美国乡村音乐:I Feel Bad

I should be out in that driveway
Stoppin' you
Tears should be rollin' down
My cheek
And I don't know why
But I'm not fallin' apart like I usually do
And how the thought of losin' you's
Not killin me

I feel bad
That I can stand here strong,
Cold as stone
Seems so wrong, I can't explain it
Maybe it's just I've cried so much
I'm tired and I'm numb¹, baby I hate it
I feel bad
That I don't feel bad

I could let myself be angry over
Wasted time
And sad about just throwin' love away
Yeah, I almost wish my heart
Was breaking
But I can't lie
All I want to do is turn the page

I feel bad
That I can stand here strong,
Cold as stone
Seems so wrong, I can't explain it
Maybe it's just I've cried so much
I'm tired and I'm numb, baby I hate it
I feel bad
That I don't feel
Bitter, alone
I just feel it's time - time to
Move on
I just gotta move on and on and
On and on - yeah

Maybe it's just I've cried so much
I'm tired and I'm numb
Oh baby, I hate it
I feel bad
That I don't feel bad
No, I don't feel bad

上张专辑《Feels Like Today》中的单曲《Bless The Broken Road》获得2005年度第48届格莱美奖“年度最佳单曲”奖的提名之后，在美国本来就已经颇受欢迎的当代乡村三人组合Rascal² Flatts的人气又有了明显的提升。Rascal Flatts的第四张专辑《Me and My Gang》在4月4日发行后第一周内就狂卖了72万2千张，轻松称霸本周的Billboard 200专辑榜和本周的乡村专辑榜。同时，Rascal Flatts的这张专辑还刷新了南方说唱歌手T.I.的新专辑《King》上周刚刚创造的2006年专辑单周最高的销量纪录，超出了约20万张。

和很多美国当代乡村组合一样，Rascal Flatts的音乐中并没有传统乡村音乐的感觉，使用的传统乡村乐器也并不是很多，甚至有很多老牌乡村音乐人还批评Rascal Flatts的音乐太过流行化，就连组合成员Jay DeMarcus也笑称Rascal Flatts其实就是当代乡村音乐届的后街男孩（Backstreet Boys）和超级男孩（N Sync）。不过，Rascal Flatts就是以这种略带乡村感觉的情歌路线获得了电台和歌迷的青睐。在本张专辑中，Rascal Flatts仍旧延用了这种成功模式，其中较为出色的歌曲包括：首支打榜单曲《What Hurts The Most》，《I Feel Bad》以及《Yes I Do》等

1 numb   

adj.麻木的，失去感觉的；v.使麻木

参考例句：

• His fingers were numb with cold.他的手冻得发麻。
• Numb with cold,we urged the weary horses forward.我们冻得发僵，催着疲惫的马继续往前走。

2 rascal   

n.流氓；不诚实的人

参考例句：

• If he had done otherwise,I should have thought him a rascal.如果他不这样做，我就认为他是个恶棍。
• The rascal was frightened into holding his tongue.这坏蛋吓得不敢往下说了。