Hey There Delilah

一首远距离恋爱的歌。。很喜欢。非常棒。

Hey There Delilah
What's it like in New York City?
I'm a thousand miles away
But girl, tonight you look so pretty
Yes you do
Times Square can't shine as bright as you
I swear it's true

Hey there Delilah
Don't you worry about the distance
I'm right there if you get lonely
Give this song another listen
Close your eyes
Listen to my voice, it's my disguise
I'm by your side
Oh it's what you do to me
Oh it's what you do to me
Oh it's what you do to me
Oh it's what you do to me
What you do to me

Hey there Delilah
I know times are getting hard
But just believe me, girl
Someday I'll pay the bills with this guitar
We'll have it good
We'll have the life we knew we would
My word is good

Hey there Delilah
I've got so much left to say
If every simple song I wrote to you
Would take your breath away
I'd write it all
Even more in love with me you'd fall
We'd have it all

Oh it's what you do to me
Oh it's what you do to me
Oh it's what you do to me
Oh it's what you do to me

A thousand miles seems pretty far
But they've got planes and trains and cars
I'd walk to you if I had no other way
Our friends would all make fun of us
and we'll just laugh along because we know
That none of them have felt this way
Delilah I can promise you
That by the time we get through
The world will never ever be the same
And you're to blame

Hey there Delilah
You be good and don't you miss me
Two more years and you'll be done with school
And I'll be making history like I do
You'll know it's all because of you
We can do whatever we want to
Hey there Delilah here's to you
This song is for you

Oh it's what you do to me
Oh it's what you do to me
Oh it's what you do to me
Oh it's what you do to me
What you do to me
ohhhhhh...

这首歌在Wikipedia上归类的风格是Acoustic和Alternative rock。

歌曲讲的是说远距离恋爱的故事，女朋友到了大城市念书，而自己留在这边为梦想打拼。这里是一个GOOGLE到的歌词大概翻译:

Hey there Delilah
嘿！Delilah

What’s it like in New York City
在紐約的生活好嗎？

I’m a thousand miles away
距離如此遙遠

but girl tonight you look so pretty
但女孩妳今晚真的好美

Yes you do
真的

Times Square can’t shine as bright as you
時代廣場上的燈光也比不過妳的耀眼
*時代廣場(Times Square)是紐約市曼哈頓的鬧市與住宅區之間的廣場，每年最大的跨年盛會皆在此舉行

I swear it’s true
我發誓

Hey there Delilah
嘿！Delilah

Don’t you worry about the distance
擔心我們的距離嗎

I’m right there if you get lonely
若你覺得寂寞，我就在這邊

Give this song another listen
唱歌給你聽

Close your eyes
閉上眼

Listen to my voice it’s my disguise
聽我的歌聲

I’m by your side
我就在妳身邊

Oh it’s what you do to me
Oh it’s what you do to me
Oh it’s what you do to me
Oh it’s what you do to me
What you do to me

Hey there Delilah
嘿！Delilah

I know times are getting hard
我知道時間越久越煎熬

But just believe me girl
但女孩，請相信

Someday I’ll pay the bills with this guitar
有一天我會靠這把吉他還清債務

We’ll have it good
我們會好好地

We’ll have the life we knew we would
我們會過我們想過的生活

My world is good

Hey there Delilah
嘿！Delilah

I’ve got so much left to say
還有好多話想說

But If every simple song I wrote to you
但若我寫給妳的歌

Would take your breath away
會讓妳無法呼吸

I’d write it all
我願意全部寫下來

Even more in love with me you’d fall
有更多我對妳的愛在這

We’d have it all
我們擁有的

Oh it’s what you do to me
Oh it’s what you do to me
Oh it’s what you do to me
Oh it’s what you do to me

A thousand miles seems pretty far
距離很遙遠

But they’ve got planes and trains and cars
但有飛機有火車有汽車

I’d walk to you if I had no other way
若都沒有我還是可以用走的到妳身邊

Our friends would all make fun of us
朋友們全取笑我們

and we’ll just laugh along because we know
我們也都跟著笑笑的，因為我們知道

That none of them have felt this way
他們無法感受到我們的感覺

Delilah I can promise you
Delilah我可以對妳保證

That by the time that we get through
當我們經歷過這些之後

The world will never ever be the same
世界會變得完全不同

And you’re to blame
這些都是因為妳

Hey there Delilah
嘿！Delilah

You be good and don’t you miss me
請好好地過生活，別為思念所苦

Two more years and you’ll be done with school
兩年多之後妳從學校畢業

And I’ll be making history like I do
而我也將達成我的夢想

You know it’s all because of you
都是因為妳

We can do whatever we want to
我們可以做任何想做的事

Hey there Delilah here’s to you
嘿！Delilah
這是給妳的
This one’s for you
這首歌是寫給妳的

Oh it’s what you do to me
Oh it’s what you do to me
Oh it’s what you do to me
Oh it’s what you do to me
What you do to me

而在这歌里面提到的Delilah 确有其人，不过歌词中的情节却是主唱YY的- -|。其实Delilah 是個毕业于哥伦比亚大学、且是今年奥运的障碍赛参赛选手 Delilah DiCrescenzo。她跟 Plain White T’s 的主唱(也是這首歌的创作者)Tom Higgenson 现实中并没有恋爱，是在经他們共同的朋友介绍彼此认识之后，Tom 突然就有了这个灵感而为她写的一首歌，他说 Delilah DiCrescenzo 是他讲过最美的女人(难道哥大真的如传说中那么多美女。。)，有点可笑有点伤悲，因为歌曲中表达的神情事实上并非是真的。

以下是他接受采访时候所说的：

“There was never anything between us. It was kind of funny — kind of sad, actually. The story of my life… I thought she was the most beautiful girl I had ever seen. I told her, ‘I have a song about you already.’ Obviously, there was no song. But I thought it was smooth.”

Delilah DiCrescenzo並沒有因为這首歌爱上Tom，她其实已经有男朋友了，所以因为这首歌，甚至给她带来了一些困扰。以下是她接受采访时所说的：
“It was so beautifully written”, she says. “There was pressure to live up to this ideal. I didn’t know how to be polite but, you know, ditch him.”

虽然是YY的- -|不过我还是当成真的来听这歌吧。。ORZ。。