"Yellow Taxi"

Can, can you spare some conversation
Can, can you spare some conversation

I need a yellow taxi cab today
I need your taxi cab to take me away
I need a yellow taxi cab today
So take us, driver, take us far away

I need someone like you
Someone to see me through

People looking happy
While sadly I wait for my taxi

She was standing next to me
I looked alone she took me home
In her arms I laid my head
She listened to everything I said

I need someone like you
Someone to talk to

I need a yellow taxi cab today
I need your taxi cab to take me away
I need a yellow taxi cab today
So take us driver take us far away

I need someone like you
Someone to see me through

Can, can you spare some conversation
Can, can you spare some conversation

I'm standing out here all alone
I need someone to take me home
She was standing next to me
There's room for you and room for me

I need someone like you
Someone to talk to

And we shared some conversation
And we shared some conversation 

一张阳光灿烂的专辑.


Matt Costa：生长于加州Huntington Beach 的Matt Costa，在12岁的时候获赠生平第一把吉他；不过很快的，另一项更刺激的活动吸引了他--滑板。虽然比一般滑板选手还晚接触这项运动，但是加倍勤练的Matt Costa迅速展现了过人的天赋和技巧，甚至差一点点就转为职业选手。不过三年前练习时的一场严重意外让Matt Costa摔断了腿，不仅得花18个月治疗和复健，也从此改变了他的命运。在那一段人生中的低潮时光，他重拾吉他投入全副精力练习弹奏和创作，并开始用简单的录音器材灌录自己的唱作。

Matt Costa有一副天生的好嗓子，清冽明亮，也许是在加州长大的缘故，他的歌声阳光明媚，没有任何阴郁与颓废，即便是“Cold December”这样看起来冷冷的歌，在有如寒风一般的吉他声刮过之后，留在在你耳边的还是暖暖的阳光。

Matt Costa很善于在配器和演唱的细节处营造一些小趣味，象开头和过场俏皮的口琴、小颤音，小小的精致的幽默感恰到好处又不会有卖弄的感觉，让你听着听着不时嘴角就会泛起一丝微笑。

Matt Costa的作品旋律极为清新明快，整张专辑里隐隐约约闪现着乡村音乐、摇滚乐、爵士乐、古典音乐以及60年代流行乐的味道，充满了信手拈来自成一派的妙趣，专注的嗓音加上娴熟的吉他弹奏，眼前不禁就会浮现出一个青葱少年的形象，后来上网一搜他的照片，还真就是一副校园歌手的模样，可见乐由心声还真是有这么回事。