Lost in Memories

Country roads, take me home ~

To the place I belong ~

拜高鐵所賜，上週末匆忙的來去了台南一趟 

走進通往外公家的小巷子  耳邊想起的就是這個旋律 

事實上在我還未曾有什麼記憶的時候就已經離開了台南 

也從來沒有認真想過  where do I really belong?

但無論如何對外公家總是有一份特殊的情感

外公外婆過世很久了  現在的屋子交由舅舅跟舅媽打理

不過還是習慣稱它為外公家

外公外婆過世後  加上自己也不再是學生  少有長假

台灣雖小  但南北交通也不是說來就來說走就走

於是幾乎沒有再踏上台南這塊土地

這幾年也只有在外公外婆忌日時  媽媽代表我們一家回去而已

其實對外公家的印象大多停留在小時候回去過年的情景

大人們忙進忙出  小孩們吵吵鬧鬧

吃飯時總要兩張大桌子才塞的下全部的人

小朋友急急忙忙的吃完飯  一心只想趕快跟久未謀面的表兄弟姊妹們玩在一起

想想那時候真的是年味十足

這幾年不知道是年歲漸長  還是過年的氣氛真的越來越淡了

總覺得往年的景象不再  而那一段時光也成了長大之後難以磨滅的回憶

或許人對於出生的地方都有一份特殊的情感  所以即使人事已非我總還是想回去看看

只可惜這次回去的時候心事重重  辜負了南台灣的大好天氣

Take Me Home, Country Road – John Denver

Almost heaven, west virginia
Blue ridge mountains
Shenandoah river -
Life is old there
Older than the trees
Younger than the mountains
Growin’ like a breeze

Country roads, take me home
To the place I belong
West virginia, mountain momma
Take me home, country roads

All my memories gathered around her
Miner’s lady, stranger to blue water
Dark and dusty, painted on the sky
Misty taste of moonshine
Teardrops in my eye

Country roads, take me home
To the place I belong
West virginia, mountain momma
Take me home, country roads

I hear her voice
In the mornin’ hour she calls me
The radio reminds me of my home far away
And drivin’ down the road I get a feelin’
That I should have been home yesterday, yesterday

Country roads, take me home
To the place I belong
West virginia, mountain momma
Take me home, country roads

Country roads, take me home
To the place I belong
West virginia, mountain momma
Take me home, country roads
Take me home, now country roads
Take me home, now country roads