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出生于宾州小镇Milford，Vanessa Carlton（瓦妮莎 卡尔顿）的成长过程中总是有音乐相伴，8岁就完成生平的第一部作曲作品，17岁开始在纽约下曼哈顿的酒吧演出。她精湛的钢琴演奏技巧、诚恳真挚的歌声与创作，震慑了音乐大厂Interscope的高层，于是迅速获得一纸合约。

首航专辑《Be Not Nobody》中，Vanessa Carlton以她流行灵魂唱腔诠释从古典到经典摇滚的多元曲风，时而柔情似水、时而热情如火、时而朴实真诚。由洋溢华尔滋风情的″Ordinary Day″揭开序曲，Vanessa Carlton带领乐迷进行一趟游历异想境地的奇幻旅程；清新流畅的首发单曲″A Thousand Miles″一鸣惊人抢滩Billboard流行单曲榜No.5…。

唤醒人类深层欲望、引起强烈情绪共鸣的“Be Not Nobody”更备受专业乐评肯定，滚石杂志将她评选为2002年最值得期待的十位艺人之一、称她为“流行版的Fiona Apple”、赞赏她纯熟严谨的钢琴琴艺，并认为其音乐作品蕴含媲美Tori Amos的古典元素、丰富乐音及的和谐合声。

White Houses

Crashed on the floor when I moved in

This little bungalow with some strange new friends

Stay up too late, and I'm too thin

We promise each other it's till the end

Now we're spinning empty bottles

It's the five of us

With pretty eyed boys girls die to trust

I can't resist the day

No, I can't resist the day

Jenny screams out and it's no pose

'Cause when she dances she goes and goes

Beer through the nose on an inside joke

I'm so excited, I haven't spoken

And she's so pretty, and she's so sure

Maybe I'm more clever than a girl like her

The summer's all in bloom

The summer is ending soon

It's alright and it's nice not to be so alone

But I hold on to your secrets in white houses

Maybe I'm a little bit over my head

I come undone at the things he said

And he's so funny in his bright red shirt

We were all in love and we all got hurt

I sneak into his car's black leather seat

The smell of gasoline in the summer heat

Boy, we're going way too fast

It's all too sweet to last

It's alright

And I put myself in his hands

But I hold on to your secrets in white houses

Love, or something ignites in my veins

And I pray it never fades, in white houses

My first time, hard to explain

Rush of blood, oh, and a little bit of pain

On a cloudy day, it's more common than you think

He's my first mistake

Maybe you were all faster than me

We gave each other up so easily

These silly little wounds will never mend

I feel so far from where I've been

So I go, and I will not be back here again

I'm gone as the day is fading on white houses

I lie, put my injuries all in the dust

In my heart is the five of us

In white houses

And you, maybe you'll remember me

What I gave is yours to keep

In white houses

In white houses

In white houses

the voice is sooooooooooooooooooo beautiful.