『Last Christmas』Wham!
作曲：George Michael
作詞：George Michael
Last Christmas
I gave you my heart
But the very next day you gave it away
This year
To save me from tears
I'll give it to someone special
Once bitten and twice shy
I keep my distance
But you still catch my eye
Tell me baby
Do you recognise me?
Well
It's been a year
It doesn't surprise me
(Happy Christmas)
I wrapped it up and sent it
With a note saying "I love you"
I meant it
Now I know what a fool I've been
But if you kissed me now
I know you'd fool me again
A crowded room
Friends with tired eyes
I'm hiding from you
And your soul of ice
My God I thought you were
Someone to rely on me?
I guess I was a shoulder to cry on
A face on a lover with a fire in his heart
A man under cover but you tore me apart
Now I've found a real love you'll
never fool me again
A face on a lover with a fire in his heart
A man under cover but you tore him apart
Maybe next year I'll give it to someone
I'll give it to someone special
I'm hiding from you
12月に入るとあらゆる商業施設がクリスマス一色に染まります。景気の悪い年はクリスマス商戦が早期化する傾向があり、今年も11月末にはクリスマスソングが流れていたところもありました。
この曲を聴くと自然と口ずさんでいる自分がいます。昔、クリスマス会の余興でこの歌を唄うことになって、英語の歌詞を丸暗記したので（笑
日本では、John Lennonの『Happy Christmas（War is over）』と共に洋楽のクリスマスソングの定番となりましたね。