My Eyes Adored You ─ Frankie Valli

Frankie Valli 是美國著名白人合唱團 The Four Seasons 的創始人。

The Four Seasons是個長青團體，從 60's 年代開始，活躍流行樂壇將近四十年時光，名曲包括「Sherry」、「Big girls don't cry」、「Walk like a man」等。團員的傑出表現，在1990年把他們送入「搖滾名人堂」（Rock and Roll Hall of Fame），1999年又進入「合唱團體名人堂」（Vocal Group Hall of Fame），永遠在歷史上留下不朽的美聲。

Valli 個人發表最出色、最成功的單曲是1967年「Can't take my eyes off you」。這首歌亦為奧斯卡最佳影片「The Deer Hunter」（越戰獵鹿人）的主題曲，為諸多歌手競相翻唱，風靡全球，至今傳唱不歇。

但我最喜歡的 Valli 作品，是「My eyes adored you」，他在 19 歲初試啼聲的作品，隨即一飛衝天，登上排行榜冠軍寶座，也直接促使 The Four Seasons 成團。

這首歌描繪青梅竹馬之間的童稚情愫，隨著兩人成長，由濃轉淡而漸行漸遠。
有些感傷，又有些甜蜜的小情歌。

我在國一時聽的歌，一聽就迷上，喜愛至今。
當時哪知「adore」是啥，還以為人家唱「my eyes towards you」呢。呆事一件。





CHORUS
My eyes adored ya
Though I never laid a hand on you
My eyes adored ya
Like a million miles away from me you couldn't see how I adored ya
So close, so close and yet so far

Carried your books from school
Playin' "make-believe you're married to me"
You were fifth-grade, I was sixth

When we came to be
Walkin' home every day over Barnegat Bridge and Bay
Till we grew into the me and you
Who went our separate ways

CHORUS
Headed for city lights
Climbed the ladder up to fortune and fame
I worked my fingers to the bone
Made myself a name
Funny I seemed to find
That no matter how the years unwind
Still I reminisce 'bout the girl I miss
And the love I left behind

CHORUS
(My eyes adored ya)
All my life I will remember
(Though I never laid a hand on you)
How warm and tender we were way back then, whoa, whoa, baby
(Like a million miles away from me you couldn't see how I adored ya)

Oh, the feeling, sad regrets
(So close, so close and yet so far)
I know I won't ever forget ya, my childhood friend

(My eyes adored ya)
(Though I never laid a hand on you)
(My eyes adored ya)
(Like a million miles away from me you couldn't see how I adored ya)

FADE
So close, so close and yet so far