ESLSongs

Practice defining relative clauses in your ESL class with this song, You’re still the one by Shania Twain.

The 6 defining relative clauses in these song lyrics follow the pattern “You are the one (who) I…”.

There is a suggestion on how to use this song in your ESL classes below, but for more ideas, click here.

Lyrics

When I first saw you, I saw love
And the first time you touched me, I felt love
And after all this time
You’re still the one I love, mmm, yeah-yeah

Looks like we made it
Look how far we’ve come, my baby
We mighta took the long way
We knew we’d get there someday

They said, “I bet they’ll never make it”
But just look at us holding on
We’re still together, still going strong, mm

Chorus
You’re still the one I run to
The one that I belong to
You’re still the one I want for life
(You’re still the one)
You’re still the one that I love
The only one I dream of
You’re still the one I kiss goodnight

Ain’t nothin’ better
We beat the odds together
I’m glad we didn’t listen
Look at what we would be missin’

They said, “I bet they’ll never make it”
But just look at us holding on
We’re still together, still going strong

Chorus
You’re still the one I run to
The one that I belong to
You’re still the one I want for life
(You’re still the one)
You’re still the one that I love
The only one I dream of
You’re still the one I kiss goodnight

You’re still the one

Chorus
You’re still the one I run to
The one that I belong to
You’re still the one I want for life, oh yeah
(You’re still the one)
You’re still the one that I love
The only one I dream of
You’re still the one I kiss goodnight

I’m so glad we made it
Look how far we’ve come, my baby

Suggested activity: put the words in the correct order

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Listen to the song carefully, and put the words of the lines that begin with an asterisk (*) into the correct order. The chorus is repeated several times.

(It) looks like we made it
Look how far we’ve come, my baby
We might’ve took the long way
We knew we’d get there someday

They said, “I bet they’ll never make it”
But just look at us holding on
We’re still together, still going strong, mm

Chorus
* I run you’re one to the still
* I the belong to that one
* for life I want you’re still one the
* the one I love that you’re still
* I only dream of the one
* I goodnight still one the kiss you’re

Ain’t nothing better
We beat the odds together
I’m glad we didn’t listen
Look at what we would be missin’

They said, “I bet they’ll never make it”
But just look at us holding on
We’re still together, still going strong

Chorus

I’m so glad we made it
Look how far we’ve come, my baby

Chorus

Shania Twain

Eilleen Regina “Shania” Twain is a Canadian singer-songwriter. She has sold over 100 million records, making her one of the best-selling music artists of all time and the best-selling female artist in country music history. Her success garnered her several titles, including the “Queen of Country Pop”. Billboard named her as the leader of the ’90s country-pop crossover stars.