2010年6月10日 星期四

The Boxer – Simon and Garfunkel

兩天前,在早上回公司的路上,腦內忽然跑出這首歌。

認識這首歌,是因為小時候在家中常常聽到哥哥和姊姊兩人,拿著結他,自彈自唱Peter, Paul and Mary, Simon and Garfunkel 的經典名曲。耳濡目染下,我也愛上了這些民歌。

The Boxer 的詞很有畫面,很有故事性。一只結他,加上兩人和諧悅耳的歌喉,讓人百聽不厭。

下面的版本, 是由年長版的Simon & Garfunkel 為大家獻唱,年紀大了但依然動聽,希望你會喜歡!(歌曲部份由2' 開始)




I am just a poor boy, though my story's seldom told
I have squandered my resistance for a pocketful of mumbles, such are promises
All lies and jest, still a man hears what he wants to hear
And disregards the rest (hmmmm....mmmm......)

When I left my home and my family, I was no more than a boy
In the company of strangers
In the quiet of the railway station, running scared
Laying low, seeking out the poorer quarters, where the ragged people go
Looking for the places only they would know

(Li la li... li la la la li la li)

Asking only workman's wages, I come looking for a job, but I get no offers
Just a come-on from the whores on Seventh Avenue
I do declare, there were times when I was so lonesome
I took some comfort there (li la la, la, la la la)

Now the years are rolling by me, they are rocking even me
I am older than I once was, and younger than I'll be, that's not unusual
No it isn't strange, after changes upon changes, we are more or less the same
After changes we are more or less the same ...

(Li la li... li la la la li la li)

And I'm laying out my winter clothes, wishing I was gone, going home
Where the New York city winters aren't bleeding me, leading me, going home

In the clearing stands a boxer, and a fighter by his trade
And he carries the reminders of every glove that laid him down or cut him
Till he cried out in his anger and his shame
I am leaving, I am leaving, but the fighter still remains
Yes, he still remains ...

(Li la li... li la la la li la li)

2010年6月9日 星期三

上海世博

這個六月去上海三趟,卻沒有計劃順道參觀世博。

世博開幕前,曾經跟朋友說過一定會趁出差上海,去見識一下何謂世博,人一世物一世,加上在祖國舉行近水樓臺,沒有理由不去湊下熱鬧的。

不過,在電視上看到那些混亂場面後,卻給了我很大的理由過門不入。跟上海的學員談起,這些住在上海的同胞,絕大部份未去參觀世博。甚至雖然政府有派發免費門券,他們都不打算去,因為實在太多人要排太久了。

有一位學員前陣子剛去過,苦著臉說從早上六點半開始在世博園外排隊,等候九點進行安檢。他說要不是有親戚從外地來了,才不會那麼傻去看世博。

中國十三億人口,就算只是一小撮同胞來看世博,都已經不得了。不過這樣一來也帶動了消費,上海周邊城市同樣受惠。上月底在南京,就聽到當地人說有不少人看完世博後坐火車去南京玩,所以他們是世博的得益者。

有人說暑假不要去世博,因為人多而且天氣熱。於是有人說那麼暑假之後九、十月更不要去,因為很多人都會想到避開人潮,避開炎熱,暑假過後才去!

似乎我們的世博真的會由頭帶到尾,直到閉幕都會是人山人海。

看來我這個人小肩窄又不善起爭位的小女子,最後也是跟世博無緣的了!