"Mistakes of my Youth" by Eels

“Mistakes of My Youth” by Eels

Watch the video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=it8bSb-THFI

Imagine the boy is 70 years old today. Is thereanything he regrets about his youth?

E. g. I wish I hadn’t started smoking when I was 17.

1. ________________________________________________

2. ________________________________________________

3. ________________________________________________

4. ________________________________________________

5. ________________________________________________

6. ________________________________________________

7. ________________________________________________

Now listen to the song and fill in the gaps with the missing words.

“Mistakes of My Youth” byEels

In the waning days ______________,
I gotta look back down the road.
I know that it's not ____________.
All the stupid things I've said,
And people I've hurt ____________.

I hope it's not my fate
To keep _____________my own self,
And keep repeating yesterday.
I can't keep ___________ myself,
I can't keep repeating,
The ___________ of my youth.

In the dark of night, I might
Be able to ______________________
That I'm still a younger man.
But when the ______________ shines down,
There's no way to get around it,
I'm not the _____________ man.

I keep _____________ my own self,
And keep repeating yesterday.
I can't keep __________ myself,
I can't keep repeating,
The ___________ of my youth.

The _________ is mine for making
A better road ____________
The road that I've been taking,
Headed for a _____________,
But it's not too late to turn around

In the final moments
I hope that I know that ____________
To do best I could
To stop ____________ my own self
And stop repeating yesterday.

I can't keep ____________myself,
I can't keep repeating,
The ___________ of my youth

Songwriters: Jeffrey Scott
Lyster / Mark O. Everett

KEY
In the waning days ahead,
I gotta look back down the road.
I know that it's not too late.
All the stupid things I've said,
And people I've hurt in my time.
I hope it's not my fate

To keep defeating my own self,
And keep repeating yesterday.
I can't keep defeating myself,
I can't keep repeating,
The mistakes of my youth.

In the dark of night, I might
Be able to make myself think
That I'm still a younger man.
But when the light of day shines down,

There's no way to get around it,
I'm not the younger man.

I keep defeating my own self,
And keep repeating yesterday.
I can't keep defeating myself,
I can't keep repeating,
The mistakes of my youth.

The choice is mine for making
A better road ahead
The road that I've been taking,
Headed for a dead-end,
But it's not too late to turn around

In the final moments
I hope that I know that I tried
To do best I could
To stop defeating my own self
And stop repeating yesterday.

I can't keep defeating myself,
I can't keep repeating,
The mistakes of my youth

Songwriters: Jeffrey Scott
Lyster / Mark O. Everett