<1. 歌手 & 背景介绍> Dixie Chicks 是由三个美国女子组成的一个以乡村音乐为主的组合。现三名成员分别为Emily Robison、Martie Maguire和Natalie Maines。 Dixie Chicks最初成立于1989年的德州达拉斯。经过多年的曲折与成员的变更，自上世纪90年代末后，这个组合在乡村音乐和商业上都获得了巨大成功，有过许多脍炙人口的歌，诸如“Wide Open Spaces”、“Cowboy Take Me”、“Long Time Gone”、“Traveling Soldier”等。 

  i wished i was smarter i wished i was stronger i wished i loved Jesus the way my wife does i wished it'd been easier instead of any longer i wished i could've stood where you would've been proud that won't happen now that won't happen now there's a whole lot of singing that's never gonna be heard disappearing (1) every day without so much as a word somehow (2) i think i broke the wings off that little songbird (3) She’s never gonna fly to the top of the world right now top of the world i don't have to answer any of these questions Don't have no guide to teach me no lessons i come home in the evening sit in my chair One night they called me for supper but i never got up i stayed right there in my chair There’s a whole lot of singing that's never gonna be heard disappearing every day without so much as a word somehow i think i broke the wings off that little songbird she's never gonna fly to the top of the world right now i wished I’d had known you Wished i had shown you all of the things i was on the inside (3) I’d pretend to be sleeping when you'd come in the morning to whisper goodbye (4) Go to work in the rain I don't know why Don’t know why Cause everyone's singing We just wanna be heard disappearing every day without so much as a word somehow Wanna grab a hold of little songbird and take her for a ride to the top of the world (5) right now woh, woh, to the top of the world to the top of the world…… i wished I’d had known you Wished i had shown you all of the things i was on the inside (3) I’d pretend to be sleeping when you'd come in the morning to whisper goodbye (4) Go to work in the rain I don't know why Don’t know why Cause everyone's singing We just wanna be heard disappearing every day without so much as a word somehow Wanna grab a hold of little songbird and take her for a ride to the top of the world (5) right now woh, woh, to the top of the world to the top of the world

 (1) disappear 消失 David watched her car until it disappeared from view. (2) somehow 不知怎的，莫明奇妙地： He was nervous somehow. (3) break something off 折断 He broke off a piece of bread. (3) Wished i had shown you all of the things i was on the inside 真希望我以前有向你打开心扉 on the inside 在内心 (4) I’d pretend to be sleeping when you'd come in the morning to whisper goodbye Pretend 假装 She pretended not to notice. He's not asleep - he's just pretending. Whisper耳语；低声说 You don't have to whisper, no one can hear us. (5) Wanna grab a hold of little songbird and take her for a ride to the top of the world 我很想伸手去捧住那只小燕雀，把它带到世界 的最高峰，让它自由翱翔。 Grab（伸手去）抓住 I grabbed my bag and ran off.