美國經典鄉村歌曲回顧 (1): 瓊尼別哭 -- Don't cry Joni

Don't cry Joni,  瓊尼別哭!

瓊尼別哭, 美國鄉村音樂的代表作,  一首真真鄉村經典; 1975年Conway Twitty與他的女兒Joni Lee合唱的,  出自專輯“The very best of Conway Twitty”;

質樸的歌詞, 傷感的故事,  淺淺的敘述彌漫著一種淡淡欲罷不能的憂傷;  男女主人公不動聲色的對白就像是吃著一粒甜中帶著澀的青果; 

緩緩的, 緩緩的, 聽著聽著,  讓人想起了很多，很多事情如果沒有珍惜，一旦錯過就可能永遠失去;

 
Don't cry Joni,   敘述著一個男孩與女孩憂傷的愛情故事…..

 

  (Joni)
Jimmy please say you'll wait for me
吉米請說你會等我
I'll grow up someday you'll see
我會長大讓你注目
Saving all my kisses just for you
為你保留所有的吻
Signed with love
那是愛的記號
forever true
永無虛假

(Jimmy)
Joni was the girl who lived next door
瓊尼是個鄰家女孩
I've known her I guess 10 years or more
我認識她十年有餘
Joni wrote me a note one day
有一天她寫了信給我
And this is what she had to say
那是她發自內心的表白

(Joni)


Same as the above
。。。
(Jimmy)
Slowly I read her note once more
我把她的信讀了又讀
Then I went over to the house next door
然後來到她的家裏
Her tear drops fell like rain that day
那天她淚落如雨
When I told Joni what I had to say
當我說了不得不說的話

(Jimmy)
Joni, Joni please don't cry
瓊尼，瓊尼，請你別哭
You'll forget me by and by
你會慢慢將我遺忘
You're just fifteen
你才十五歲
I'm twenty two
我已二十二
And Joni I just cant wait for you
我想我真的不能等你

(Jimmy)
Soon I left our little home town
後來我離開那小小的城鎮
Got me a job and tried to settle down
找了份工作，安定下來
But these words kept haunting my memory
但是那些話總在耳邊回響
  The words that Joni said to me
那些瓊尼說過的話

(Joni)
Jimmy please say you'll wait for me
吉米請說你會等我
I'll grow up someday you'll see
我會長大讓你注目
Saving all my kisses just for you
為你保留所有的吻
Signed with love
那是愛的記號
forever true
永無虛假

(Jimmy)
I packed my clothes
我收拾了行李
And I caught a plane
買了一張機票
I had to see Joni
我要看到她
I had to explain
對她說
How my heart was filled
在我心中
With her memory
全都是她
And ask my Joni if she'd marry me
我要瓊尼做我的新娘

(Jimmy)
I ran all the way
我跑啊跑
To the house next door
來到她的家裏
But things weren't like they were before
但是一切已改變
My tear drops fell like rain that day
我淚落如雨
When I heard what Joni had to say
當我聽見她不得不說的話

(Joni)
Jimmy, Jimmy please don't cry
吉米，吉米，請你別哭
You'll forget me by and by
你會慢慢將我遺忘
It's been five years since you've been gone
從你離開到現在已經五年
Jimmy I married your best friend John
我嫁給了你最好的朋友，約翰