无尽的前沿

The End of the Innocence

原唱：Don Henley（1989）

翻唱：齐豫（1990）

Remember when the days were long
And rolled beneath a deep blue sky
Didn't have a care in the world
With mommy and daddy standin' by
But "happily ever after" fails
And we've been poisoned by these fairy tales
The lawyers dwell on small details
Since daddy had to fly
But I know a place where we can go
That's still untouched by men
We'll sit and watch the clouds roll by
And the tall grass wave in the wind
You can lay your head back on the ground
And let your hair fall all around me
Offer up your best defense
But this is the end
This is the end of the innocence

O' beautiful, for spacious skies
But now those skies are threatening
They're beating plowshares into swords
For this tired old man that we elected king
Armchair warriors often fail
And we've been poisoned by these fairy tales
The lawyers clean up all details
Since daddy had to lie
But I know a place where we can go
And wash away this sin
We'll sit and watch the clouds roll by
And the tall grass wave in the wind
Just lay your head back on the ground
And let your hair spill all around me
Offer up your best defense
But this is the end
This is the end of the innocence

Who knows how long this will last
Now we've come so far, so fast
But, somewhere back there in the dust
That same small town in each of us
I need to remember this
So baby give me just one kiss
And let me take a long last look
Before we say goodbye
Just lay your head back on the ground
And let your hair fall all around me
Offer up your best defense
But this is the end
This is the end of the innocence

p.s. 很惭愧，没有听过Don Henley的版本，但齐豫在90年的专辑"花儿不见了"里面选歌非常有水平，这首当年的新歌就被重新演绎了，记忆中好像就是在LA录制的，所以就当原作来听也无不可

p.s. 曾在同事的婚礼上用这首歌做背景，再加上Dido的"This Land Is Mine"，貌似很贴切～～

传说北方有一首民歌
只有黄河的肺活量能歌唱
从青海到黄海
风也听见　沙也听见

如果黄河冻成了冰河
还有长江是最母性的鼻音
从高原到平原
鱼也听见　龙也听见

如果长江冻成了冰河
还有我　还有我的红海在呼啸
从早潮到晚潮
醒也听见　梦也听见

有一天　我的血也结冰
还有你的血　他的血在合唱
从Ａ型到Ｏ型
哭也听见　笑也听见

余光中的词，李泰祥的曲，还有1980年夏天的齐豫

民歌是诗，传说是歌，诗歌相和便是一首故国吟