times

B1 & B2 Vocabulary - There are two vocabulary exercizes:

Advanced Vocabulary Search, Pg 2: definitions of words in the song in mixed order;

Intermediate: Vocabulary Match: See Worksheet, Pg 3.

E. Rewrite Line 10 in your own words: And fight the break of dawn

Do not use the words fight, break or dawn.

Teacher: every student writes something different.

The interpretations are varied and usually quite nice.
Have them put them on the board. Some simple examples:

I want the night to last forever. Delay daylight. etc

F. This is an excellent song to sing. It is fairly easy to memorize -

there are a few mnemonic devices to help them memorize the lines.

E.g.: Line 7 begins with the last word in Line 6. The 'girl' in line 23 follows the 'darling' in line 22. etc.

Words

1. curtains

2. candlelight

3. hold

4. delay

5. misery

6. fight

7. break at dawn

8. a log

9. burns

10. desire

11. darling

12. Lord

Definitions

1. curtains - fabric that hangs in windows to block light, view

2. candlelight -light from a candle

3. physically keep something or someone in your hand or armsput off; postpone

4. extreme unhappiness

5. to oppose or go against

6. the beginning of morning

7. a piece of a tree trunk used in a fireplace

8. verb that means something is on fire

9. longing or wanting something (3 answers)

10. term of endearment or kindness for a person you care about

11. water coming from eyes, usually from sadness

12. the Supreme Being

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