花花豬年少時,喜歡聽英文民歌,所以跑去學結他。那時候,家裏很窮,父母若不是疼我,斷不會花這些錢,花花豬亦很明白,所以只學了個初班,知道了基本的彈法,以後就看書來學了。
那年代,花花豬有一首‘favorite song,叫做‘Carry On Till Tomorrow’,在中三時,花花豬跟一位同學合唱此曲,便在校內的歌唱比賽中拿了冠軍。我們曾經在練習時,把其中一段錄下來,那時候,沒什麼MP3,MP4,只靠錄音帶,可惜,這段帶沒多久便斷了,所以除了記憶,沒什麼留下來,人生每多遺憾。
那位合唱的同學,有個很特別的姓氏,她姓「管」,是一個很有才華的女孩子,家裏很富裕,她曾經幫過花花豬不少忙。最記得有一回,要出席包租人的嫁女飲宴,花花豬沒漂亮的衣服穿,本以為隨隨便便便成,誰知臨出門時,見到其他鄰居,全都穿得很隆重,相比之下,花花豬顯得很寒酸,於是立即打電話給那同學借衣服,她著我立即過去,我們家距離不太近,花花豬是跑過去的,由於太心急,過馬路時幾乎被車撞死,所以直至今日,這情景仍歷歷在目。那天,花花豬可以說,幾乎是全場最漂亮的,一襲紅色連身裙子,真皮外套和長靴,長靴,那年代沒多少人買得起。
自從離開學校後,大家漸漸沒有聯繫了,很多年後,花花豬在地鐵站,好像見到她,但沒有上前打招呼,過去了,就是過去。
Carry On Till Tomorrow (Badfingers)
In younger days, I told myself my life would be my own
And I’d leave the place where sunshine never shone
For my life’s too short for waiting when I see the rising sun
Then I know again that I must carry on
Carry on till tomorrow, there’s no reason to look back
Carry on, carry on, carry on
Beyond the shadows of the clouds and onward to the sky
Carry on till I find the rainbow’s end
For my life’s too short for waiting when I see the rising sun
Then I know again that I must carry on
Carry on till tomorrow, there’s no reason to look back
Carry on, carry on, carry on
Drifting on the wings of freedom, leave this stormy day
And we’ll ride to tomorrow’s golden fields
For my life’s too short for waiting when I see the rising sun
Then I know again that I must carry on
Carry on till tomorrow, there’s no reason to look back
Carry on, carry on, carry on
And when the heavy journey’s done, I’ll rest my weary head
For the world and it’s colours will be mine
For my life’s too short for waiting when I see the setting sun
Then I know again that I must carry on
Carry on till tomorrow, there’s no reason to look back
Carry on, carry on, carry on
這首歌,不單旋律動聽,最重要是歌詞很勵志,一句Carry On Till Tomorrow,就鼓勵過不少年青人,記得那年的比賽,有兩個男學長也是唱此曲,好像也在三甲內。