NOT ALONE ANYMORE

by TRAVELING WILBURYS
Future-in-the past
Level: intermediate, upper-intermediate
Teachers notes
1. Tell your students they are going to listen to a song Not Alone. Ask them to predict what
this song is about. Is it about lost love or existing one?
2. Play the song and let the students check their answers.
3. The song is about lost love. So, the narrator is remembering their about the way
they parted. He is recalling their conversations. To find out how it is expressed with language
students should fill in the gaps. Give them time to work. Then play the song again. Students
listen and check their answers.
4. Focus on the tenses and elicit the consequence of tenses. Encourage students to
find out what Id (1
st
and 2
nd
lines) means (Id = I would).

Lyrics and answers
You always said
1
that I'd be
2
back again
That I'd come
3
running to you in the end
I thought
4
that you were
5
on your own
And now I find you're not alone

I'll see you through the rain
Through the heartache and pain
It hurts like never before
You're not alone any more

You always said
6
that I would know
7
someday
Just how it feels when your love walks away
I let you down, I let you go
I lost you, how was I to know

I'll see you through the rain
Through the heartache and pain
It hurts like never before
You're not alone any more

I never knew
8
I could
9
feel this way
I never could see past yesterday
You feel that everything is gone
I feel it too, you're not alone

I'll see you through the rain
Every heartache and pain
It hurts like never before
You're not alone, you're not alone
You're not alone any more, any more, any more



NOT ALONE
by TRAVELING WILBURYS
Fill in the gaps with the word from the box. Then listen and check your
answers.


You always ________
1
that I'd _______
2
back again
That I'd ________
3
running to you in the end
I ___________
4
that you __________
5
on your own
And now I find you're not alone

I'll see you through the rain
Through the heartache and pain
It hurts like never before
You're not alone any more

You always ________
6
that I would _________
7
someday
Just how it feels when your love walks away
I let you down, I let you go
I lost you, how was I to know

I'll see you through the rain
Through the heartache and pain
It hurts like never before
You're not alone any more

I never __________
8
I ___________
9
feel this way
I never could see past yesterday
You feel that everything is gone
I feel it too, you're not alone

I'll see you through the rain
Every heartache and pain
It hurts like never before
You're not alone, you're not alone
You're not alone any more, any more, any more


Be, said (*2), were, know, knew, could, thought, come