單爸吉他朽木琵琶

兒時南方澳

原本約好下午要開說明會.客戶臨時有急事取消了

回到家中.沒人在.

太陽很亮.整個南方澳很靜.很靜.

連.路中央 東家長西家短的聲音都沒有

重讀舊書"少年維特的煩惱"(P1)

有了另一種多出來的心情

叫.......................................................舒服

                                   季精濃.Jason Chinlong Lee 12.May.2008.難得浮生半日閒

附記:這篇文章是我計劃前往東吉島前寫的.那裡有一種台灣30年前才找的到的安靜

我只想找到我父親的年輕時代

我1969年在東北角南方澳出生.那時的海港應該跟這一樣.是碧+靛的藍.

我記得.每天下午.海港很靜.很靜.幾乎猫叼著魚走過都聽的到

整個南方澳港都在睡午覺.連媽祖廟的媽祖.似乎都睡著了.

一整夜的與海討生.充滿男人味的魚市場.在中午前累了.也睏了.

哪時我老爸.會隨著水果叫賣阿伯後面.回家午休.

而偶爾我會吃到剛剛上市的蘋果芒果(愛文芒果).

那一顆要去掉爸爸半天汗的.好滋味.

那時.南方澳好年輕.爸爸好年輕.愛文芒果好年輕

                                                          JASON CHIN LONG LEE 10/24/2007

I was eight years old and running with
A dime in my hand
Into the bus stop to pick up a paper
For my old man
I'd sit on his lap in that big old Buick
And steer as we drove through the town
He'd tousle my hair and say "Son take a good look around
This is your hometown"
This is your hometown
This is your hometown
This is your hometown
 
In '65 the tension was running high
At my high school
There was a lot of fights between the black and white
There was nothing you could do
Two cars at a light on a Saturday night
In the backseat there was a gun
Words were passed, there was a shotgun blast
Trouble times had come
To my hometown
My hometown
My hometown
My hometown

Now Main Street's whitewashed windows
And vacant stores
Seems like there ain't nobody
Wants to come down here no more
They're closing down the textile mill
Across the railroad tracks
Foreman says these jobs are going boys
And they ain't coming back
To your hometown
Your hometown
Your hometown
Your hometown

Last night me and Kate we laid in bed
Talking about getting out
Packing up our bags maybe
Heading south
I'm thirty-five, we got a boy
Of our own now
Last night I sat him up behind the wheel
And said "Son take a good look around
This is your hometown"