Procol Harum - A Whiter Shade Of Pale
We skipped the light fandango Turned cartwheels 'cross the floor I was feeling kinda seasick But the crowd called out for more The room was humming harder As the ceiling flew away When we called out for another drink And the waiter brought a tray
And so it was that later As the miller told his tale That her face, at first just ghostly, Turned a whiter shade of pale
She said, "There is no reason And the truth is plain to see." But I wandered through my playing cards And they would not let her be One of sixteen vestal virgins Who were leaving for the coast And although my eyes were open wide They might have just as well been closed
And so it was that later As the miller told his tale That her face, at first just ghostly, Turned a whiter shade of pale
She said, "I'm here on a shore leave," Though we were miles at sea. I pointed out this detail And forced her to agree, Saying, "You must be the mermaid Who took King Neptune for a ride." And she smiled at me so sweetly That my anger straightway died.
And so it was that later As the miller told his tale That her face, at first just ghostly, Turned a whiter shade of pale
If music be the food of love Then laughter is it's queen And likewise if behind is in front Then dirt in truth is clean My mouth by then like cardboard Seemed to slip straight through my head So we crash-dived straightway quickly And attacked the ocean bed
And so it was that later As the miller told his tale That her face, at first just ghostly, Turned a whiter shade of pale
[不願錯過的音樂場景1] :很熟悉的曲子,卻一下說不出歌名, 陪孩子去GP候診室裏飄來非常60s的tune, 旁邊一位英國中年男人在搖頭換腦唱著,那一定是他年輕時喜歡的歌,唱得那麽目中無人,不行,要去打攪他一下, 記下歌名,不願意讓美樂就這麽溜走。 《海,請問這歌名是什麽? 》,他愣一下, 馬上堆起笑容告訴我, 管他怎麽想,反正俺是老外,不懂也不能裝懂。
[不願錯過的音樂場景2] 去超市采購,旁邊一位拉美年輕人風風火火地唰一聲停車在我的車旁,車上傳來節奏感很強的Regga 音樂。 《海,你的音樂很好聽啊》, 《你很喜歡? 》,他說,帶著很重的牙買加口音 《喜歡啊,從沒有聽到這麽好聽的擂鬼》, 俺補充
《這樣吧,我是超市的保安,你明天這個時候來超市給你這些音樂》他說,《不麻煩你吧?》俺故意說, 其實就是想麻煩,他說《米有米有啦》, 還是那麽牙買加風味,亞非拉兄弟就是豪爽,第二天去,我去遲了沒碰上他,他讓保安同事轉交我音樂, 我留下一盒餅幹表示謝謝, 禮性不是很對等啊,沒關係了,反正俺們都是老外。
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這首歌常在巴黎街頭商店聽到,今天才知道歌的大名,算是海外多年生活的背景音樂之一吧。
錯過一片天空,眾多雲彩,就是不願意錯過好聽的音樂,音樂是人生的摯友, 謝謝一路走來碰到的音樂和音樂護花者
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