少女情懷總是詩

昨晚喝太多茶, 躺在床上睡不著.  想了很久木匠合唱團那個因為厭食症掛掉的女木匠, 叫啥名字....

Mary Carpenter?  Helen Carpenter?  Vicky Carpenter?  只記得是兩個音節的, 可是就是記不得名字.  黑暗中推推隔壁的室友, 問他這個問題, 他拖著睏睏的鼻音說不知.  

這下子好了, 又躺了十分鐘, 老人癡呆的腦子還是沒恢復記憶.  只好偷偷起床, 摸黑的打開電腦, google 起來.  唉~  電腦真是生活上除了吃以外, 最重要的必需品.  原來是....... Karen Carpenter.  

想當年, 她的歌每條都可以朗朗上口.  每個人都擁有她的唱片.  每個舞會的吉利巴一定要放她的Top of the world.  很多人都愛她的歌, Yesterday once more, Rainy days and Mondays, Close to you, We've only just begun, Sing等等, 等等.  太多歌都膾炙人口, The Carpenters是大家一致的偶像.

那麼多好聽的歌中, 高中時的我, 最喜歡的是Sometimes 和You這兩條.  當時一方面是, 大家都在sha-la-la-la-la時, 我心想就是要跟別人不一樣, 學唱她較冷門難唱的歌.  

一方面, 同學開始和外校男生郊遊, 新鮮, 好奇的話題, 團團繞著郊遊去玩的男生.  十來歲女生的心情, 真是酸甜苦辣, 很難說一定是哪種味道.  高中時, 我只有去過一次郊遊, 我不知道在堅持什麼, 但是當時並沒有參加同學的邀約.  甚至透過我找班上女生的郊遊, 我也沒參加.  心情上是希望碰到一個喜歡的人, 也怕碰到.  然而, 去的那次郊遊, 我像個醜小鴨, 沒人注意.  編排和我同組的男生都集中火力在班上一個很亮麗的女生身上.  失望之際, Carpenters的這兩條歌, 覺得相當配合我心裡的幻想與心情.    

昨夜, 聯想到Karen Carpenter之際, 也想到這兩條歌, 以及高中多味的心情.  真高興有過去這個純純的心境, 日後好甜甜的回憶.  再聽Sometimes 和You, 覺得還是蠻好聽的.  你說是吧~

歌詞曲調, 我完全沒忘掉.  我還是可以把它唱得很好.

Sometimes

I have always been a dreamer
Followed visions of my own
I was born to belong
To the lines of a song
And make then my home

I believe in happy endings
Though I've only known a few
For as rare as they are
Like a bright falling star
I found one in you

Sometimes
All the world can seem so
Friendless
And the road ahead so
Endless
And the dream so far away
Sometimes
When I'm almost
To surrender
Then I stop
And I remember
I have you
To save my day

Often my imagination
Has me reaching out too far
When I fell you were there
With your hand in the air
You knew from the start

Sometimes
After all you've done
To save me
Thru the love you freely
Gave me
Every step along the way
Sometimes
People ask what keeps me
Going
And in truth, it comes from
Knowing
I have you
To save my day

Sometimes
Feelng helpless
When I held you
Wishing words would come
To tell you
I have you
To save my day

出處: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3cs2-vf8lg

You

You are the one who makes me happy
When everything else turns to gray
Yours is the voice that wakes me mornings
And sends me out into the day

You are the crowd that sits quiet list'ning to me
With all the mad sense I make
You are one of the few things worth remembering
And since it's all true, how can anyone mean more to me than you.

Sorry if sometimes I look past you
There's no one beyond your eyes
Inside my head the wheels are turning
Hey sometimes I'm not so wise

You are my heart and my soul, my inspiration
Just like the old love song goes
You are one of the few things worth remembering
And since it's all true, how could anyone mean more to me than you

出處: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lDu2cUKg-8