今日の「聴き比べ」はビリー・ジョエル(Billy Joel)の『素顔のままで(Just the Way You Are)』です。
この曲はビリー・ジョエルの１９７７年のアルバム『ストレンジャー(The Stranger)』からの大ヒット曲です。
ビルボードの３位、ビリーにとっては初のトップ１０でした。グラミー賞でも２部門で受賞しました。
Just the Way You Are
Don't go changin' to try and please me
You never let me down before, mmm
And don't imagine you're too familiar
And I don't see you anymore
I would not leave you in times of trouble
We never could have come this far, mmm
I took the good times, I'll take the bad times
I'll take you just the way you are
Don't go tryin' some new fashion
Don't change the color of your hair, mmm
You always have my unspoken passion
Although I might not seem to care
I don't want clever conversation
I never want to work that hard, mmm
I just want someone that I can talk to
I want you just the way you are
I need to know that you will always be
The same old someone that I knew
Oh, what will it take 'til you believe in me
The way that I believe in you?
I said I love you, and that's forever
And this I promise from the heart, mmm
I couldn't love you any better
I love you just the way you are
Alright!
I don't want clever conversation
I never want to work that hard, mmm
I just want someone that I can talk to
I want you just the way you are, ohh
この曲を大好きなダイアナ・クラール(Diana Krall)がカバーしています。
阿川泰子さんもカバーしています。
それでは今日はこの辺で。
