Life ain't1) always beautiful
Sometimes it's just plain hard
Life can knock you down
It can break your heart
Life ain't always beautiful
You think you're on your way
And it's just a dead end road
At the end of the day
※But the struggles make you stronger
And the changes make you wise
And happiness has its own way
of taking its sweet time※
No, life ain't always beautiful
Tears will fall sometimes
Life ain't always beautiful
But it's a beautiful ride
Life ain't always beautiful
Some days I miss your smile
I get tired of walking all these lonely miles
And I wish for just one minute
I could see your pretty face
Guess I can dream
But life don't work that way
(Refrain※)
No, life ain't always beautiful
But I know I'll be fine
Hey, life ain't always beautiful
But it's a beautiful ride
What a beautiful ride
美國著名鄉村音樂歌手Gary Allan出生于南加州,從小便顯示出過人的音樂天賦。對音樂的細膩感覺,以及他那獨特的略帶沙啞的嗓音,助他締造了四張鄉村音樂榜Top 10專輯以及三首冠軍單曲的神話。2005年10月,他的第六張個人專輯Tough All Over發行首周,便創下了9.7萬張銷量的驕人成績,登上了當時Billboard的專輯榜冠軍寶座。
“Life Ain't Always Beautiful”正出自這張專輯。伴著舒緩的曲子,Gary Allan用他略帶沙啞的嗓音吟唱出了一種人生的態度:我們都希望生活是美好的,可事實并非如此,但那又何妨?不美好的生活固然會讓你傷心,但你絕對無法否認:正是這些生活中的不美好,逼你奮起,促你改變。在這個過程中,你變得越來越堅強,越發能領悟到生活的哲理。走過這些不美好,幸福的生活正在前方向你招手!
注:
Ain't意為“不是”,相當于am not、is not、are not。這種用法不是規范的書面用語,多用于口語。有人將ain't視為文盲的標志,也有人認為使用這個詞可以為話語添加滑稽或通俗的色彩。可以用“ain't going to...no more”強調“不愿再做某事”,比如 Martin Luther King曾在反對越戰的一次演講中說過這樣一句話:I ain't going to study war no more. 我決不會去研究戰爭。
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