美國歌壇巨星［蘿貝塔弗萊克］──輕靈魂／成人抒情曲──柔美的［Jesse／傑西］

Jesse, come home theres a hole

In the bed where we slept

Now its growing cold

Hey Jesse, your face in the place

Where we lay by the hearth

All apart it hangs on my heart

And Im keeping the light on the stairs

No Im not scared

I wait for you

Hey Jesse, its lonely

Come home

Jesse, the floors and the boards

Recalling your steps

And I remember too

All the pictures are fading

Theyre shaded in gray

But I still set a place on the table at noon

And Im leaving the light on the stairs

And Im not scared

I wait for you

Hey Jesse, Im lonely

Come home

Jesse the spread on the bed

Its like when you left

I kept it for you

All the blues and the greens

Have been recently cleaned

And I seemingly knew

Hey Jess, me and you

Will swallow the light on the stair

Ill fix up my hair

Well sleep unaware

Hey Jesse, its lonely

Come home

１９７３年初　黑人巨星蘿貝塔弗萊克（Roberta Flack）翻唱〔Killing Me Softly With His Song〕成為她第二首美國單曲榜冠軍（五週）

（＋黑人榜亞軍　成人抒情榜亞軍　銷售突破百萬）　英國榜＃６
１９７３年８月　經過十八個月籌備的第四張個人專輯〔Killing Me Softly〕才發行

登上美國流行榜季軍（靈魂榜亞軍）　賣出兩百萬張

隔年還為蘿貝塔奪得葛萊美年度唱片 年度歌曲　與最佳女歌手三座大獎（＋年度專輯提名）

１９７３年１１月　將屆３６歲的弗萊克推出大碟第二首主打［Jesse／傑西］

作者為美國創作歌手Janis Ian　描述一段靈魂糾結的愛情

Joel Dorn將其製作成一首溫柔的成人抒情曲　

蘿貝塔負責的編曲簡單, 帶有懷舊氛圍

在蘿貝塔輕靈魂嗓音的詮釋下, 委婉迷人

［Jesse］登上美國單曲榜＃３０　副榜──靈魂榜＃１９　Easy Listening榜＃３　加拿大＃２３　澳洲＃３６

先前並沒特別注意［Jesse］, 直到今年夏天才發現原來是這麼耐聽的歌曲

蘿貝塔的音樂中的確藏著許多待人發掘的低調精品

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69BON630PUw 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vP0IoxNJWk

Live at Edmonton, Canada, 1975

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPoZRJP1ZH8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KL-5Yip-pZg

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7vt17