Don't Cry, Joni──Conway Twitty & Joni Lee
「從熟悉的故事裡,我們到底可以獲得什麼呢?一條已知的路徑,通向的不再是目的地,而是路上細微的景物,那些一閃而過的剎那,我們試圖看得更清楚。」──張曼娟
小時候常跟著媽媽聽英文老歌,然後媽媽會像講故事一樣的跟我講著這些歌詞在說些什麼,其中我最喜歡的就是這一首,總是不厭其煩的要媽媽一再的重複這個故事。
一個小女孩單戀著鄰居的大哥哥,有一天鼓起勇氣寫了張字條,要這個大哥哥等她,等她長大,她會把所有的吻還有愛都留給他。
可是大哥哥說他沒辦法等,妳現在才15歲而我已經22歲了,慢慢的妳會把我忘掉的.....
於是他離開了家鄉,在外飄盪了五年,腦海卻不斷想起這段話,想起有個女孩,曾經那樣執著而純粹的愛著他,曾經要他等她長大。在經歷過這麼多複雜的人際關係以後,他忽然想回到家鄉,忽然想起這個女孩,她已經長大,她還在等著他嗎?如果是的話,這一次,他想牽起她的手。
但來不及了,這一次,淚如雨下的換作是他,那悔很的淚水停不下來,女孩說著,別哭,有一天你會忘了我的,就像我忘了你,找到另一個深愛我的人一樣,愛會讓曾經的傷口痊癒的。
這樣一個帶著錯過遺憾的故事,究竟是哪一點吸引了才六、七歲的我呢?當時的我,有聽懂這歌裡的淡淡哀傷嗎?我不知道,也想不起來。
難道那時的我,就已明白很多事情,彷彿命中注定般要失去、要離散?有時候是早一步,相遇在錯的時間;有時候是遲到了,就此永遠追不回。
當我們愛上一個比我們成熟的多的人時,總是希望時間能走得快一點,讓我跟那個人可以平起平坐、不再被當成小孩一樣對待。
當我們愛上一個比我們年輕的多的人時,又妄想時間能夠走的慢一點,讓我可以跟他並肩走在一起、看見同樣的風景。
但時間從不理會我們,用它自己的步調,帶走了那些註定無法停留在我們身邊的人,留下擦肩而過的苦澀回憶。
我想起雪莉對一武,那麼渴望長大,殊不知時間再怎麼拉長,她在一武哥眼裡仍然是個妹妹,那距離依然無法縮小。
「如果快一點不行,那就慢一點吧,讓一武哥慢一點愛上別人,讓一武哥慢一點跟別人結婚,這樣我就可以繼續在他身邊,做他的妹妹。」
可是啊,我們是否能相信,留不住的或許從來就不該屬於我們,而時間,有一天會還我們一個公道,為我們帶來,真的能陪在我們身邊的人。
Conway Twitty and Joni Lee - Don't Cry Joni
(Conway)
Joni was the girl who lived next door
I've known her I guess ten years or more
Joni wrote me a note one day
And this is what she had to say.
(Joni)
''Jimmy, please say you'll wait for me
I'll grow up someday you'll see
Saving all my kisses just for you
Signed with love forever true.''
(Conway)
Slowly I read her note once more
Then I went over to the house next door
Her tear drops fell like rain that day
When I told Joni what I had to say.
(All)
''Joni, Joni please don't cry
You'll forget me by and by
You're just fifteen, I'm twenty two
And Joni, I just cant wait for you.''
(Conway)
Soon I left our little home town
Got me a job and tried to settle down
But these words kept haunting my memory
The words that Joni said to me.
(Joni)
''Jimmy please say you'll wait for me
I'll grow up some day you'll see
Saving all my kisses just for you
Signed with love forever true.''
(Conway)
I packed my clothes and I caught a plane
I had to see Joni, I had to explain
How my heart was filled with her memory
And ask my Joni if she'd marry me.
I ran all the way to the house next door
But things weren't like they were before
My tear drops fell like rain that day
When I heard what Joni had to say.
(Joni)
''Jimmy, Jimmy please don't cry
You'll forget me by and by
It's been five years since you've been gone
Jimmy, I married your best friend John...''
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