Completely unrelated... I never thought a GE commercial would cause me to become obsessed with a song, but after seeing the ad a couple times during the Olympics I am now completely hooked by this tune. It's called "In Summer" by Cao Fang, a Chinese singer/songwriter. The whole song is only one minute and ten seconds long, but the melody has permanently lodged itself into my head and will not let go. It's like Cat Power, Iron & Wine, Kings of Convenience, Nick Drake and Feist all rolled into one and re-interperted by this Chinese girl. I don't know much about her, but apparently her nickname is Icy. Um, ok. Here's the rough English translation and mp3.
Listen to the children playing
Listen to the children playing
Listen to the children play in the summer
I've got something I should say,
but it won't come out my way
Summer's slipping away,
let me stay in your heart today
Listen to the children playing
Listen to the children play in the summer
I've got something I should say,
but it won't come out my way
Summer's slipping away,
let me stay in your heart today
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Just wanted to give you a better translation of the song that I translated myself... (yes, I'm Chinese)
Children are swinging on the swing set
Children are swinging on the swing set
Children are swinging on the swing set in the summer
I want to say, but won't come out of my mouth
Summer's time is slipping away
Let me live in your heart for a little while
Oh cool. Thanks for clarifying that.
been looking for this gracias
Thanks for the translation. Now we need to get Ms. Fang to do a full version of this...
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