音乐咖啡厅:If Tomorrow Never Comes 如果没有明天

他出身自风靡全球的偶像团体Boyzone，他拥有许多辉煌的成就和头衔：歌手、词曲作者、父亲、丈夫、Westlife经纪人，他就是Ronan Keating。

英文歌词:

Artist: Ronan Keating

Song: If Tomorrow Never Comes

Sometimes late at night

I lie awake and watch her sleeping

She's lost in peaceful dreams

So I turn out the lights and lay there in the dark

And the thought crosses my mind

If I never wake up in the morning
Would she ever doubt¹ the way I feel

About her in my heart

If tomorrow never comes
Will she know how much I loved her
Did I try in every way to show her every day
That she's my only one
And if my time on earth were through
And she must face the world without me
Is the love I gave her in the past
Gonna be enough to last
If tomorrow never comes

'Cause I've lost loved ones in my life
Who never knew how much I loved them
Now I live with the regret
That my true feelings for them never were revealed
So I made a promise to myself
To say each day how much she means² to me
And avoid³ that circumstance
Where there's no second chance to tell her how I feel

If tomorrow never comes
Will she know how much I loved her
Did I try in every way to show her every day
That she's my only one
And if my time on earth were through
And she must face the world without me
Is the love I gave her in the past
Gonna be enough to last
If tomorrow never comes

So tell that someone that you love
Just what you're thinking⁴ of
If tomorrow never comes

歌手介绍:

Ronan在1977年3月3曰出生於都柏林，成长於一个平凡而温馨的家庭。小时候Ronan就展现出极佳的音乐天赋，开始演奏与创作。少年时期的他在周末假曰时也做过各式各样的工作，包括在鞋店打工以及在母亲的理发厅扫地等。

1993年的一次试演会是Ronan生命中最大的转捩点。当Take That红遍英伦之际，5个来自都柏林且志趣相同的年轻人从一项被称为是『Ireland's answer to Take That』的试演会中击败众多参赛者脱颖而出，由Ronan以及其他四个一样青涩紧张的新朋友－Stephen、Keith、Micky、Shane组成了史上最成功的男孩偶像团体Boyzone。Boyzone成军6年多来一共缔造了16首排行榜前三名的单曲，其中6首勇夺排行冠军，而4张畅销的冠军专辑全球销售量更超过了一千两百万张。毫无疑问的，Boyzone是爱尔兰最成功的流行乐团，而他们的优异成绩也为后来同样出身自爱尔兰的后生晚辈如Westlife、The Corrs、B*Witched踏入流行乐界铺好了一条康庄大道。

单飞后的Ronan Keating并没有停滞不前，各种荣誉接踵而来，其中被称为是他个人音乐的标志是为电影《Notting Hill》演唱的单曲《When You Say Nothing At All》 为他赢得了众多殊荣。2006年，Ronan Keating推出其个人最新专辑《Bring You Home》，曲风依旧延续他独特的略带伤感的情歌路线，不过也引入了其他类似古典音乐元素等,而且邀请Kate Rusby来共同演唱专辑中的《All Over Again》，此曲被BBC电台评为近来来少有的情歌对唱的精品。

《Bring You Home》专辑歌曲：

1. Friends In Time

2. This I Promise You

3. All Over Again

4. Iris⁵

5. To Be Loved

6. Superman⁶

7. So Easy Lovin' You

8. Back In The Backseat

9. Bring You Home

10. Hello Again
11. Just When I'd Given Up Dreaming

12. We Just Need Time

13. So Far Away

1 doubt   

n.怀疑，疑惑；v.怀疑，不信

参考例句：

• I never doubt his ability.我从不怀疑他的能力。
• There was little doubt in my mind.我心里几乎没有疑问。

2 means   

n.方法，手段，折中点，物质财富

参考例句：

• That man used artful means to find out secrets.那人使用狡猾的手段获取机密。
• We must get it done by some means or other.我们总得想办法把它干完。

3 avoid   

v.避免；vt.避免，逃避

参考例句：

• You can avoid all kinds of trouble by letting well alone.随遇而安就能避免种种麻烦。
• I wanted to avoid a meeting with her.我想避免与她会面。

4 thinking   

n.思考，思想；adj.思考的，有理性的；vbl.想，思考

参考例句：

• All thinking men will protest against it.凡是有思想的人都会抗议这件事。
• Thinking is mainly performed with words and other symbols.思想主要是用言语和其他符号来表达的。

5 iris   

n.虹膜，彩虹

参考例句：

• The opening of the iris is called the pupil.虹膜的开口处叫做瞳孔。
• This incredible human eye,complete with retina and iris,can be found in the Maldives.又是在马尔代夫，有这样一只难以置信的眼睛，连视网膜和虹膜都刻画齐全了。

6 superman   

n.具有超人能力的人，超人

参考例句：

• He is a superman in physical strength.他在体力上是个超人。
• He was a successful actor,famous for the Superman films.他是个成功的演员，以“超人”电影而著名。