the end of the world---草莓改編翻唱版

翻唱自Skeeter Davis的the end of the world
也是草莓第一首翻唱的歌曲

「The end of the world」是1963年相當受歡迎的一首歌，
曾是錢櫃雜誌 (Cashbox，現已停刊 )該年度的年終排行冠軍曲，
也是鄉村女歌手Skeeter Davis唯一的傳世之作。
從內容看來，這又是一首失戀的情歌，
但原作曲者乃是因為父親逝世，覺得猶如世界末日一般而寫出這首歌。
Skeeter Davis的演唱平實而動人，而且自己擔任和聲，成就了一首流行經典。

歌詞的內容，彷彿也很簡單：
一個女孩在愛人離去之後，
懷疑世界怎麼能夠繼續存在、
萬物怎麼能夠繼續運作；
對她來說，世界末日已經降臨，
因為，她已經是孤單一人，再也沒有一個可依靠的肩膀……。
而演唱這首歌的女歌手 Skeeter Davis 卻表示，
這首歌並不僅是一首小女孩所唱的哀怨情歌，
更蘊涵著關於死亡的凝重命題。

參考資料
http://www.tacocity.com.tw/abs1984/lyrics.htm

Why does the sun go on shining?
Why does the sea rush to shore?
Don't they know it's the end of the world?
'Cause you don't love me anymore

Why do the birds go on singing?
Why do the stars glow above?
Don't they know it's the end of the world?
It ended when I lost your love

I wake up in the morning
And I wonder why everything's the same as it was
I can't understand, no I can't understand
How life goes on the way it does

Why does my heart go on beating?
Why do these eyes of mine cry?
Don't they know it's the end of the world?
It ended when you said goodbye