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最近新知道了一位歌手，Tracy Chapman。

我是在土摩托的博客里无意中听到了她的歌，是那种一听就很打动人的声音，很安静的民谣，是深夜陪伴孤独的良药。

有趣的是，当我第一次听到她的声音的时候，以为是个男歌手。而且她的名字，前半部分让人想到的是Tracy McGrady，后半部分则让我想到了令人深恶痛绝的杀害列侬的查普曼（真不该这么联想），怎么都没想到，后来去网上搜索“他”的资料，居然是位创作型的黑人女歌手，而且才华相当的了得。

我去电驴子上找她的专辑，下载了她的《Collection》这张（盗版有罪，罪哉，罪哉……）。一般对于新认识的一位歌手或乐队，如果试图尽快了解，选择听的专辑应该是诸如《The Best of XXX》《Collection》，《Anthology》等等这样的合辑。在听了专辑后，发现好几首都是以前听过的，以前听的只是别的乐队翻唱的版本，她才是真正的原作。比如《Baby Can I Hold You》，以前听过Boyzone的版本，而《Fast Car》这首歌的前奏，简直太熟悉了，貌似在很多吉他视频教程里面，是不断的不断的被重复播放的段子，哈哈！

这是原来土摩托博客里所贴的那首歌——《Change》，可以到她的个人网站 www.tracychapman.com听到更多的歌。

If you knew that you would die today,
Saw the face of God and love,
Would you change?
Would you change?

If you knew that love can break your heart
When you’re down so low you cannot fall
Would you change?
Would you change?

How bad, how good does it need to get?
How many losses? How much regret?
What chain reaction would cause an effect?
Makes you turn around,
Makes you try to explain,
Makes you forgive and forget,
Makes you change?
Makes you change?

If you knew that you would be alone,
Knowing right, being wrong,
Would you change?
Would you change?

If you knew that you would find a truth
That brings up pain that can’t be soothed
Would you change?
Would you change?

How bad, how good does it need to get?
How many losses? How much regret?
What chain reaction would cause an effect?
Makes you turn around,
Makes you try to explain,
Makes you forgive and forget,
Makes you change?
Makes you change?

Are you so upright you can’t be bent?
If it comes to blows are you so sure you won’t be crawling?
If not for the good, why risk falling?
Why risk falling?

If everything you think you know,
Makes your life unbearable,
Would you change?
Would you change?

If you’d broken every rule and vow,
And hard times come to bring you down,
Would you change?
Would you change?

If you knew that you would die today,
If you saw the face of God and love,
Would you change?
Would you change?
Would you change?
Would you change?

If you saw the face of God and love
If you saw the face of God and love
Would you change?
Would you change?