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英语歌词

i move on like a sinners prayer
and letting go like a levee breaks
walk away as if i don't care
learn to shoulder my mistakes
or built to fade like your favorite song
get reckless when there's no need
laugh as your stories ramble on
break my heart, but it won't bleed
my only friends are pirates
that's just who i am
but i'm better as a memory than as your man

never sure when the truth won't bend
and pretty good on a lonely night
or move on the way a storm blows through
and never stay, but then again, i might.
i struggle sometimes to find the words
always sure until i doubt
walk a line until it blurs
build walls too high to climb out
but i'm honest to a fault
that's just who i am
i'm better as a memory than as your man

i see you leaning, you're bound to fall
i don't want to be that mistake
i'm just a dreamer and nothing more
you should know it before it gets too late

cause goodbyes are like a roulette wheel
you never know where they're gonna land
first you're spinning, then you're standing still
left holding a losing hand
but one day you're gonna find someone
and right away you'll know it's true
that all of your sinking's done
it was just a part of the passing through
right there in that moment you'll finally understand
that i was better as a memory than as your man
better as a memory than as your man

1968年3月26日，Kenny Chesney出生在已故著名乡村歌星Chet Atkins的诞生地，美国田纳西州东部城市Knoxville附近的小镇Luttrell。从小爱好音乐的Kenny Chesney自幼接收着当时盛行的一些乡村和摇滚音乐的熏陶，不过努力学习的他在进入东田纳西州立大学学习之前的时候，一直没有把音乐当成一个谋生手段来看待。但是在进入了东田纳西州立大学之后，Kenny Chesney开始弹奏吉他，并且加入了当地的一支蓝草音乐乐队，那把吉他原本是Kenny Chesney的圣诞礼物，后来却成为了他成长为一名一流乡村歌星的基础。经过一段时间的锻炼和提高，Kenny Chesney渐渐开始自己创作歌曲，随着不断的演出，Kenny Chesney得到了更多的演出机会，他自己也录制了一些小唱片在表演之后销售。
1991年，Kenny Chesney从大学毕业之后来到了美国乡村音乐的圣城纳什维尔，经过一年的不断努力和积累，Kenny Chesney终于在这里得到了Acuff-Rose Music的合同，并且通过这里和Capricorn Records唱片公司签订了唱片合同。1994年，Kenny Chesney在Capricorn Records唱片公司发行了个人首张专辑《In My Wildest Dreams》，但是影响不是很大。因为Kenny Chesney所签订合同的Capricorn Records唱片公司并不是一家非常强的专业乡村音乐唱片公司，在Kenny Chesney的《In My Wildest Dreams》发行之后不久，Capricorn Records唱片公司的乡村分支就关张大吉，Kenny Chesney在Capricorn Records唱片公司的短暂生涯也就宣告结束了。虽然没有唱片公司的支持，但是Kenny Chesney的《In My Wildest Dreams》还是卖出了超过十万张，这样的成绩自然引起了另外的唱片公司的注意。