Home – Michael Bublé – Notes 

ƒ Activity type: gap fill, vocabulary.

ƒ Time: 20 minutes.

1) Tell students that this song is about a singer on tour around the world. He has everything he wants,
but is homesick. Elicit answers to the following questions.

• What does he do?

• Where does he go?
• How does he feel?
• How does he travel?

2) Read the following statements aloud, and ask students to predict whether they are true or false.

a. The singer is always by himself.

b. He visits beautiful cities.
c. He sends letters to his girlfriend.
d. He does not want to go back home.
e. He is far from his home.
f. He is living his girlfriend’s dream.

3) Write the following words on the board:

aeroplane everything people

alone far run
back fine send
day letters winter
dream life words

Note: aeroplane is British English spelling, airplane is American English.

4) Play the song. Students number the words in order they hear them, and check their answers to
Activity 2).

Key: a. false b. true c. false d. false e. true f. false

5) Give each student a copy of the worksheet. Before playing the song again ask them to try to insert
the missing words in the correct gaps, based on their answers to Activity 4) and context and rhyme.

6) Play the song. Students check their predictions in 5).

7) Allow them to check their answers with other students, then correct.

8) Sing together.

Follow up: Imagine you are a singer on tour around the world and you haven’t seen your family for
months. Write them a letter and describe how you feel. Do you miss them? Are you homesick? Would you
like to go back home?

This worksheet is to be used for educational purposes only

Activity © Tune into English 2007 – www.tuneintoenglish.com Worksheet written by Caterina Ziliani, Milan
  Home – Michael Bublé 

Another summer ________ has come and gone away

in Paris or Rome, but I wanna go home
May be surrounded by a million people
I still feel alone, just wanna go home
Oh, I miss you, you know

And I’ve been keeping all the _________ that I wrote to you
they’re each one a line or two, “’I’m ________ baby how are you?”
Well, I would ________ them but I know that it’s just not enough
My ________ were cold and flat and you deserve more than that

Another __________, another sunny place

I’m lucky I know
but I wanna go home, I gotta go home
Let me go home
I’m just too ________ from where you are
I wanna come home

And I feel just like I’m living someone else’s ________

It’s like I just stepped outside when __________ was going right
And I know just why you could not come along with me
This was not your ________, but you always believed in me

Another _______ day has come and gone away

In either Paris or Rome and I wanna go home
Let me go home
And I’m surrounded by a million _______
I still feel ________ and let me go home
Oh, I miss you, you know
Let me go home
I‘ve had my ________
Baby I’m done
I gotta go home
Let me go home
It’ll all be alright
I’ll be home tonight
I’m coming ________ home

This worksheet is to be used for educational purposes only

Activity © Tune into English 2007 – www.tuneintoenglish.com Worksheet written by Caterina Ziliani, Milan
 ‘ Home – Michael Bublé – Complete ‘

Another summer day has come and gone away

in Paris or Rome, but I wanna go home
May be surrounded by a million people
I still feel alone, just wanna go home
Oh, I miss you, you know

And I’ve been keeping all the letters that I wrote to you
they’re each one a line or two, “’I’m fine baby how are you?”
Well, I would send them but I know that it’s just not enough
My words were cold and flat and you deserve more than that

Another aeroplane, another sunny place

I’m lucky I know
but I wanna go home, I gotta go home
Let me go home
I’m just too far from where you are
I wanna come home

And I feel just like I’m living someone else’s life

It’s like I just stepped outside when everything was going right
And I know just why you could not come along with me
This was not your dream, but you always believed in me

Another winter day has come and gone away

In either Paris or Rome and I wanna go home
Let me go home
And I’m surrounded by a million people
I still feel alone and let me go home
Oh, I miss you, you know
Let me go home
I‘ve had my fun
Baby I’m done
I gotta go home
Let me go home
It’ll all be alright
I’ll be home tonight
I’m coming back home

This worksheet is to be used for educational purposes only

Activity © Tune into English 2007 – www.tuneintoenglish.com Worksheet written by Caterina Ziliani, Milan