Time In a Bottle by Jim Croce
If I could save time in a bottle
The first thing that I'd like to do
Is to save every day
'Til Eternity passes away
Just to spend them with you
If I could make days last forever
If words could make wishes come true
I'd save every day like a treasure and then,
Again, I would spend them with you
But there never seems to be enough time
To do the things you want to do
Once you find them
I've looked around enough to know
That you're the one I want to go
Through time with...
If I had a box just for wishes
And dreams that had never come true
The box would be empty
Except for the memory
Of how they were answered by you
But there never seems to be enough time
To do the things you want to do
Once you find them
I've looked around enough to know
That you're the one I want to go
Through time with...
Jim Croce是個傳奇性的人物,在他短短三十年的生命中,從玩具店的店員、卡車司機、電台DJ、廣告業務員、工人到臨時教師,幾乎什麽樣的工作都嚐試過。他來自費城,學生時代就對音樂有著一份執著的狂熱,曾經組過好幾支民歌與藍調的樂隊。大學畢業後,為了生活,他到處打零工,還因為不小心被鐵錘傷到手指,自己摸索出一套可以不用到那受傷的指頭的吉他彈奏技巧。當然,在打工之餘,他也不斷的磨練自己的音樂創作能力。
1973年的夏天,兩位戲劇界的人士籌拍一部電視影片,描述一名罹患癌症的年輕婦女跟死神搏鬥的故事,由於經費有限,無法特別請人替影片譜寫插曲,於是希望從現成的歌曲裏麵找一首剛好適合的作品。他們到唱片行買了一堆專輯,仔細的聆聽,結果發現Time In a Bottle這首歌曲正好跟影片的精神完全符合,所以就跟Jim Croce的經紀人連絡,希望獲得使用的許可。
1973年9月12日,Jim Croce推出了他的第三張專輯《I Got AName》,而就在同一天晚上,那部電視影片在ABC電視網播出,ABC各地分台的電話響個沒完沒了,無數的觀眾都在詢問哪裏可以買到Time In a Bottle這首歌曲。唱片公司正忙著替Jim Croce的新專輯安排打歌的計劃,根本沒有時間理會觀眾的要求。
8天之後,也就是9月20日,Jim Croce為了趕到另一所大學去開宣傳的校園演唱會,搭上了一架包機,飛機一起飛就出狀況,撞上了一棵大樹,機上所有的人員全部罹難,Jim Croce隻活了30歲。
在Jim Croce過世之後,唱片公司發行了I Got AName這首歌的單曲,同時被電影《最後美國英雄》采用為插曲。當那首歌曲打進排行第十名的時候,Time In aBottle終於也被發行成單曲了。六個禮拜之後,它登上了榜首,成為搖滾年代第三首在藝人過世之後才登上冠軍寶座的歌曲,可惜的是 Jim Croce本人卻再也享受不到成功的滋味了。或許我們隻能說,這都是命中注定的吧
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWoHjrdfFgU