藝人：Chris de Burgh
專輯：Spanish Train And Other Stories
年份：1975
曲名：Lonely Sky

若要在 Chris de Burgh 的眾多情歌中硬挑一首我最喜歡的，我會選這首 Lonely Sky，並非它真的特別好聽，而是有些特殊意義。

以前會知道 Chris de Burgh 是因為他那首排行名曲 The Lady In Red，後來要深入瞭解他便是從這張 Spanish Train And Other Stories 開始。這是他的第二張專輯，第一首歌 Spanish Train 是重節奏歌曲，第二首便是這首迷人的 Lonely Sky，一快一慢的兩首歌都精彩無比，從此便吸引了我持續陷入他的世界中。

Chris de Burgh - Lonely Sky (1975)
http://youtu.be/zscG8CM77uk
http://c.mms.blog.xuite.net/c3/a9/13657344/blog_97911/dv/4517526/4517526.wma

The cold North wind they call "La Bise"
is swirling round about my knees,
Trees are crying leaves into the river;
I'm huddled in this French cafe
I never thought I'd see the day,
When winter's here and summer's really over,

Even the birds have packed up and gone,
They're flying south with their song,
And my love, she too has gone, she had to fly,

Take care, it's such a lonely sky,
They'll trap your wings my love and hold your flight,
They'll build a cage and steal your only sky,
Fly away, fly to me, fly when the wind is high,
I'm sailing beside you in your lonely sky...

The old cathedral lights are low
She and I we'd often go there
To admire and sometimes kneel in prayer;

Lords and ladies lie in stone,
Hand in hand from long ago,
And though their hands are cold they'll love forever,

Even the choir rehearses those songs
For Christmas is not long.
And alone, I sing my song, she had to fly.

Out there it's such a lonely sky,
They'll trap your wings my love and hold your flight,
They'll build a cage and steal your only sky,
Fly away, fly to me, fly when the wind is high,
I'm sailing beside you in your lonely sky...
Fly away, fly to me, and if you need my love,
I'm sailing beside you in your lonely sky...
I'll come in with the dawn,
I'm sailing beside you in your lonely sky...
On the wings of the mourn,
I'm sailing beside you in your lonely sky...
Above the world we'll be flying,
I'm sailing beside you in your lonely sky...

And though their hands are cold they'll love forever.