Oh! how I hate to write Dear John I must let you know tonight That my love for you has gone There's no reason to go on And tonight I wed another Dear John*
(spoken) I was overseas in battle When the postman came to me He handed me a letter And I was as happy as I could be Cause the fighting was all over And the battles they'd all be won But then I opened up that letter And it stated Dear John(*)
I was overseas in battle When the postman came to me He handed me a letter Won't you please send back my picture My husband wants it now
"Let us be lovers we'll marry our fortunes together I've got some real estate here in my bag" So we bought a pack of cigarettes and Mrs. Wagner pies And we walked off to look for America
"Kathy," I said as we boarded a greyhound in Pittsburg "Michigan seems like a dream to me now" It took me four days to hitchhike from Saginaw I've come to look for America
Laughing on the bus Playing games with the faces She said the man in the gabardine suit was a spy I said "Be careful his bowtie is really a camera"
"Toss me a cigarette I think there's one in my raincoat" "We smoked the last one an hour ago" So I looked at the scenery She read her magazine And the moon rose over an open field
"Kathy, I'm lost" I said, though I knew she was sleeping "I'm empty and aching and I don't know why" Counting the cars on the New Jersey Turnpike And they've all come to look for America All come to look for America All come to look for America
這首「奇異恩典（Amazing Grace）」是一首大家耳熟能詳的西洋歌曲，作曲者已不可考，據研究應與18世紀某些蘇格蘭的非宗教歌曲有關，早期它在美國黑人教會很流行，以致於常被認為是美國傳統歌謠，或黑人靈歌，目前的樂譜由美國福音詩歌作曲家艾克沙（edwin O. Excell 1851-1921）改編。
「奇異恩典」的歌詞是由約翰紐敦（John Newton 美國白人）所作，歌詞簡潔充滿敬虔、感恩的告白，也是他的生命見證。
約翰紐敦父親為船長，在地中海經商。六歲喪母，入學僅兩年，11歲隨父跑船，早年放蕩墮落，見棄於親父，受虐於僱主，終至身繫囹圄，後來被販賣到奴隸船為奴，顛沛困頓，歷盡艱險。有一次他讀到金篳時（Thomas Kempis）所著「效法基督」（Imitation of Christ）一書，幡然悔悟。又在一次海上大風浪中險些喪生，從此洗心革面。39歲膺受聖職，以其餘年事奉上主。
Babe, tomorrow's so far away There's something I just have to say I don't think I could hide what I'm feeling inside another day Knowing I love you
And I - I'm getting too close again I don't want to see it end If I tell you tonight Will you turn out the light and walk away Knowing I love you
*I'm gonna take you by surprise And make you realize, Amanda I'm gonna tell you right away I can't wait another day, Amanda I'm gonna say it like a man And make you understand, Amanda I love you
And I feel like today's the day I'm looking for the words to say Do you wanna be free Are you ready for me to feel this way? I don't wanna lose you
So it may be too soon, I know The feeling takes so long to grow If I tell you today Will you turn me away and let me go? I don't wanna lose you (*)
You and I - I know that we can't wait And I swear - I swear it's not a lie girl Tomorrow may be too late You - you and I girl - we can share a life together It's now or never And tomorrow may be too late
And feeling the way I do I don't wanna wait my whole life through To say I'm in love with you
Am I that easy to forget? Jim Reeves They say you've found somebody new But that won't stop my loving you I just can't let you walk away Forget the love I had for you
Guess I could find somebody, too But I don't want no one but you How could you leave without regret? Am I that easy to forget?
Before you leave be sure you find You want his love much more than mine 'Cause I'll just say we've never met If I'm that easy to forget
Before you leave be sure you find You want his love much more than mine 'Cause I'll just say we've never met If I'm that easy to forget If I'm that easy to forget
Maybe I didn't love you quite as good as I should have Maybe I didn't hold you quite as often as I could have Little things I should have said and done I just never took the time You were always on my mind You were always on my mind
Maybe I didn't hold you all those lonely, lonely times And I guess I never told you I'm so happy that you're mine If I made you feel second best I'm sorry, I was blind You were always on my mind You were always on my mind
Tell me, tell me that your sweet love hasn't died Give me, give me one more chance to keep you satisfied
This Romeo is bleeding But you can't see his blood It's nothing but some feelings That this old dog kicked up It's been raining since you left me Now I'm drowning in the flood You see I've always been a fighter But without you, I give up
Now I can't sing a love song Like the way its meant to be Well, I guess I'm not that good anymore But baby, thats just me
*And I will love you, baby - always And I'll be there, forever and a day - always
I'll be there till the stars don't shine Till the heavens burst and the words don't rhyme I know when I die, you'll be on my mind And I love you - always
Now your pictures that you left behind Are just memories of a different life Some that made us laugh, some that made us cry One that made you have to say goodbye What I'd give to run my fingers through your hair Touch your lips, to hold you near When you say your prayers, try to understand I've made mistakes, I'm just a man
When he holds you close, when he pulls you near When he says the words you've been needing to hear I wish I was him, that those words were mine To say to you till the end of time
And I will love you, baby - always And I'll be there, forever and a day - always
If you told me to cry for you, I could If you told me to die for you, I would Take a look at my face There's no price I won't pay To say these words to you
Well, there ain't no luck in this loaded dice
But baby if you give me just one more try We can pack up our old dreams and our old lives We'll find a place where the sun still shines (*)
Girl you are to me All that a woman should be And I dedicate my life to you always The love like yours is real It must have been sent from up above And I know you'll stay this way, for always
*And we both know, that our love will grow And forever it will be you and me Ooh your life is sun Chasing all the rain away When you come around you bring a brighter day You're the perfect one For me and you forever we'll be And I will love you so for always
Came with me my sweet Let's go make a family And they will bring us joy, for always
Oh boy I love your soul I can't find enough ways to let you know But you can be sure of course, for always (*)
Ooh your life is sun Chasing all the rain away When you come around you bring a brighter day You're the perfect one For me and you forever we'll be And I will love you so for always
Alone again (Naturally) 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 What it's like when you're shattered left standing in the lurch at a church Where 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 Who 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 spoken And when she passed away I cried and cried all day
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