2026-01-11 12:43:03流浪阿狗

老歌亂談(1293)A Lesson In Leavin'

此曲為美國鄉村女歌手Dottie West 於1979發行的專輯《Special Delivery》中的歌曲,單曲獲得告示牌鄉村榜的第1名,也是Dottie獨唱生涯的首支冠軍曲。

Dottie1932出生於貧困家庭,由於父親愛酗酒,經常對子女施暴。Dottie青少年時,甚至遭父親長期性虐待以致流產 (15),後因父親在它地另尋到工作,要脅17歲的Dottie輟學隨其前往,導致Dottie在學校情緒失控,而向老師坦白遭父親性侵的事實,後父親遭判入監服刑40年,1967病死獄中。

Dottie闖蕩歌壇初期認識了已成名的女歌手Pasty Cline,兩人旋即成為好友,由於當時Dottie的經濟狀況不佳,Pasty常帶著Dottie夫婦一起巡演。1963Pasty參加了在堪薩斯市的一場義演後欲返回納許維爾,但由於天候不佳飛機未能起飛,DottiePasty一起搭車前往 ( 8小時車程 )Pasty婉拒並說 : Don't worry about me, Hoss. When it's my time to go, it's my time。未料一語成讖,次日,Pasty搭乘的小飛機失事,僅享壽30歲。而20多年後的1991Dottie自己也因車禍意外身亡 (58)

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1965Dottie West以一首與老公合寫並由自己錄唱的《Here Comes My Baby》,贏得了一座「最佳鄉村女歌手」的葛萊美獎。由於是葛萊美初列該獎項,Dottie也成為獲得該獎項的第一位鄉村女歌手。

此曲述說的是一個曾經被愛情拋棄的女子,已從中得到了教訓,就算男子再設法打聽她,她也不會再回頭,因為她知道男子不會因她而改變,同時,她也期盼看到男子同樣遭受到被分手的打擊。另,在感情的世界裡,總是有心軟的女孩,不斷地被有惡習、不負責任的男人傷害。

Somebody's gonna give you
A lesson in leavin'
Somebody's gonna give you back
What you've been givin'
And I hope that I'm around
To watch 'em knock you down
It's like you to love 'em and leave 'em
Just like you loved me and left me
It's like you to do that sort of thing
Over and over again
You're a fool-hearted man

有人会给你一个离开的教训
有人会回馈你所付出的一切
我希望我在身边
看着他们把你击倒

就像你爱他们又离开他们
就像你爱我又离开我一样
就像你做那样的事情
反复
你是个傻子 (蠢男? )

I hear you've been askin' about me
From some of my friends
Well, you'd better believe
I'm not goin' through that again
You're the kind of man
A woman thinks she can change
Oh, but the only thing changin'
Is my way of thinkin'
And I'm thinkin' that maybe someday

我听说你一直在打听我的情况
来自我的一些朋友
好吧,你最好相信我不会去
再次经过那个

嗯,你就是这样的人
女人认为她可以改变
唯一改变的是我的思维方式
我在想,宝贝,有一天


Somebody's gonna give you
A lesson in losin'
Somebody's gonna do to you
What you've been doin'
And I hope that I'm around
To watch 'em knock you down
Somebody's gonna give you
A lesson in hurtin'
Somebody's gonna leave you
With your fire burnin'
And no way to put it out
Baby, there ain't no doubt
You're a fool-hearted man 

Yeah, you're the kind of man
A woman thinks she can change
But the only thing changin'
Is my way of thinkin'
And I'm thinkin' that maybe someday

Somebody's gonna give you
A lesson in leavin'
Somebody's gonna give you back
What you've been givin'
And I hope that I'm around
To watch 'em knock you down
It's like you to love 'em and leave 'em
Just like you loved me and left me
It's like you to do that sort of thing
Over and over again
You're a fool-hearted man

Somebody's gonna give you
A lesson in leavin'
Somebody's gonna give you back
What you've been givin'
And I hope that I'm around
To watch 'em knock you down
It's like you to love 'em and leave 'em
Just like you loved me and left me
It's like you to do that sort of thing
Over and over again
You're a fool-hearted man

 

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