美国乡村音乐:Take me there

There’s a place in your heart, nobody's been,
Take me there.
Things nobody knows,
Not even your friends,
Take me there.
Tell me bout¹ your momma, your daddy, your hometown,
Show me around,
I want to see it all, don't leave anything out

I want to know, everything about you then.
And I want to go, down every road you've been.
Where your hopes and dreams, and wishes live,
Where you keep the rest of your life hid,
I want to know the girl behind that pretty stare²,
Take me there.

Your first real kiss, your first true love,
You were scared.
Show me where,
You learned³ about life, spent your summer nights, without a care.
I want to roll down main street, the back roads,
Like you did when you were a kid,
What made you who you are,
Tell me what your story is.

I want to know, everything about you.
And I want to go, down every road you've been.
Where your hopes and dreams, and wishes live,
Where you keep the rest of your life hid,
I want to know the girl behind that pretty stare
Take me there.

I want to know, everything about you.
Yeah, everything about you baby.
I want to go, down every road you've been.
Where your hopes and dreams and wishes live,
Where you keep the rest of your life hid,
I want to know the girl behind that pretty stare.
Take me, take me, take me there.
Take me there.

Rascal⁴ Flatts由来自哥伦布的Gary Levox、Jay DeMarcus and Joe Don Rooney三名成员组成，是一个乡村音乐风格的乐队,他们以演唱和谐而闻名。

在他们出道早期，传统乡村音乐人批评这个三人组合，称他的音乐太稚嫩并带有流行乐的影子，然而乐迷和乡村电台却非常支持他们，2000年Rascal Flatts的首张专辑上市就卖出100万张。这三个小伙子第二张专辑《Melt》的销量则又比第一张的销量数字翻了一倍，并为他们带来了2002年度乡村音乐协会大奖的新人奖。2003年 Rascal Flatts获得了乡村音乐年度大奖的年度组合奖，2004也是他们再次蝉联该类别的奖项。
乐队几次赢得乡村音乐大奖，还多次在美国公告牌杂志上成为热门人物，他们的音乐具有很强的感染力，音乐宽广自由、旋律流畅富有灵气、歌声明丽清新。 Rascal Flatts将流行音乐、乡村音乐、摇滚音乐结合，主唱Gary Lerox的嗓音高亢嘹亮，清新自然，但又不失华丽、柔美。尤其是他那富有装饰性的颤音与鼻音，让他们的音乐锦上添花。他们乐曲配器丰富，除了乡村音乐常有的吉他、班卓琴和小提琴，还加入了电吉他、电子合成器、电贝斯、架子鼓、交响乐等等，所以音乐非常丰富饱满。

1 bout   

n.侵袭，发作；一次(阵，回)；拳击等比赛

参考例句：

• I was suffering with a bout of nerves.我感到一阵紧张。
• That bout of pneumonia enfeebled her.那次肺炎的发作使她虚弱了。

2 stare   

vt.凝视，显眼，变硬；vi.凝视；n.凝视

参考例句：

• It's not polite to stare at a girl in the face.盯着姑娘的脸瞧是不礼貌的。
• She gave him an angry stare.她生气地白了他一眼。

3 learned   

adj.有学问的，博学的；learn的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• He went into a rage when he learned about it.他听到这事后勃然大怒。
• In this little village,he passed for a learned man.在这个小村子里，他被视为有学问的人。

4 rascal   

n.流氓；不诚实的人

参考例句：

• If he had done otherwise,I should have thought him a rascal.如果他不这样做，我就认为他是个恶棍。
• The rascal was frightened into holding his tongue.这坏蛋吓得不敢往下说了。