Suzanne Vega - Tom's

Diner
Lyrics Verbs
1
____I am sitting__ in the morning he is looking
At the diner on the corner 2 I am
_____I am waiting____ at the sitting---
counter I am thinking
For the man to pour the coffee I am waiting--
And he fills it only halfway I’m feeling
And before I even argue I’m listening
3
_____he is looking__________ out the window I’m pretending
At somebody coming in “It is I’m trying I’m
turning is getting
always nice to see you”
wet she is shakin
Says the man behind the counter she’s hitching up
To the woman who has come in she’s
4
_____she is shaing__________ her umbrella straightening the
And I look the other way are kissing
As 5 _____they are kissing__________ their hellos
And 6 ___I M pretending____________ not to see them
And instead I pour the milk
Listen to the song and put the verbs into the correct gaps

I open up the paper

There’s a story of an actor
Who had died while he was drinking He
was no one I had heard of
And 7 ___turning is getting____________ to the horoscope
And looking for the funnies
When 8 ___I M___feeling_________ someone watching me
And so I raise my head
There’s a woman on the outside Looking
inside does she see me?
No, she does not really see me
‘Cause she sees her own reflection
And 9 ___I m trying____________ not to notice
That 10 ___she s hitching up____________ her skirt
And while 11 ___she s straightening____________ her
stockings
Her hair 12 _____is getting__________
Oh, this rain, it will continue
Through the morning as 12 ______I m listening_________
To the bells of the cathedral
13
____I m thinking___________ of your voice
Can you identify the tenses that other verbs are in?

The present simple? the future? the past continuous? the

past perfect?

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