“When you say nothing at all”由写过20首乡村冠军金曲的创作组合Paul Overstreet、Don Schlitz联手谱写，是Julia Roberts 与 Hugh Grant领衔主演的浪漫文艺片“Notting Hill”（《诺丁山》， 又名《摘星奇缘》）的主題曲，95年由Alison Krauss来翻唱（被称之为“蓝草风格”的版本），她凭借这首歌以精湛传情的演唱勇夺格莱美奖。Alison Krauss 是当今美国兰草音乐的领军者，“蓝草”音乐（Blue Grass）是美国民间音乐其中的一种，精致、纯正，这种音乐有两三部和声，节奏激烈，不受情感约束。Alison的歌曲之所以吸引人是因其个人演唱魅力和她所创作的精致、纯正的蓝草音乐。Alison的歌曲中使用的乐器依然是小提琴、曼陀铃、木吉他和斑鸠琴这样蓝草的标准乐器，编曲配器也绝少矫饰，没有任何世俗渲染的音乐配上Alison Krauss清泉般透彻的歌声，使得蓝草音乐愈加发扬光大。

 

 

 

It's amazing how you can speak right to my heart

 

Without saying a word

 

You can light up the dark

 

Try as I may I could never explain

 

What I hear when you don't say a thing

 

The smile on your face

 

Lets me know that you need me

 

There's a truth in your eyes

 

Saying you'll never leave me

 

A touch of your hand says

 

You'll catch me whenever I fall

 

But you say it best when you say nothing at all

 

All day long I can hear people talking out loud

 

But when you hold me near

 

You 11)drown out the crowd

 

Try as they may they can never define

 

What's been said between your heart and 12)mine

 

The smile on your face

 

Lets me know that you need me

 

There's a truth in your eyes

 

Saying you'll never leave me