SERENDIPITY

I don't want to ride,

The milk train any more.

I'll go to bed at nine,

And waken with the dawn.

And lunch at half past noon,

Dinner prompt at five.

The comfort of a few old friends,

Long past their prime.

Pass the tea and sympathy,

For the good old days, long gone.

We'll drink a toast to those who most

Believe in what they've won.

It's a long, long time till morning

Lays wasted on the dawn.

I'll not write another line,

For my true love is gone.

When the guests have done,

I'll tidy up the rooms.

I'll turn the colors down,

And gazing at the moon

I'll pray to go quite mad,

And live in long ago.

When you and I were one,

So very long ago.

Pass the tea and sympathy,

For the good old days, long gone.

Let's drink a toast to those who most

Believe in what they've won.

It's a long, long time till morning

Lays wasted on the dawn.

I'll not write another line,

For my true love is gone.

When I have no dreams

To give you anymore,

I'll light a blazing fire,

And wait within the door.

And throw my life away.

"I wonder why?" they all will say.

And now I lay me down to sleep,

Forever and a day.

Pass the tea and sympathy,

For the good old days are dead.

Let's drink a toast to those who best

Survived the life they've led.

It's a long, long time till morning,

So build your fires high.

Now I lay me down to sleep,

Forever by your side.

[ Written by: Janis Ian

Performed by: Janis Ian-1975

Appears on: Between the Lines (11 tracks)-1975 , & Between the Lines

(12 tracks)-2004. ]

[ Copyright © Janis Ian/her co-writer(s) if any/their publisher(s).

All rights reserved. ]

《逝去的武林:总为从前作诗苦》

 

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唐师是个农民，没有家底，年龄又大，怎么也没理由是他练出来。唐师只是上瘾了，李存义不收他，他也一天到晚呆在国术馆，日后能不能吃上饭，都不在乎了。这时候，人不想未来的，一塌糊涂。

 

李存义实在看不过去，让唐师到国术馆传达室，做收信和邮寄包裹的事情，能领一份钱，可唐师又不识字，真是没办法。但唐师一天到晚乐呵呵的，自己不识字，就请教别人，问明白了这是谁的信，就挺高兴的，跑着给人送去。

 

这么一个糊涂人，人缘还挺好。后来唐师是烧水、搬运，什么活都干了，什么都不计较了，也是难得糊涂，结果李存义手把手的没练出来，这个跟着混的却突飞猛进了，赢得了李存义的另眼相看，正式收唐师做了徒弟。

 

老辈人都经历过一段颠倒岁月，从大辛酸里爬起来的，只是当时不知道是辛酸，傻乐呵地就过来。