Third Conditional Songs - "Shoulda, Woulda, Coulda"


Brian McKnight's "Shoulda, Woulda, Coulda, is an excellent song to teach the third conditional. It is good for showing the reduced version of MODAL + HAVE.

Use the song and the lyrics to show students how in conversation, English speakers reduce "should have" to simply "shoulda."

It can also be used to teach the third conditional as it has examples of regrets in the past.

This song can also be used to show how the "G" is often dropped from ING-words.
EX: knowin, playin, etc.

Here is the video, and the lyrics are below. For an online cloze activity, try this page: Third Conditional Music - Shoulda, Woulda, Coulda




Brian Mc knight - Shoulda woulda coulda by Dante35



baby can you put them bags down
just wait hold on for a minute
gotta say a couple things before you go
even though I know that were finished
I don't want you to leave without knowin
just where I'm comin from babe
I just wanna say
I made a big mistake
and now I gotta face the fact that I

shoulda been a better man
the kinda man that you needed
woulda been better off
if I'd done right by you
I coulda done this
I coulda done that but
I know i cant go back
cause now its just too late
I'm sayin
shoulda, woulda, coulda, yeah

I can tell by the look on your face
you ain't tryin to hear what I'm sayin
maybe you done heard all of this before
girl this ain't no game that I'm playin
this may be the last chance i ever have
to talk to you before you go
so I gotta say
I made a big mistake
girl you know its killing me that I

shoulda been a better man
the kinda man that you needed (all right)
woulda been better off
if i'd done right by you
I coulda done this (and)
I coulda done that but
I know I cant go back (go back)
cause now its just too late (now its just too late)
I'm sayin
shoulda, woulda, coulda, yeah

I should have done my best to love you (baby)
I should have placed no one above you
and now its killing me more than you know
letting you go
thats why I

girl I know that I shoulda

shoulda been a better man
the kinda that you needed
(coulda been a better man man to you baby)
(shoulda been there for ya everytime you needed me everytime you called me)
woulda been better off
if id done right by you
(and you know that I)
I coulda done this
(I coulda done this)
I coulda done that but
(I coulda done that yeah)
I know I cant go back
(I know I cant go back baby)
cause now its just too late
(all I need to know is girl all I need to know is)
I'm sayin
shoulda, woulda, coulda, yeah
(do you still love me like you used to baby)
(all the things I coulda done)
(all the things I shoulda done)
(sayin shoulda, woulda, coulda, yeah)
(yeah)
(coulda been a better man to ya)
(now I understand)

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