簡介
官方介紹:
Gilbert O'Sullivan (born 1 December 1946) is an Irish-English singer-songwriter, best known for his early 1970s hits "Alone Again (Naturally)", "Clair" and "Get Down". The music magazine Record Mirror voted him the No. 1 UK male singer of 1972.
歌詞
Alone Again (Naturally)n
In a little while from nown
再過一會兒n
If I'm not feeling any less sourn
若沒有感覺好受一點n
I promise myself, to treat myselfn
我向自己保證n
And visit a nearby towern
就去附近的高塔n
And climbing to the topn
爬到至高點n
Will throw myself offn
然後釋放自己n
In an effort to, make it clear to whon
努力向某人表明n
Ever what it's like when you're shatteredn
當一個人崩潰時是怎樣的狀态n
Left standing in the lurch, at a churchn
搖晃不定站在教堂n
Where people saying, my Godn
那裡的人們說 天啊n
That's tough, she stood him upn
太糟了,她放了他鴿子n
No point in us remainingn
我們之間沒有溝通n
We may as well go homen
我們還是回家吧n
As I did on my ownn
像我之前一樣獨自一人n
Alone again, naturallyn
再次孤獨 自然而然n
To think that only yesterdayn
想起就在昨日n
I was cheerful, bright and gayn
我還歡喜雀躍n
Looking forward to, well who wouldn't don
期待着,任誰都不會象我這樣n
The role I was about to playn
做我所擔當的角色n
But as if to knock me down, reality came aroundn
而真相到來時,仿佛要把我擊垮n
And without so much, as a mere touchn
不需要太多,僅僅一個輕輕的觸碰n
Cut me into little piecesn
就把我減得粉碎n
Leaving me to doubt, talk aboutn
讓我懷疑,讓我探讨n
God and his mercyn
上帝和他的仁慈n
Though if he really does existn
如果他真的存在n
Why did he desert men
為何要抛棄我n
In my hour of need, I truly am indeedn
就在我最需要他的時刻n
Alone again, naturallyn
再次孤獨 自然而然n
It seems to me that there are more heartsn
看來在這世上 還有更多破碎的心靈n
Broken in the world, that can't be mendedn
它們無法被修複n
Left unattendedn
被遺棄n
What do we do? What do we do?n
我們能做什麼?我們能做什麼?n
Alone again, naturallyn
再度孤獨 自然而然n
Looking back over the yearsn
回顧過去的這些年n
Whatever else that appearsn
還有什麼事情發生n
I remember I cried when my father diedn
我記得我為父親的去死而哭泣n
Never wishing to hide the tearsn
仍由眼淚落下n
And at 65 years old, my mother God rest her souln
在母親65歲之際 她永遠睡去n
Couldn't understand, why the only mann
無法理解,為什麼n
She had ever loved had been takenn
她唯一愛過的男人被會上帝帶走n
Leaving her to start, with a heartn
剩下她獨自一人重新開始n
So badly brokenn
心靈破碎不堪n
Despite encouragement from men
盡管我盡力安慰n
No words were ever spokenn
她還是再也沒有開口說過話n
And when she passed awayn
而當她去世的時候n
I cried and cried all dayn
我終日哭泣n
Alone again, naturallyn
再度孤獨 自然而然n
Alone again, naturallyn
再度孤獨,自然而然