天籁音乐:The House That Built Me

The House That Built¹ Me

Miranda Lambert，美国乡村女歌手，1983年生于得州的林代尔。她的父母在她9岁的时候带她参加了GarthBrooks音乐会，由此引发了她对乡村音乐 的爱好。16岁的时候，Lambert开始出现在JohnnyHigh Country Music Review上，并因此迅速获得了一个在纳什维尔的录音机会，但是走出录音室的她却对流行风格的音乐产生了疑惑。在那之后她回到了得州的家里，并且向她的 爸爸学习如何弹奏吉他，以写出真正属于自己的歌曲。

Lambert在2005年推出了自己的首张专辑《Kerosene》，新专辑的第一首歌《Me and Charlie Talking》也是她的首只单曲。该专辑在美国创下白金销量，其中4首单曲进入了Billboard热播乡村音乐Top40排行榜。Miranda一直 追求乡村音乐，她所写的都是她身边的事物，旧床、旧卡车、尘土飞扬的田野和其他一切德州的特有事物。

I know they say you can't go home again

I just had to come back one last time

Ma'am I know you don't know me from Adam

But these handprints on the front steps are mine

Up those stairs in that little back bedroom

Is where I did my homework and I learned to play guitar

I bet you didn't know under that live oak

My favorite dog is buried in the yard

I thought if I could touch this place or feel it

This brokenness inside me might start healing

Out here it's like I'm someone else

I thought that maybe I could find myself

If I could just come in I swear I'll leave

Won't take nothing but a memory

From the house that built me

 

Mama cut out pictures of houses for years

From Better Homes and Gardens magazine

Plans were drawn and concrete poured

Nail by nail and board by board

Daddy gave life to mama's dream

I thought if I could touch this place or feel it

This brokenness inside me might start healing

Out here it's like I'm someone else

I thought that maybe I could find myself

If I could just come in I swear I'll leave


Won't take nothing but a memory

From the house that built me

 

You leave home and you move on and you do the best you can

I got lost in this old world and forgot who I am

I thought if I could touch this place or feel it

This brokenness inside me might start healing

Out here it's like I'm someone else

I thought that maybe I could find myself

If I could just come in I swear I'll leave

Won't take nothing but a memory

From the house that built me


人们都说：离开老房子便不能再回去


我只是想再回家看最后一次

来开门的女士，我想你压根儿都不认识我吧

但是这房子的前廊封存着我小时的手印儿

楼上后面的小卧间

是我做作业和第一次学弹吉他的地方

还有一个地方，我打赌你们一定不知道

在那颗槲树下面

埋葬着我最爱的狗儿

只要我能触摸到这个地方，感受它

心中的伤痕也许就可以渐渐痊愈

现实中我好像在过别人的生活

如何才能找回自己

如果能让我再次回来，我发誓我只待一会儿

我不会从这所老房子里带走任何东西

除了记忆

几年来，老妈总爱从《美好家园》杂志上

剪下喜欢的房子的图案

画好蓝本，注下幸福的水泥

一根根钉子、一块块木板

老爸尽力使老妈美梦成真

只要我能触摸到这个地方，感受它

心中的伤痕也许就可以渐渐痊愈

现实中我好像在过别人的生活

如何才能找回自己

如果能让我再次回来，我发誓我只待一会儿

我不会从这所老房子里带走任何东西

除了记忆

有一天我离开家、继续我的生活、尽力打拼

然后迷失在世界里，忘了我是谁

只要我能触摸到这个地方，感受它

心中的伤痕也许就可以渐渐痊愈

现实中我好像在过别人的生活

如何才能找回自己

如果能让我再次回来，我发誓我只待一会儿

我不会从这所老房子里带走任何东西

除了记忆

1 built   

v.build的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• My father built his business on years of hard work.我父亲多年奋斗创立了自己的事业。
• Ten years later,the school built out two buildings.10年后这个学校又增建了两栋建筑。