这首歌的原唱是Skeeter Davis, 可先入为主的应该是Karen Carpenter(卡伦.卡朋特)的版本。Karen Carpenter及其兄Richard Capenter 组建成卡朋特乐队, 1969年,首张专辑《CLOSE TO YOU》发行,专辑中的同名歌曲瞬即荣登排行榜首。从此,卡朋特兄妹演唱组的事业蒸蒸日上,不断有佳作问世。但好景不长,卡伦因减肥患慢性厌食和神经过敏于1983年过世,年仅三十二岁。卡伦•卡朋特清新、健康的旋律,略带忧郁的中音,亲切自然的演唱,让我们难以忘怀。
先贴上Carpenter的《The End Of the World》单曲及歌词,再送上几首至今还能跟唱的金曲《Yesterday Once More》, 《Superstar》,《Close To You》,《Top of the World》。这样的声音永远不会过时,弥久历新。
Why does the sun go on shining
Why does the sea rush to shore
Don't they know it's the end of the world
'Cause you don't love me any more
Why do the birds go on singing
Why do the stars glow above
Don't they know it's the end of the world
It ended when I lost your love
I wake up in the morning and I wonder
Why everything's the same as it was
I can't understand, no, I can't understand
How life goes on the way it does
Why does my heart go on beating
Why do these eyes of mine cry
Don't they know it's the end of the world
It ended when you said goodbye
Why does my heart go on beating
Why do these eyes of mine cry
Don't they know it's the end of the world
It ended when you said goodbye