Vince Gill于1957年4月12日出生于美国奥克拉荷马州的诺曼（Norman），原名Vince Grant Gill。Gill从10岁开始学习吉他，中学时代加入当地一支叫“山雾”（Mountain Smoke）的乡村摇滚乐队，后来加入乐队Pure Prairie League担任主唱。1983年推出首张个人专辑《Turn Me Loose》，专辑中的单曲“Victim of Life's Circumstances”在 1984年获得乡村排行的第四十名，并且夺得了“乡村音乐学院”（ACM）的年度最佳新进男歌手大奖。
在这首歌曲中，与Vince Gill合唱的Sheryl Crow是上个世纪90年代以来最受欢迎的摇滚乐女歌手之一，她的音乐风格独树一帜，曾四度问鼎格莱美最佳摇滚女歌手奖。
Vince Gill的演唱娓娓道来,触动人的内心，值得用心去揣摩,去细细聆听。
What You Give Away,一首让人感到平静的歌，听了以后就像做了深呼吸一般地舒服。喜欢这首歌的歌词，简简单单，洗尽内心的浮躁与喧嚣。不管最后有没有审判日，不管上帝是否存在，但是只有真诚地付出了，懂得给予的美好，我们才能安享我们心灵的天堂。
What You Give Away
Vince Gill & Sheryl Crow
You read the business page
See how you did today
Life's just passed you by
You live up on the hill
You've got a view that kills
Never wonder why
After you've counted everything you saved
Do you ever hit your knees and pray
You know there's gonna be a judgment day
So what will you say
No matter what you make
All that you can take
Is what you give away
What you give away
There's people on the street
Ain't got enough to eat
You just shake your head
The measure of a man is one who lends a hand
That's what my father said
After you've counted everything you saved
Do you ever hit your knees and pray
You know there's gonna be a judgment day
So what will you say
No matter what you make
All that you can take
It’s what you give away
It’s what you give away
After you've counted everything you saved
Do you ever hit your knees and pray
You know there's gonna be a judgment day
So what will you say
No matter what you make
All that you can take
It’s what you give away
You know it's not too late
It's all for Heaven's sake
What you give away
What you give away
What you give away |