加拿大創作才女［瓊妮米雪兒］＋英國歌手［彼得蓋伯瑞］──軟式搖滾／藝術搖滾／成人流行曲──［My Secret Place／我的秘密之地］

My secret
My secret

Im going to take you to
My special place
Its a place that you
Like no one else I know
Might appreciate
I dont go there with anyone, but
Youre a special case
For my special place
My special place
From a secret place

My secret (my secret place)
From a secret place
My secret (my secret place)
From a secret place

People talk to tell you something
Or to take up space
Guess Im only talking
To be talking to
Your pretty face
I dont talk much to anyone, but
Youre a special case
For my special place
My special place

I was born and raised
In New York City
Im just getting used to Colorado
Oh, street bravado
Carry me
Why did you bring me to
A place so wild and pretty?
Are there pigeons in this park
Muggers after dark
In these golden trees
In the secret place?

In my secret place
In my secret
In my secret place
In my secret

Im going to take you to
My special place
Its a place no amount of hurt and anger
Can deface
I put things back together there
It all falls right in place
In my special space
My special place

Once I saw a film
In New York City
That was shot in Colorado
Girl meets desperado
In the trembling mountain trees
Out of all of the girls that you see
In bleachers and cafe windows
Sitting, flirting with someone
Looking to have some fun
Why did you pick me?
For the secret place
For the secret place

In my secret place
In my secret
In my secret place
In my secret

In my secret place
In my secret
In my secret place

１９８８年３月　４４歲的加拿大創作才女瓊妮米雪兒（Joni Mitchell）發行個人自己創作的第１３張專輯［Chalk Mark in a Rain Storm／暴雨中的粉筆痕］（Geffen唱片發行）

由米雪兒和Larry Klein製作．

專輯選在英國歌手彼得蓋伯瑞（Peter Gabriel）在英國巴斯附近的 Ashcombe House 錄音室。也促成兩人合作．

專輯其中包括與多位藝人的二重唱，如［My Secret Place］中的Peter Gabriel、［Cool Water］中的Willie Nelson、［Snakes and Ladders］中的Don Henley、以及Billy Idol 和Tom Petty。

Henley還在［Lakota］中擔任和聲，Wendy and Lisa在“［The Tea Leaf Prophecy (Lay Down Your Arms)］中擔任和聲。

大碟探討許當代社會和環境問題，獲得高度評價　

商業表現並不理想　登上加拿大專輯榜＃２３──金唱片（５萬張）

美國榜＃４５

英國＃＃２３　紐西蘭＃１９

瑞典＃３７，澳洲榜＃４４　

首支正式單曲／大碟整體第二單曲是瓊妮與彼得蓋伯瑞合唱的［My Secret Place／我的秘密之地］, 直到１９８８年７月才正式發行．

由米雪兒創作，

歌詞詳細講述一個與所愛之人從紐約搬到科羅拉多山區的故事。

米雪兒將［My Secret Place］描述為［Chalk Mark in a Rain Storm／暴雨中的粉筆痕］中唯一一首情歌。

「這首歌是關於親密的門檻。這是一個共同的事情，所以我希望它像［Song of Solomon／所羅門之歌」一樣，你無法分辨它是什麼性別。這是兩個人在關係開始時的團結精神。”

米雪兒和Larry Klein製作把它製作成一首軟式搖滾／藝術搖滾／成人流行曲．

在舒緩的速度中，瓊妮與彼得以柔和的唱腔對唱 .

［Help Me］登上加拿大榜＃４１──這是瓊妮１１年來首度打入加拿大單曲榜前１００名．　

隔年瓊妮以［Chalk Mark in a Rain Storm／暴雨中的粉筆痕］提名葛萊美獎最佳流行女歌手．

Audio

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50tn9Es5ORU

MV

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StCve-J4ofk

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