Here’s a song using last week’s idiom. Listen and fill in the blanks with the words you hear. Click on “Continue reading” to check your answers.
The Night We Called It a Day
Performed by Frank Sinatra
Written by Matt Dennis & Tom Adair
There was a moon out in space
But a cloud drifted over its ____1_____
You kissed me and went on your way
The night we called it a dayI heard the ____2_____ of the spheres
Like a minor lament in my ears
I hadn’t the heart left to pray
The night we called it a daySoft through the dark
The hoot of an owl in the ____3_____
Sad though his song
No bluer was he than IThe moon went down, ____4_____ were gone
But the ____5_____ didn’t rise with the dawn
There wasn’t a thing left to say
The night we called it a daySoft through the dark
The hoot of an owl in the ____6_____
Sad though his song
No bluer was he than IThe moon went down, ____7_____ were gone
But the ____8_____ didn’t rise with the dawn
There wasn’t a thing left to say
The night we called it a day
1. face
2. song
3. sky
4. stars
5. sun
6. sky
7. stars
8. sun