1972年にもエイプリン・ワインの全米トップ40ヒットがあったんですね。
このギター・サウンドが1970年代っぽいなぁ…(;^_^A。

【エイプリン・ワインの全米トップ40ヒットは全3曲】
（このブログで取り上げたエイプリル・ワインの和訳記事はこちら）この曲でコンプです！

（1972）
You Could Have Been a Lady  ＃32
（1979）
Roller ＃34
（1981）
Just Between You And Me ＃21

◆実はこの曲、彼らのオリジナルではありません。英国のソウルバンド“ホット・チョコレート”が1971年に英国でシングルリリースしてる曲なんですね。

◆国内盤シングルでは邦題“気ままなレディー”でした。




Released in 1972
US Billboard Hot100 ♯32
From the Album“On Record”

＊原詞は太字

Could have been alright,
could have been here tonight
Could have been sweet as wine,
you could have been a lady


I could have been alright,
I could have been here tonight
Could have been sweet as wine,
you could have been a lady


They all need you,
to make love to
When you awake,
you find them on the bed,
lyin' beside you


They all love you,
you're a good girl
And I ain't surprised, when you realize
just where you're goin' to


It could have been alright,
you could have been here tonight
Could have been sweet as wine,
you could have been a lady

If I told you,
where you're goin' to
You'd laugh in my face,
say I'm out of place,
mind your business


And they all want you,
to make love to
It's ashame,
the fate of the game,
the way it delights you


You could have been alright,
you could have been here tonight
You could have been sweet as wine,
you could have been a lady


It could have been alright,
you could have been here tonight
Could have been sweet as wine,
you could have been a lady


Na, na na na na, na, na, na na na na, na
Na, na na na na, na, na na
Na, na na na na, na, na, na na na na, na
Na, na na na na, na, na na

Alright, you could have been here tonight
You could have been sweet as wine,
you could have been a lady

It could have been alright,
you could have been here tonight
Could have been sweet as wine,
you could have been a lady

きみは淑女になれたかもしれない

日本語訳 by 音時







◆こちらHot Chocolateのオリジナル。