最喜欢的圣诞歌曲

第一次听到这首歌的时候还是好几年前在德州混的时候。下班回家，夜色将无边无际的荒原吞没，高速公路两旁的路灯像巨型的萤火，柔和明亮却却不温暖，流星样渐次从车窗两侧滑行而过。快圣诞节了，车载电台基本都是圣诞歌曲连播，后来就放到这首歌。

音乐响起的时就比别的歌要份外恬静，转瞬就如清泉般把车厢内的沉闷一洗而空。Alan的声音是那样干净沉稳，完美无瑕，在柔美的曲调中像壁炉中明亮的炉火，像将人包围的毛毯，如果你是个独在异乡的旅人，一定会觉得心底都暖透了。

歌词。第一段先送祝福给无论远近的每个人，而第二段则讲圣诞节会在不同年龄的人心目中留下的隽永印象，叠歌部分则讲圣诞的美好并希望在这美好的时刻愤怒仇恨恐惧都能远离，最后烘托出主题：Let it be Christmas everywhere。遣词用句洗练清爽，听上去只觉得美丽适意而无许多节日歌曲那种过分甜腻热闹的感觉。

所以才在那一瞬间就爱上了这首歌。在之后到圣诞节的每一天，我的车载电台都调在了96.3，等待圣诞歌曲连播到这一首。就算哪天到了停车场才放到这支歌也一样要听完了才舍得下车走人。

说起来有意思的是我开始并不知道这首歌是Alan Jackson的。而且由于他的某首歌我非常不喜欢而早就基本把他列为拒绝来往户了。直到后来某次在网上google这首歌的时候才知道这是老先生2002年第二张乡村圣诞专辑Let it be Christmas里的自己作词作曲的主打歌。

虽然我现在还是基本喜欢老Goerge Strait比喜欢老Alan不止一点多，但是就这首歌，推荐给每个想听英文圣诞歌曲的人。


歌词如下：

Let it be Christmas everywhere
In the hearts of all people both near and afar
Christmas everywhere
Feel the love of the season wherever you are
On the small country roads lined with green mistletoe
Big city streets where a thousand lights glow

~ * ~ * ~

Let it be Christmas everywhere
Let heavenly music fill the air
Let every heart sing, let every bell ring
The story of hope and joy and peace
And let it be Christmas everywhere
Let heavenly music fill the air
Let anger and fear and hate disappear
Let there be love that lasts through the year
And let it be Christmas
Christmas everywhere

~ * ~ * ~

Let it be Christmas everywhere
With the gold and the silver, the green and the red
Christmas everywhere
In the smiles of all children asleep in their beds
In the eyes of young babies, their first fallen snow
Elderlys' memories that never grow old

~ * ~ * ~

Let it be Christmas everywhere
Let heavenly music fill the air
Let every heart sing, let every bell ring
The story of hope and joy and peace
And let it be Christmas everywhere
Let heavenly music fill the air
Let anger and fear and hate disappear
Let there be love that lasts through the year
And let it be Christmas
Christmas everywhere

~ * ~ * ~

Let it be Christmas everywhere
In the songs that we sing and the gifts that we bring
Christmas everywhere
In what this day means and what we believe
From the sandy white beaches where blue water rolls
Snow covered mountains and valleys below

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Let it be Christmas everywhere
Let heavenly music fill the air
Let every heart sing, let every bell ring
The story of hope and joy and peace
And let it be Christmas everywhere
Let heavenly music fill the air
Let anger and fear and hate disappear
Let there be love that lasts through the year
And let it be Christmas
Christmas everywhere
Christmas everywhere
Christmas everywhere