年华似水，岁月如歌

池塘边的榕树上
知了在声声叫着夏天
操场边的秋千上
只有蝴蝶停在上面
黑板上老师的粉笔
还在拼命叽叽喳喳写个不停
等待着下课，等待着放学
等待游戏的童年

福利社里面什么都有
就是口袋里没有半毛钱
诸葛四郎和魔鬼党
到底谁抢到那支宝剑
隔壁班的那个女孩
怎么还没经过我的窗前
嘴里的零食，手里的漫画
心里初恋的童年

总是要等到睡觉前
才知道功课只做了一点点
总是要等到考试后
才知道该念的书都没有念
一寸光阴一寸金
老师说过寸金难买寸光阴
一天又一天，一年又一年
迷迷糊糊的童年

没有人知道为什么
太阳总下到山的那一边
没有人能够告诉我
山里面有没有住着神仙
多少的日子里总是
一个人面对着天空发呆
就这么好奇，就这么幻想
这么孤单的童年

阳光下蜻蜓飞过来
一片片绿油油的稻田
水彩蜡笔和万花筒
画不出天边那一条彩虹
什么时候才能像高年级的同学
有张成熟与长大的脸
盼望着假期，盼望着明天
盼望长大的童年

一天又一天，一年又一年
盼望长大的童年

Scott, your favorite. I just put it online.

Welcome back, Scott.
It’s been seven or eight years since you went back to China. Time passed like an arrow. We’re all getting old.

Are you going to Scarborough Fair
Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme
Remember me to one who lives there
She once was a true love of mine

Tell her to make me a cambric shirt
(On the side of a hill in the deep forest green)
Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme
(Tracing of sparrow on snow-crested ground)
Without no seams nor needle work
(Blankets and bedclothes a child of the mountains)
Then she’ll be a true love of mine
(Sleeps unaware of the clarion call)

Tell her to find me an acre of land
(On the side of a hill, a sprinkling of leaves)
Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme
(Washes the grave with silvery tears)
Between the salt water and the sea strands
(A soldier cleans and polishes a gun)
Then she’ll be a true love of mine

Tell her to reap it in a sickle of leather
(War bellows, blazing in scarlet battalions)
Parsely, sage, rosemary, and thyme
(Generals order their soldiers to kill)
And to gather it all in a bunch of heather
(And to fight for a cause they’ve long ago forgotten)
Then she’ll be a true love of mine

Are you going to Scarborough Fair
Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme
Remember me to one who lives there
She once was a true love of mine

Well, it’s my turn.
I’ll give you this song, Scott. Wish you have a lot of fun in China. I know you will, since you have bunch of friends over there.
Here are the words and link:

Everybody’s gone away
Said they’re moving to L.A.
There’s not a soul I know around
Everybody’s leaving town

Some caught a freight, some caught a plane
Find the sunshine, leave the rain
They said this town will waste your time
I guess they’re right, it’s wasting mine

Some gotta win, some gotta lose
Good time Charlie’s got the blues
Good time Charlie’s got the blues

You know my heart keeps telling me
You’re not a kid at thirty-three
You play around you’ll lose your wife
You play too long you’ll lose your life

I got my pills to ease the pain
Can’t find a thing to ease the rain
I’d love to try and settle down
But everybody’s leaving town

Some gotta win, some gotta lose
Good time Charlie’s got the blues
Good time Charlie’s got the blues
Good time Charlie’s got the blues