Popular Song: "W*O*L*D" by Harry Chapin
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1l0fH0dRUow

I. Fill in the words missing from the lyrics to Harry Chapin's "W*O*L*D" below. After you have done your best, find the lyrics on the Internet and correct your work with a red pen.

II. Answer the following comprehension questions about "W*O*L*D".

1. Who is telling the story, and is he telling it to the intended listener in person, or how?
2. What do you think the narrator means by the way he tells his 'age' in this song?
3. What word did the singer omit between (72) and (73), and why was it omitted?
4. What does the line containing blanks (87) to (89) indicate about the narrator's marriage?
5. What do you think the intended listener is thinking in reaction to what the narrator says?
6. In which line does the narrator get to the 'point' of what he's saying?
7. Why do you think the narrator decided to tell his story and make his request?
8. Why do you think the narrator did the things he describes in the song?
9. How has he changed his lifestyle and thinking by this point?
10. How much do you think he has really changed?
11. Do you think the listener's response was reasonable?
12. What do you think will happen to the narrator now?
13. What is the significance of the title of the song?
14. What is your reaction to this song?

"W*O*L*D" by Harry Chapin

Hello, (1) __________, it's me
What (2) __________ you (3) __________
when you (4) __________ me (5) __________ on the (6) __________?
What (2) __________ the (7) __________ say when they (8) __________
It was (9) __________ (10) __________ (11) __________ daddy-o?

(12) __________ how we (13) __________ to the radio
And I (14) __________ `That's the (15) __________ to (16)__________ '
And how (17) __________ got the (18) __________ as an FM jock
The day you (19) __________ me?
It was two (20) __________ and I was (21) __________ AM rock
But I (22) __________ had to (23) __________ (24) __________
(25) __________ (26) __________ (27) __________ years
(28) __________ I (29) __________ you, Babe
Let me (30) __________ you 'bout (31) __________ 's gone down

CHORUS
I am the (32) __________ DJ at W*O*L*D
(33) __________ all the (34) __________ for you
(35) __________ you may be
The (36) __________ good-morning (37) __________
(38) __________ (39) __________ but never (40) __________
Feeling (41) __________ of forty- (42)__________
Going (43)__________ (44)__________.

The (45) __________ I (46) __________ on my (47) __________ big gig
It (48) __________ my (49) __________ go (50) __________
They (51) __________ that they (52) __________ the young (53) __________
(54) __________ they let me (55) __________
So I drifted on (56) __________ to Tulsa, Oklahoma
To (57) __________ me a (58) __________ (59) __________ (60) __________ show
Now I've worked my (61) __________ down home (62) __________
(63)__________ to Boise, Idhao
(64) __________ how this (65) __________ goes

CHORUS

I'm making extra money
Doing high school sock hops
I'm a big-time guest MC
You should (66) __________ me talking to the little (67) __________
And (68) __________ what they (69) __________ to me
I got a spot on the (70) __________ of my (71) __________
Just begging for a (72) __________ toupee
There's a tire around my gut from sitting on my ( )
But it's (73) __________ gonna go (74) __________

(75) __________ I get this crazy (76) __________
That I just take (77) __________ in my (78) __________
But you can (79) __________ on ten (80) __________ miles
And (81)__________ stay (82) __________ you are
Thinking that I should (83) __________ disk jockeying
And (84) __________ that (85) __________ store
Maybe I could (86) __________ down
If (87) __________ take me (88) __________ once (89) __________

OK, (90) __________, I see
I guess (91) __________ (92) __________ (93) __________ me
Sure, Old (94)__________, I understand
You (95) __________ have to (96)__________
I'm (97) __________ a (98) __________ man

CHORUS

Live performance of the same song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVh6aOwY08g

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