Katie Melua--If You Were A Sail Boat如果你是一叶扁舟

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 If you were a cowboy

I would trail you.

If you were a piece of wood

I’d nail you to the floor.

If you were a sailboat

I would sail you to the shore.

 

If you were a river

I would swim you.

If you were a house

I would live in you all my days.

If you were a preacher

I’d begin to change my ways.

 

Sometimes I believe in fate,

But the chances we create,

Always seem to ring more true.

You took a chance on loving me,

I took a chance on loving you.

 

If I was in jail

I know you’d spring me.

If I was a telephone

you’d ring me all day long.

If I was in pain

I know you’d sing me soothing songs.

 

Sometimes I believe in fate,

But the chances we create,

Always seem to ring more true.

You took a chance on loving me,

I took a chance on loving you.

 

If I was hungry

you would feed me.

If I was in darkness

you would lead me to the light.

If I was a book

I know you’d read me every night.

 

If you were a cowboy

I would trail you.

If you were a piece of wood

I’d nail you to the floor.

If you were a sailboat

I would sail you to the shore.

 

If you were a sailboat

I would sail you to the shore.

 

If you were a sailboat

I would sail you to the shore.

 

  说Katie Melua的声线集蓝调、民谣、爵士味儿于一体可一点儿也不假，听了这首“If You Were a Sailboat”,你就会知道她的声音怎么“独特”而让人回味无穷。Katie Melua于1984年在今格鲁吉亚共和国出生，8岁时便随家人一同搬到北爱尔兰居住，14岁时又再次随家人搬到了英国。2003年底,当时年仅19岁的她推出了首支单曲“The Closest Thing to Crazy”，该曲挺进了英国流行音乐排行榜前十位。此后不久,她推出的首张专辑Call of the Search广受好评且大卖，一举击败多位重量级歌手,荣登英国专辑排行榜冠军宝座长达6周时间，成为了英国畅销专辑之一。Katie Melua先后于2005年和2007年发行了她的第二、第三张专辑Piece by Piece和Pictures。 
无论处在哪个时代，人们既需要通俗音乐，也需要歌词含蓄且意境优美的音乐，以展示人类文明的组成部分——文字其魅力以及丰富的内涵。而关于后者，“If You Were a Sailboat”这首音乐就是一个极佳的例子。整首音乐通过诗般精致的语言，把一对恋人的难分难舍、情投意合以及相濡以沫描绘得生动感人，让听者无不动容。也许正是人类性格中多少带有的“含蓄”，哺育出了这许许多多美不胜收的词句。而你永远都不应低估文字的力量。 

 

If You Were A Sail Boat -- Katie Melua