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Charlene


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介绍：
I've Never Been to Me（未曾有自我）是一首充满女性自觉的抒情歌曲。歌曲的叙述方式十分特别：描述一个历经沧桑的女人，见到一个因不满自己目下的生活、准备去追寻“自由”的怨妇，忍不住真挚地提出忠告“我自己也曾经有过放荡形骸的生活，甚至为追寻所谓的自由走遍了世界；而且凭借年轻和美貌，曾得到过别的女人做梦都不敢想的快乐时光；但是到头来却是一场空，等到年纪大了，发现自己追求的不过是镜花水月，甚至从未有过真正的自我”。虽然歌中唱的是劝告别人，但听起来却像是在规劝另一个自己，一个几十年前的自己。她规劝那位彷徨的妇女，“要好好珍惜自己的拥有，珍惜自己怀抱中的孩子，以及那经常拌嘴却是真心爱自己的丈夫”。她说自己虽然到过所谓的快乐“天堂”，却从来没未找到过自我，希望别人不要再重蹈她的覆辙。
这首歌早在1977即由美国女歌手 Charlene 灌唱，其后也曾经数次重录，或许是发行公司财力不够。宣传无门，问世没有多久就销声匿迹。终于本歌在1982年被一位电台DJ发掘，在自己的节目中密集的播放，从而老曲新红，一年后拿下全美排行榜第三和英国第一的好成绩。但是 Charlene 本人的星途却远非一帆风顺，另外唱了一些歌都反响平平，1980年代中期就彻底消失歌坛了。不过这首I've Never Been to Me（未曾有自我）却一直传唱至今，成了夏琳唯一的一首畅销曲。
台湾艺人黄莺莺早在歌曲在美国走红前慧眼识珠，发现并翻唱了这首曲子；SHE也翻唱了本曲。但只有Charlene才把这首歌中年沧桑的感觉演绎得这样深刻。

歌词：
Hey lady,　you lady
cursing at your life
You're a discontented mother
and a regimented wife
I've no doubt you dream about
the things you'll never do
But,
I wish someone had talked to me
like I wanna talk to you.....
Ooh I've been to Georgia and California
and, anywhere I could run
I took the hand of a preacher man
and we made love in the sun
but I ran out of places
and friendly faces
because I had to be free
I've been to paradise
but I've never been to me...
Please lady, please, lady
don't just walk away
'cause I have this need to tell you
why I'm all alone today
I can see so much of me
still living in your eyes
won't you share a part
of a weary heart
that has lived million lies.......
Ooh I've been to Niec and the Isle of Greece
while I've sipped champagne on a yacht
I've moved like Harlow in Monte Carlo
and showed 'em what I've got
I've been undressed by kings
and I've seen some things
that a woman ain't supposed to see.......
I've been to paradise,
but I've never been to me.......
Hey, you know what paradise is?
It's a lie. A fantasy we create about
people and places as we'd like them to be.
But you know what truth is?
it's that little baby you're holding
it's that man you fought with this morning
the same one you're going to make love with tonight
that's truth, that's love.........
Sometimes I've been to crying for unborn children
that might have made me complete
but I.....I took the sweet life
I never knew
I'd be bitter from the sweet
I've spent my life exploring
the subtle whoring
that costs too much to be free....
hey lady......
I've been to paradise......
but I've never been to me..........

明知套版发过，仍然想发。。。。
   
［此帖子已被 ★神仙★ 在 2006-5-14 2:12:36 编辑过］

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used to be
Superman was killed in Dallas
There's no love left in the palace
Someone took the Beatles lead guitar

Have another Chivas Regal
You're twelve years old and sex is legal
You're parents don't know where or who you are

Used to be the hero of the ballgame
Took the time to shake the losers hand
Used to be that failure only meant you didn't try
In a world where people gave a damn

Great big wars in little places
Look at all those frightened faces
But don't come here we just don't have the room

Love thy neighbor's wife and daughter
Cleanse your life with holy water
We don't need to bathe, we've got perfume

Used to be a knight in shining armor
Didn't have to own a shiny car
Dignity and courage were the measure of a man
Not the drugs he needs to hide the scar

Can your teacher read?
Does your preacher pray?
Does your president have soul?
Have you heard a real good ethnic joke today?
Mama took her speed
Daddy ran away
But you mustn't lose control
Let's cut a class, I got some grass
The kids are wild we just can't tame 'em
Do we have the right to blame 'em

We fed 'em all our indecision
Raped their minds with television
But what the hell, they're too young to feel pain

I believe that love can save tomorrow
I believe that truth can make us free

Someone tried to say it
And we nailed him to a cross
I guess it's still the way
It used to be

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［此帖子已被 ★神仙★ 在 2006-5-15 17:01:40 编辑过］

bolia

好听呢。。。。。

东东

微笑鱼

远水救不了近火
顶了

跑龙套的

Charlene的声音感觉非常亲切，仿佛就在身边娓娓道来～