"If" is a soft rock song written by American singer-songwriter David Gates in 1971, from the albun Manna. Originally popularized by his group Bread, "If" charted at No. 4 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 when released as a single in 1971. It also spent three weeks at No. 1 on the U.S. Easy Listening chart.
If a picture paints a thousand 1 Then why can't I paint you? The words will never show the you I've come to 2 If a face could 3 a thousand ships Then where am I to go? There's no one 4 but you You're all that's left me to And when my love for life is 5 dry You come and 6 yourself on me If a man could be two 7 at one time I'd be with you Tomorrow and today, beside you all the way If the world should stop revolving 8 slowly down to die I'd spend the end with you And when the world was 9 Then one by one the stars would all go out Then you and I would 10 fly away
1) words 2) know 3) launch 4) home 5) running 6) pour 7) places 8) spinning 9) through 10) simply
If a picture paints a thousand words Then why can't I paint you? The words will never show the you I've come to know If a face could launch a thousand ships Then where am I to go? There's no one home but you You're all that's left me to And when my love for life is running dry You come and pour yourself on me If a man could be two places at one time I'd be with you Tomorrow and today, beside you all the way If the world should stop revolving spinning slowly down to die I'd spend the end with you And when the world was through Then one by one the stars would all go out Then you and I would simply fly away
Meaning:
A reference to the mythological figure Helen of Troy (or some would say, to
Aphrodite). Her abduction by Paris was said to be the reason for a fleet of a
thousand ships to be launched into battle, initiating the Trojan Wars.
Background:
Christopher Marlowe, in Doctor Faustus (variously dated between 1590 and
1604), referring to Helen of Troy, or as Marlowe had it `Helen of Greece':
Was this the face that launch'd a thousand ships
And burnt the topless towers of Ilium?
Sweet Helen, make me immortal with a kiss.
- www.phrases.org.uk [edited]
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Yes. Cherchez la femme.
Instead of the humdrum folly, greed, vanity, etc., blame it on a woman and
you've got the idea for a good story. It's hard to imagine a movie about Troy
without Helen, Briseis, and Andromache.
I have heard rumors of your beauty. And for once, the gossip is right.
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"If" is a soft rock song written by American singer-songwriter David Gates in 1971, from the albun Manna. Originally popularized by his group Bread, "If" charted at No. 4 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 when released as a single in 1971. It also spent three weeks at No. 1 on the U.S. Easy Listening chart.
"If"是一首美国Bread(面包合唱团)在1971年《MANNA》专辑里的歌，是当时排行榜连续几周的冠军歌曲。委婉深情的曲调与清丽的木吉他淡淡地揉和在一起，如一股恬静的清泉，洗去每位听者内心的浮躁，让迷离的夜平添几分极至的宁静与安详。
If a picture paints a thousand 1
Then why can't I paint you?
The words will never show the you I've come to 2
If a face could 3 a thousand ships
Then where am I to go?
There's no one 4 but you
You're all that's left me to
And when my love for life is 5 dry
You come and 6 yourself on me
If a man could be two 7 at one time
I'd be with you
Tomorrow and today, beside you all the way
If the world should stop revolving 8 slowly down to die
I'd spend the end with you
And when the world was 9
Then one by one the stars would all go out
Then you and I would 10 fly away
夹带一个私货，是我和歌友合唱的该曲
（先唱的是歌友）
出题没经验，请大家包涵。周三愉快！
1. Words
2.know
3. launch
4. home
5. running
6. bore
7.places
8. spinning
9. through
10. simply
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1) words 2) know 3) launch 4) home 5) running 6) pour 7) places 8) spinning 9) through 10) simply
If a picture paints a thousand words
Then why can't I paint you?
The words will never show the you I've come to know
If a face could launch a thousand ships
Then where am I to go?
There's no one home but you
You're all that's left me to
And when my love for life is running dry
You come and pour yourself on me
If a man could be two places at one time
I'd be with you
Tomorrow and today, beside you all the way
If the world should stop revolving spinning slowly down to die
I'd spend the end with you
And when the world was through
Then one by one the stars would all go out
Then you and I would simply fly away
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