美國搖滾女王〔琳達朗絲黛〕的首支熱門曲──鄉村抒情佳作──〔Long Long Time／長久〕

Love will abide, take things in stride
Sounds like good advice but theres no one at my side
And time washes clean loves wounds unseen
Thats what someone told me but I dont know what it means.

Cause Ive done everything I know to try and make you mine
And I think Im gonna love you for a long long time

Caught in my fears
Blinking back the tears
I cant say you hurt me when you never let me near
And I never drew one response from you
All the while you fell all over girls you never knew
Cause Ive done everything I know to try and make you mine
And I think its gonna hurt me for a long long time

Wait for the day
Youll go away
Knowing that you warned me of the price Id have to pay
And lifes full of flaws
Who knows the cause?
Living in the memory of a love that never was
Cause Ive done everything I know to try and change your mind
and I think Im gonna miss you for a long long time
Cause Ive done everything I know to try and make you mine
And I think Im gonna love you for a long long time.

在結束她的小石馬（Stone Poney）樂團後

美國歌手琳達朗絲黛（Linda Ronstadt）展開個人音樂事業

１９６９年推出在Capital公司的首張專輯〔Hand Sown…Home Grown〕

從民謠搖滾轉向鄉村搖滾

專輯大半翻唱許多藝人歌曲──這也成為朗絲黛此後大碟的一向特色

但成績淒慘

１９７０年春天　琳達發行第二張大碟〔Silk Purse／絲質錢包〕

這張專輯傾向傳統的納許維爾鄉村曲風

第一首主打是翻唱自卡洛金的名曲〔Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow〕

並沒打入單曲榜（＃１１１）

第二首仍是翻唱曲──〔Long Long Time／長久〕

這首鄉村抒情曲在琳達質樸豐潤的嗓音演繹下　顯得真誠而感傷

唱片公司本不想要〔Long Long Time〕　認為它太過鄉村

朗絲黛必須說服Capital答應

結果反應卻出乎意料　〔Long Long Time〕打進美國單曲榜＃２５　Easy Listening（成人抒情榜）＃２０　加拿大＃１５

成為２４歲的朗絲黛第一首個人的中等熱門曲　並提名葛萊美最佳當代女歌手

不過公司高層此後仍企圖勸阻琳達挑選類似〔Long Long Time〕等鄉村味過濃的歌曲

因為這跟唱片公司打算塑造的路線有別

儘管〔Long Long Time〕成為朗絲黛首支熱門曲

但仍在歌壇起伏數載

直到１９７５年才進入事業大突破　成為美國歌壇的‘搖滾女王’‘搖滾第一夫人’

Song

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8gpXKrqMU0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKAtM9xS-fA

Live

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0qm8nq8RcA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Obm1ex9VqFk