Grover Washington Jr. with Bill Withers-Just the Two of Us

 

      R&B傳奇歌手及作曲人名人堂成員Bill Withers，3月30日(2020)已經因心因性疾病去世，享年81歲，他留下很多珍貴的專輯、電台節目錄音帶與下一世代名歌手們翻唱的他的名曲，儘管回頭看他的一生都很謙虛，2015年搖滾名人堂的入選演講他有很漂亮的總結，他說: "Stevie Wonder了解我的個性，凡事總是要先看清楚再說"，"是兄弟們送我進名人堂"。

     Bill Withers是美國西維吉尼亞州人，因1970代多首暢銷曲而知名，包括"Just the Two of Us" "Lovely Day" "Lean on Me"等。

      Bill Withers得過三座Grammy獎，製作人Questlove說Withers有點黑人的Bruce Springsteen的架勢。

     "Just the Two of Us"是Grover Washington Jr. with Bill Withers聯名推出的暢銷曲，1981年獲得Billboard Hot 100榜3週第2名及Grammy最佳R&B歌曲獎，Withers以他輕柔的歌喉配上Grover Washington Jr. 醉人的薩克斯風配樂成為一首柔美的爵士風味經典歌曲，Will Smith 1997以心動的饒舌調子為他兒子翻唱這首歌也進入top 20。

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IO74QV6wHY

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WamkRSDeD8

 Just the Two of Us

Songwriters: Ralph Macdonald / William Salter / William Harrison Jr Withers

 I see the crystal raindrops fall

And the beauty of it all
Is when the sun comes shining through
To make those rainbows in my mind
When I think of you sometime
And I wanna spend some time with you

Just the two of us
We can make it if we try
Just the two of us
(Just the two of us)
Just the two of us
Building castles in the sky
Just the two of us
You and I

We look for love, no time for tears
Wasted water's all that is
And it don't make no flowers grow
Good things might come to those who wait
Not for those who wait too late
We gotta go for all we know

Just the two of us
We can make it if we try
Just the two of us
(Just the two of us)
Just the two of us
Building them castles in the sky
Just the two of us
You and I

I hear the crystal raindrops fall
On the window down the hall
And it becomes the morning dew
And darling when the morning comes
And I see the morning sun
I wanna be the one with you

Just the two of us
We can make it if we try
Just the two of us, just
(Just the two of us)
Just the two of us
Building big castles way up high
Just the two of us
You and I

(Just the two of us)
(We can make it, just the two of us)
(Just the two of us)