【新年特辑】英文歌教唱4：Promises Don't Come Easy

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新年特辑

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癸卯兔年农历正月初一至初八，我会为大家带来八首英文歌曲的教唱。趁着假期，给自己的身体和心灵放个假吧！

歌曲目录：

初一 My love

初二 Sailing

初三 Close to you

初四 Promises Don't Come Easy

初五 Rolling in the deep

初六 Free loop

初七 Stay

初八 Exile

早读班的宝宝们，

可自由选择歌词中的一句话

朗读/演唱打卡哦~

听讲解

What can I do to make it up to you

Promises don't come easy

But tell me(j) if there's a way

to bring you back home to stay

Well I'd promise anything to you

学词链儿

make it up to sb.

与某人重归于好；弥补/补偿某人

I'll take her out to dinner to make it up to her.

我要带她出去吃饭来补偿她。

I'll make it up to you, I promise.

我保证我一定会补偿你的。

XX don't/won't come easy

XX来之不易

All of these changes won't come easy.

这些改变都没有那么容易。

You tell one lie, and the second one comes easy.

谎话像毒品，一沾就上瘾。

XX is/are hard to come by

看歌词

Promises Don't Come Easy

歌手: Caron Nightingale

I should have known all along

我早该察觉,自始至终

there was something wrong

总有些不对

I just never read between the lines

我只是不曾深究

Then I woke up one day

有一天醒来

and found you on your way

发现你有你的路要走

Leaving nothing but my heart behind

什么都没说,把我的真心丢在脑后

What can I do to make it up to you

要我怎么做才能和你重归旧好

Promises don't come easy

诺言难许

But tell me if there's a way

但只要你说有什么

to bring you back home to stay

能让你回到我身边

Well I'd promise anything to you

那么让我承诺你什么都好

I've been walkin' around

我在路上漫无目的

with my head hanging down

垂头丧气

Wondrin' what I'm gonna do

想知道还可以做什么

Cause when you walked out that door

因为自从你离开家

I knew I needed you more

我发现自己需要的是你

Than to take a chance on losing you

而不是要再有一次机会失去你

What can I do to make it up to you

要我怎样才能和你重归旧好

Promises don't come easy

诺言难许

You know I've made up my mind

我已经下定决心

to make it work this time

这次要给你承诺

That's the promise that I give to you

这就是我给你的诺言

You never thought I loved you

你从没想过我是爱你的

I guess you never thought I cared

我猜你不曾想到我在意你

I was just too proud to say it out loud

我只是太在乎我的骄傲而不曾大声的说

Now I know

现在我知道

to let my feelings go (so tell me)

让我的感情去倾泻(所以告诉我)

What can I do to make it up to you

要我怎样才能和你重归旧好

Promises don't come easy

诺言难许

You know I've made up my mind

我已经下定决心

to make it work this time

这次要给你承诺

That's the promise I can give to you

这就是我给你的诺言

What can I do to make it up to you

怎么才能和你重归旧好

《Promises Don't Come Easy》是由加拿大多伦多才女Caron Nightingale演唱的一首歌。

Caron Nightingale的姓氏Nightingale在英文中的本义是一种歌喉婉转动听的鸟儿--夜莺。人如其名，Caron Nightingale的嗓音也像夜莺那样动听，让人闻之感动。在她至今已长达22年的音乐生涯中，这位来自加拿大多伦多的才女从事过作曲、演唱、制作和发行，赢得过无数的奖项。

这首Promises Don't Come Easy是她的一首名曲，曾经被香港电视剧《创世纪》选作插曲。这首歌以内心独白的方式，对于应该如何对待感情进行了反思，说出了Promises Don't Come Easy的心声。这首歌舒缓的演唱娓娓道来，容易引起听者的共鸣，加上上口的旋律，使之成为一首百听不厌的好歌。

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