中古年代 聊聊老歌、老人和老故事，留下一些個人歷史的痕跡。 (若有侵權或陳述不實敬請告知，將會刪除或予修正。)

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之前 ( 亂談867 ) 提到，美國女歌手Jennifer Warnes於1977以一首《Right Time of the Night》闖出名號，而在後來接受音樂電子媒體「Songfacts」的個人訪談時，卻表示不願談論該曲。原因恐是當時是在唱片公司老闆的「強勢要求」下錄唱該曲，期間或許有些不愉快，而有功也應是老闆居首。另就是歌曲的主題內容，或也讓她感到有些羞窘。

1979，Jennifer Warnes再推出專輯《Shot Through thr Heart》，成績不差，在鄉村專輯榜獲得第13名。專輯中的這首《I Know a Heartache When I See One》，在流行單曲及鄉村榜分別得到第19及第10名，感覺好像也不特別怎麼樣，但卻是Arista唱片公司到1990前，最後一首在鄉村榜前10名的歌曲。

此曲的大意是女主角認清了男友的真面目，而決心要與其斷絕來往。在男女交往的過程中，的確有些男生會習慣性的犯「大」錯，像是嗜賭成性、酒後暴力、喜歡拈花惹草……等等，卻會在事發後像是真心悔過般的要求女友原諒 ( 例如痛哭流涕、寫悔過書、甚至下跪 )，女生也常常因而心軟，卻也因此陷入了身心痛苦煎熬的輪迴。遇到「渣男」，真的還是趁早走人為妙。

 

Look at through the winds

Blowin' up the road
Shining like a northern star
Actin' like the answers
To all my prayers
But, baby, I know what you really are

Chorus
So don't you knock on my door
I won't be home anymore
You can find me out walking in the sun
Oh, you hide it so well
It isn't easy to tell
But I know a heartache
When I see one

There was a time
I was a true believer
Your love was the only way
Well you can save all your sweet talkin'
For some other fool
Only a fool would believe what you say

Chorus

Time is a teacher
Oh, and it's taught me well
The loser is the one who cries
And when you've cried like a baby
And you've hurt like hell
You know the devil
By the look in his eyes

Chorus (x2)
I know a heartache when I see one