ALANIS MORISSETTE

Gap-fill exercise

Fill in all the gaps, then press "Check" to check your answers. Use the "Hint" button to get a free letter if an answer is giving you trouble. You can also click on the "[?]" button to get a clue. Note that you will lose points if you ask for hints or clues!


An old man turned ninety-
He won the lottery and died the next
It's a black fly in your
It's a death row pardon two minutes too
And isn't it ironic... don't you think

It's like rain on your wedding
It's a free ride when you've already
It's the good advice that you just didn't
Who would've thought... it figures

Mr. Play It Safe was afraid to
He packed his suitcase and kissed his kids
He waited his whole damn life to take that
And as the plane crashed down he thought
"Well isn't this nice..."
And isn't it ironic... don't you think

It's like rain on your wedding
It's a free ride when you've already
It's the good advice that you just didn't
Who would've thought... it figures

Well life has a funny way of sneaking up on you
When you think everything's okay and everything's going right
And life has a funny way of helping you out when
You think everything's gone wrong and everything blows up
In your face

A traffic jam when you're already
A no-smoking sign on your cigarette
It's like ten thousand spoons when all you need is a
It's meeting the man of my dreams
And then meeting his beautiful
And isn't it ironic...don't you think
A little too ironic...and, yeah, I really do think...

It's like rain on your wedding
It's a free ride when you've already
It's the good advice that you just didn't take
Who would've thought... it figures

Life has a funny way of sneaking up on you
Life has a funny, funny way of helping you
Helping you