If It Hadn't Been For Love by Adele
door, door, down, four, four, free, in, me, name, parole, parole, rain, soul, soul, still, still, town, will, will, wind |
Never woulda hitch hiked to Birmingham
If it hadn't been for love
Never woulda caught the train to Louisiana
If it hadn't been for love
Never woulda run through the blinding __________
Without one dollar to my__________
If it hadn't been
If it hadn't been for love
Never woulda seen the trouble that I'm __________
If it hadn't been for love
Woulda been gone like a wayward __________
If it hadn't been for love
Nobody knows it better than __________
I wouldn't be wishing I was __________
If it hadn't been
If it hadn't been for love
Four cold walls against my __________
At least I know he's lying __________
Four cold walls without __________
Lord have mercy on my __________
Never woulda gone to that side of __________
If it hadn't been for love
Never woulda took a mind to track him __________
If it hadn't been for love
Never woulda loaded up a forty __________
And put myself behind a jail house __________
If it hadn't been
If it hadn't been for love
Four cold walls against my __________
At least I know he's lying __________
Four cold walls without __________
Lord have mercy on my __________
Never woulda hitch hiked to Birmingham
If it hadn't been for love
Never woulda caught the train to Louisiana
If it hadn't been for love
Never woulda loaded up a forty __________
And put myself behind a jail house __________
If it hadn't been
If it hadn't been for love
If it hadn't been
If it hadn't been for love
If it hadn't been
If it hadn't been for love
Answers:
Never woulda hitch hiked to Birmingham
If it hadn't been for love
Never woulda caught the train to Louisiana
If it hadn't been for love
Never woulda run through the blinding rain
Without one dollar to my name
If it hadn't been
If it hadn't been for love
Never woulda seen the trouble that I'm in
If it hadn't been for love
Woulda been gone like a wayward wind
If it hadn't been for love
Nobody knows it better than me
I wouldn't be wishing I was free
If it hadn't been
If it hadn't been for love
Four cold walls against my will
At least I know he's lying still
Four cold walls without parole
Lord have mercy on my soul
Never woulda gone to that side of town
If it hadn't been for love
Never woulda took a mind to track him down
If it hadn't been for love
Never woulda loaded up a forty four
And put myself behind a jail house door
If it hadn't been
If it hadn't been for love
Four cold walls against my will
At least I know he's lying still
Four cold walls without parole
Lord have mercy on my soul
Never woulda hitch hiked to Birmingham
If it hadn't been for love
Never woulda caught the train to Louisiana
If it hadn't been for love
Never woulda loaded up a forty four
And put myself behind a jail house door
If it hadn't been
If it hadn't been for love
If it hadn't been
If it hadn't been for love
If it hadn't been
If it hadn't been for love
3rd Conditionals
Can you find all the 3rd conditional sentences in the song? Discuss with a partner.
Note: woulda is a spoken form of “would’ve”. It’s used sometimes in conversation and in songs.
Formal: would have
Less formal: would’ve
Even more less formal: woulda
If Clause | Result Clause | ||||
If | Subject | past perfect | subject | would, could, might | have+V3 |
If | it | hadn’t been for love | (I) | never would | have hitch-hiked to Birmingham |
Answers:
Note: woulda is a spoken form of “would’ve”. It’s used sometimes in conversation and in songs.
Formal: would have
Less formal: would’ve
Even more less formal: woulda
If Clause | Result Clause | ||||
If | Subject | past perfect | subject | would, could, might | have+V3 |
If | it | hadn’t been for love | (I) | never would | have hitch-hiked to Birmingham |
If | it | hadn’t been for love | (I) | never would | have caught the train to Louisiana |
If | I | hadn’t been for love | (I) | never would | have run through the blinding rain. |
If | it | hadn’t been for love | (I) | never would | have seen the trouble that I’m in |
If | it | hadn’t been for love | ()I | would | have been gone like a wayward wind |
If | it | hadn’t been for love | (I) | never would | have gone to that side of town. |
If | it | hadn’t been for love | (I) | never would | have took a mind to track him down |
If | it | hadn’t been for love | (I) | never would | have loaded up a forty-four |