这时,我想起了两首我非常喜欢的英文老歌:《BEAUTIFUL SUNDAY》和《THE WORLD IS GETTING SMALLER》。这两首歌我在上高中时就会哼唱,歌曲中的主人公都是在谈情说爱,却是两种截然不同的处境。
当时我觉得第一首歌节奏明快,活泼,歌词大意也很好理解:
SUNDAY MORNING UP WITH THE LARK,星期天早上百灵鸟把我叫醒,
I THINK I WILL TAKE A WALK IN THE PARK,我想我应该去公园漫步,
HEY,HEY,HEY,IT’S A BEATUIFUL DAY!嘿!多么美好的一天。
I HAVE GOT SOMEONE WAITING FOR ME,我想有位姑娘正在公园等着我,
AND WHEN I SEE HER,当我看到她时,
I KNOW THAT SHE WILL SAY:我知道她也会说:
“HEY,HEY,HEY,IT‘S A BEAUTIFUL DAY!嘿,多么美好的一天啊!
HA,HA,HA,BEAUTIFUL DAY,哈,哈,哈,美好的一天
THIS IS MY MY BEAUTIFUL DAY。这是我的美好一天。
WHEN YOU SAID SAID SAID 当你对我
SAID THAT YOU LOVE ME,说你爱我的时候,
OH,MY MY MY ,IT‘S A BEAUTIFUL DAY。这更是我美好的一天。
DUM--DEE--LEE--I--DEE,嘟--的--哩--I--的
WHERE CAN YOU HIDE AWAY?你们还能到哪里去?
THE WORLD IS GETTIING SMALLER,世界越来越小
THE POPULATION’S GROWN,人口却在增长
WHERE,OH,WHERE CAN SWEETHEARTS GO,情人们还能去何地
WHEN THEY WANNA BE ALONE?当他们想单独在一起时
OUT TO THE PARK WE WENT WALKING 走出停车场我们开始漫步
TO A QUIET SPOT BY THE WAY 顺路去一个幽静的地方
WE FOUND SOME KIDS 却发现一些孩子
PLAYING COWBOY THERE 在那里玩牛仔游戏
AND THEY WOULDN‘T GO AWAY 他们一直赖着不走
SO NO ROMANCE THAT DAY 所以那一天没有浪漫可言
WE THOUGHT THAT 我们想了半天
WE HAD THE ANSWER 终于有了好去处
A DRIVE-IN MOVIE WE PLANNED 还是去汽车影院吧!
BUT THE ONLY PLACE 但是发现的
WE COULD FIND TO PARK 唯一一个停车位
WAS NEXT TO THE BUSINESS STAND 紧挨着售货亭
AND MAN,THAT’S A BUSY STAND 生意火暴的售货老板
AND LET ME ASK YOU THIS 让我来问你
WHERE,OH,WHERE CAN SWEETHEARTS GO,情人们还能去何地
WHEN THEY WANNA STEAL A KISS?当他们想偷偷接吻时
TO LOVER’S LAND WE WENT DRIVING 我们于是开车又去情人角
WE PARKED WHAT DID I FIND 好不容易停了车
MY OWN KID SISTER WAS IN THE CAR 却发现自己的小妹妹
THAT‘S PARKED BY NEXT TO MINE 就坐在旁边的车里面
AND LOVE WITHERED ON THE MIND 于是我们的爱情火花枯萎了。
去颐和园的主路上车子排成一条条长龙,我们的出租车在车流中缓缓的爬行着。
“你会唱《BEAUTIFUL SUNDAY》和《THE WORLD IS GETTING SMALLER》吗?我不由的向爱因斯坦问到。
“我会唱这两首歌,但我的嗓子不是很好,并且我也不习惯在公共场合唱歌”。爱因斯坦诚实的回答到。
“你不觉的今天的境遇有些类似与《THE WORLD IS GETTING SMALLER》中所描述的吗?”我无奈的问到。