Teacher Lu Online: 2018

Here's a beautiful song to practice verbs in the Simple Past.

There are some adjectives, too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWyy7Huc6KA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fslj4bx5y7Q

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfpKy6x4AEw

Empty Garden (Elton John)

What happened here

As the New York sunset disappeared?

I found an empty garden among the flagstones there

Who lived here?

He must have been a gardener that cared a lot

Who weeded out the tears and grew a good crop

And now it all looks strange

It's funny how one insect can damage so much grain

And what's it for

This little empty garden by the brownstone door?

And in the cracks along the sidewalk nothing grows no more

Who lived here?

He must have been a gardener that cared a lot

Who weeded out the tears and grew a good crop

And we are so amazed! We're crippled and we're dazed

A gardener like that one, no one can replace

And I've been knocking, but no one answers

And I've been knocking, most all the day

Oh, and I've been calling: Hey, hey, Johnny!

Can't you come out to play?

And through their tears

Some say he farmed his best in younger years

But he'd have said that roots grow stronger, if only he could hear

Who lived there?

He must have been a gardener that cared a lot

Who weeded out the tears and grew a good crop

Now we pray for rain, and with every drop that falls

We hear, we hear your name

And I've been knocking, but no one answers

And I've been knocking, most all the day

Oh and I've been calling: Oh hey, hey, Johnny!

Can't you come out to play

In your empty garden?

Johnny?

Can't you come out to play, in your empty garden?

This song is a tribute to John Lennon, who was shot to death in 1980 by a deranged fan. Elton John's wordsmith Bernie Taupin wrote the lyrics, but Elton certainly felt a connection to the song, as he was good friends with Lennon and is the Godfather of Lennon's second son, Sean. Elton performed on several of Lennon's songs and even appeared onstage with him at his final concert in 1974.

http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=1668

John Lennon was born (be born) on October 9, 1940, in Liverpool, England. He met (meet) Paul McCartney in 1957 and invited (invite) McCartney to join his music group. They eventually formed (form) the most successful songwriting partnership in musical history. Lennon left (leave) the Beatles in 1969 and later released (release) albums with his wife, Yoko Ono, among others. On December 8, 1980, a crazy fan named Mark David Chapman killed (kill) him with gunshots.

http://www.biography.com/people/john-lennon-9379045#solo-career