Practice with the Present Continuous

Lemon Tree (Fool’s Garden)

I'm sitting here in a boring roomIt's just another rainy Sunday afternoonI'm wasting my time, I got nothing to doI'm hanging around, I'm waiting for youBut nothing ever happens and I wonder

I'm driving around in my carI'm driving too fast, I'm driving too farI'd like to change my point of viewI feel so lonely, I'm waiting for youBut nothing ever happens and I wonder

I wonder how, I wonder whyYesterday you told me 'bout the blue, blue skyAnd all that I can see is just a yellow lemon treeI'm turning my head up and downI'm turning, turning, turning, turning, turning aroundAnd all that I can see is just another lemon tree

Sing, dah

I'm sitting here, I miss the powerI'd like to go out, taking a showerBut there's a heavy cloud inside my headI feel so tired, put myself into bedWhere nothing ever happens and I wonder

Isolation is not the good for meIsolation, I don't want to sit on a lemon treeI'm steppin' around in a desert of joyBaby anyhow I'll get another toyAnd everything will happen and you'll wonder

I wonder how, I wonder whyYesterday you told me 'bout the blue, blue skyAnd all that I can see is just another lemon treeI'm turning my head up and downI'm turning, turning, turning, turning, turning aroundAnd all that I can see is just a yellow lemon treeAnd I wonder, wonder

I wonder how, I wonder whyYesterday you told me 'bout the blue, blue skyAnd all that I can see, and all that I can seeAnd all that I can see is just a yellow lemon tree

Don't Speak (No Doubt)

You and me We used to be together Everyday together always I really feel That I'm losing my best friend I can't believeThis could be the end It looks as though you're letting go And if it's real Well I don't want to know

Don't speak I know just what you're sayingSo please stop explaining Don't tell me cause it hurts Don't speak I know what you're thinking I don't need your reasons Don't tell me cause it hurts

Our memories Well, they can be inviting But some are altogether Mighty frightening As we die, both you and I With my head in my hands I sit and cry

Don't speak I know just what you're saying So please stop explainingDon't tell me cause it hurts (no, no, no) Don't speak I know what you're thinking I don't need your reasons Don't tell me cause it hurts

It's all ending I gotta stop pretending who we are... You and me I can see us dying...are we?

Don't speak I know just what you're saying So please stop explainingDon't tell me cause it hurts (no, no, no) Don't speak I know what you're thinking I don't need your reasons Don't tell me cause it hurts Don't tell me cause it hurts! I know what you're saying So please stop explaining

Tom’s Diner (Susan Vega)

I am sittingIn the morningAt the dinerOn the corner

I am waitingAt the counterFor the manTo pour the coffee

And he fills itOnly halfwayAnd beforeI even argue(whistle)

Tom’s diner

I am sittingIn the morningAt the dinerOn the corner

I am waitingAt the counterFor the manTo pour the coffee

And he fills itOnly halfwayAnd beforeI even argue

He is lookingOut the windowAt somebodyComing in

"It is alwaysNice to see you"Says the manBehind the counter

To the womanWho has come inShe is shakingHer umbrella

And I lookThe other wayAs they are kissingTheir hellos

I'm pretendingNot to see themAnd InsteadI pour the milk …

Sailing (Rod Stewart)

I am sailingI am sailinghome again 'cross the sea.I am sailing stormy watersto be near you to be free.I am flyingI am flying like a bird 'cross the skyI am flying passing high clouds to be with you to be free.

Can you hear mecan you hear me thro' the dark night far away.I am dying forever trying to be with you who can say.Can you hear mecan you hear me thro' the dark night far away.I am dying forever trying to be with you who can say.

We are sailingwe are sailing home again 'cross the sea.We are sailing stormy waters to be near you to be free.

Sittin On The Dock of The Bay

(Otis Reading)

Sittin' in the mornin' sunI'll be sittin' when the evenin' comeWatching the ships roll inAnd then I watch 'em roll away again, yeah

I'm sittin' on the dock of the bayWatching the tide roll awayOoo, I'm just sittin' on the dock of the bayWastin' time

I left my home in GeorgiaHeaded for the 'Frisco bay'Cause I've had nothing to live forAnd look like nothin's gonna come my way

So I'm just gonna sit on the dock of the bayWatching the tide roll awayOoo, I'm sittin' on the dock of the bayWastin' time

Look like nothing's gonna changeEverything still remains the sameI can't do what ten people tell me to doSo I guess I'll remain the same, yes

Sittin' here resting my bonesAnd this loneliness won't leave me aloneIt's two thousand miles I roamedJust to make this dock my home

Now, I'm just gonna sit at the dock of the bayWatching the tide roll awayOooo-wee, sittin' on the dock of the bayWastin' time