Learn English with songs – Karma chameleon by Culture Club

Welcome YOU!

Culture Club was a very popular band in the 80’s. They had big hair and amazing clothes. Have you listened to any of their songs?

Today, Boy George is going to help you learn some new English words. Make a list of the words you learn and then practice singing with the lyrics. This is a great way to remember new words and improve your pronunciation.

1. Read the lyrics
2. Understand the vocabulary
3. SING!

Lyrics

Desert loving in your eyes all the way
If I listened to your lies would you say

I’m a man without conviction
I’m a man who doesn’t know
How to sell a contradiction
You come and go
You come and go

Karma Karma Karma Karma Karma Chameleon
You come and go
You come and go
Loving would be easy if your colors were like my dream
Red, gold and green
Red, gold and green

Didn’t hear your wicked words every day
And you used to be so sweet I heard you say

That my love was an addiction
When we cling our love is strong
When you go you’re gone forever
You string along
You string along

Every day is like survival
You’re my lover not my rival
Every day is like survival
You’re my lover not my rival

I’m a man without conviction
I’m a man who doesn’t know
How to sell a contradiction
You come and go
You come and go

Vocabulary

Desert – an area of very dry land that is usually covered with sand and is very hot.

Contradiction – the act of saying something that is opposite or very different in meaning to something else.

Conviction – a strong belief or opinion.

Chameleon – a type of lizard that can change the color of its skin to look like the colors that are around it.

Wicked – morally bad.

Cling – hold onto something or someone very tightly.

String along – to continue to deceive or trick (someone) for a long time.

Rival – a person or thing that tries to defeat or be more successful than another.

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