Karaoke Korner

Best friends forever

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Norah Jones gives some moral support

In her latest single, �Until the End,� Norah Jones tries to console a friend who�s been badly hurt by someone special in her life. Norah tells her friend to remember the bad things that have happened so that they never happen again. No matter what happens, Norah promises that she�ll be a friend until the end.

This week�s Karaoke Korner takes a look at some synonyms of the word friend.

Exercises

Rearrange the letters to spell some synonyms of the word friend.

1. L-P-A

2. M-N-N-I-O-C-O-P-A

3. D-B-D-Y-U

4. M-C-H-U

5. P-T-R-A-E-R-N

About Norah Jones

Name: Norah Jones
Nationality: American
Style: Pop
Label: EMI
Album: Not Too Late (2007), Feels Like Home (2004), Come Away With Me (2002)
In brief: Born Geethali Norah Jones Shankar, this talented singer, songwriter, pianist and Grammy Award-winning performer began her music career at an early age after listening to her mother�s Billy Holiday record collection. Norah later sang in church choirs, took piano lessons and played the saxophone. In 2003, Norah won eight Grammy Awards for her album Come Away With Me. Those honours included awards for record of the year, album of the year, song of the year and best new artist. Norah has sold more than 20 million albums worldwide.
Official website: http://www.norahjones.com
If you like Norah Jones, check out: Diana Krall, Jamie Cullum and Corinne Bailey Rae

�Until the End�

by Norah Jones

You�ve got a famous last name
But you�re not to blame
Baby, I see you for who you are

A one-time apple queen
And a one-time tramp
And an old-time movie star

You�re a shell picker
Of the pickiest kind
But you always find the ones to keep

And in or out of bed
You keep you�re head wide open
�Cause you don�t only dream when you�re asleep

Like a child, you remember
But I forget all my dreams

I used to think
That someday I�d relax a little
And be more like you

Then I realised
How silly that thought was
Needed to stand in my own shoes

And from over here
I can see you cry
Don�t even try to pretend

�Cause he�s hurt you
So many times
Baby, don�t go back again

Like a child, you forget
But I remember everything and every sting

And through all the games
We�ll both stay the same
As we�ve always been
Through the fat and thin
Until the end

	tramp (n): a woman who has many sexual partners pretend (v): to behave in a particular way in order to make other people believe something that is not true sting (n): any sharp pain in your body or mind console (v): to give comfort or sympathy to somebody who is unhappy or disappointed IDIOM be to blame: to be responsible for something bad