Listen carefully and fill in the blanks.(Chorus 1)

Jimmy, please say you'll ____ ____me I‘ll grow up some day you’ll see Saving all ____ _____ just for you Signed with love for ever true.

Joni was the girl who lived ____ ____ I’ve known her, I guess, ten years or more Joni wrote me ___ ____one day And this is what she had to say

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Slowly I read ____ _____ once more Then I went over to the house next door Her ____ fell like rain that day When I told Joni what I had to say.

(Chorus 2) Joni, Joni, please don’t cry You’ll forget me by and by You’re just _____, I’m ____And Joni, I just can't wait for you.

Soon I left our little ____Got me a job and tried to settle down But the words kept haunting ____ ____The words that Joni said to me

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I packed ___ ___ and I caught a plane I had to see Joni, I had to explain How my heart was filled with her memory And ask my Joni if she'd ____ me

I ran all the way to the house next door But things weren’t like they were before. My _____ fell like rain that day When I heard what Joni had to say

(Chorus 3) Jimmy, Jimmy, please don t cry You'll forget me by and by It's been ____ _____ since you’ve been gone Jimmy, I married your _____ ____ John

And now, the end is nearAnd so I (1) _______ the final curtain 1/ meet/ faceMy friend, I’ll say it clearI’ll (2) ________ my case, of which I’m certain 2/ state/ sayI’ve lived a life that’s fullI’ve (3) _______ each and every highway 3/ traveled/ riddenAnd more, much more than this,I did it my way

Regrets, I’ve had (4)________ 4/ a lot/ a fewBut then again, too few to mentionI did what I (5) ________ to do 5/ had/ wantedAnd saw it through without exemption,I planned each charted course,Each careful (6)_______ along the byway 6/ step/ stopAnd more, much more than this,

I did it my wayYes, there were (7)_______, 7/ days/ timesI’m sure you knew,When I bit offMore than I could (8) ________ 8/ chew/ eatBut through it all,When there was doubtI ate it up and spit it outI faced it all and I stood (9)_______ 9/ tall/ upAnd did it my way

I’ve loved, I’ve (10) ________ and cried 10/joked/ laughedI’ve had my fill, my share of losingAnd now, as tears subside,I find it all so (11)_________ 11/exciting/ amusingTo think I did all thatAnd may I say, not in a (12)_________way, 12/sad/ shy‘oh, no, oh, no, not me, I did it my way’For what is a man, what has he got?If not himself, then he was (13)______13/nothing/ naughtTo say the things he truly (14)________ 14/feels/ knowsAnd not the words of one who kneels,The record shows I took the (15)______ 15/blows/ timeAnd did it my wayYes, I was my way.

Why did not the man come back home?

A. He did not have enough money.B. He lived faraway from home.C. He was too ashamed of himself to come back.D. His parents did not allow him to come home.