All by myself Eric CarmenWhen I was young
I never needed anyone
And making love was just for fun
Those days are gone
Living alone
I think of all the friends I've known
But when I dial the telephone
Nobody's home
All by myself
Don't wanna be, all by myself anymore
All by myself
Don't wanna live, all by myself anymore
Hard to be sure.
Sometimes I feel so insecure
And love so distant and obscure
Remains the cure
Eric Carmen從小就受過正統的古典音樂訓練,這首在1976年獲得排行亞軍的抒情曲,正可以說明古典音樂所帶給他的影響。
All by myself這首歌的作曲者,寫的是艾瑞克卡門與拉赫曼尼諾夫(Rachmaninov),拉赫曼尼諾夫是一位近代的蘇聯作曲家,97年奧斯卡得獎電影"鋼琴師",片中那位澳洲的鋼琴天才負笈英國時,就是因為苦練拉赫曼尼諾夫的第三號鋼琴協奏曲,在演奏會上陷入瘋狂狀態。All by myself則是艾瑞克卡門採用拉氏的第二號鋼琴協奏曲第二樂章中的主題,加以改編、填詞而成,如同"雨和淚"是採用帕海貝爾的"卡農"中的##被过滤##而完成一樣,都是流行音樂與古典音樂結合的成功範例。
附帶一提,著名的文藝愛情電影「似曾相識」中,那段淒美的主題音樂,也是取材自拉赫曼尼諾夫的作品"帕格尼尼主題狂想曲"其中的一段。
All out of love Air SupplyI am lying alone with my head on the phone
Thinking of you till it hurts
I know you hurt too, but what else can we do
Tormented and torn apart
I wish I could carry your smile in my heart
For times when my life seems so low
It could make me believe what tomorrow could bring
When today doesn't really know, doesn't really know
I'm all out of love
I'm so lost without you
I know you were right
Believing for so long
I'm all out of love
What am I without you?
I can't be too late
To say (I know) that I was so wrong
I want you to come back and carry me home
Away from these long lonely nights
I'm reaching for you, are you feeling it too
That's the feeling say oh so right
And one word you say if I call on you now
Say that I can't hold on
Where there's no easy way,
It gets harder each day
Please love me or I'll be gone, I'll be gone
Love, what are you thinking of
What are you thinking of
Almost over you Sheena EastonI saw an old friend of ours today
She asked about you
I didn't quite know what to say
Heard you've been making the rounds round here
While I've been trying to make tears disappear
* Now I'm almost over you
I've almost should be blues
So when you come back around
After painting the town
You'll see I'm almost over you
You're such a sly one with your cold cold heart
Maybe leaving came easy
But it tore me apart
Time heals all wounds they say
And I sure know
Cause it seems like forever but I'm letting you go(*)
I can forgive you and soon I'll forget
All those shattered dreams
Although you left me with nothing to show for the misery(*)
When you come back around
After painting the town
You'll see I'm almost over you