美國黑人美女〔凡妮莎．威廉絲〕＆當代福音女王〔艾美．葛蘭特〕的交集──成人抒情佳作──〔Oh How The Years Go By／時光飛逝〕

In our time of trouble
We only had ourselves
Nobody else
No one was there to save us
We had to save ourselves

And when the storms came through
They found me and you
Back together
And when the sun would shine
It was yours and mine
Yours and mine forever

[Chorus:]
Oh how the years go by
Oh how the love brings tears to my eyes
All through the changes, the soul never dies
We fight, we laugh, we cry
As the years go by

There were times we stumbled
They thought they had us down
We came around
How we rolled and rambled
We got lost and we got found
Now we're back on solid ground

We took everything
All our times would bring
In this world of danger
'cause when your heart is strong
You know you're not alone
In this world of strangers

[Chorus]

If we lose our way
Any night or day
Well, we'll always be
I'm there for you
And I know you're there for me

As the years go by
You know you're not alone
In this world of strangers

[Chorus 2x]

１９９７年８月　美國黑人美女凡妮莎．威廉絲（Vanessa Williams）發行〔Next〕專輯

雖然商業表現不如前三張大碟　但樂評不錯

１９９８年４月　３５歲的凡妮莎推出專輯第四主打〔Oh How The Years Go By／時光飛逝〕

這首由英國歌手Simon Climie與美國詞曲家Will Jennings所寫的勵志歌曲除作者Climie本人外

也被當代福音女王艾美葛蘭特在１９９４年專輯〔House of Love〕翻唱

凡妮莎版跟艾美版十分類似　仍由鋼琴主導  只在編曲略有差異

威廉絲再度展現其扎實演唱功力

唱片公司選擇當時時興的電台宣傳主打方式　並沒發行實體單曲　以增加專輯銷售（這讓單曲無法打入流行榜）

〔Oh How The Years Go By〕拿到成人當代榜＃６

成為凡妮莎另一首抒情佳作

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbUdi5wK8o0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlO6OZVNrB8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTEkUo8euFk