REPORTED SPEECH THROUGH SONGS

WHO SANG ...? Write the lyrics and the name of the singer. Then sing the song.

1. He claimed he wanted to break free

2. He asked me how many roads a man must

walk down before you called him a man
3. He told us to imagine there was no
heaven; he added that it was easy if we
tried
4. He confessed that he believed in miracles
and wanted to know where she was from;
then he called her sexy thing
5. She said they had tried to make her go to
rehab and she had repeatedly refused to
6. He mentioned that somebody had once
told him the world was going to roll him
7. She admitted that every night in her
dreams, she saw him, she felt him
8. He told us that in the town where he had
been born lived a man who had sailed to
sea
9. She admitted that at first she had been
afraid, and added that she had been
petrified
10. She said that she would tell us what she
wanted, what she really really wanted
11. He encouraged us to get up, to stand up,
to stand up for our rights
12. She admitted having been cheated by him
since she didn’t know when
13. She imagined if she had been a boy, even
just for a day, she would have rolled out of
bed in the morning
14. He remembered ruling the world
15. She confessed she had kissed a girl and she
had liked it
16. They stated they didn’t need no education
and they didn’t need thought control
17. She asked us not to stop the music
18. He said that the day before all his troubles
had seemed so far away, and then it
looked as though they were there to stay
REPORTED SPEECH THROUGH SONGS
WHO SANG ...? Write the lyrics and the name of the singer. Then sing the song.

He claimed he wanted to break free I WANT TO BREAK FREE (Queen)

● He asked me how many roads a man HOW MANY ROADS MUST A MAN WALK
must walk down before you called DOWN BEFORE YOU CALL HIM A MAN?
him a man (Bob Dylan: Blowin’ in the Wind)
● He told us to imagine there was no IMAGINE THERE’S NO HEAVEN, IT’S EASY IF
heaven; he added that it was easy if YOU TRY
we tried (John Lennon: Imagine)
● He confessed that he believed in I BELIEVE IN MIRACLES; WHERE YOU FROM,
miracles and wanted to know where YOU SEXY THING
she was from; then he called her sexy (Hot Chocolate: You Sexy Thing)
thing
● She said they had tried to make her THEY TRIED TO MAKE ME GO TO REHAB, AND
go to rehab and she had repeatedly I SAY NO, NO, NO
refused to (Amy Winehouse: Rehab)
● He mentioned that somebody had SOMEBODY HAS TOLD ME THE WORLD IS
once told him the world was going to GONNA ROLL ME
roll him (Smash Mouth: Shrek soundtrack)
● She admitted that every night in her EVERY NIGHT IN MY DREAMS, I SEE YOU, I
dreams, she saw him, she felt him FEEL YOU
(Celine Dion: Titanic)
● He told us that in the town where he IN THE TOWN WHERE I WAS BORN LIVED A
had been born lived a man who had MAN WHO SAILED TO SEA
sailed to sea (The Beatles: Yellow Submarine)
● She admitted that at first she had FIRST I WAS AFRAID, I WAS PETRIFIED
been afraid, and added that she had (Gloria Gaynor: I will survive)
been petrified
● She said that she would tell us what I’LL TELL YOU WHAT I WANT, WHAT I REALLY
she wanted, what she really really REALLY WANT
wanted (Spice Girls: Wannabe)
● He told us to get up, to stand up, to
GET UP STAND UP, STAND UP FOR YOUR
stand up for our rights RIGHTS
(Bob Marley)
● She admitted having been cheated by I’VE BEEN CHEATED BY YOU SINCE I DON’T
him since she didn’t know when KNOW WHEN
(Abba: Mamma Mia)
● She imagined if she had been a boy, IF I WERE A BOY, EVEN JUST FOR A DAY, I’D
even just for a day, she would have ROLL OUT OF BED IN THE MORNING
rolled out of bed in the morning (Beyoncé: If I were a boy)
● He remembered ruling the world I USED TO RULE THE WORLD
(Cold Play: Viva la Vida)
● She confessed she had kissed a girl I KISSED A GIRL AND I LIKED IT
 and she had liked it (Kate Perry)
● They stated they didn’t need no WE DON’T NEED NO EDUCATION, WE DON’T
education and they didn’t need NEED NO THOUGHT CONTROL
thought control (Pink Floyd: Brick on the Wall)
● She asked us not to stop the music PLEASE DON’T STOP THE MUSIC
(Rihanna)
● He said that the day before all his YESTERDAY, ALL MY TROUBLES SEEMED SO
troubles had seemed so far away, FAR AWAY, NOW IT LOOKS AS THOUGH
and then it looked as though they THEY’RE HERE TO STAY
(The Beatles: Yesterday)
were there to stay