Up on the Roof

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“Up on the Roof”
(Song by The Drifters / YouTube, 2015)
♫ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csZBQWzBCdg&feature=em-share_video_user (with lyrics)
♫ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRKi5e3IEJ4&feature=em-share_video_user (with video of the Drifters)
When this old world starts getting me down
-me déprimer
And people are just too much for me to face (Up on the roof)
-là haut sur le toit
I climb way up to the top of the stairs
-je grimpe jusqu’au
And all my cares just drift right into space (Up on the roof)
-mes soucis montent tout droit
dans l’espace
On the roof, it's peaceful as can be
And there, below the world can't bother me
-ne peut pas me déranger
Let me tell you now
When I come home feeling tired and beat
-fatigué et battu = épuisé
I go up where the air is fresh and sweet (Up on the roof)
I get away from the hustling crowds
-je me sauve / les foules pressées
And all that rat race noise down in the street (Up on the roof)
- le bruit de la course aux rats = la
jungle
On the roof's the only place I know
Where you just have to wish to make it so
-tu n’as qu’à faire un souhait pour le
réaliser
Let's go up on the roof (Up on the roof)
At night, the stars put on a show for free
-font un spectacle
And, darling, you can share it all with me
I keep-a tellin' you
-je continue de te le dire
Right smack dab in the middle of town
-pile poil
I found a paradise that's trouble-proof (Up on the roof)
-à l’épreuve de soucis / sans souci
And if this world starts getting you down
There's room enough for two up on the roof (Up on the roof)
Up on the roof (Up on the roof)
Oh, come on, baby (Up on the roof)
Oh, come on, honey (Up on the roof)
Everything is all right (Up on the roof)
-allez!
“Up on the Roof”
(Song by The Drifters / YouTube, 2015)
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Exercise: fill in the blanks with the correct words
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-me déprimer
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And all my c____ just d
r
-je grimpe jusqu’au
into s
-mes soucis montent tout droit dans l’espace
(Up on the r____)
On the roof, it's peaceful as can be
And there, below the world can't b
-ne peut pas me déranger
me
Let me tell you now
When I come home feeling tired and b____
-fatigué et battu = épuisé
I go up where the air is fresh and sweet
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from the h_____ c
And all that rat r
-je me sauve / les foules pressées
noise down in the street (Up on the r
On the roof's the only place I know
Where you j h to w to make it s o
)
- le bruit de la course aux rats = la jungle
-tu n’as qu’à faire un souhait pour le
réaliser
Let's go up on the roof
At night, the stars p
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for free
-font un spectacle
And, darling, you can share it all with me
Ik
-a t
you
-je continue à te le dire
R____ s____ d in the middle of town
-pile poil
I found a paradise that's trouble-p____
-à l’épreuve de soucis / sans souci
And if this world starts g______ you d______
-te déprime
There's room enough for two up on the roof
Up on the roof
Oh, c
o__, baby (Up on the roof)
Oh, come on, honey (Up on the roof)
Everything is all right (Up on the roof)
-allez!