Empty garden Elton John (Elton John/Bernie Taupin)
What happened here ? As the New York sunset disappeared I found an empty garden among the flagstones there Who lived here ? He must have been a gardener that cared a lot Who weeded out the tears and grew a good crop But now it all looks strange It's funny how one insect can damage so much grain
And what's it for ? This little empty garden by the brownstone door And in the cracks along the sidewalk Nothing grows no more Who lived here ? He must have been a gardener that cared a lot Who weeded out the tears and grew a good crop And we are so amazed, we're crippled and we're dazed A gardener like that one, no one can replace
*And I've been knocking But no one answers And I've been knocking most all the day Oh, and I've been calling Oh, 'hey hey Johnny' Can't you come out to play
And through their tears Some say he farmed his best in younger years But he'd have said that roots grow stronger if he could hear Who lived there He must have been a gardener that cared a lot Who weeded out the tears and grew a good crop Now we pray for rain And with every drop that falls We hear your name
And I've been knocking But no one answers And I've been knocking most all the day Oh, and I've been calling Oh, 'hey hey Johnny' Can't you come out to play
Johnny, can't you come out to play ? Johnny, in your empty garden 空寂花园艾尔顿强
这里发生了么事? 当纽约的夕阳西沉 我在石板堆中发现了一座空寂花园 是谁住在这里? 他一定是位工作勤奋的园丁 含着泪除草,只为使花草欣欣向荣 但这景象看起来多么怪异 可笑的是,一只小虫子怎会破坏这么多的栽种
这是为什么? 这座有着褐石大门的空寂花园 在人行道上的裂缝里 不再有植物生长 是谁住在这里? 他一定是位工作勤奋的园丁 含着泪除草,只为使花草欣欣向荣 我们都很惊讶、无助与困惑 这样的一位园丁,是无人可取代的
我敲了很久的门 却没有人前来应门 我敲了一整天的门 噢!我不断的呼喊 强尼............ 你可以出来玩吗?
透过人们的泪水 有人说他在年轻岁月里耕耘得最卖力 但他说过如果他能听见,必能使根扎得更深 是谁住在这里? 他一定是位工作勤奋的园丁 含着泪除草,只为使花草欣欣向荣 如今,我们祈雨 每一颗落下的雨滴 我们都听见了你的名字
我敲了很久的门 却没有人前来应门 我敲了一整天的门 噢!我不断的呼喊 强尼............ 你可以出来玩吗?
强尼,你可以出来玩吗? 在你的空寂花园里 这是艾尔顿强献给好友约翰蓝侬的作品,也是安德森很偏爱的一首歌。 艾尔顿强和约翰蓝侬在西洋乐坛上都是举足轻重的人物,但这两位风格截然不同的艺人,私底下却是音乐路上的密友。在一九七四年这段期间,他们都曾出现对方的唱片录音中。如艾尔顿强重唱披头四的名作"Lucy in the sky with diamond",约翰蓝侬为他担任幕后制作和和声的工作;约翰蓝侬的个人专辑"Walls and bridges"中,艾尔顿强也出了不少力。七四年十一月廿八日,蓝侬以特别来宾的身份出现在艾尔顿强的演唱会中,两人合唱的披头四作品"I saw her standing there"现场录音,后来还被放在艾尔顿强的单曲唱片"Philadelphia freedom"的B面。 1980年,约翰蓝侬被精神失常的歌迷枪杀毙命,艾尔顿强于是和作词老搭档Bernie Taupin合写了"Empty garden",以纪念两人的友谊,歌词中出现多次的"强尼",即是约翰蓝侬的昵称;而"一只小虫子怎会破坏这么多的栽种"这句歌词指的就是那位凶手的暴行。 约翰蓝侬的辞世的确是乐坛的损失,除了"Empty garden"以外,纪念蓝侬的歌曲,还有"Moonlight shadow"、" All those years ago". |