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聴き比べ ギルバート・オサリバン(Gilbert O'Sullivan)の『アローン・アゲイン(Alone Again (Naturally))』

今日の「聴き比べ」はギルバート・オサリバン(Gilbert O'Sullivan)アローン・アゲイン(Alone Again (Naturally))』です。

 

ギルバート・オサリバンはイギリスのシンガー・ソングライターでイギリスでは人気のアーティストでした。日本ではこの曲の大ヒットで一躍有名になりました。アメリカでも大成功しました。

この曲が発売された1972年には毎日のようにラジオや街中から流れてきました。曲調は明るめで親しみやすいメロディーです。ところが歌詞の内容を知って驚きました。自殺願望から始まる歌詞は何とも切なく、曲のイメージとはかけ離れた内容に当時は戸惑ったものでした。

その後もオサリバン人気は続きましたが、いつの間にか名前を聞かなくなりました。現在74歳、元気で頑張っているようです。

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Alone Again (Naturally)

By  Gilbert O'Sullivan

 

In a little while from now

If I'm not feeling any less sour

I promise myself to treat myself

And visit a nearby tower

And climbing to the top

Will throw myself off

In an effort to

Make it clear to whoever

Wants to know what it's like When you're shattered

 

Left standing in the lurch at a church

Were people saying, My God, that's tough

She stood him up

No point in us remaining

We may as well go home

As I did on my own

Alone again, naturally

To think that only yesterday

 

I was cheerful, bright and gay

Looking forward to who wouldn't do

The role I was about to play

But as if to knock me down

Reality came around

And without so much as a mere touch

Cut me into little pieces

Leaving me to doubt

Talk about, God in His mercy

 

Oh, if he really does exist

Why did he desert me

In my hour of need

I truly am indeed

Alone again, naturally

It seems to me that

There are more hearts broken in the world

That can't be mended

 

Left unattended

What do we do

What do we do

Alone again, naturally

Looking back over the years

And whatever else that appears

I remember I cried when my father died

Never wishing to hide the tears

 

And at sixty-five years old

My mother, God rest her soul

Couldn't understand why the only man

She had ever loved had been taken

Leaving her to start

With a heart so badly broken

Despite encouragement from me

 

No words were ever

And when she passed away

I cried and cried all day

Alone again, naturally

Alone again, naturally

 


Alone Again Naturally Gilbert O`Sullivan Lyrics

 

この曲をまたまたダイアナ・クラール(Diana Krall)が2014年のアルバム『Wallflower』でカバーしました。マイケル・ブーブレ(Michael Bublé)とのデュエットです。


Alone Again (Naturally)

 

それでは今日はこの辺で。