《Whoever Finds This , I Love You》
詞曲 : Mac Davis/演唱 : 齊豫
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這是美國的一位創作歌手戴維斯三十多年以前所寫的一首歌,它描述一個沒有家的孤獨老人,在一所孤兒院外面人行道的落葉堆裡,發現了一張紙條,上面是一個小孩的筆跡,寫著:「誰撿到這紙條,我愛你。我連個可以說說話的人都沒有,所以不管你是誰,撿到這紙條的人,我愛你。」
老人看著看著,流下了眼淚,因為他自己也是一樣寂寞。老人的眼光向著孤兒院搜尋,看到了一個把鼻子湊在窗前的小女孩,他們交上了朋友。整個冬天,他們隔著籬笆談天說地、互相交換一些小禮物。老人用木頭雕刻玩具,小女孩則在紙上畫美女,兩人一起快樂的嘲笑冰冷的雨水。
可是有一天,當小女孩照例又奔向籬笆,卻沒有看到老人。她有著預感,知道老人再也不會回來了,於是她回到房間,拿出蠟筆,再度寫下:「誰撿到這紙條,我愛你。」
三十多年後的現在,有了網路的無遠弗界,讓我們可以跟各式各樣的陌生人撘上線、聊上天,填補了空虛、滿足了寂寞,但沉迷在電腦另一端敲鍵盤給朋友的我們,真的關心彼此嗎?真的在乎對方嗎?
不斷在網上聊天的我們,好像互相熟悉,但是否常常連對方長得什麼樣子都想不起來?因為電腦而連接的我們其實並不熟,為什麼可以通訊這麼久?
或許是我們都很寂寞,或許你的寂寞來自你過的生活根本不是你自己、而我過著變成別人期望應該成為的樣子,其實互相的對話,就有如我們在和自己的對話,我們在電腦裡貼滿了我們自己的心事、自拍照、食物、生活點滴,無疑就像歌裡的小女孩般丟出了訊息,但,我們是不是忽略了些什麼?有了FB,似乎很近,其實很遠。
現實生活中,我們不也一再上演類似的情節。關心小孩的功課卻不聽聽他的心、以為給了年邁父母錢就可以不必陪伴他們、辦公室老是批評有緣在一起的同事...於是孤立了一顆顆寂寞的心,汲汲營營於凡塵瑣事,卻忘了更無價的事。
歌裡是一段感傷的故事,讓人心情難以平復的結局,其實我們都知道,長大之後,人和人的距離會越來越遠,你說不可能,但其實我們都知道,我們都無能為力,相聚很難、離別很簡單,幾年後,你可能再也不認得我。
世界上沒有什麼事情是不變的,人也一樣,很多時候,可能就在上個路口,可能就是下一班車;人永遠不知道,誰會在哪次不經意的跟你說了再見之後,就真的再也不見了。
把握當下、珍惜彼此。
《Whoever Finds This , I Love You》
詞曲 : Mac Davis
On the quiet street in the city
A little old man walked alone
Shuffling through the autumn afternoon
And the autumn leaves reminded him
Another summer's come and gone
He had a long long midnight ahead waiting for June
The among the leaves near an orphan's home
A piece of paper caught his eyes
And he stood to pick it up with trembling hands
And as he read the childish writing
The old man began to cry
Cause the words burned inside him like a brand
Whoever finds this , I love you
Whoever finds this , I need you
I even got no one to talk to
So , whoever finds this , I love you
Well , the old man's eyes searched the orphan's home
And came to rest upon a child
With her nose pressed up against the window pane
And the old man knew he'd found a friend at last
So he waved at her and smiled
And they both knew they'd spend the winter
Laughing at the rain
And they did spend the winter laughing at the rain ,
Talking through the fence ,
Exchanging little gifts they've made for each other.
The old man wold carve toys,
And the little girl would draw pictures fo beautiful ladies
And they laughed a lot.
But then one day, on the first of June,
The lttle girl ran to the fence the old man wasn't there.
And , somehow she knew he was never coming beck.
So she went back to her lttle room ,
took a crayon And wrote :
Whoever finds this , I love you
Whoever finds this , I need you
I even got no one to talk to
So , whoever finds this , I love you
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