父親節到了，每個人的父親都在我們自己的心中形塑意義。今年，我用歌來過父親節，但願我善良憨厚中帶一點不自知的驕愚的老爸，快樂健康，在碎碎念中享受當
我們父親的喜悅。

也順便在這裡祝福大家的父親健康快樂!

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很喜歡 John McDermott的演唱方式，雖然有些咬字不是頂清楚，卻很容易讓我靜下心
來聆聽，慢慢唱的方式，讓我有時間回味每一句的餘韻，呵呵呵，真的老了，連聽歌都有了聽老歌的習慣。網路上分享的知識說，50到60歲，老化加速進行，我逐漸感受到了!

John McDermott聲音清亮帶感情，很有聲樂家的影子，帶著我進入一個男人懷念父親的感情世界。聽著聽著，不免懷疑是否當最後一聲道別說完，我們才有力氣回憶生命中美好的部份，親情才能夠在心中自動演出一場完美的愛情。

親子之間，總有一些情感糾葛干擾彼此的愛，接近的時候，情緒纏繞在彼此的缺陷，無力掙脫時，只能彼此閃避增加傷害。年過半百，上要面對父母，下有子女要接近，對子女無私的全然付出時，也驚覺父母當年也是這般愛著我，用他們能力範圍內的全部心力。只是當時年紀小，面對父母和家族的期許，壓力大過承受能力，那時無法感受父母的愛竟然是如此的偉大。

現在，我有能力回想，父母的愛，從以前汨汨不絕，即便現在已經將近80高齡，依然三不五時提著愛心便當來幫我這忙碌的中年人加餐飯!

聽著"My Old Man"，歌裡的父親已然赴天國，我的父親依然有力氣騎著他的速克達送愛心，呵，這樣的美好親情，我感恩。爸爸，我愛您。謝謝您和媽媽認真照顧自己的身體，讓我們子女不必操心!

The tears have all been shed now
We've said our last goodbyes
His souls been blessed
He's laid to rest
And it's now i feel alone
He was moer than just a father
A teacher my best friend
He can still be heard
In the tunes we shared
When we play them on our own

(chorus)
I never will forget him
For he made me what I am
Though he may be gone
Memories linger on
And I miss him, the old man

As a boy he'd take me walking
By mountain field and stream
And he showed me things
Not known to kings
And secret between him and me
Like the colours of the pheasant
As he rises in the dawn
And how to fish and make a wish
Beside the holly tree

I thought he'd live forever
He seemed so big and strong
But the minutes fly
And the years roll by
For a father and a son
And suddenly when it happened
There was so much left unsaid
No second chance
To tell him thanks
For everything he's done