Gilbert O' Sullivan - Alone Again Naturally 1972

　
　その昔、１１ＰＭのＢＧＭなどでよくメロディーを聴いた名曲ですが、歌手が唄っている映像は観たことがなかったです。歌っているのはなかなかのイケメンでアイルランド生まれの当時２６歳のギルバート・オサリバン。

In a little while from now
If I’m not feeling any less sour
I promise myself to treat myself
And visit a nearby tower
And climbing to the top will throw myself off
In an effort to make it clear to who
Ever what it’s like when you’re shattered
Left standing in the lurch at a church
Where people saying
"My God, that’s tough"
"She’s stood him up"
"No point in us remaining"
"We may as well go home"
As I did on my own
Alone again, naturally

To think that only yesterday
I was cheerful, bright and gay
Looking forward to well wouldn’t do
The role I was about to play
But as if to knock me down
Reality came around
And without so much, as a mere touch
Cut me into little pieces
Leaving me to doubt
Talk about God and His mercy
Or if He really does exist
Why did He desert me
In my hour of need I truly am indeed
Alone again, naturally

It seems to me that there are more hearts
broken in the world that can’t be mended
Left unattended
What do we do? What do we do?
Alone again, naturally

Now looking back over the years
And whatever else that appears
I remember I cried when my father died
Never wishing to hide the tears
And at sixty-five years old
My mother, God rest her soul,
Couldn’t understand why the only man
She had ever loved had been taken
Leaving her to start with a heart so badly broken
Despite encouragement from me
No words were ever spoken
And when she passed away
I cried and cried all day
Alone again, naturally
Alone again, naturally

shattered = バラバラになる
standing in the lurch = よろよろと立つ



Naturallyと付け足しているところに自然の摂理というか無常観を感ずるんですよね。迷える人類は誰もがこんな唄を明日を生きる糧にして哀しくもどこかおかしい人生を生きてきたんでしょうか。