當年正要開始學ABCD的年紀，有一天騎腳踏車經過同學家附近的唱片行，門口的音響傳出Karen 在唱Every Sha La La La Every Wo-O-Wo-O. …… 隔幾年英文有點進步了才知道是Yesterday Once More.現在我早已搬離小鎮並遠渡太平洋，想必唱片行早已不在，同學也失聯了，童年往事總會被想起，每當我再聼這首歌的時候！1989年我曾到她墓園去憑弔(加州 Cypress City)後來被遷葬到另外一個城市，也許明年有時間再去一趟吧！RIP Karen.
Yesterday Once More( The Carpenters) When I was young I'd listen to the radio Waitin' for my favorite songs When they played I'd sing along It made me smile. Those were such happy times And not so long ago How I wondered where they'd gone But they're back again Just like a long lost friend All the songs I loved so well. Every Sha-la-la-la Every Wo-o-wo-o Still shines Every shing-a-ling-a-ling That they're startin' to sing's So fine. When they get to the part Where he's breakin' her heart It can really make me cry Just like before It's yesterday once more. Lookin' back on how it was In years gone by And the good times that I had Makes today seem rather sad So much has changed. It was songs of love that I would sing to then And I'd memorize each word Those old melodies Still sound so good to me As they melt the years away. Every Sha-la-la-la Every Wo-o-wo-o Still shines Every shing-a-ling-a-ling That they're startin' to sing's So fine. All my best memories Come back clearly to me Some can even make me cry. Just like before It's yesterday once more.
This song has brought the 69-year-old me and my deep soul back to my first love whom I met in college in 1974. I don't know where she is on earth now--I do miss her and may God bless her dearly--but those many "yesterdays" we spent together rain or shine listening to this masterpiece sung by The Carpenters are always once more to me and are never gone in my heart. Thanks for sharing!
