LAST CHRISTMAS

Listen to this popular Christmas Song by Wham from 1984. Write a verb in each gap as you listen.

Last Christmas (Wham)

Chorus

Last Christmas, I gave you my heart

But the very next day, you gave it away

This year, to save me from tears

I’ll give it to someone special

(2x)

Once bitten and twice shy

I (1) ____________ my distance but tears still catch my eye

Tell me, baby, do you recognize me?

It’s been a year; it doesn’t (2) _____________ me

Happy Christmas--I wrapped it up and (3) ______________ it

With a note saying, “I love you”; I (4) _______________ it

Now I know what a fool I’ve been

But if you (5) ______________ me now, I know you’d fool me again

Repeat chorus

A crowded room, friends with tired eyes

I’m (6) ______________ from you and your soul of ice

My God, I thought you were someone to (7) ______________ on

Me, I guess I was a shoulder to (8) ______________ on

A face on a lover with a fire in his heart

A man under cover, but you tore me apart

Ooh, now I’ve found a real love

You’ll never fool me again

Repeat chorus

A face on a lover with a fire in his heart

A man under cover, but you tore him apart

Maybe next year I’ll give it to someone

I’ll give it to someone special, special

Someone...someone

I’ll give it to someone

I’ll give it to someone special, special

Now listen to Taylor Swift singing a version of the same song. Discuss the

questions below with a partner.

1. Which version do you like best? Why?

2. What other Christmas songs do you know in English?

3. Some songs, like this one, stay popular year after year. Other songs are

soon forgotten. Why do you think this is?