What If She's an Angel

歌曲What If She's an Angel《倘若她是天使》旨在传达歌手真诚的劝说：请善待他人，即使面对陌生人，在他们有困难的时候，我们也应该伸出援助之手。举手之劳在你看来微不足道，但对有困难的人来说可能至关重要。如果你能够善待他人，你的精神就会影响别人，别人再去影响别人，这样，你的周围会被真诚渐渐改变……

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

Wondering when the lights going to 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 going to pass that test

You can go on with your day to day

Trying to forget what you saw in his face

Knowing deep down it could have been his saving grace

What if he's an angel

There's a man

There's a woman

Living right above you in apartment G

There's a lot of noise coming from the ceiling

And it don't sound like harmony

You can sit there with your TV turned up

While the words and his anger fly

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 fromHeaven

And she's making certain that you're doing your best

To take the time to help one anotherBrother are you going to pass that test

You can go on with your day to dayTrying to forget what you saw in her face

Knowing deep down it could have been her saving grace

What if she's an angel

A little girl on daddy's lap

Hiding her disease with a baseballcap

You can turn the channel

Most people do

But what if you were sitting in her daddy's shoes

Maybe she's an angel sent here fromHeaven

And she's making certain you're doing your best

To take the time to help one another

Brother are you going to pass that test

You can go on with your day to day

Trying to forget what you saw in her face

Knowing deep down it could havebeen her saving grace

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一个男子站在街角

身边的标示告之他已失去了工作

你每天清晨都能见到他

只是你从不施舍

你安逸地坐在窗前

寻思着何时黄昏来临

却不曾考虑

那男子口袋中的几元钱对他的意义

倘若他是天使从天堂而来

观察你是否用心尽力去帮助另一个

兄弟你会通过这个测试吗

你可以一如既往的打发日子

并抹去那张脸在你脑海中记忆

但你深知自己曾有过帮助他的机会

倘若他是天使

你的公寓楼上居住着一对男女透过天花板

你能听到争执声此起彼伏

你可以安然坐在屋内开大电视的音量

当他的怒吼声传来

而次日当看着她受伤的印记

你是否还有勇气注视她的眼睛

倘若她是天使从天堂而来

观察你是否用心尽力去帮助另一个人

兄弟你会通过这个测试吗

你可以一如既往地打发日子

并抹去那张脸在你脑海中记忆

但你深知自己曾有过帮助她的机会

倘若她是天使从天堂而来

一个小女孩坐在父亲的膝上

她的棒球帽

遮掩住她病痛的模样

你可以像其他很多人那样“转换频道”不去看

但是倘若你是女孩的父亲

你会如何感受

也许她是天使从天堂而来

观察你是否用心尽力去帮助另一个人

兄弟你会通过这个测试吗

你可以一如既往地打发日子

并抹去那张脸在你脑海中记忆

但你深知自己曾有过帮助她的机会

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What If She's an Angle是乡村歌手Tommy Shane Steiner的专辑The Comethe Night《夜幕降临》里的一首歌。《倘若她是天使》是一首对灵魂进行质问的歌曲。如果你先看到Tommy Shane Steiner的长相再听他的歌声，一定会为这个看似好莱坞影人的金发男子居然有着纯正的乡村歌喉而惊诧不已。Tommy来自美国德克萨斯州，和他的曾祖父、祖父、父亲一样，是一个真正的牛仔。不过，与家中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歲那年正式登台表演，并在2002年推出了励志大碟《夜幕降临》。

Steiner的音乐作品，透射出牛仔们质朴的人生观：当你无奈时，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，心中永存着余晖中那一望无际的德州牧场。