在美國Billboard排行榜上，你太概很少看到Elaine Paige 這個陌生的名字，
因為她是一位來自英國的舞台劇首席紅星，流行音樂市場並不是她的世界。
不過，Elaine Paige的歌藝卻讓人無法忽視。
她擁有清脆嘹亮的好歌喉，搭配她特殊質感的詮釋方式，
讓這些非主流市場的歌聲打動了無數樂迷的心。
夏天本人也是那深受感動的其中之一。
Elaine Paige1951年出生於倫敦，70年代開始，便投入英國舞台劇的演出。
她是唱紅「Don’t Cry For Me Argentina」和「Memory」的第一人。
從1981年之後，Elaine Paige先後推出來不少個人專輯，
曲目遍及音樂劇、影視名曲以及流行音樂史上的經典。
Elaine Paige呈現出來的版本除了有她自己獨特的風味，
她的專輯也一直擁有廣大的支持者和相當不錯的口碑。
1985年Elaine Paige的「Love Hurts」個人專輯中，
與來自蘇格蘭的女歌手Barbara Dickson一起演唱了這首「I Know Him So Well」，
並收錄在ABBA兩位男團員Ulvaeus、Benny Andersson和作詞家Tim Rice合作的音樂劇「Chess」中。
雅致動人帶點淡淡哀愁的曲風，加上兩人默契十足的合唱功力，讓此曲更臻完美。
雖然只在英國榜上看到它的蹤跡，但相信你和我一樣，也會為它深深著迷。
I Know Him So Well – Elaine Paige & Barbara Dickson
http://birdbbs.idv.tw/~topmuzik/summer/Elaine Paige & Barbara Dickson - I Know Him So Well.mp3
I Know Him So Well – Elaine Paige & Barbara Dickson
Nothing is so good it lasts eternally
Perfect situations must go wrong
But this has never yet prevented me
Wanting far too much for far too long.
Looking back I could have played it differently
One of few more moments who can tell
But it took time to understand the man
Now at least I know I know him well.
Wasnt it good? oh so good
Wasnt he fine? oh so fine
Isnt it madness he cant be mine?
But in the end he needs
A little bit more than me
More she needs security
He needs his fantasy and freedom
I know him so well.
No one in your life is with you constantly
No one is completely on your side
And though I move my world to be with him
Still the gap between us is too wide.
Looking back I could have played it differently
Could have played things some other way.
Learn about the man before I fell
I was just a little careless
But I was ever so much younger then.
I was so much younger then
Now at least I know I know him well
Wasnt it good? oh so good
Wasnt he fine? oh so fine
Isnt it madness he wont be mine?
Didnt I know how it would go?
If I knew from the start
Why am I falling apart?
Wasnt he fine? isnt it madness
He wont be mine?
But in the end he needs a little bit more than me
More she needs security
He needs his fantasy and freedom
I know him so well
It took time to understand me
I know him so well.
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