I will always love you   Whitney Houston

If I should stay
I would only be in your way
So I'll go
But I know
I'll think of you every step of the way

And I will always love you
Will always love you

You, my darling, you
Bittersweet memories
That is all I'm taking with me
So goodbye
Please don't cry
We both know I'm not what you need

I hope life treats you kind
And I hope you have all you dreamed of
And I wish you joy and happiness
But above all this I wish you love

我會永遠愛你   惠妮休斯頓

如果我留下
只會成為你的牽絆
所以我離去
但我知道
每踏出一步，我都會想念你

我會永遠愛你
永遠愛你

你，我親愛的你
苦甜摻雜的回憶
是我所能帶走的
再見了
請別哭泣
我倆都明白，我不是你想要的

我希望生命能對待你仁慈些
希望你能擁有你所夢想的
祝你幸福快樂
但撇開這一切，我期望你的愛

電影"終極保鏢" 主題曲

一首好歌若找對了人來唱，才能散發它應有的魅力，這首曲子就是個很好的例子。原作者也是原唱的鄉村巨星桃莉芭頓（Dolly Parton），大概也想不到自己這首鄉村歌曲的排行冠軍曲，多年後會成為一首轟動全球的抒情名曲。桃莉芭頓溫婉的原唱風味固然不差，但鄉村歌曲的格調只有美國人會喜歡，惠妮休斯頓的驚人唱功，才真正激發出這首曲子的情緒感染力。有興趣者，不妨比較一下兩種版本的差別。

Didn't we almost have it all   Whitney Houston

Remember when we held on in the rain
The nights we almost lost it, once again
we can take the night into tomorrow
Living on feelings
Touching you I feel it again

*Didn't we almost have it all
When love was all we had worth giving
The ride with you was worth the fall, my friend
Loving you makes life worth living
Didn't we almost have it all
The nights we held on till the morning
You know you'll never love that way again
Didn't we almost have it all

The way you used to touch me felt so fine
We kept our hearts together down the line
A moment in the soul can last forever
Comfort and keep us
Help me bring the feeling back again (*)

Didn't we have the best of times
When love was young and new
Couldn't we reach inside
And find the world of me and you
We'll never lose it again
Cause once you know what love is
You never let it end (*)

我們幾乎擁有了一切   惠妮休斯頓

還記得雨中的堅持
我們差點再次失去的夜晚
我們可以堅持到明天
憑感覺過活
觸摸著你，使我又感覺到了

我倆幾乎擁有一切
當愛值得我們付出所有
能與你同行，即使摔倒也無妨，吾友
愛上你，人生就值得了
我倆幾乎擁有一切
那些夜裡，我們堅持到清晨
你明白自己再也不可能那樣去愛
我倆幾乎擁有一切

你撫摸我的方式感覺真好
我倆的心緊靠在一起
靈魂契合的剎那成為永恆
撫慰並維繫了你我
幫助我找回那種感覺

我你可曾擁有美好的時光？
那時愛情依然年輕
難道我們無法深入內心
找到屬於我倆的世界？
我們不會再失去它
因為，一旦你明白了愛
就不會讓它結束

One moment in time   Whitney Houston

Each day I live
I want to be a day to give the best of me
I'm only one but not alone
My finest day is yet unknown

I broke my heart
Fought every gain to taste the sweet
I face the pain
I rise and fall
Yet through it all
This much remains

I want one moment in time
When I'm more than I thought I could be
When all of my dreams are a heartbeat away
And the answers are all up to me
Give me one moment in time
When I'm racing with destiny
Then in that one moment of time
I will feel, I will feel eternity

I've lived to be the very best
I want it all
No time for less
I've laid the plans
Now lay the chance here in my hands (*)

*Give me one moment in time
When I'm more than I thought I could be
When all of my dreams are a heartbeat away
And the answers are all up to me
Give me one moment in time
When I'm racing with destiny
Then in that one moment of time
I will feel, I will feel eternity

You're a winner for a lifetime
If you seize that one moment in time
Make it shine (*)

剎那永恆   惠妮休斯頓

活著的每一天
但願是我能夠全心奉獻的一天
我是唯一的，但並不孤單
最美好的一日還未來到

我曾心碎
為品嚐甜美果實而奮戰
面對苦痛
屢仆屢起
經歷這一切
讓我獲得許多

我要剎那永恆
當我表現得比我想像的更完美
當夢想的距離只在一個心跳之外
所有的答案全看我自己
給我剎那永恆
當我和命運賽跑
在那剎那永恆
我將感受到永恆的存在

我一直為了追求卓越而活
我要擁有全部
少一點都不行
我已做好計劃
此刻，機會就在我手上

給我剎那永恆
當我表現得比我想像的更完美
當夢想的距離只在一個心跳之外
所有的答案全看我自己
給我剎那永恆
當我和命運賽跑
在那剎那永恆
我將感受到永恆的存在

你是一生的勝利者
如果你丈量這剎那永恆
讓它大放異彩

By Hammond & Bettis

Greatest love of all   Whitney Houston

I believe that children are our future
Teach them well and let them lead the way
Show them all the beauty they possess inside
Give them a sense of pride to make it easier
Let the children's laughter
Remind us how we used to be

Everybody's searching for a hero
People need someone to look up to
I never found anyone who fulfilled my needs
A lonely place to be
And so I learned to depend on me

I decided long ago
Never to walk in anyone's shadow
If I fail, if I succeed at least I'll live as I believe
No matter what they take from me
They can't take away my dignity
Because the greatest love of all is happening to me
I've found the greatest love of all inside of me
The greatest love of all is easy to achieve
Learning to love yourself
It is the greatest love of all

And if by chance that special place
That you've been dreaming of
Leads you to a lonely place
Find your strength in love

最偉大的愛   惠妮休斯頓

我相信兒童是我們的未來
好好教導他們，讓他們走自己的路
啟發他們的內在美
給他們自尊心
讓孩子們的笑聲
提醒我們的過往

每個人都在尋找英雄
人們需要一位崇拜的偶像
我未曾找到能滿足我需求的人
註定要孤單寂寞
於是我學會了依靠我自己

很久以前，我就已經決定
絕不依賴別人的提攜庇蔭
不論成功失敗，至少我依自己的信念而活
不論我被奪走了什麼
奪不走我的尊嚴
只因為我得到了最偉大的愛
我找到了心中至高無上的愛
至高無上的愛很容易做到
學著愛你自己
那就是最偉大的愛

如果恰巧那個特別的地方
──你的夢想之地
讓你身陷絕境、孤立無援
到愛中尋找力量

一首歌好不好聽，編曲和演唱者是否能真正挖掘出這首歌的潛力，佔很重要的因素。桃麗芭頓（Dolly Parton）的鄉村冠軍曲" I will always love you "經惠妮休斯頓的翻唱，搖身一變成為名聞全球的抒情經典。

葛倫麥德羅斯的" Nothing's gonna change my love for you "也是相同的情形，原唱兼作曲者的喬治班森（George Benson）是位黑人爵士樂手，若非經由葛倫麥德羅斯的翻唱，這首歌不會受到廣大樂迷的迴響。喬治班森還有一首著名的作品" Greatest love of all "，被惠妮休斯頓慧眼看上，而介紹給全世界的歌迷，否則這首好歌將只能躲在喬治班森的專輯中，乏人問津。