有些时候爱很简单,但是一直爱却很不简单。有些时候,一下子爱上也很简单,但一直爱下去却非常不易。这个爱,小的就是人之间的感情,大了就成为价值观和人的生活底线的准则。不是只有哲学家才会反思,很多歌手,不分国籍地域,都有这种反思,
下面这一首,1996年乡村歌手 Travis Tritt 的 where corn don’t grow 。我个人认为是写的非常深刻的双关歌,表面上说的是玉米地(贫瘠的农村)和不长玉米的城市的对比,让少年的心向往不再重复玉米地的生活。
其实我的理解深层次的想法说的就是这人心,淳朴的玉米地和充满灰尘和心中欲望像野草(Weeds)一样生长的城市。
我们都在选择和抛弃我们生活中的一部分,选择什么,抛弃什么,见仁见智。但是心中以前有的玉米地,还是值得保留,不要让野草挤得玉米无法存活。
这首歌另一个突出的地方是它不遵循传统的乡村风格,而是融入了一些现代摇滚的气息,更彰显了歌手的性格,来自乡村音乐,可不是局限在乡村音乐传统格局上,这是我喜欢他的原因。
全版歌词如下,我画了一下我理解的精华。
As we sat on the front porch
Of that old grey house where I was born and raised.
Staring at the dusty fields
Where my Daddy worked hard every day
I think it kinda hurt him when I said,
"Daddy there's a lot that I don't know
But don't you ever dream about a life
Where corn don't grow?"
He just sat there silent
Staring at his favorite coffee cup
I saw a storm of mixed emotions in his eyes
When he looked up.
He said "Son I know at your age
It seems like this ole world is turnin' slow.
And you think you'll find the answer to it all
Where corn don't grow."
Hard times are real
There's dusty fields no matter where you go
You may change your mind
'Cause the weeds are high where corn don't grow
I remember feeling guilty
When Daddy turned and walked back in the house
I was only seventeen back then
But I thought that I knew more than I know now
I can't say he didn't warn me
This city life's a hard row to hoe
Ain't it funny how a dream can turn around,
Where corn don't grow
Hard times are real
There's dusty fields no matter where you go
And you may change your mind
'Cause the weeds are high where corn don't grow
You may change your mind
Oh the weeds are high where corn don't grow