Little Big Town是一个1998年成立的乡村音乐组合。听到这首《Better Man》，似乎很容易感受到霉霉的风格，没错，这首歌是由霉霉作词作曲的，该曲收录于Little Big Town的第七张专辑《The Breaker》中，该专辑于2017年2月24日发行。并在第50届CMA（全美乡村音乐协会奖）颁奖礼上首次表演。这首歌讲述的是一位失恋的女孩，在爱恨纠葛中选择逃离的，对前男友依依不舍的心情。戳我听

歌词如下：

I know I'm probably better off on my own

我明白或许我该独自一人

Than loving a man who didn't know what he had when he had it

好过爱一个不懂得珍惜的男人

And I see the permanent damage you did to me

我明白你给我的永久的伤害

Never again I just wish I could forget when it was magic

再也不会 我只希望我能忘却爱魔力

I wish it wasn't 4 am, standing in the mirror

我只希望凌晨四点我没有站在镜子前

saying to myself you know you had to do it

自言自语 你知道你该这样选择

I know the bravest thing I ever did was run

我知道我做过最勇敢的事就是抽身逃离

Sometimes in the middle of the night I can feel you again

有时候午夜梦回 我能再次感受你的气息

But I just miss you and I just wish you were a better man

而我想念你 我只希望你会是个更好的男人

And I know why we had to say goodbye

我明白为何我们会告别彼此

like the back of my hand

对于原因我了如指掌

And I just miss you and I just wish you were a better man

而我想念你 我只希望你会是个更好的男人

A better man

更好的男人

I know I'm probably better off all alone

自始至终我都明报我该抽身离开

Than needing a man who could change his mind at any given minute

也不要个随时会改变心意的男人

And it's always on your terms

你总是按照自己的心意

I'm hanging on every careless word

我还在纠结每个无心之语

Hoping it might turn sweet again

希望它们能变成甜言蜜语

like it was in the beginning

就像一开始的那样

But your jealousy,I can hear it now

而你的嫉妒 我还能感受的到

You're talking down to melike I'll always be around

你说服我而我永远都在你左右

You push my love away like it's some kind of loaded gun

你将我的爱弃之不顾 像是把上了膛的枪

Boy, you never thought I'd run

亲爱的 你从未想过我会逃跑

Sometimes in the middle of the night I can feel you again

有时候午夜梦回 我能再次感受你的气息

But I just miss you and I just wish you were a better man

而我想念你 我只是希望你会是个更好的男人

And I know why we had to say goodbye

我明白为何我们会告别彼此

like the back of my hand

对于原因我了如指掌

And I just miss you and I just wish you were a better man, a better man

我想念你 我只希望你会是更好的男人

A better man

更好的男人

Better man

更好的男人

I hold onto this pride because these days it's all I have

我坚守仅有的自尊 只因为我经历的一切

And I gave you my best and we both know you can't say that

我给你我的一切 我们都明白你不会说

You can't say that

你不会说

I wish you were a better man

我希望你会是个更好的男人

I wonder what we would've become

我不知道我们会变成怎样的人

If you were a better man

如果你能成为更好的男人

We might still be in love

或许我们能继续徜徉爱河

If you were a better man

如果你能成为更好的男人

You would've been the one

你会是我永远的唯一

Sometimes in the middle of the night I can feel you again

有时候午夜梦回 我能再次感受你的气息

But I just miss you and I just wish you were a better man

而我想念你 我只是希望你会是个更好的男人

And I know why we had to say goodbye

我明白为何我们会告别彼此

But I just miss you and I just wish you were a better man

而我想念你 我只是希望你会是个更好的男人

We might still be in love

或许我们能继续徜徉爱河

If you were a better man

如果你能成为更好的男人

Better man

更好的男人

【听歌学口语】

1. I just wish you were a better man我希望你会是个更好的男人

“wish”后面加的表示虚拟语气的从句，所以Be动词用的是“are”的过去式“were”。

虚拟语气就是指跟现实不一样的，这句歌词说“我只是希望你成为更好的男人”，说明现实是“你还不是更好的男人。”

e.g. I wish I were a superman. 我希望我是超人。

2. I know the bravest thing I ever did was run我知道我做过最勇敢的事就是抽身逃离

“the bravest thing I ever did was run.”“I ever did” 是来修饰“the bravest thing”的从句，定语从句。

e.g. The best man I ever saw is you.你是我见过的最好的人.

3 比较级

good-better-best

much-more-most

bad-worse-worst