Johnny

知道Craig David，是源於有一次，我在飛機上聽到他的”Seven Days”，當下驚為天人，回家之後馬上找出這首歌來聽聽，一直到現在，這首歌還是我最常撥放的西洋歌之一。他的最新專輯”The Story Goes”乍聽之下，整張都很順(而這通常不是好預兆，代表開始有芭樂的趨向)，可是節奏感已經沒有以前那麼強，有幾首歌一出來我還以為放成Westlife的音樂了咧….Orz.

不過有首歌的歌詞倒是吸引了我的注意，基本上曲調還算普通，但是內容蠻特別的。”Johnny”這首歌說的是一個孩子在學校裡，老是遭到同學Johnny欺負，可是跟爸媽說，他們總是置之不理。你聽到一個孩子說：”I keep telling you Johnny’s hitting me, that’s why I’m late for school (but you never listen).”你的心就揪在一起，沒有人理解，沒有人幫忙的情況，發生在一個小孩身上，那是多麼可怕的事情！？ (雖然剛剛那句歌詞害我一直想到靈異第六感，以為Johnny是某個愛惡作劇的鬼，一直把那個小孩弄傷，結果沒有大人願意相信自己的小孩可以看得到鬼。真是糟糕的聯想，可是很像咩，我還以為這要拿來當什麼靈異片的主題曲咧。)

以下，是本首歌的歌詞 (不要再說我貼歌詞很沒誠意，我也是有感而發的好嗎？)

Craig David - Johnny Lyrics

It's another day at school and he's just walking out the door
Got his ruck sack on his back and his feet dragging on the floor
Always late, but when he's questioned he can't think of what to say
Hows the bruises from the teacher he's hoping that they go away
Even though his mom and dad they both got problems of their own
Caught in a catch 22 but he'd still rather be at home
Crys himself to sleep and prays when he wakes up things might have changed
But everythings still the same

(But didn't you say) You always said that I should speak up,
Mmm....
But it seems like all the things you said to me before mean nothing at all
Because...

[Chorus:]
I keep telling you that Johnny's hitting me
Thats why I'm late for school (but you never listen)
Instead you always seem to end up blaming me for things I didn't do (For what it's worth)
I didn't even want to tell you anything in case it made things worse (Just so you know)
Every time I say that Johnny's hitting me
Hey Mom and Dad it hurts

Everyday keeps on repeating like the record on replay
Slowly getting off the bus with Johnny waiting at the gates
Like a friend smiling and waiveing and called him out his name
Put his arm around his neck whats up now gimme all your change
Too afraid to make a scene or plead with him to let him go
He just takes whatevers coming, feels the pain with every blow
Trys in vain to make himself be heard as soon as he gets home
But everythings still the same...

(But didn't you say) You always said that I should speak up,
Mmm....
But it seems like all the things you said to me before mean nothing at all
Because...

I keep telling you that Johnny's hitting me
Thats why I'm late for school (but you never listen)
Instead you always seem to end up blaming me for things I didn't do (For what it's worth)
I didn't even want to tell you anything incase it made things worse (Just so you know)
Every time I say that Johnny's hitting me
Hey Mom and Dad it hurts

You always said that I should speak up, Mmm...
And to never be afraid to come and tell you if I needed to talk
(If I needed to talk, Yeah)
Well I don't know the meaning of love, Mmm...
Cause it seems like all the things you said to me before mean nothing at all
(Mean nothing at all)
Because....

I keep telling you that Johnny's hitting me
Thats why I'm late for school (but you never listen)
Instead you always seem to end up blaming me for things I didn't do (For what it's worth)
I didn't even want to tell you anything incase it made things worse (Just so you know)
Every time I say that Johnny's hitting me
Hey Mom and Dad it hurts