YouTube推出珍貴的James Taylor的現場演唱錄影

特別是這首Fire & Rain

在我長期的歌單中排行將近30年

在James聲譽如日中天的時代

一陣晴天霹靂讓他寫下這首歌

歌壇人人稱羨的金童玉女

同行中玉女折翼

Sweet dreams and flying machines in pieces on the ground

flying machines 是他們合唱團的名字

也暗喻了這場空難

從此他陷入難以自拔的深淵……吸毒兼之精神失常

將近十年後才再推出那首振奮人心的 Handy man

此時聯想到另一位倒楣的天才 – Jim Croce

造化真是弄人......

這首歌太熟了  我放棄了翻譯

翻譯只有破壞意境

http://tw.youtube.com/watch?v=64_303eHaTM

Just yesterday morning they let me know you were gone

Susanne the plans they made put an end to you

I walked out this morning and I wrote down this song

I just can't remember who to send it to

I've seen fire and I've seen rain

I've seen sunny days that I thought would never end

I've seen lonely times when I could not find a friend

But I always thought that I'd see you again

Won't you look down upon me, Jesus

You've got to help me make a stand

You've just got to see me through another day

My body's aching and my time is at hand

And I won't make it any other way

Oh, I've seen fire and I've seen rain

I've seen sunny days that I thought would never end

I've seen lonely times when I could not find a friend

But I always thought that I'd see you again

Been walking my mind to an easy time my back turned towards the sun

Lord knows when the cold wind blows it'll turn your head around

Well, there's hours of time on the telephone line to talk about things

to come

Sweet dreams and flying machines in pieces on the ground

Oh, I've seen fire and I've seen rain

I've seen sunny days that I thought would never end

I've seen lonely times when I could not find a friend

But I always thought that I'd see you, baby, one more time again, now

Thought I'd see you one more time again

There's just a few things coming my way this time around, now

Thought I'd see you, thought I'd see you fire and rain, now