跟風秋水蘇蘇《Try to remember》

 

如果說小時候玩過的什麽最好玩，，，那當然是彈球了（玻璃球）。小學時曾經非常癡迷，甚至課間短短的十五分鍾時間都是在玩彈球中度過的。

有一次我甚至為了彈球闖了大禍。那時媽媽經常和同事們在閑暇時間玩跳棋，而我對跳棋棋盤上的彈子“偷窺”了很長時間了。有一天終於忍不住“偷”了五六個彈球拿去和狐朋狗友們在外麵玩，，，沒想到我輸了個精光。後來媽媽問我說跳棋少了彈子，問我知不知道去向，我直搖頭說不知道，媽媽也就沒有再追究。至今這事每次提起我都覺得很愧對媽媽，不過媽媽每次都是一笑而過。

媽媽出身於寶雞的農村，解放時因為外公家有過地雇過短工而被評為地主成分。她高中是在寶雞市的一個重點中學上的，在班上學習非常優秀卻因為身份原因未能上大學，成為她一生的遺憾。但她是個自強不息的姑娘，無論幹什麽事都非常出色認真！後來她憑著自己的努力和自學當上了縣中的化學老師！還教過我初中一個學期的化學課呢！

說到水果，我們那時候根本就沒見過芒果（隻見過芒果牌香煙），香蕉也隻是寶雞市才有。有一次在市裏逛的時候小姨給我買了一根香蕉（太貴了），我高興滴要命！由於太興奮，剝好的香蕉掉在了剛剛下過雨的泥地上，吃都沒吃到，太可惜了！不過寶雞農村在冬天也有自己好吃的水果，，，那就是火紅的小柿子！又水靈又好吃，可惜現在吃不到了！

 

好了，回到這首歌來，大家來看看詞作者Tom Jones 是怎麽說這首歌的：

But Why did they pick September? why not November?

"I guess I felt that September is a time of passage from the romanticism of youth to realism. One moves from the over-statement of summer to the clarity of winter. I wouldn't be a youthful, romantic person again for anything in the whole wide world."

Oh, Tom.

"Try to Remember" still has a remarkable way of capturing a sense of sadness, lost innocence and rue. Its obliqueness adds dignity; its sweetness suggests a certain guilelessness; and its directness goes right to the heart.

On this day of all days, it offers a little balm. And, in its last two words (which are repeated like an echo), even a note of hope:

Deep in December it's nice to remember

the fire of September that made us mellow

Deep in December our hearts should remember

And follow . . . follow . . . follow . . . follow . . .

 

Try to remember

Try to remember the kind of September, 
When life was slow and oh so mellow. 
Try to remember the kind of September, 
When grass was green and grain was yellow. 
 
Try to remember the kind of September, 
When you were a tender and callow fellow. 
Try to remember, and if you remember, 
Then follow (follow) follow (follow) follow
 
Try to remember when life was so tender, 
That no one wept except the willow, 
Try to remember when life was so tender, 
That dreams were kept beside your pillow. 
 
Try to remember when life was so tender, 
That love was an ember about to billow, 
Try to remember, and if you remember, 
Then follow (follow) follow 

(Follow, deep in December it's nice to remember, 
Although you know the snow will follow. 
Deep in December it's nice to remember, 
Without a hurt the heart is hollow.) 
 
Deep in December it's nice to remember, 
The fire of September that made us mellow. 
Deep in December our heart's should remember, 
And follow (follow) follow (follow) follow