歌手｜Jason Mraz
在这张专辑中Jason首次向我们展现了他无与伦比的创作能力，其中《Curbside Prophet》绝对是值得大家一听的歌曲。
I’m just a curbside prophet
with my hand in my pocket
and I’m waiting for my rocket to come
I’m just a curbside prophet
with my hand in my pocket
and I’m waiting for my rocket y'all
You see it started way back in NYC
When I stole my first rhyme from the M-I-C
At a west end avenue at 63
It's the beginning of a leap year February ‘96
win a guitar picked it up in the mix
I committed to the licks a like a nickel bag of tricks
Well Look at me now
Look at me now
Look at me now, now, now, now
I’m just a curbside prophet
with my hand in my pocket
and I’m waiting for my rocket to come
I’m just a curbside prophet
with my hand in my pocket
and I’m waiting for my rocket y'all
Well then you’re never gonna guess
where I been been been
And I have no regrets that I bet my whole checking account
Because it all amounts to nothing up in the end
Well you can only count that “On The Road Again”
Will soon be on my radio dial
And I been paying close attention to the Willie Nelson style
Like a band of gypsies on the highway wild
I’m a one-man mission on the California skyline
Drive up the coast and I brag and I boast
because I’m picking up my pace, I'm makin' time like Space Ghost
Raising a toast to the highway patrol at the most
But my cruise control’s on coast
Cause I’m tourin’ around the nation on extended vacation
See I got Elsa the dog who exceeds my limitations
I say, “I like your style crazy pound pup!
You need a ride? well come on girl hop in the truck"
With the curbside prophet
with my hand in my pocket
and I’m waiting for my rocket to come
I’m just a curbside prophet
with my hand in my pocket
and I’m waiting for my rocket y'all
i'm just a curbside prophet
with my hand in my pocket
and i'm waiting for my rocket to come on
i'm just a curbside prophet
with my hand in my pocket
and i'm waiting for my rocket y'all
See I’m a down-home brother red-neck undercover
With my guitar here I’m ready to play
And I’m a sucker for philly got a natural ability
geared to freestyle look at my flexibility
Dangerous on the MIC
My ghetto hat's cocked right
All the ladies say,
“Yo, that kid is CRAZY!”
We got the backstage Betties takin’ more than they can get
They say, “whats up with M-R-A-Z?"
Hey hey hey! Somethin’s different in my world today
Well they changed my traffic signs to a brighter yellow
Hey hey hey! Somethin’s different in my world today
Well they changed my traffic signs to a brighter yellow
I'm just a Curbside Prophet love,
a Curbside Prophet love,
a Curbside Prophet love,
a Curbside Prophet love,
a Curbside Prophet love,
And I'm waitin'for my rocket
I said a waitin' for my rocket to come now
Jason的现场表演也是相当令人惊奇，在欧美音乐圈子中他甚至拥有“现场之王”的称号
在Jason的现场中，他不仅能像许多“行走的CD”一样完美地唱出原曲，还能即兴对歌曲作出改编，表现出更多令人意想不到的感情。
“听Jason的歌不如去听他的演唱会。”这是他的歌迷们的一致想法。
2008年5月13日，Jason Mraz发行了第三张专辑《We Sing, We Dance, We Steal Things》。这张专辑为他带来了两座格莱美奖，其中就有我们最熟悉的《I'm Yours》。
Well you done done me and you bet I felt it
I tried to be chill but you're so hot that I melted
I fell right through the cracks
and now I'm trying to get back
Before the cool done run out
I'll be giving it my bestest
Nothing's going to stop me but divine intervention
I reckon its again my turn to win some or learn some
But I won't hesitate no more, no more
It cannot wait I'm yours
Well open up your mind and see like me
Open up your plans and damn you're free
Look into your heart and you'll find love love love love
Listen to the music of the moment people dance and sing
We're just one big family
It's your God-forsaken right to be loved love loved love love
So I won't hesitate no more no more
It cannot wait I'm sure
There's no need to complicate
Our time is short
This is our fate I'm yours
do do do do you but do you do do do
But do you want to come on
Scooch on over closer dear
And i will nibble your ear
I've been spending way too long checking my tongue in the mirror
And bending over backwards just to try to see it clearer
but My breath fogged up the glass
And so I drew a new face and laughed
I guess what i'ma saying is there ain't no better reason
To rid yourself of vanity and just go with the seasons
It's what we aim to do
Our name is our virtue
But I won't hesitate no more no more
It cannot wait I'm yours
Open up your mind and see like me (I won't hesitate)
Open up your plans and damn you're free (No more, no more)
Look into your heart and you'll find the sky is yours (It cannot wait, I'm sure)
So please don't, please don't please don't (There's no need to complicate)
There's no need to complicate (Our time is short)
Coz our time is short (This is our fate)
This is this is this is our fate
I'm yours
这张专辑的封面是Jason Mraz给自己画的自画像。
不得不说，本张专辑是Jason Mraz迄今为止最优秀的一张专辑，他成功的将一个快乐而深情的大男孩展现在听众的面前。他第一次让人们真正开始注意这种属于他的音乐。
2012年1月2日，Jason推出单曲《I Won't Give Up》，4月17日，发行了第四张专辑《Love is a Four Letter Word》。
从此以后，Jason放弃了Hiphop与摇滚的曲风，开始从自然中寻找美，他创作了大量的歌曲表达对生活的思考。歌曲的深度在这一阶段也有相当大的提升。
《Who's Thinking About You Now》就是这样一首歌。
Who's thinking about you now?
