日前偶然間聽到一首歌，不自覺地也跟著哼唱。現在很少聽歌，會唱的歌也少之又少，所以這首一定是「老歌」，我心想。腦中僅浮現金黃髮女歌手、樂團，名字好像是喫的食物？還是用的？應該是用的。在半個小時不間斷歌聲中，「羊毛衫」出現我的腦海，總算是搜尋出來了。

早期 (其實現在也是)很喜歡清甜的、軟柔的女聲，舉凡 The Cardigans (羊毛衫合唱團)、Sixpence None the Richer (啷噹六便士)、Frente、Sophie Zelmani、Jewel、王菲...，她們都是陪伴我度過「少年不識愁滋味」時期的最佳良伴。 再次聆聽這些歌曲跟著哼唱，心中有陌名的感動! All the best feelings and unforgetable memories are all coming back! 這也是我在生活中想要抓住的感動之一。人生中的感動時刻，有時候，也不過是一首好歌而已啊！


在youtube上搜尋到這些九零後期的「老歌」，按了play，又掉入那些回憶的旋渦，忍不住感謝有心人能上傳這些MV，讓這些好聽的歌能「跟得上時代」再次播送。

 

 

Love Fool
by The Cardigans

Dear, I fear we're facing a problem
you love me no longer, I know
and maybe there is nothing
that I can do to make you do

Mama tells me I shouldn't bother
that I ought to stick to another man
a man that surely deserves me
but I think you do!

* So I cry, and I pray and I beg
Love me love me
say that you love me
fool me fool me
go on and fool me

love me love me
pretend that you love me
leave me leave me
just say that you need me

So I cried, and I begged for you to
Love me love me
say that you love me
leave me leave me
just say that you need me
I can't care about anything but you *

Lately I have desperately pondered,
spent my nights awake and I wonder
what I could do have done in another way
to make you stay

Reason will not lead to solution
I will end up lost in confusion
I don't care if you really care
as long as you don't go

 

 

Kiss Me
by Sixpence None The Richer  (vocal: Leigh Nash)

Kiss me, out of the bearded barley
Nightly, beside the green, green grass
Swing, swing, swing the spinning step
You wear those shoes and I will wear that dress

*Oh, kiss me beneath the milky twilight
Lead me out on the moonlit floor
Lift your open hand
Strike up the band and make the fireflies dance
Silver moon sparkling, so kiss me *

Kiss me down by the broken tree house
Swing me upon its hanging tire
Bring, bring, bring your flowered hat
We take the trail marked on your father's map

*

 

Bizarre Love Triangle
by Frente!  (vocal: Angie Hart)

Every time I think of you
I get a shot right through into a bolt of blue
It’s no problem of mine but it’s a problem I find
Living a life that I can’t leave behind

There’s no sense in telling me
The wisdom of a fool won’t set you free
But that’s the way that it goes
And it’s what nobody knows
And every day my confusion grows

Every time I see you falling
I get down on my knees and pray
I’m waiting for that final moment
You’ll say the words that I can’t say

I feel fine and I feel good
I feel like I never should
Whenever I get this way, I just don’t know what to say
Why can’t we be ourselves like we were yesterday

I’m not sure what this could mean
I don’t think you’re what you seem
I do admit to myself
That if I hurt someone else
Then we’d never see just what we’re meant to be

Every time I see you falling
I get down on my knees and pray
I’m waiting for that final moment
You’ll say the words that I can’t say

 

Always You
by Sophie Zelmani

If it wasn't the ocean
Wasn't the breezes
Wasn't the white sand
There might be no need

If I could sleep through the cool nights
If I could breathe and eat right
If I had worked all summer
Maybe I wouldn't feel so humble

Oh you, it's always you
It's always you

If red roses weren't so lovely
If wine didn't taste so good
If stars weren't so romantic
Then I could do what I should

Oh you, it's always you
It's always you
Oh you, it's always you
It's always you

If your love I could command it
Get your head to understand it
I'd go twice around the world
Even though I may not find it

Oh you, it's always you
It's always you
Oh you, it's always you
It's always you

Oh you, it's always you
It's always you
Oh you, it's always you
It's always you

 

You Were Meant For Me
by Jewel

I hear the clock, it's six a.m.
I feel so far away from where I've been
I got my eggs, I got my pancakes too
Got my maple syrup, everything but you

I break the yolks and make a smiley face
I kinda like it in my brand new place
I wipe the spots off of the mirror, don't leave the keys in the door
I never put wet towels on the floor anymore 'cause

*Dreams last so long, even after you're gone
I know, that you love me and soon you will see
You were meant for me and I was meant for you *

I called my momma, she was out for a walk
Consoled a cup of coffee but it didn't wanna talk
So picked up a paper, it was more bad news
More hearts being broken or people being used

Put on my coat in the pouring rain
I saw a movie it just wasn't the same
'Cause it was happy and I was sad and
It made me miss you oh so bad cause

*

I go about my business, I'm doing fine
Besides, what would I say if I had you on the line
Same old story, not much to say
Hearts are broken every day

I brush my teeth and put the cap back on
I know you hate it when I leave the light on
I pick up a book and turn the sheets down and then
Take a deep breath and a good look around
Put on my pj's and hop into bed
I'm half alive but I feel mostly dead
I, I try and tell myself it'll be all right
I just shouldn't think anymore tonight 'cause

*

矜持
by 王菲

我從來不曾抗拒你的魅力
雖然你從來不曾對我著迷
我總是微笑　的看著你
我的情意總是輕易就洋溢眼底

我曾經想過在寂寞的夜裡
你終於在意在我的房間裡
你閉上眼睛親吻了我
不說一句緊緊抱我在你的懷裡

我是愛你的　我愛你到底
生平第一次我放下矜持
任憑自己幻想一切關於我和你

你是愛我的　你愛我到底
生平第一次我放下矜持
相信自己真的可以深深去愛你
深深去愛你