美國創作歌姬［芳達夏普］──軟式流行搖滾──［Wake Up the House／喚醒這棟屋子］

I seem to walk on ice

Some things make me think twice

When I get that resistance

Like having freedom with my hands tied

Ive censored whats inside way too long

I cant live so black and white

Somebody listen

Somebody say whats on your mind

Ive got the wheels of the reckless

Im gonna scream on the edges

Wake up the house start the clock work

Turn on the lights anybody home

Break all the glass on my windows

Wake up the house so Im not alone

Disturb this neighborhood

Maybe itll do some good

You know what Im missing

When everybodys asleep at night

Somebodys got to tlak

Might as well be my job yeah

Maybe somebodys listening

You know Ive censored this heart too long

Ive got the wheels of the restless

Im gonna scream on the edges

Wake up the house start the clock work

Turn on all the lights anybody home

Break all the glass on my windows

Wake up the house so Im not alone

I cant live so black and white

You know what Im missing

Somethings making me think twice

Is anybody listening?

１９８７年　芳達夏普（Vonda Shepard）與加拿大歌手丹希爾合唱［Can’t We Try］（Columbia發行）

登上加拿大單曲榜亞軍. 美國單曲榜＃６　讓她受到歌壇矚目
也跟Reprise唱片簽下合約。

１９８９年８月初, ２６歲的美國創作歌手芳達夏普（Vonda Shepard）發行首張同名大碟［Vonda Shepard］雖然獲得好評, 卻未引起太大迴響。

１９９２年８月, 芳達推出第二張個人專輯［The Radical Light］

由夏普與Richard Perry製作, 樂評普通。

 首支主打［Wake Up the House／喚醒這棟屋子］由芳達與Gerard McMahon 譜寫, 夏普與Matthew Wilder製作成一首軟式流行搖滾

芳達以她白人靈魂式的歌喉詮釋。

只是夏普此時聲勢未起,  ［Wake Up the House］未入Billboard單曲榜與副榜,

連帶大碟銷售低落, 讓［Wake Up the House］成為專輯唯一單曲。

這是夏普的事業低潮，

直到１９９６年初, 她才發行下一張錄音室大碟。

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PeeSpU4ClQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCHHr1YgAx4

(From the Vault)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7uJ9iDGWng0