牛年將逝,虎年即至。一年之終結,必然帶來莫名的惆悵;今年當然更甚。雖說天下無不散之筵席,但曲終人散的感覺,始終是難受的。不覺想起魯迅的《徬徨•題辭》:「寂寞新文苑,平安舊戰場。兩間餘一卒,荷戟獨徬徨」! 略帶安慰的是,就是毫無選擇,前面總算是一個新開始,命運自有安排,又何須呼天搶地?但在這時刻,只想多留一會,重溫往日的豪情氣概………… Jackson Browne - BBC In Concert Live At Shepherd's Bush Theatre, London 1978
Jackson Browne - lead vocal, piano David Lindley - lap steel guitar, vocal Craig Doerge - keyboards Bob Glaub - bass Jim Gordon - drums Rosemary Butler, Doug Haywood - vocals
Lyrics: Now the seats are all empty Let the roadies take the stage Pack it up and tear it down They're the first to come and the last to leave Working for that minimum wage They'll set it up in another town Tonight the people were so fine They waited there in line When they got up on their feet they made the show And that was sweet but I can hear the sound of slamming doors and folding chairs And that's a sound they'll never know Now roll them cases out and lift them amps Haul them trusses down and get'em up them ramps 'Cause when it comes to moving me You know you guys are the champs But when that last guitar's been packed away You know I still want to play So just make sure you got it all set to go Before you come for this piano But the band's on the bus And they're waiting to go We've got to drive all night and do a show in Chicago or Detroit, I don't know We do so many shows in a row And these towns all look the same We just pass the time in our hotel rooms And wander 'round backstage Till those lights come up and we hear that crowd And we remember why we came
Now we got country and western on the bus, R&B We got disco in eight tracks and cassettes in stereo And we've got rural scenes & magazines We've got truckers on the CB We've got Richard Pryor on the video And we got time to think of the ones we love While the miles roll away But the only time that seems too short Is the time that we get to play People you've got the power over what we do You can sit there and wait or you can pull us through Come along, sing the song You know that you can't go wrong 'Cause when that morning sun comes beating down You're going to wake up in your town But we'll be scheduled to appear A thousand miles away from here People stay just a little bit longer We want to play just a little bit longer Now the promoter don't mind And the union don't mind If we take a little time And we leave it all behind and sing One more song I want you stay just a little bit longer Please, please, please Say you will, say you will .....