Gilbert O'Sullivan - Alone Again, Naturally

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_P-v1BVQn8

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In a little while from now
If I’m not feeling any less sour
I promise myself to treat myself
And visit a nearby tower
And climbing to the top will throw myself off
In an effort to make it clear to who
Ever what it’s like when you’re shattered
Left standing in the lurch at a church
Where people were saying: "My God, that’s tough
She's stood him up"
No point in us remaining
We may as well go home
As I did on my own
Alone again, naturally

To think that only yesterday
I was cheerful, bright and gay
Looking forward to well wouldn’t do
The role I was about to play
But as if to knock me down
Reality came around
And without so much, as a mere touch
Cut me into little pieces
Leaving me to doubt
Talk about God and His mercy
Or if He really does exist
Why did He desert me in my hour of need
I truly am indeed
Alone again, naturally

It seems to me that there are more hearts
broken in the world that can’t be mended
Left unattended
What do we do? What do we do?

Alone again, naturally
Now looking back over the years
And whatever else that appears
I remember I cried when my father died
Never wishing to hide the tears
And at sixty-five years old
My mother, God rest her soul,
Couldn’t understand why the only man
She had ever loved had been taken
Leaving her to start with a heart so badly broken
Despite encouragement from me
No words were ever spoken
And when she passed away
I cried and cried all day
Alone again, naturally
Alone again, naturally

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歌詞寫的很好，描述和比喻都很寫實，但其實挺悲傷的。而 Gilbert 用一種相當輕快的曲調，及詼諧的唱腔來詮釋，就將那悲傷化為無形了。也許因此而更顯真實，以致於聽來反而讓本來黯淡的心情愉快很多。

在此歌之前我並不認識愛爾蘭歌手 Gilbert (1946-)，畢竟年代有差。他在1976年就被音樂雜誌 Record Mirror 票選為全英第一的男歌手，不知道那時候我爸媽互相認識了沒...。同年發表的這首歌 拿下全英排行榜第三，全美第一 (還蟬聯六週)，在紐西蘭、加拿大和日本都拿下第一、二名的寶座 (原來那時代的日本就很接受西洋音樂了)。有興趣的話可以去查 wiki，有更多詳盡介紹。

也是從這首歌我才知道，原來gay作為形容詞有「衣著鮮麗的、快樂爽朗的」等的意思耶~