If you were building a wall,
who would tear it all down
and pull you Through?
Who's thinking about you?
Who'd care enough to send you flowers,
that you could call at all hours,
And give your love to?
Somebody must believe if they could see what I see
If they haven't, well they will
Baby they all will
Just when you suspect that life couldn't get no harder,
something comes
Along and makes your dark day darker
The weight of it all falls on you
Who will be the one to listen when it's time to listen?
Who will be the one to miss you when you've gone missing?
Well, I do.
Do I qualify, qualify, qualify, qualify, qualify?
I want to be the one to help you ignore Mr.
Loneliness peeking his head
Into your door.
I'm hoping you can feel me.
I'm hoping you can give me a new chance, chance, yes
I'm hoping that you notice I'm your last chance
I feel like starting something.
I feel like calling off today to be with you.
Yeah, I beleive we all do something
that's familiar like a deja vu,
Familiar like a deja vu
Yeah, and I know this one cause
I've seen the fight and I know it love
We're giving it up
Do I qualify, qualify, qualify, qualify, qualify?
I want to be the one to help you move from Mr.
Loneliness living in the
Kitchen of your home.
I'm hoping you can feel me.
I'm hoping that I don't run out of breath, breath, yeah.
When our two hands are linked together with an ampersand
It's my kinda diagram
When I saw our eyes are lined up side by side
Then I'm a happy man
Yes I'm a happy man
Yes ma'am, yes ma'am, yes ma'am
I am thinking about you
后来，Jason Mraz“男巫”的名号很少有人再提起，取而代之的则是“马叔”这样一个温暖的外号。他也继续做着温暖而富有深意的歌。
Jason在后来出的两张专辑《Yes!》和《Know.》都是这样的曲风，对于爱好抒情音乐的人们有着无限的吸引力。
《Yes!》
《Know.》
《Love Someone》便是其中的代表作品。
Love is a funny thing
Whenever I give it – it comes back to me
And it's wonderful to be giving with my whole heart
As my heart receives your love
Oh, ain't it nice this life we got each other
I am right beside you
More than just a partner or a lover,
I'm your friend
When you love someone
Your heartbeat beats so loud
When you love someone
Your feet can't feel the ground
Shining stars all seem to congregate around your
face
When you love someone
It comes back to you
And love is a funny thing
It's making my blood flow with energy
And it's like an awakened dream
Oh what I've been wishing for is happening
And it's right on time
Oh ain't it nice tonight we got each other
I am right beside you
More than just a partner or a lover
I'm your friend
When you love someone
Your heartbeat beats so loud
When you love someone
Your feet can't feel the ground
Shining stars all seem to congregate around your face
When you love someone
When you love someone
We're gonna give ourselves to love tonight
Lifting up to touch the starlight
And we will savor every second we
Spend together you and I will
you and I will
you and I will…
When you love someone
Your heartbeat beats so loud
When you love someone
Your feet can't feel the ground
Shining stars all seem to congregate
Around your face when you love someone
It comes back to you
Jason现在回到了家乡，在自己的农庄种起了牛油果，他和自己的爱人也在去年完婚，他常常在网上发出自己的照片，偶尔也去百老汇演一演话剧。
无论他在哪，他的歌声总能给我们带来快乐与幸福。
这就是Jason Mraz，一个永远阳光快乐的歌手。
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