Shanghai breezes  John Denver

It's funny how you sound as if you're right next door
When you're really half a world away
I just can't seem to find the words I'm looking for
To say the things that I want to say
I can't remember when I felt so close to you
It's almost more than I can bear
And though I seem a half a million miles from you
You are in my heart and living there

*And the moon and the stars are the same ones you see
It's the same old sun up in the sky
And your voice in my ear is like heaven to me
Like the breezes here in old Shanghai

There are lovers who walk hand in hand in the park
And lovers who walk all alone
There are lovers who lie unafraid in the dark
And lovers who long for home
Oh, I couldn't leave you even if I wanted to
You're in my dreams and always near
And especially when I sing the songs I wrote for you
You are in my heart and living there (*)

Shanghai breezes cool and clearing evening's sweet caress
Shanghai breezes soft and gentle
Remind me of your tenderness

And the moon and the stars are the same ones you see
It's the same old sun up in the sky
And your love in my life is like heaven to me
Like the breezes here in old Shanghai

Just like the breezes here in old Shanghai
上海的微風  約翰丹佛

真有趣,妳的聲音聽起來就像在隔壁而已
實際上,妳卻在半個世界以外那麼遙遠
我一時找不到適當的字眼
來表達心中想說的話
我不記得上一回感覺如此靠近是在何時
卻讓我幾乎無法承受
雖然我離妳有五千哩遠
妳卻依然在我心中

這兒的月亮和星星,和妳在那邊看到的一樣
天上掛的是同一個太陽
妳的聲音在我耳裡,聽起來就像天籟一樣
如同這古老的上海的微風

公園裡情侶們手牽著手散步
也有形單影隻的戀人
有些情侶毫不畏懼的躺臥在暗處
有些情侶趕著要回家
噢!我就是無法離開妳
妳永遠都在我夢中,彷彿就在身旁
特別是當我唱起為妳所寫的歌
妳總是在我心中

上海微風沁涼清新,像黃昏甜蜜的愛撫
上海微風溫和怡人
使我想起了妳的溫柔

這兒的月亮和星星,和妳在那邊看到的一樣
天上掛的是同一個太陽
妳的聲音在我耳裡,聽起來就像天籟一樣
如同這古老的上海的微風

就像這古老的上海的微風

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 1979 年元月,中國總理鄧小平訪美,在華盛頓甘迺迪文化中心,觀賞了戴著牛仔帽的約翰丹佛表演了多首經典曲目,留下了深刻的印象。由於中共當局一向視西方的搖滾樂為毒蛇猛獸,只有形象清新的鄉村音樂可以放行入關,約翰丹佛不久後成為第一位受邀到中國大陸開演唱會的美國歌星。

 這首" Shanghai breezes "是約翰丹佛隻身到上海獻唱,晚上和妻子通完電話後,於當地公園散步有感而發所寫下的歌。從歌詞看來, 顯然是一首獻給妻子的情歌。約翰丹佛還有一首著名的"
Annie's song ",也是寫給妻子的歌。

 在約翰丹佛的暢銷曲中,這首歌知名度稍低,西洋選輯裡也很少被收錄,但老安很喜歡這首歌,尤其喜歡歌詞中寫的:
" 這兒的月亮和星星,和妳在那邊看到的一樣,天上掛的是同一個太陽。妳的聲音在我耳裡,聽起來就像天籟一樣,如同這古老的上海的微風 ",這和蘇軾寫的" 但願人長久,千里共嬋娟 "有異曲同工之趣。

 

 

麥克風延長線 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

 
  Take me home, country roads 鄉村小路,帶我回家 —John Denver

  Sunshine on my shoulder 陽光灑在我肩上 ─John Denver

  Annie's song 安妮之歌 —John Denver

  Perhaps love 愛也許是… —John Denver & Domingo

  Rocky mountain high 高聳雄偉的洛磯山 ─John Denver

  Follow me 跟隨我 —John Denver

  How can I leave you again 我怎能再次離開你 —John Denver

  Fly away 遠走高飛 —John Denver & Olivia Newton-John

  Some days are diamonds 有些日子像鑽石 ─John Denver

  Thank god I'm a country boy 感謝上帝,我是個鄉下孩子 ─John Denver

  This old guitar 這把老吉他 —John Denver

  
Don't close your eyes tonight 今晚,別閉上雙眼 —John Denver