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7. Act Out

Exercise: Act out the song in Hebrew while looking at the
English text

                   The Shalom Road

Tel Aviv before midnight, the        She asks, what would you like
wind doesn’t want to blow            to drink? I feel very much like
And the humidity doesn’t let         a character in a movie.
go, it’s suffocating                 Two glasses on the table and
In a café among the                  she pours and pours, she’s
neighborhoods, they haven’t          finishing me
turned off the lights
She sits on an old chair alone.      She opens another white wine,
I’m not sure what to say,            she throws a little smile at me,
whether I should approach or         slowly entering my heart.
retreat at all                       She orders a cappuccino for
And the wind comes from the          both of us and only complains
ocean, she glances, invites me       about the heat,
to sit down.                         So much heat, maybe we
                                     should go, she asks, she lives
She orders a cappuccino for          in a rented apartment
both of us and only complains        Very close to the Shalom road,
about the heat,                      let’s order the bill.
So much heat, maybe we
should go, she asks, she lives       Between everything that’s
in a rented apartment                happening between us she
Very close to the Shalom road,       turns on the AC because of the
let’s order the bill, tonight        heat, so much heat.
we’re not going to sleep.            Maybe we should go to the
                                     bedroom? If you want, you can
In Tel Aviv after midnight we        stay here to sleep.
go up in the stairwell               What sleep?! Tonight we do
She takes keys out, opens the        whatever we want.
door, a small table, two
armchairs

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