Bryan Adams 的 Summer Of 69 那年夏天這首歌講的是：「那些我這輩子最美好的時光啊...」！
每個人都有自己的故事，每個人的過去也一定都有些能令你日後多年仍懷念不已的往事。大多數人的這些你最美好的時光，都是發生在十幾二十歲的年少吧！那時候的你，性情流露，熱血又充滿理想，意氣風發且不知天高地厚...還受著社會的包容和照顧卻不自覺，當然也有扛著許多人的期待...
慢慢地，許多「未知」和「可能」像【機會】【命運】的牌隨遊戲一一掀開...。慢慢地也和身邊的所有人一樣慢慢地社會化、政治化了。不知不覺地自己的熱血、理想也都降溫了。
更多年以後，你差不多要確認你這輩子大概就是這樣子的時候，你就會想起這首歌唱的：那一年夏天，作者的是1969年，你有你自己的某一年，和那些我這輩子最美好的時光啊！，作者的是愛情和音樂，你那年也有自己的故事吧！Summer Of 69...

I got my first real six-string 我的第一把琴
Bought it at the five-and-dime 是在【俗俗賣】買的
Played it till my fingers bled 練到手指流血
It was the summer of '69 這是10多年前夏天的事了
Me and some guys from school 我和幾個同校傢伙
Had a band and we tried real hard 組團賣力地練
Jimmy quit and Jody got married Jimmy脫隊Jodie也嫁人去了
I shoulda known we'd never get far我早該知道這團是搞不出什麼大名堂的

Oh when I look back now 當我現在回想起
That summer seemed to last forever 那年夏天似乎永遠未了
And if I had the choice 如果可以選擇
Yaah, I'd always wanna be there 是啊，我希望能永遠停在那年夏天
Those were the best days of my life 那些我這輩子最美好的時光啊

Ain't no use in complaining 光抱怨也沒用
When you got a job to do 當你有事得做
Spent my evenings down at the drive-in 就是每晚要耗在得來速
And that's when I met you 而我就在那裏遇見了你

Standing on your mama's porch 站在你家門口
You told me that you'd wait forever 你說要永遠等我
Oh and when you held my hand 當你緊握我手的時後
I knew that it was now or never 我知道那就是現在了，空前絕後
Those were the best days of my life 那些我這輩子最美好的時光

Back in the summer of '69 在10多年前的那年夏天

Man we were killing time ㄟ我們是在浪費時間
We were young and restless 年輕又精力無窮
We needed to unwind 我們需要解放
I guess nothing can last forever我猜沒有永恆這回事
forever, no 永恆，哈

And now the times are changing 如今事過境遷
Look at everything that's come and gone 看著事事來來去去
Sometimes when I play that old six-string 偶爾我彈起我的老琴弦
I think about you wonder what went wrong 想起你 嗯是哪裡錯了呢

Standing on your mama's porch 站在你家門口
You told me it would last forever 妳說我們會到永遠
Oh the way you held my hand ㄡ你握著我的手的樣子
I knew that it was now or never 我知道那永遠就是從沒有過的現在
Those were the best days of my life 那些我這輩子最美好的時光

Back in the summer of '69.

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在你的人生已降溫，仍有餘溫之際。
偶而你會受到專欄文章的激勵、偶而你想起還沒去的遠方、偶而你想起還沒實現的年輕時的夢想。昏黃燈光下，獨自沉浸在生命餘溫的溫馨時，偶而也突然的...，你鼓起放下多次的勇氣想去追求實現，卻也同時充滿懷疑、矛盾和不安。這時，只能聆聽來自你自己心裡自己的聲音....。
只是，常常還是聽不清楚，常常還是猶豫；就算是很清楚地聽到了，但是...，唉....(不知道怎麼說ㄋㄟ)。
了解，我知道：在夢想和勇氣的另一端，每個人還有自己的任務責任、自己的負擔、猶豫、軟弱和恐懼。那就再聽一陣子再說吧！Straight from the heart....

Straight From The Heart

I could start dreaming
But it'd never end
As long as you're gone
We may as well pretend
I've been dreaming
Straight from the heart 

You said it's easy but who's to say
That we'd be able to keep it this way
But it's easier
Coming straight from the heart 

Just give it to me straight from the heart
Tell me we can make another start
You know I'll never go
As long as I know
It's coming straight from the heart 

I'll see you on the street some other time
And all our words would just fall out of line
While we're dreaming
Straight from the heart

Just give it to me straight from the heart
Tell me we can make another start
You know I'll never go
As long as I know
It's coming straight from the heart

You know I'll never go
As long as I know
It's coming straight from the heart ....

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終於，一番努力幾經波折，你上天堂了....

Heaven

Oh thinking about all our younger years
There was only you and me
We were young and wild and free
Now nothing can take you away from me
We been down that road before
But that's over now, you keep me coming back for more

Baby you're all that I want
When you're lying here in my arms
I'm finding it hard to believe
We're in Heaven

And love is all that I need
And I found it there in your heart
It isn't too hard to see
We're in Heaven

Oh once in your life you find someone
Who will turn your world around
Bring you up when you're feeling down
Yeah nothing can change what you mean to me
Oh there's lots that I could say but just hold me now
Cause our love will light the way

Baby you're all that I want
When you're lying here in my arms
I'm finding it hard to believe
We're in Heaven

And love is all that I need
And I found it there in your heart
It isn't too hard to see
We're in Heaven

Yeah

I've been waiting for so long
For something to arrive
For love to come along

Now our dreams are coming true
Through the good times and the bad
Yeah I'll be standing there by you, oh

Baby you're all that I want
When you're lying here in my arms
I'm finding it hard to believe
We're in Heaven

And love is all that I need
And I found it there in your heart
It isn't too hard to see
We're in Heaven, Heaven
waaaa-ohhhhh

You're all that I want...
You're all that I need...