bright lights
歌名：bright lights
专辑名：《Exile on Mainstream》
演唱者：Matchbox Twenty
发行时间：2007年10月2日
发行公司：Atlantic
音乐风格：Pop/Rock（流行/摇滚），American Trad Rock（美国传统摇滚）
歌词：
She got out of town
On the railway, new york bound
Took all except my name
Another alien on broadway
Well, some things in this world you just can't change
Some things you can't see until it gets too late
Baby, baby, baby when all your love is gone
Who will save me from all I'm up against out in this world
And maybe, maybe, maybe
You'll find something that's enough to keep you
But if the bright lights don't receive you
You should turn yourself around and come on home
I got a hole in me now
I got a scar I can talk about
She keeps a picture of me
In her apartment in the city
But some things in this world
Man, they don't make sense
Some things you don't leave until they leave you
And then the things that you miss, you say
Baby, baby, baby when all your love is gone
Who will save me from all I'm up against out in this world
And maybe, maybe, maybe
You'll find something that's enough to keep you
But if the bright lights don't receive you
You should turn yourself around and come on home
Let that city take you in (come on home)
Let that city spit you out (come on home)
Let that city take you down, yeah
For god sakes turn around
Baby, baby, baby when all your love is gone
Who will save me from all I'm up against out in this world
Yeah well, maybe, maybe, maybe
You'll find something that's enough to keep you
But if the bright lights don't receive you
Well, turn yourself around and come on home
Yeah, come on home
Baby, baby, baby, baby
Come on home
Yeah, come on home
Yeah, come on home
Yeah, come on home
Baby, baby, baby, baby
Come on home
虽然在成军之后的10年中只发行了三张正式专辑，但“火柴盒20”乐队（Matchbox Twenty）在商业上还是创造了一系列令人羡慕的辉煌成绩：首先，他们的三张专辑创造了2800万张的全球唱片销量。其次，他们得到过五次格莱美奖的提名。此外，他们还是Billboard成人Top 40单曲榜中拥有冠军单曲最多、称霸时间最长的乐队。在几乎“消失”了五年之后，Matchbox Twenty终于带来了他们的首张新歌+精选集《Exile on Mainstream》。在Billboard 200专辑榜中，《Exile on Mainstream》凭借13万1千张的首周销量获得了本周季军。
除了11首Matchbox Twenty不同专辑中的畅销单曲之外，这张《Exile on Mainstream》还收录了乐队的六首新歌，其中的打榜单曲《How Far We've Come》在目前的热门AC/成人Top 40单曲榜中排在第五位。对Matchbox Twenty的那些老歌迷而言，最高兴的事莫过于他们听到了Matchbox Twenty的新歌，虽然新作品一共只有六首，但新歌的面世至少表明了Matchbox Twenty这支曾经备受喜爱的乐队想要继续前进的迹象，这本身就已经足以让很多歌迷为之激动了。
放眼近几年的流行乐坛，似乎还真没有哪支主流的流行摇滚乐队像Matchbox Twenty当年那么受欢迎。真的希望这张精选集是Matchbox Twenty重生的起点。