聆聽小天后泰勒的“心曲”

下面三首歌曲出自泰勒2006年發行的第一張同名專輯Taylor Swift，這張專輯連續五周在美國Billboard熱門鄉村音樂歌曲榜里位列前十，使泰勒成為該榜自成立以來首位同一張專輯有五首歌打入前十名的歌手。

The Outside

\"This is one of the first songs I ever wrote， and it talks about the very reason I ever started to write songs. It was when I was twelve years old， and a complete outcast1） at school. I sang country music at karaoke2） bars and festivals on weekends while other girls went to sleepovers3）. Some days I woke up not knowing if anyone was going to talk to me that day. I think every person comes to a point in their life when you have a long string of bad days. You can choose to let it drag you down， or you can find ways to rise above4） it. I came to the conclusion that even though people hadn't always been there for me， music had. It's strange to think how different my life would be right now if I had been one of the cool kids.\"

Tied Together with a Smile

\"One of my best friends is absolutely beautiful. She goes to beauty pageants5） and wins everything. Girls want to be her and guys want to be with her. I wrote this song the day I found out about her eating disorder. It completely blew my mind， and this one was tough to write， because I wasn't just telling some sad story. This was real. This song is basically about the girls I know， and the difficult things I saw them go through. I've never seen this song as a lecture. It's really about how no matter what my friends go through， I'm always going to love them.\"

Stay Beautiful

\"After hearing my songs， a lot of people ask me， 'How many boyfriends have you HAD？' And I always tell them that more of my songs come from observation than actual experience. In other words， you don't have to date someone to write a song about them. This is a song I wrote about a guy I never dated！ Wow， right？ Haha. This song is about a guy I thought was cute， and never really talked to him much. But something about him inspired this song， just watching him.\"

《局外人》

“這是我最早寫的歌之一，講述的正是我開始寫歌的初衷。那時我12歲，在學校里備受排擠。別的女孩周末都聚在朋友家一起過夜，而我卻在卡拉OK廳和節日慶典上演唱鄉村歌曲。有的日子里，我一覺醒來都不知道那天會不會有人和我說話。我想每個人在生活中都會經歷一段漫長而灰暗的時光，你可以選擇因此而消沉，也可以想辦法走出陰影。我意識到，盡管人們沒有一直在我身邊支持我，但音樂卻始終陪伴著我。如果當年我也是個受歡迎的女孩，那我現在的生活會有多么不同，一想到此我就覺得很怪異。”

《強顏歡笑》

“我有一個好朋友，長得特別漂亮。她每次參加選美比賽都能大獲全勝。女孩們羨慕她，男孩們愛慕她。有一天，我發現她患有厭食癥，于是我就在那天寫了這首歌。我當時非常震驚，感到難以下筆，因為這不僅僅是在講述某個令人難過的故事，這是真實發生的事情。這首歌主要描寫了我認識的那些女孩和我看到她們所經歷的種種困難。我從沒覺得這首歌是在說教。它真的就只是在表達，無論我的朋友們經歷了什么，我都會一直愛她們?！?/p>

《保持美麗》

“好多人在聽過我的歌后問我，‘你交過多少男朋友?。俊铱偸腔卮鹚麄冋f，我寫的歌更多的是來自觀察而非親身經歷。換句話說，要是你想寫一首關于某個人的歌，你不必非得先和他約會。這首歌寫的就是一個從沒和我約過會的男孩！很驚訝，是吧？哈哈。歌里寫的是一個我當時覺得很可愛的男孩，我和他連話都沒怎么說過，不過，他身上的一些特質激發了我寫這首歌的靈感，而我

就只是觀察他而已?！?/p>

下面兩首歌曲出自泰勒2008年發行的第二張專輯Fearless，該專輯從發行進榜后連續11周蟬聯美國Billboard流行專輯榜冠軍，被《紐約時報》評選為2008年度最佳專輯之一。此外，該專輯還獲得了第52屆格萊美年度專輯獎及最佳鄉村專輯獎，也使泰勒成為格萊美歷史上最年輕的獲得年度專輯獎的歌手。

The Best Day

\"I wrote this song on the road and didn't tell my mom about it. I decided that I was going to keep it a secret and give it to her as a surprise for Christmas. I wrote it in the summer and then recorded it secretly with the band in the studio. After it was done， I synched6） the song up to all these home videos of her and my family. She didn't even realize it was me singing until halfway through the song！ She didn't have any idea that I could possibly write and record a song without her knowing about it. When she finally got it， she just started bawling her eyes out7）.

