Listen to the song and try to find the right words in the blanks and type them in the comments, numbered. Finally, read an interview of the vocalist and song writer, Daniel Powter, to see what the song is really about!
You Had a Bad Day
Daniel Powter
Passion, wrong, turn it around, kick up, line, lie, holiday, system, faded, passion, lost, ride, mind, pieces
Where is the moment when we needed the most?
You 1. ___________ ________the leaves, and the magic is 2. _____________
They tell me your blue sky’s 3. _______________ to gray
They tell me your 4. ________________’s gone away
And I don’t need no carrying on
You stand in the 5. ____________ just to hit a new low
You’re faking a smile with the coffee to go
You tell me your life’s been way off line
You’re falling to 6. ___________ every time
And I don’t need no carrying on
‘Cause you had a bad day
You’re taking one down
You sing a sad song just to 7. _______ ____ _______
You say you don’t know
You tell me don’t lie
You work at a smile, and you go for a 8. ____________
You had a bad day
The camera don’t 9. _________________
You’re coming back down, and you really don’t 10. _____________
You had a bad day
You had a bad day
Well you need a blue sky 11. ____________
The point is they laugh at what you say
And I don’t need no carryin’ on
You had a bad day…
Sometimes the 12. ____________ goes on the blink
And the whole thing turns out wrong
You might not make it back and you know
That you could be well, oh, that strong
And I’m not 13. ______________
(yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
So where is the 14. ____________ when you need it the most
Oh, you and I
You kick up the leaves and the magic is lost
‘Cause you had a bad day
- What do you think the song is about?
- Read Daniel Powter’s interview at:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_4730000/newsid_4734400/4734447.stm
And find out what the song is really about
