Practice with the Present Continuous

Don't Speak (No Doubt) Sittin On The Dock of The Bay

(Otis Reading)
You and me
We used to be together Sittin' in the mornin' sun
Everyday together always I'll be sittin' when the evenin' come
I really feel Watching the ships roll in
That I'm losing my best friend And then I watch 'em roll away again, yeah
I can't believe
This could be the end I'm sittin' on the dock of the bay
It looks as though you're letting go Watching the tide roll away
And if it's real Ooo, I'm just sittin' on the dock of the bay
Well I don't want to know Wastin' time

Don't speak I left my home in Georgia

I know just what you're saying
So please stop explaining
Don't tell me cause it hurts
Don't speak
I know what you're thinking
I don't need your reasons
Don't tell me cause it hurts
Headed for the 'Frisco bay
'Cause I've had nothing to live for
And look like nothin's gonna come my way
So I'm just gonna sit on the dock of the bay
Watching the tide roll away
Ooo, I'm sittin' on the dock of the bay
Wastin' time

Our memories Look like nothing's gonna change

Well, they can be inviting
But some are altogether
Mighty frightening
As we die, both you and I
With my head in my hands
I sit and cry
Don't speak
I know just what you're saying
So please stop explaining
Don't tell me cause it hurts (no, no, no)
Don't speak
I know what you're thinking
I don't need your reasons
Don't tell me cause it hurts
Everything still remains the same
I can't do what ten people tell me to do
So I guess I'll remain the same, yes
Sittin' here resting my bones
And this loneliness won't leave me alone
It's two thousand miles I roamed
Just to make this dock my home
Now, I'm just gonna sit at the dock of the bay
Watching the tide roll away
Oooo-wee, sittin' on the dock of the bay
Wastin' time
(whistle)

It's all ending

I gotta stop pretending who we are...
You and me I can see us dying...are we?

Don't speak
I know just what you're saying
So please stop explaining
Don't tell me cause it hurts (no, no, no)
Don't speak
I know what you're thinking
I don't need your reasons
Don't tell me cause it hurts
Don't tell me cause it hurts!
I know what you're saying
So please stop explaining
Sailing (Rod Stewart)
Tom’s Diner (Susan Vega)
I am sailing I am sitting
I am sailing In the morning
home again 'cross the sea. At the diner
I am sailing stormy waters On the corner
to be near you to be free.
I am flying I am waiting
I am flying like a bird 'cross the sky At the counter
I am flying passing high clouds to be with you to be free. For the man
To pour the coffee
Can you hear me
can you hear me thro' the dark night far away. And he fills it
I am dying forever trying to be with you who can say. Only halfway
Can you hear me And before
can you hear me thro' the dark night far away. I even argue
I am dying forever trying to be with you who can say. (whistle)

We are sailing Tom’s diner

we are sailing home again 'cross the sea.
We are sailing stormy waters to be near you to be free. I am sitting
In the morning
At the diner
On the corner

I am waiting
At the counter
For the man
To pour the coffee

And he fills it
Only halfway
And before
I even argue

He is looking
Out the window
At somebody
Coming in

"It is always
Nice to see you"
Says the man
Behind the counter

To the woman
Who has come in
She is shaking
Her umbrella

And I look
The other way
As they are kissing
Their hellos

I'm pretending
Not to see them
And Instead
I pour the milk …