《最好的一天》

“我在旅途中寫下了這首歌，并沒有告訴媽媽這件事。我決定先保密，等到圣誕節的時候給她一個驚喜。這首歌是我在夏天寫的，之后我暗地里和樂隊在錄音室里把它錄好。歌曲制作完成后，我將它同步到媽媽和家人的所有家庭錄像中。媽媽聽到一半的時候，才意識到這首歌是我唱的！她萬萬沒有想到我竟然會背著她創作并錄制了一首歌。在最終弄清這一切后，她放聲大哭了起來。”

Change

\"At one point， I began to understand that it would be harder for me on a smaller record label8） to get to the places and accomplish the things that artists were accomplishing on bigger record labels. I realized that I wouldn't get favors pulled for me because there weren't any other artists on the label to pull favors from. It was going to be an uphill climb and all that I had to encourage me was the hope that someday things would change， that things would be different. After so many times of just saying that to myself over and over， I finally wrote it down in a song.\"

《改變》

“到了某個階段，我開始意識到，比起那些簽約規模較大的唱片公司的藝人，簽約一家規模較小的唱片公司的我要實現自己的夢想并取得他們正在取得的那些成就會更艱難。我認識到，不會有人在事業上提攜我，因為公司里沒有其他藝人可以給我這樣的幫助。路途艱辛，我能用來激勵自己的就是希望有一天一切將會改變，一切都將不同。我反復對自己這樣說，在說了很多次后，我最終把它寫在了一首歌里?！?/p>

下面這首歌曲出自泰勒2010年發行的第三張專輯Speak Now，該專輯發行首周銷量就高達104.7萬張?！癇ack to December”為該專輯的第二首主打單曲，曾獲得美國Billboard百強單曲榜第六名和鄉村分榜第三名的成績。

Back to December

\"I've always sort of felt like I try to write songs that the people that they're about deserve. And up until now I haven't really felt like I really， really needed to apologize to someone and someone deserved that from me. It's just necessary. From knowing the situation and writing honestly， I can't leave that part out， and I don't think I should. And I think that you should be able to say that you're sorry to someone， and sometimes the best way I know how to say anything is in a song ... I think that for me， especially playing that song for the first time for people around me， they made that point right away—like， 'You realize you've never done this before. You've never really apologized to someone in a song.' I guess I wasn't conscious of that when I was writing it， because it just was exactly what I needed to say.\"

《重回12月》

“我一直都這樣覺得，我努力在寫能真實反映歌中人物的歌曲。而且直到現在，我也并不真正認為自己真的有必要向誰道歉，或是有誰值得讓我道歉。這只是真情流露。因為我知道實情，也會照實來寫，所以我不能回避那個部分，而且我覺得我也不應該回避。我認為一個人應該學會對別人說抱歉，而有時我覺得表達自己的最佳方式就是通過歌曲……我覺得這首歌對我來說，特別是當我第一次把它放給身邊的人聽的時候，他們立刻就注意到了這一點——他們會說，‘你知道你之前從來沒有這樣做過，你從來沒在歌曲里向別人真正道過歉。’我想，在寫歌的時候我并沒有意識到這一點，因為我只是把自己需要說的話如實寫出來而已。”

1.outcast [?a?tkɑ?st] n. 被拋棄的人；不為公眾容納的人

2.karaoke [?k?ri???ki] n. <日>卡拉OK

3.sleepover [?sli?p??v?（r）] n. <主美>在外過夜，不在自己家過夜

4.rise above： 克服；不受……的影響

5.pageant [?p?d??nt] n. <美>選美大賽

6.synch [s??k] vt. （= sync）使聲畫同步

7.bawl one's eyes out： 大聲地哭

8.record label： 唱片公司