キャロルキング イッツトゥーレイト

キャロル姉さんの、「出会った頃はこんな日が来るとは思わずにいた」そんな曲。　よくある恋の終わりソングですな。

この人も時々ふと口に出る曲がいろいろある。　Earth　Move、Natural Woman、So Far Awayなんかは定番シャワーソング。　70年代万歳。

タペストリーが売れる前から、ソングライトを続けた彼女も去年引退宣言しましたね。　うちの母親と同年代だもんなぁ。　お疲れさん。


キャロルキング　イッツ　トゥー　レイト　←クリック

Stayed in bed all morning just to pass the time
There's something wrong here
There can be no denying
One of us is changing
Or maybe we've just stopped trying

And it's too late baby, now it's too late
Though we really did try to make it
Something inside has died and I can't hide
And I just can't fake it

It used to be so easy living here with you
You were light and breezy
And I knew just what to do
Now you look so unhappy
And I feel like a fool

And it's too late baby, now it's too late
Though we really did try to make it
Something inside has died
and I can't hide it
And I just can't fake it

There'll be good times again for me and you
But we just can't stay together
Don't you feel it too
Still I'm glad for what we had
And how I once loved you

But it's too late baby, now it's too late
Though we really did try to make it
Something inside has died and I can't hide
And I just can't fake it

Don't you know that I...
I just can't fake it
Oh it's too late my baby
Too late my baby
You know
It's too late my baby

B.J.トーマス 雨にぬれても

ウクレレをいじってると、この歌が歌いたくなった。　雨の多いシカゴの春にもぴったりだし。

アメリカ、ニューシネマの代表格『明日に向かって撃て！』の主題歌。　この映画、ラストのストップモーションが印象に残る好きな映画だけど、ネットの無かった昔に、『Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid』という原題が分からなくて、ビデオを買うときに難儀した思い出がある。

歌はなんともほのぼのしたポジティブソング。　映画では自転車2人乗りデートのシーンね。　たまには良いわな、こういう曲も。

この曲のもう一つの特徴は、エンディングの展開。　ドリカムの『晴れたらいいね』と似てる。　というか…、まぁねぇ。


雨にぬれても　B.J.トーマス　←クリック

Raindrops keep fallin' on my head
And just like the guy whose feet are too big for his bed
Nothin' seems to fit
Those raindrops are fallin' on my head,
they keep fallin'

So I just did me some talkin' to the sun
And I said I didn't like the way he got things done
Sleepin' on the job
Those raindrops are fallin' on my head, they keep fallin'

But there's one thing I know
The blues they send to meet me won't defeat me
It won't be long till happiness steps up to greet me

Raindrops keep fallin' on my head
But that doesn't mean my eyes will soon be turnin' red
Cryin's not for me
'Cause I'm never gonna stop the rain by complainin'
Because I'm free
Nothin's worryin' me

[trumpet]

It won't be long till happiness steps up to greet me

Raindrops keep fallin' on my head
But that doesn't mean my eyes will soon be turnin' red
Cryin's not for me
'Cause I'm never gonna stop the rain by complainin'
Because I'm free
Nothin's worryin' me