MC的購屋裝潢日誌

Peabo Bryson
Straight From the Heart, 1983

It all came so easy, all the loving you gave me
The feelings we shared, and I still can remember
How your touch was so tender, it told me you cared
We had a once in a lifetime
But I just couldn't see, until it was gone
A second once in a lifetime, may be too much to ask
But I swear from now on

Chorus:
If ever you're in my arms again
This time I'll love you much better
If ever you're in my arms again
This time I'll hold you forever
This time will never end

Now I'm seeing clearly
How I still need you near me
I still love you so
There's something between us
That won't ever leave us
There's no letting go
We had a once in a lifetime
But I just didn't know it
Till my life fell apart
A second once in a lifetime
Isn't too much to ask
'Cause I swear from the heart

Chorus

The best of romances,
deserve second chances
I'll get to you somehow
'Cause I promise now

昨天突然哼起了這首歌, 急著想把這首歌找出來
在我國中剛開始聽西洋音樂的時候就認識它了

Then I searched it on google
Peabo Bryson, 很眼熟的名字
原來他就是和Celine Dion合唱Beauty and the Beast的男主唱
A Whole New World,
Tonight I Celebrate My Love...等等膾炙人口的歌曲也是他的作品
在search的同時, 我也發現了James Ingram就是與Linda Rostadt合唱"Somewhere Out there"的人
之前我比較注意女歌手, 忽略了節奏藍調的黑人歌手
他們的歌聲渾厚, 富有情感, 聽起來很有感覺

在Amazon試聽之後我就決定去唱片行碰碰運氣了
不過大眾玫瑰似乎都找不到90年代的西洋專輯
我轉往附近的二手CD店, 唱片共和國
It's lucky for me to find out "The Best of James Ingram -- The Power of Great Music"
但是03/2006美國發行的"The Very Best Of Peabo Bryson"在台灣並沒有代理
我只好上eBay競標了...