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此曲為美國鄉村歌手Conway Twitty自其1977與歌曲同名專輯中所另發行的第2首單曲,在告示牌鄉村榜奪得第1名,也是他第19首的鄉村冠軍曲 ( Conway Twitty 共有40首的鄉村冠軍曲,此紀錄維持了有20年,可惜在2009被George Strait給打破。)。



Conway Twitty一度也唱搖滾樂,成績不差,像《It's Only Make Believe》( 1958 / #1 )、《Lonely Blue Boy》( 1959 / #6 )等,由於聲音與貓王Elvis頗為相似,有些人還以為是貓王用另一個藝名所推出的歌曲。Conway Twitty與「礦工的女兒」Loretta Lynn合唱過不少的歌曲 ( 有10張錄音室的專輯 ),1971,倆人合唱的《After the Fire Is Gone》還奪得了當年「最佳鄉村演唱組合或團體」的葛萊美獎。雖然倆人各有家庭,但看倆人在演唱時的深情互動,很難不讓人想像倆人私下有相當親密的關係。1993,Conway Twitty不幸因「腹主動脈瘤」死在手術床上 ( 享年59歲 ),去世前,Loretta曾趕到醫院央求Conway不要「丟下她」。



Conway Twitty非常知名的歌曲《Hello Darlin'》於1999獲得葛萊美的名人堂獎。而台灣歌友最熟悉Conway的歌曲應該是他與當時16歲的女兒Joni Lee合唱的《Don't Cry Joni》吧!

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Play, guitar play
Take me back to yesterday
Let me see, cotton growing, in the fields
Let me hear, my momma calling
Look a-yonder ya-all who's coming
Down the road, he's a coming home
But they know I never will
I left them living with that awful thing I done
I didn't tell them I just packed my clothes and run
Play, guitar play
Help me through another day
Help me make another dollar, before I go
We got time, for one more song
Then we'll have to move along
Another town, another crowd
Lord I wonder if they know
Can they read between the lines in my song
As I sing about a good boy that's went wrong
Guitar we got years to kill
We got to climb that distant hill
I wonder if they think of me
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