The River of Dreams
by Billy Joel
Watch the video and do the following exercises.
Write in the missing prepositions.
the middle the nightI go walking my sleep the mountains faith the river so deepI must be looking somethingSomething sacred I lostBut the river is wideAnd it’s too hard to cross
Choose the words that you can hear.
And even doughthroughthoughthought I know the river is widewhitewildwind I waketaketalkwalk down every evening and stand on the showshorestoresore I try to cross to the opposite sideslidesightsite So I cancan'tcanecannal finally find what I’ve binbeanbeenbee looking for
Write in the missing words. The images may help.
In the middle of the I go in my sleepThrough the of fearTo a so deepI’m a for somethingTaken out of my soulSomething 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 lifeBut now I’m tired and B I go walking at night Hope it doesn’t take C I don’t wanna walk anymoreUntil I find what it is D I’ve been looking for
Unscramble the words in brackets.
In the (lieddm) of the nightI go walking in my (elesp)Through the (lejung) of doubtTo the river so (edpe)I know I’m (hcaengsir) for somethingSomething so undefinedThat it can only be seenBy the eyes of the (inldb)In the middle of the night
I’m not sure about a life after this knows I’ve never been a spiritual manBaptized by the , I wade into the riverThat is to the promised landIn the middle of the nightI go walking in my sleepThrough the of truthTo the river so deepWe all end in the We all in the streamsWe’re all carried alongBy the river of In the middle of the night
