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英文歌词：

you held my hand and then you slipped away
and i may never see your face again
so tell me how do to fill the emptiness inside
without love, what is life?

and anyone who knew us both can see
we always were the better part of me
i never wanted to be this free
all this pain, does it go away?

then every time i turn around
and you're nowhere to be found
i know i got a long, long way to go
before i can say goodbye to you
oh, i got a long, long way to go
before i can say goodbye to all i ever knew
to you, to you

from memory, there is no hiding place
turn on the tv and i see you there
in every crowd there's always someone with your face
everywhere, trying not to care

then every time i turn around
and you're nowhere to be found
i know i got a long, long way to go
before i can say goodbye to you
oh, i got a long, long way to go
before i can say goodbye to all i ever knew

to you, i wish you everythin'
and all the best that life can bring
i only hope you think of me sometimes, oh
and even though i feel the pain
i know that i will love again
the time will come, oh, and i'll move on
i got a long, long way to go
before i can say goodbye to you
oh, i got a long, long way to go, got a long way to go
before i can say goodbye, before i say goodbye
to all i ever knew, to all i ever knew
i got a long, i got a long, long way to go, long way to go
before i can say, before i say, goodbye to you
say goodbye, say goodbye
oh, i got a long, long way to go
before i can say goodbye to all i ever knew

DEF LEPPARD是一支典型的流行重金属乐队〔乐评语〕，流畅的旋律和优美的和声是乐队的特征之一。DEF LEPPARD音乐中的优美旋律令乐迷们对重金属音乐有了新的认识，无数热血青年受DEF LEPPARD音乐的引领步入重金属的殿堂，而这一点也成了一些评论家和重金属狂热者攻击的目标。我是这样的观点：音乐发展到今天，已经渐渐偏离了本性，流派类别之争非常激烈，摇滚看不起流行，流行当朋克是垃圾，其实大可不必如此。音乐原本就只是一段供给人欣赏的旋律加节奏的合成体，因此只应该有好音乐和不好音乐之分，而不应该硬性的归结流派。任何一支乐队或歌者都是有其自身特点的，如何分的那么清楚，有些乐队甚至是无法化入任何流派的，如Cranberries〔卡百利〕非常的有个性。因此，我认为，一支乐队只要他的音乐动听入心，那他的音乐就绝对有理由得到尊重。让流派见鬼去吧，def leppard就是def leppard 风格。
DEF LEPPARD成立于1977年的冬天，前身ATOMIC MASS（核能圣餐）乐队，1978年7月18日乐队第一次登台演出是在谢菲尔德的中学韦斯特菲尔德，他们的报酬是一位老师自掏腰包的5英镑。1978年DEF LEPPARD在自己创建的公司推出首张同名专辑《DEF LEPPARD》，由于资金原因，这张EP唱片只制作了1000份拷贝，时至今日，这张唱片已成为摇滚迷们渴望已久的藏品。随后DEF LEPPARD开始走向成功，并成功杀入美国，成为当时唯一能与迈克尔·杰克逊争雄的乐队。
然而一系列的灾难降临到乐队身上，吉他手酒精中毒病故，鼓手酗酒被开除，鼓手里克·艾伦发生交通事故，左臂被齐肩切断，但艾伦以惊人的毅力和顽强的意志重返乐队，利用脚和手的合拍性苦练特地为他定做的电子鼓，并成了乐队的灵魂人物，艾伦用这种超强毅力和音乐执著大手笔的书写了真正的摇滚精神。