沪江英乐:这首《Long Way To Go》是老牌乡村音乐歌手Alan Jackson专辑《Thirty Miles West》中的主打歌,该专辑已与2012年6月5日正式发行,并以黑马之势位居Billboard 200第二名之位,仅次于Adele的《21》。其实这首《Long Way Tto Go》已于2011年6月发行,今年只是收录于新专辑中,新专辑再次演绎其朴实自然的唱功,并且也是一如既往蕴含深意,让听众不免在享受听觉盛宴的同时也备受启发。

Alan Jackson是继Garth Brooks之后,90年代最著名的乡村音乐男歌手,他完整的继承了80年代的新传统主义运动。这位倍受歌迷喜爱的乡村男歌手谦虚而朴实,他擅长自己创作并演唱歌曲,至今已售出将近6000万张唱片,35次位居乡村音乐单曲榜首,还有着50首前十热曲。

Well, I drove down to the ocean
Left my heartache way behind
But the rain won't leave, and the pain won't ease
And the sun don't wanna shine

So I ordered me up a killer
Found a view out across the sea
I sat down in the sand, a drink in my hand
And the glass lookin' back at me

I got a bug in my margarita
Seems bad luck won't leave me alone
I've got a woman I'm tryin' to drink away
And I got a long, long way to go
Yeah, I got a long, long way to go

Well, I met an ol' boy from Georgia
His woman done knocked him down
I asked him how he's doin', he stared at me confused
And said, "Hey, ain't you look around?"

He said "The rain won't leave, and the pain won't ease
"And the sun don't wanna shine
"And there's somethin' in the bottom of this drink I've
just got
"And it don't look like a worm to me

"I got a bug in my margarita
Seems bad luck won't leave me alone
I've got a woman I'm tryin' to drink away
And I got a long, long way to go
Yeah, I got a long, long way to go"

So we put our drinks together, and toasted rainy weather
And the women that had done us wrong
Then we threw back margaritas, the bugs just made it sweeter
And we both sang a happy song

I got a bug in my margarita
Seems bad luck won't leave me alone
I've got a woman I'm tryin' to drink away
And I got a long, long way to go

Yeah, I got a bug in my margarita
Seems bad luck won't leave me alone
I've got a woman I'm tryin' to drink away
And I got a long, long way to go

Yeah, I got a bug in my margarita
Seems bad luck won't leave me alone
I've got a woman I'm tryin' to drink away
And I got a long, long way to go
Yeah, I got a long, long way to go