美国乡村音乐:I Hope You Dance——Lee Ann Womack

I hope you never lose your sense of wonder,
You get your fill to eat but always keep that hunger,
May you never take one single breath for granted,
GOD forbid love ever leave you empty handed,
I hope you still feel small when you stand beside the ocean,
Whenever one door closes I hope one more opens,
Promise me that you'll give faith a fighting chance,
And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance.
I hope you dance....I hope you dance.
I hope you never fear those mountains in the distance,
Never settle for the path of least resistance
Livin' might mean takin' chances but they're worth takin',
Lovin' might be a mistake but it's worth makin',
Don't let some hell¹ bent² heart leave you bitter,
When you come close to sellin' out reconsider,
Give the heavens above more than just a passing glance,
And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance.
I hope you dance....I hope you dance.
I hope you dance....I hope you dance.
I hope you still feel small when you stand beside the ocean,
Whenever one door closes I hope one more opens,
Promise me that you'll give faith a fighting chance,
And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance.
Dance....I hope you dance.
I hope you dance....I hope you dance.
I hope you dance....I hope you dance..
(Time is a wheel in constant motion³ always rolling us along
Tell me who wants to look back on their years and wonder where those years have gone
Fade out ......

1966年8月19日Lee Ann Womack出生于美国得克萨斯州杰克逊维尔市。她是一个受传统歌曲创作风格影响的艺术家，她在90年代后期得到了音乐界的广泛赞誉。她的作品风格与Tammy Wynette和Dolly Parton的风格有些类同之处，关于这一点，许多人都存在共识，这位艺术家自己也在媒体上承认了这一事实。她的音乐作品充满了对过去时代的怀念。她的音乐兴趣培养来自于她那做电台音乐节目主持人的父亲，父亲经常把她带到演播室。中学毕业后，她进入了得克萨斯州的来沃兰德(Levelland)学院学习，这是第一批提供乡村及牧歌音乐学位的学校之一。她加入了学院的乐队“Country Caravan”乐队。她一直跟着这个音乐组织的成员们到处演出。后来，她到纳什维尔的贝尔蒙大学学习音乐课程，随后成为MCA唱片公司A&R部门的实习人员，最后在1995年进入TREE出版社工作。

在这里，她与人合作为Ed Hill, Bill Anderson和Sam Hogin写东西。一年后，她与Decca唱片公司签约，成为一名独奏艺术家。她在1997年推出由Mark Wright(曾与她合作在TREE出版社写作的人)为制作人的专辑，结果在当年获得了两项CMA大奖。之后，另一部由Wright指导制作的专辑《Some Things I Know》的隆重出世，这部作品中融入更多的工作技巧。Womack在这部专辑中与其前夫Jason Sellers合作演唱了《If You're Ever Down In Dallas》，与Billy Lawson和Dale Dodson合作，制作了《The Man Who Made My Mama Cry》。这部作品在1998年10月至11月推向观众，而她的第二个孩子刚好于1999年1月出生。2000年，Womack赢得了一个CMA大奖，获奖作品是她新专辑中主打歌曲《I Hope You Dance》，与这部专辑同名。

1 hell   

n.地狱，阴间；用以咒骂或表示愤怒，不满

参考例句：

• It's a hell of a hike from Sydney to Perth.从悉尼到珀斯的徒步旅行简直苦死了。
• The boss really gave me hell today.老板今天着实数落了我一通。

2 bent   

n.爱好，癖好；adj.弯的；决心的，一心的

参考例句：

• He was fully bent upon the project.他一心扑在这项计划上。
• We bent over backward to help them.我们尽了最大努力帮助他们。

3 motion   

n.打手势，示意，移动，动作，提议，大便；v.运动，向...打手势，示意

参考例句：

• She could feel the rolling motion of the ship under her feet.她能感觉到脚下船在晃动。
• Don't open the door while the train is in motion.列车运行时，请勿打开车门。