Sinead O'Connor出生在都柏林一个传统的天主教家庭，她小时候曾是唱诗班成员，十九岁就开始了歌手生涯。1987年出道时，唱片公司想要把她包装成娇俏可爱的小女生，可Sinead一气之下剃了个大光头。这个形象在多年后被与她有诸多相似之处的亚洲天后王菲炮制。1990年推出的单曲《Nothing Compares 2 U》是O'Connor 事业上的转折点，这是一首全球热门歌曲，几乎在世界各地的排行榜上都名列榜首。2002年，Sinead推出了一张纯粹的凯尔特传统民歌专辑。2003年9月，Sinead正式宣布退出歌坛。今天我们要学习O'Connor的“A Perfect Indian”是一首不可多得的好歌，加上O'Connor细腻忧伤的吟唱，使得这首歌如泣如诉，有着淡淡的不经意的忧郁。

　　歌词：

　　A Perfect Indian is he
　　Remembering him life is sweet
　　Like a weeping willow
　　His face on my pillow
　　Comes to me still in my dreams
　　And there I saw a young baby
　　A beautiful daughter was she
　　A face from a painting
　　Red cheeks and teeth aching
　　Her eyes like a wild Irish sea
　　On a table in her yellow dress
　　For a photograph feigned happiness
　　Why in my life is that the only time
　　That any of you will smile at me
　　I'm sailing on this terrible ocean
　　I've come for my self to retrieve
　　Too long have I been feeling like Lir's children
　　And there's only one way to be free
　　He's shy and he speaks quietly
　　He's gentle and he seems to me
　　Like the elf-arrow
　　His face worn and harrowed
　　Is he a daydreamer like me
　　I'm sailing on this terrible ocean
　　I've come for my self to retrieve
　　Too long have I been feeling like Lir's children
　　And there's only one way to be free