[单曲]《What if she's an angel》by Tommy Shane Steiner

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What If She's An Angel  
Tommy Shane Steiner

There's a man, standing on the corner,
With a sign saying: "Will work for food."
You know the man, you see him every morning,
The one you never give your money to.
You can sit there with your window rolled up,
Wonderin' when the light's gonna turn green.
Never knowing what a couple more bucks,
In his pocket might mean.
What if he's an angel sent here from heaven?
And he's making certain that you're doing your best,
To take the time to help one another:
Brother, are you gonna pass that test?
You can go on with your day-to-day,
Trying to forget what you saw in his face.
Knowing deep down you could have been his savin' grace.
What if he's an angel?
There's a man, and there's a woman,
Livin' right above you in apartment G.
There's a lot of noise comin' through the ceiling,
And it don't sound like harmony.
You can sit there with your TV turned up,
While the words in his anger fly.
But come tomorrow when you see her with her shades on,
Can you look her in the eye?
What if she's an angel sent here from heaven?
And she's making certain that you're doing your best,
To take the time to help one another:
Brother, are you gonna pass that test?
You can go on with your day-to-day,
Tryin' to forget what you saw in her face.
Knowing deep down you could have been her savin' grace.
What if she's an angel?
Instrumental Break.
A little girl, on daddy's lap,
Hidin' her disease with a baseball cap.
You can turn the channel, most people do.
But what if you were sitting in her daddy's shoes?
What if she's an angel sent here from heaven?
And she's making certain that you're doing your best,
To take the time to help one another:
Brother, are you gonna pass that test?
You can go on with your day-to-day,
Trying to forget what you saw in her face.
Knowing deep down you could have been her savin' grace.
What if she's an angel?

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Tommy Shane Steiner （汤米-谢恩-斯戴纳）出生于美国德州的一个小村庄，和他的祖辈一样，是一个真正的牛仔。不过，与家中的那些擅长竞技比赛的高手们有所不同，Steiner走的是一条属于牛仔的演艺道路。他花了6年时间学习并积累了丰富的舞台经验，在22岁那年正式登台表演，并在2002年推出了励志大碟《Then came the night》。我们听到的《What If She's An Angel （倘若她是天使）》是一首对灵魂进行质问的作品，它提醒人们：关注你身边的那些需要帮助的人。Steiner纯正的乡村歌喉让我们自然在脑海里会浮现这样的画面：夕阳西下，满天是火红的云彩，笼罩茫茫大地，一个帅气的西部牛仔，骑在马背上，悠闲地哼唱着这首《倘若她是天使》。

一位真正有才华的新歌手，必然会受到许多前辈的关注和提携。连续11年主持乡村音乐协会年度颁奖典礼的歌星Vince Gill出人意料地为Steiner的主推曲“倘若她是天使”(What If She's An Angel)配唱了合声，资深艺人Randy Travis的参与也为唱片集增添了更多的亮点。

Steiner 的音乐作品，透射出牛仔们质朴的人生观：当你无奈的时候，不妨豁达地去创造生活；当你获得了美满的生活时，不妨去关注需要帮助的 人，珍惜人生中的美好事物。现在，无论身在何处，Tommy Shane Steiner依然如故，心中永存着余辉中那一望无际的德州牧场。