听歌学英语:早知如此 I Told You So - Carrie

该歌曲由Randy Travis 1988年录制，经过Carrie的演唱，那种无能为力的懊悔以及想挽救爱情的真诚被演绎得生动感人。

Suppose I called you up tonight假如我今晚打电话给你，
And told you that I love you且说我爱你，
And suppose I said I wanna come back home假如我说我想回家，
And suppose I cried and said I think I finally learned¹ my lesson假如我哭着告诉你说我知道错了。
And I'm tired of spending all my time alone说我已经厌倦了孤独，
If I told you that I realize you're all I ever wanted我告诉你我意识到你才是我想要的，
And it's killing² me to be so far away告诉你离开那么远实在让我受不了，
Would you tell me that you love me too你会不会告诉我你也爱我?
And when we cry together当我们抱头痛哭的时候，
Would you simply³ laugh at me and say你会不会只是笑着对我说：
“I told you so早告诉过你的
Oh, I told you so唉,我告诉过你会这样的
I told you someday you'd come crawling⁴ back and asking me to take you in我早说过你总有一天会乖乖回来求我接纳你。
“I told you so.我早告诉过你会这样。
But you had to go但你非得要离开。
Now I found somebody new and you will never break my heart in two again”现在我找到了新的伴侣,你不可能再次让我心碎了。

If I got down on my knees and told you I was yours forever⁵如果我跪下来告诉你我永远是你的了
Would you get down on yours too and take my hand那么你会不会也屈膝下来握住我的手
Would we get that old time feeling我们能不能再像以前那样
Would we laugh and cry for hours数小时就这样又哭又笑
The way we did when our love first began一如我们刚开始恋爱的时候
Would you tell me that you miss me too你会不告诉我你也同样在思念我
And that you've been so lonely告诉我你一直很孤独
And that you've waited for the day that I returned告诉我你一直在等我回来
And we live and love forever然后我们相爱生活到永远
And that I'm your one and only然后你说我是你的唯一
Would you say the tables finally turn你终于回心转意了。

Would you say I told you so你会不会说‘我早就告诉过你会这样’
“Oh, I told you so唉,我早告诉过你会这样
I told you someday you'd come crawling back and asking me to take you in我早说过总有一天你会乖乖回来求我接纳你
I told you so我早跟你说过的
But you had to go但你就是执意要走

Now I found somebody new and you will never break my heart in two again现在我身边已经有新人,你再也不能伤我的心了。
Now I found somebody new and you will never break my heart in two again”现在我身边已经有新人,你再也不能伤我的心了。

1 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。

2 killing   

n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财

参考例句：

• Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
• Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

3 simply   

ad.仅仅,只是；简单地；朴素地；完全，简直

参考例句：

• The cake is made quite simply.这蛋糕做起来很简单。
• The teacher explained the text simply.老师简单地解释了一下课文。

4 crawling   

n.表面涂布不均v.爬( crawl的现在分词 )；（昆虫）爬行；缓慢行进；巴结

参考例句：

• You should be ashamed of yourself, crawling to the director like that. 你那样巴结董事，应该感到羞耻。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Stubborn, self-confident Guo Zhenshan has never gone crawling to anyone. 坚强、自信、有气魄的郭振山，实在说，永远也不会向人低三下四啊！ 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

5 forever   

adv.(=for ever)永远；总是

参考例句：

• Teacher is powerful in a child's eyes forever.老师在孩子们的心中永远是强者。
• You can't depend on your parents forever.你不能永远依赖你父母。