hey lady,you, lady, cursing at your life嘿,这位太太,你这对自己的生命充满怨恨的太太you're a discontented mother and a regimented wife你是个不满现实的母亲,是个失去自由的妻子i've no doubt you dream about the things you'll never do我深信你梦想着那些你永远无法作的事but i wish someone had talked to me like i wanna talk to you但我真希望有人曾经对我说过现在我想告诉你的事i've been to georgia and california, anywhere i could run啊,我曾到过乔治亚、到过加州,还有任何我可以去到的地方took the hand of a preachman and we made love in the sun我牵过一个神职男人的手,一起在阳光下缠绵but i ran out of places and friendly faces但如今我已无处可去、也没有朋友
because i had to be free只因为当初我非得自由
i've been to paradise, but i've never been to me我曾经到过天堂,但我从未找到过自我please lady, please, lady, don't just walk away求求你,这位太太,求求你,别就这样走开cause i have this need to tell you why i'm all alone today因为我希望能告诉你,为什么今天我会如此孤独i can see so much of me still living in your eyes我可以在你的眼中看到太多过去的我
won't you share a part of a weary heart that has lived a million lies可否请你分享一些我这曾经活在千万谎言中的疲倦心情oh,i've been to niece and the isle of greece啊,我曾到过尼斯和希腊的岛屿
while i sipped champagne on a yacht坐在游艇上啜饮着香槟
i've moved like harlow in monte carlo and showed 'em what i've got我曾像是珍哈露般的款摆在蒙地卡罗,秀着我的本钱i've been undressed by kings我曾被王侯宽衣解带
and i've seen some things that a woman ain't supposed to see看过好些普通女人看不到的事情
i've been to paradise我曾经到过天堂
but i've never been to me但我从未找到过自我
(spoken) (独白)
hey,you know what paradise is it's a lie嘿,你知道天堂是什么?那是个谎言
a fantasy we create about people and places as we'd like them to be一种我们创造出来,所有人和所有地方都尽如我们期望的幻想but you know what truth is但你知道真实是什么吗?
it's that little babyyou're holding那就是那个你怀抱中的小宝宝
and it's that man you fought with this morning那就是那个今天早上你跟他吵架
the same one you're going to make love with tonight而今晚又将与他缠绵的同一个男人
that's truth, that's love那就是真实,那就是爱
sometimes i've been to crying for unborn children有时候我曾经为了那我从未生过
that might have made me complete或许可以让我成为完整女人的孩子而哭泣but i, i took the sweet life但我选择了甜蜜的生活
i never knew i'd be bitter from the sweet我从不知道有一天我会由甜转为苦
i spent my life exploring the subtle whoring我付出一生去阐述放纵形骸的生活,为了所谓的自由付出得太多。
that cost too much to be freehey lady, i've been to paradise嘿,太太,我曾经到过天堂
台湾艺人黄莺莺早在歌曲在美国走红前慧眼识珠,发现并翻唱了这首曲子;1995年,初出茅庐的coco李玟将此歌收录在自己的首张英文专辑《brave enough to love》中;在2002年青春少女组合s.h.e也翻唱了本曲。而s.h.e的版本则明显稚嫩了很多,不过想来也是,几个二十出头就风光一时的年轻女孩,又怎能演绎得出这样深刻的中年沧桑呢。李玟的版本则加入了她一贯的风格:纯正的黑人r&b,若即若离的转音、升滑自如的真假声为这首歌注入了新的听觉效果。
唐枫一直在凝神听歌,这首小甜甜布兰妮的《everytime》是她的最爱, everytime i try to fly每当我要展翅高飞i fall without my wings 却又从云间坠落i feel so small 渺小的我i guess i need you, baby 多么需要你的呵护and everytime i see you in my dreams 每当在梦中与你相见i see your face, it's haunting me 你的脸孔总让我魂牵梦系i guess i need you, baby我多么渴望你的呵护……