There are Nine Million Bicycles in Beijing...

NINE MILLION BICYCLES  (by Katie Melua)

There are nine million bicycles in Beijing
That's a fact,
It's a thing we can't deny
Like the fact that I will love you till I die.

We are twelve billion light years from the edge, 
That's a guess, 
No-one can ever say it's true 
But I know that I will always be with you. 
I'm warmed by the fire of your love everyday 
So don't call me a liar, 
Just believe everything that I say 
There are six BILLION people in the world 
More or less 
and it makes me feel quite small 
But you're the one I love the most of all 
[INTERLUDE]
We're high on the wire 
With the world in our sight 
And I'll never tire, 
Of the love that you give me every night 
There are nine million bicycles in Beijing 
That's a Fact, 
it's a thing we can't deny 
Like the fact that I will love you till I die 
And there are nine million bicycles in Beijing 
And you know that I will love you till I die!











Katie says: 
"We were being shown around Beijing by our interpreter, who also has a qualification as a 
tourist guide, and was a very sweet girl. She was holding a microphone on 
the bus and telling us how old the dynasties were, how many people lived in Beijing now, 
and various other facts, such as "there are nine million bicycles in Beijing". 
Mike immediately wrote this down as a potential song title and he wrote this song a couple 
of weeks later, back in England, not long before we finished the album. On the track is the 
masterful Adrian Brett, who plays all the ethnic flutes. On this track he used an ocarina for 
the low (first) sound you hear, and a chinese bamboo flute for the very piercing, high flute sound. 
Mike first met Adrian in 1978 when Adrian played ethnic flutes on Mike's "Caravans" album. 
He plays most nights in the London production of "Lion King". 
I like this song because it is a simple juxtaposition of a trivial idea ("nine million bicycles")  
against an important idea ("I will love you til I die").

[虔谦]

问候clear! 在这里看到你是一份惊喜, 你到底是行家.

"I like this song because it is a simple juxtaposition of a trivial idea ("nine million bicycles") against an important idea ("I will love you til I die")."
是, 同感.
"We are twelve billion light years from the edge, That's a guess, No-one can ever say it's true But I know that I will always be with you. "
今天来听, 又有新的感受. 一首歌, 能使人有新感受, 也不简单. 许多事是不确定的, 但是爱是确定的. 是不是很美啊?

[clear]

动听的旋律，声情并貌。还有竹笛 (有爱尔兰风笛的感觉哈)，非常独特。

[虔谦]

忍不住又来听, 这一段她唱的真精彩:
There are six BILLION people in the world More or less and it makes me feel quite small But you're the one I love the most of all

感谢分享这首歌! 我还得来听 :)

中央四台又制作了一个系列节目, 叫 "再说长江", 很棒. 我看过九寨沟和张家界两集, 天,地,人都在里头. 有机会不妨看看.

[虔谦]

朋友我来了, 一梦醒来, 就看到你的留言, 赶紧赶来, 太动人了! 太好听了. 唱的真好, 词好歌也好, 美好的境地... 我都不知说什么好! ...谢谢朋友!! 我以后也要POST点歌, 到时候再请教.
真的, 我的工作要是五英哩之内, 我也一定骑自行车!

世界上太多的人在艰难困苦之中....愿神大能的手搀扶着人们.... 感谢神!