美国民谣歌手Jim Croce的《Time in a bottle》，传奇式地被电视影片《最后美国英雄》采用为插曲后，一举成为摇滚年代第三首在艺人过世之后才登上冠军宝座的歌曲。可以理解人们追捧它的热情，不仅仅是这首歌的旋律，还那个罹患癌症的年轻妇女跟死神搏斗的故事。到底是电影成就了歌曲，还是歌曲捧红了电影，真的说不清，反正是当电视影片在ABC电视网播出后，ABC各地分台的电话就响个没完没了，无数的观众都在询问哪里可以买到《Time In a Bottle》这首歌曲。
《Time in a bottle 时光宝瓶》
If I could save time in a bottle
如果我可以把时光保存在瓶子里
The first thing that I like to do
我想做的第一件事
Is to save everyday till eternity passes away
就是保存每一天，直到永恒消逝
Just to spend them with you
然后与你一同分享
If I could make days last forever
如果我可以使时光停驻
If words could make wishes come true
如果言语可以使梦想成真
I'd save everyday like a treasure
我会把每天像宝藏一样保存下来
And then again I would spend them with you
然后，再次与你分享
But there never seem to be enough time
但是，时间似乎永远不够
to do the things you want to do
让你去做你想做的事
Once you've found them
一旦你已察觉
I've looked around enough to know
四处寻觅，我已明了
That you're the one I want to go through the time with
你就是我想要一起共度时光的人
If I had a box
如果我有一个盒子
just for wishes and dreams that had never come true
收集了未曾实现的愿望和梦想
The box would be empty
盒子里面可能是空的
Except for the memory of how they were answered by you
除了你有所响应的回忆以外
But there never seem to be enough time
但是，时间似乎永远不够
to do the things you want to do
让你去做你想做的事
Once you've found them
一旦你已察觉
I've looked around enough to know
四处寻觅，我已明了
That you're the one I want to go through the time with
你就是我想要一起共度时光的人 |