實力歌姬〔曾慶瑜〕與美國歌手〔瑪麗奧斯蒙〕的交集──〔Lonely As The Night Is Long／漫漫長夜〕


＜Lonely As The Night Is Long＞

The singers all keep sayin
Love can break a heart in two
Well, you took all those sad songs
Made every word come true

Now I always have your memory
And those memories are sweet
But theyll never
Take the place of holding you

And Im lonely as the night is long
My hearts as broken as my love is strong
My arms are as empty as you are gone
And Im lonely lonely
Lonely as the night is long

I caught myself talkin to myself again last night
In fact we laughed and talked about you
Until the morning light

We cried, oh how I need you here with me
And how empty life can
Cause nothin matters
Without your arms to hold me tight

Im lonely as the night is long
My hearts as broken as my love is strong
My arms are as empty as you are gone
And Im lonely lonely
Lonely as the night is long

１９９０年初　來自香港的３３歲實力歌姬曾慶瑜推出英文翻唱專輯〔款款柔情／Warm Ways〕
結果登上排行榜冠軍　大賣四十萬張
這對台灣英文翻唱專輯來說算是一個相當驚人的紀錄
〔款款柔情〕的首支主打是〔Lonely As The Night Is Long／漫漫長夜〕
這是美國歌手瑪麗奧斯蒙（Marie Osmond）在１９８8年於美國鄉村榜榜得到＃１２的歌曲

曾版則將其改為比較柔緩的成人抒情風　較有女人味
她將一個寂寞女人在面對漫漫長夜那種哀怨的心情詮釋得絲絲入扣
個人覺得這首翻唱比原版更出色

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCX3YvNtn5c