Tin Soldier – The Small Faces：歌詞及意思

Tin Soldier (1967) – The Small Faces

I am a little tin soldier
That wants to jump into your fire
You are a look in your eye
A dream passing by in the sky

Tin Soldier (1967) – The Small Faces

本日歌曲，Tin Soldier，由英國樂隊The Small Faces在1967年推出。歌曲長達3分06秒，屬於Power Pop、Hard Rock及Psychedelic Rock。填詞作曲由樂隊主音Steve Marriott及成員Ronnie Lane負責。本來歌曲是Steve Marriott寫給P.P. Arnold發行，但後來Steve Marriott愛不釋手，決定由樂隊演唱。而歌手P.P. Arnold在樂隊演唱時，擔任嘉賓和聲。而歌曲的誕生是因為Steve Marriott寫給當時妻子Jenny Rylance。歌曲雖然代表他們繼續涉足Psychedelic Rock風格，但仍然保留著樂隊原本的R&B風格。在當時英國音樂排行榜有不錯的成績，成為其中一首The Small Faces的較著名的歌曲。

當Tin Soldier推出之後，引起了一個很大的誤會。被BBC廣播刪減了歌中的最後一句，原因是錯誤理解歌中的歌詞，誤解為Sleep with you，但其實是Sit With You(歌詞沒有顯示，和聲部分)。Steve Marriott亦都有解話，歌曲著重於心理上的滿足，並不是著重於肉體上。

有指歌曲受到安徒生童話故事影響，故事為堅定的小錫兵，歌曲的開頭歌詞為 I am a little tin soldier that wants to jump into your fire，與安徒生童話故事有關聯。

歌詞方面

填詞作曲由樂隊主音Steve Marriott及成員Ronnie Lane負責。

I am a little tin soldier
That wants to jump into your fire
You are a look in your eye
A dream passing by in the sky

I don’t understand
All I need is treat me like a man
‘Cause I ain’t no child
Take me like I am

I got to know that I belong to you
Do anything that you want to do
Sing any song that you want me to sing to you

I don’t need no aggravation
I just got to make you
I just got to make you my occupation

I got to know that I belong to you
Do anything that you want to do
Sing any song that you want me to sing to you

All I need is your whispered hello
Smiles melting the snow nothing heard
Your eyes are deeper than time
Say a love that won’t rhyme without words

So now I’ve lost my way
I need help to show me things to say
Give me your love before mine fades away

I got to know that I belong to you
Do anything that you want to do
Sing any song that you want me to sing to you

Oh no no
I just want some reaction
Someone to give me satisfaction
All I want to do is stick with you
‘Cause I love you

_{(資料來源: musixmatch)}