2016-12-27 13:14:52流浪阿狗
老歌亂談(660)Can't Cry Anymore
出生於1962的Sheryl Crow，是密蘇里大學音樂科系的學士 ( 後被學校授與榮譽博士學位 )，畢業後擔任音樂老師及參加了當地的樂團，利用週末時作表演。1987─1989，Sheryl Crow還擔任了Michael Jackson巡迴演唱的合音歌手。但她真正在音樂界竄起，應該是交了Kevin Gilbert這位男友。
Bill Bottrell
由於Kevin Gilbert的關係，Sheryl Crow被介紹認識了Bill Bottrell，Bottrell稍早前才搞了個錄音室，並找了幾位朋友成立了個團體，自稱「Tuesday Night Music Club」，除了是錄音室的基本樂手，也在一起創作歌曲。Kevin Gilbert即為此團體的成員之一，Sheryl Crow隨後也加入，且被允許在團體中討論創作屬於她個人的歌曲。1993，Sheryl Crow推出了她的首張專輯，專輯中所有歌曲的作者均為由Sheryl Crow與各團員分別掛名，或因是之故，專輯也取名為《Tuesday Night Music Club》。原本，各團員對參與歌曲的創作都很隨意，卻在專輯發行後對掛名產生了計較與爭執 ( 其實專輯中大部份的歌均為Kevin Gilbert所寫 )，甚至大家為此撕破了臉，除了Bottrell與鼓手留下繼續與Sheryl Crow合作，其他人則離開各奔前程。當然，Sheryl Crow與Kevin Gilbert也就此分手。
專輯發行後其實並沒受到太大的關注，直到其中的一首《All I Wanna Do》( Kevin Gilbert亦參與合寫 )，因歌詞中引用詩人Wyn Cooper的詩句，在1994忽然爆紅，連帶使得專輯大賣，也在1995為Sheryl Crow拿下了「年度最佳唱片」、「最佳新人」及「最佳女歌手」三座葛萊美獎。此首《Can't Cry Anymore》即為專輯中的一首，也拿下了告示牌熱門榜的第36名，也是Sheryl Crow在西班牙排名最高的歌曲 ( NO. 1 )。
Kevin Gilbert在離開Sheryl Crow後繼續打拼自己的音樂事業，卻在1996年死於自淫窒息式的性愛 ( autoerotic asphyxiation )，僅享年29歲。
Took your car
Drove to Texas
Sorry, honey
But I suspected we were through
And I can't cry anymore
Since I left
Been feelin' better, cause that's
What you get when you
Stay together too long
And I can't cry anymore
[Chorus]
Wouldn't it be good if
we could hop a flight to anywhere
So long to this life
So much for pretending
Bad luck's never-ending
And now I know that
Money comes in
But the fact is
There's not enough to
Pay my taxes
And I can't cry anymore
Well, got a brother
He's got real problems
Heroin - no
There's just no stopping him tonight
And I won't cry anymore
[Chorus]
It's never ending
It could be worse
I could've missed my calling
Sometimes it hurts
But when you read the writing on the wall
Can't cry anymore
[Chorus]
And too much time I've been spending
With my heart in my hands
Waiting for time to come and mend it
I can't cry anymore