Young Hearts Run Free

Written by Crawford & sung by Candi Staton 

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THE CONTENTS OF THIS PAGE

• Practice:  Articles:  Definite, Indefinite, or None (scroll to next box)

• Further Practice (Debate or composition)

• The Answer Key

• Exercise:     1

• Level:           Intermediate +

• Activity:        Gapped

• Grammar:     Articles:  the/a/an/-

INSTRUCTIONS:  

• Print out a worksheet

• Insert THE/A/AN/- as appropriate

• Play the song to check your answers, or check them with the answer key.

NOTE:

Grammatical Errors:  

• Don't be no fool (correction:  double negatives are unacceptable in English, so:  don't be a fool)

• love really don't love you, don't love you. (correction: doesn't)

What's............... sense in sharing, this one and only life,

You'll count up ............... years and they will be filled with ............... tears.

............... love only breaks up - to start over again.

Oh ............... young hearts run free,

Ooh, ............... young hearts, to yourself be true

I'm going to love me, for the rest of my days,

"............... self preservation is what's really going on today"

(I'll) Say 'I'm going to turn loose' ............... thousand times ............... day,

(Repeat chorus and fade)

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The Answer Key

• Exercise:     2

• Level:           Intermediate +

• Activity:        Debate or Composition

• Function:      Assessing relationships

INSTRUCTIONS

• Encourage students to work in pairs, or brainstorm ideas to discuss the type of  relationship which is described in the lyrics

• Then set one of the following subjects for homework, or debate

• The advantages & disadvantages of marriage
• The advantages & disadvantages of not being married
• Considerations when wishing to end a relationship
• Responsibilities within marriage
• Parental responsibilities towards children
• Parental guidance (biased v unbiased)

The Answer Key

Young Hearts Run Free

Written by: Crawford - Sung by Candi Staton

VERSE-1

What's the sense in sharing, this one and only life,

Ending up, just another lost and lonely wife.

You'll count up the years and they will be filled with tears.

VERSE-2

Love only breaks up - to start over again.

You'll get the baby, but you won't have your man,

While he is busy loving every woman that he can, uh-huh

VERSE-3

(You) Say 'I'm going to leave' a hundred times a day;

It's easier said than done,

When you just can't break away. (when you just can't break away)

CHORUS

Oh young hearts run free,

Never be hung up, hung up like my man and me, my man and me.

Ooh, young hearts, to yourself be true

Don't be no fool, when love really don't love you, don't love you.

VERSE-4

It's high time now - just one crack at life.

Who wants to live in, in trouble and strife?

My mind must be free, to learn all I can about me. uh-hmm

VERSE-5

I'm gonna love me, for the rest of my days,

Encourage the babies every time they say:

"Self preservation is what's really going on today"

VERSE-6

(I'll) Say 'I'm gonna turn loose' a thousand times a day,

But how can I turn loose,

When I just can't break away. (when I just can't break away)

CHORUS

Oh young hearts run free,

They'll never be hung up, hung up like my man and me, you and me

Ooh, young hearts, to yourself be true.

Don't be no fool, when love really don't love you, don't love you.

(Saxophone solo)

(Repeat chorus and fade)

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