美國鄉村樂女王〔蕾芭．麥肯泰〕──鄉村抒情曲──追憶亡父的［The Greatest Man I Never Knew／我從未認識的偉人］

The greatest man I never knew lived just down the hall,

and evry day we said hello but never touched at all.

He was in his paper. I was in my room.

How was I to know he thought I hung the moon?

The greatest man I never knew came home late evry night,

He never had to much to say. Too much was on his mind.

I never really knew him, oh and now it seems so sad.

Evrything he gave to us took all he had.

Then the days turned into years, and the memries to black and white.

He grew cold like an old winter wind blowing across my life.

The greatest words I never heard I guess Ill never hear.

The man I thought could never die has been dead almost a year.

Oh, he was good at busness but there was busness left to do.

He never said he loved me. Guess he thought I knew.

Songwriters

Leigh, Richard C / Martine, Layng Jr.

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Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, LAYNG MARTINE JR SONGS

１９９１年秋天　３６歲的美國鄉村樂女王蕾芭．麥肯泰（Reba McEntire）發行第十八張大碟〔For My Broken Heart〕　仍由她跟Tony Brown共同製作

標題是紀念她在飛機失事罹難的巡迴樂團

登上美國鄉村榜＃３　流行榜＃１３　賣出四百多萬張　成為她事業最暢銷專輯之一

前三支主打有兩首登上鄉村榜后座, 一首拿到＃１２

１９９２年７月　蕾芭推出專輯第四也是最後一首主打［The Greatest Man I Never Knew／我從未認識的偉人］

此曲由Richard Leigh＆Layng Martine, Jr.譜寫

前者提到這是一首內容跟逝去父親相關的歌曲

麥肯泰跟Tony Brown將其製作成一首鄉村流行抒情曲

在柔美的鋼琴聲中, 蕾芭以她極富感染力的嗓音詮釋

［The Greatest Man I Never Knew］登上美國鄉村榜＃３　加拿大鄉村榜冠軍

成為她眾多名曲之一

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