楼下街道两旁种满了橘子树(也许是橙子,也许是别的什么),于是我每次走过都会哼起”点亮橘子树”,刘若英2001年的歌,到现在已经十年,我也已经很多年没有听过了。有一个现象是,如果有段时间总是听什么,后来再也不听什么,隔了很久之后,一旦听到那个”什么”,那段时间就会历历在目。对我来说,”将爱”和沪西的日子紧紧相随,我不喜欢将爱,在那之后再也不会特意去听。刘若英是磁带的年代,我的电脑里没有一首MP3是她的歌,但我买过Love and the City之前她所有专辑的磁带,它们陪伴了那些动不动就感时伤怀的少年时光(靠,十年过去,少年成了怨妇,依然还是动不动就感时伤怀)。
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为什么这首总是让我内牛满面?You’re still young, that’s your fault.
Father and Son /Cat Stevens
Father
It’s not time to make a change,
Just relax, take it easy.
You’re still young, that’s your fault,
There’s so much you have to know.
Find a girl, settle down,
If you want you can marry.
Look at me, I am old, but I’m happy.
I was once like you are now, and I know that it’s not easy,
To be calm when you’ve found something going on.
But take your time, think a lot,
Why, think of everything you’ve got.
For you will still be here tomorrow, but your dreams may not.
Son
How can I try to explain, when I do he turns away again.
It’s always been the same, same old story.
From the moment I could talk I was ordered to listen.
Now there’s a way and I know that I have to go away.
I know I have to go.
Father
It’s not time to make a change,
Just sit down, take it slowly.
You’re still young, that’s your fault,
There’s so much you have to go through.
Find a girl, settle down,
if you want you can marry.
Look at me, I am old, but I’m happy.
(Son– Away Away Away, I know I have to
Make this decision alone – no)
Son
All the times that I cried, keeping all the things I knew inside,
It’s hard, but it’s harder to ignore it.
If they were right, I’d agree, but it’s them They know not me.
Now there’s a way and I know that I have to go away.
I know I have to go.
(Father– Stay Stay Stay, Why must you go and
make this decision alone?)