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The River of Dreams by Billy Joel




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The River of Dreams

by Billy Joel

Watch the video and do the following exercises.

Write in the missing prepositions.

 

the middle   the night
I go walking   my sleep
the mountains   faith
the river so deep
I must be looking   something
Something sacred I lost
But the river is wide
And it’s too hard to cross

Choose the words that you can hear.


And even I know the river is  
  down every evening and stand on the  
I try to cross to the opposite 
So I   finally find what I’ve   looking for

Write in the missing words. The images may help.


In the middle of the  
I go   in my sleep
Through the   of fear
To a   so deep
I’m a   for something
Taken out of my soul
Something I’d never  
Something somebody 

Match the beginning and the end of the following lines.


I don’t know why                A  the rest of my life
But now I’m tired and             B  I go walking at night
    Hope it doesn’t take                      C   I don’t wanna walk anymore
Until I find what it is              D   I’ve been looking for


Unscramble the words in brackets.


In the   (lieddm) of the night
I go walking in my (elesp)
Through the   (lejung) of doubt
To the river so   (edpe)
I know I’m   (hcaengsir) for something
Something so undefined
That it can only be seen
By the eyes of the  (inldb)
In the middle of the night

Write in the missing words. The images may help.


I’m not sure about a life after this
 knows I’ve never been a spiritual man
Baptized by the , I wade into the river
That is   to the promised land

In the middle of the night
I go walking in my sleep
Through the   of truth
To the river so deep
We all end in the  
We all   in the streams
We’re all carried along
By the river of   
In the middle of the night