《And I Love You So》
Songwriter: Don McLean
Artist: Elvis Presley
Cover: 鹿林
And I love you so
The people ask me how
How I've lived till now
I tell them I don't know
I guess they understand
How lonely life has been
But life began again
The day you took my hand
And yes, I know how lonely life can be
The shadows follow me 'n' the night won't set me free
But I don't let the evening get me down
Now that you're around me
And you love me, too
Your thoughts are just for me
You set my spirit free
I'm happy that you do
The book of life is brief
And once a page is read
All but life is dead
That is my belief
And yes, I know how lonely life can be
The shadows follow me and the night won't set me free
But I don't let the evening get me down
Now that you're around me
And I Love You So,中文意思是「我是如此愛你」,光是標題就很簡潔有力的一首歌。
它是唐?麥克林 (Don Mclean, 1945 -) 在1970年自詞自譜自唱、收錄在《繡帷》(Tapestry) 專輯中的一首多次被翻唱的歌。貓王艾維斯?普利斯萊 (Elvis Presley, 1935 - 1977) 在逝世前幾乎每場現場演唱會都會唱上這首歌。曲風沉穩平靜,多次以 and 一字表達繾綣綿延的生活感情。歌詞中所描述的愛情不是天雷勾動地火,而是兩人的牽手開始,用以詮釋愛情的另一種面貌,並表達了珍惜身邊人的重要性。
原唱者通稱唐.麥克林,Don McLean,全名是Donald Richard McLean,他從小愛好音樂,受過歌劇課程的發聲訓練,上大學時只唸了四個月就輟學,這時他已經開始作詞作曲了,之後在紐約得到了工商管理的學士學位,但是他爲了到紐約當歌手放棄了哥倫比亞大學的研究所獎學金。
Don McLean不只是音樂家,更是詩人。除了音樂表演之外他還很關心公共議題,主要有哈德遜河的水質污染問題。
這首歌的旋律有點悲傷,但是很深情。人生就如同這樣,大部分的時候總是黑暗的,但是,總有人能夠給你希望。 (摘自网络)