美國鄉村樂歌手［瑪蒂娜．麥布萊］──新傳統鄉村／福音抒情曲──［A Broken Wing／斷翼］

She loved him like he was
The last man on Earth
Gave him everything she ever had
Hed break her spirit down
Then come lovin up on her
Give a little and take it back

Shed tell him bout her dreams
Hed just shoot em down
Lord, he loved to make her cry
"Youre crazy for believin
Youll never leave the ground"
He said, "Only angels know how to fly"

And with a broken wing
She still sings
She keeps an eye on the sky
With a broken wing
She carries her dreams
Man, you ought to see her fly

One Sunday morning
She didnt go to church
He wondered why she didnt leave
He went up to the bedroom
Found a note by the window
With the curtains blowin in the breeze

And with a broken wing
She still sings
She keeps an eye on the sky
With a broken wing
She carries her dreams
Man, you ought to see her fly

with a broken wing
She carries her dreams
Then you ought to see her fly (with a broken wing)

１９９７年８月，３１歲的美國鄉村樂歌手瑪蒂娜．麥布萊（Reba McEntire）推出第四張大碟［Evolution／演化］（RCA Nashville唱片公司）．

由瑪蒂娜，Paul Worley主製作 ，Clint Black＆James Stroud和Dan Shea各製作一曲．

樂評良好．

這是麥布萊第一張具有跨界的鄉村流行聲音專輯，與她早期的新傳統鄉村專輯不同。 

由於有五首歌曲打入鄉村榜前十名，［Evolution／演化］銷售成功，登上美國告示牌副榜──鄉村專輯榜＃４，流行專輯榜＃２４（1995年榜#63／1998#108／1999#163），

取得３白金唱片（３００萬張＋），成為瑪蒂娜事業最暢銷錄音室大碟．

加拿大鄉村專輯榜＃７，加拿大專輯榜＃８０，取得白金唱片（１０萬張＋）

第二主打是１９９７年９月發行的［A Broken Wing／斷翼］（也以雙A面主打［A Broken Wing ／Valentine］發行），

由Phil Barnhart, Sam Hogin, James House譜寫，講述一位年輕女子逃離情感虐待關係的故事。

Paul Worley，瑪蒂娜將其製作成一首新傳統鄉村／福音抒情曲，

麥布萊以扎實穩定的唱腔演繹，副歌的福音和聲精彩．

［A Broken Wing］登上美國告示牌副榜──鄉村歌曲榜后座（1998年榜#60）．為其第二首冠軍．

這也是馬蒂娜首度打入告示牌單曲榜的歌曲──＃６１，

２０２１年認證金唱片（數位，５０萬份）

加拿大鄉村歌曲榜＃１７

［A Broken Wing］跟［Evolution／演化］奠定瑪蒂娜在鄉村樂壇的巨星地位，也讓他跨界到主流音樂界．

 １９９９年並獲得鄉村音樂協會獎（CMA）的“年度女歌手”獎

MV

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgjTO5eAbZY

Audio

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eqs3E04icdw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXEGLUs7jwU

(Live at Farm Aid 2001)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbcEWfM9ZmI

Live

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0EQerHGDY0