Time in a Bottle
Time in a Bottle
Time in a Bottle(時光寶瓶)是美國民謠搖滾歌手Jim Croce第三張錄音室專輯《You Don't Mess Around with Jim》(1972年4月)中的一首歌,當時沒有作為單曲發行,直至Jim Croce因飛機失事去世后,ABC唱片公司發行了單曲版。這首歌成為Jim Croce第二首也是最後一首Billboard Hot 100冠軍單曲,成為繼Otis Redding《(Sittin’On)The Dock Of The Bay》、Janis Joplin《Me and Bobby McGee》之後第三位在藝人去世后的冠軍單曲,同時歌曲所屬專輯《You Don't Mess Around with Jim》大賣,1974年年初在Billboard 200獲得冠軍五周的佳績,成為Jim Croce唯一的冠軍專輯。
此曲用於多部電影的背景音樂,如:《醉后大丈夫2》、《X戰警:逆轉未來》等。
Jim Croce
Jim Croce與Adrian James(1973年家中)
胡德夫——《時光》(來源:《一席》)
時光滴答滴答走的當中,夢也一場一場的來到,最後總覺得一些遺憾在,如果時間再多一點的話,或者時間能走慢一點的話,可能有些夢還來得及遂願,但是,就像我寫的歌,我正在寫《匆匆》這首歌的時候,它是我第二首作品,這個歌裡面的時間是一個箭頭一直往前走,那不是說我們虛擲光陰,是光陰把我們拋得遠遠的,但是我們一直在唱Jim Croce的一首歌,叫做《Time in a Bottle》。我才知道,原來也有人希望時間是可以鎖在瓶子里的,可以把一些還沒有達到的願望或者可以把它暫時鎖在一個地方。
If I could save time in a bottle
如果我可以把時光保存在瓶子里
The first thing that I like to do
我想做的第一件事
Is to save everyday till eternity passes away
就是保存每一天,直到永恆消逝
Just to spend them with you
然後與你一同分享
If I could make days last forever
如果我可以使時光停駐
If words could make wishes come true
如果言語可以使夢想成真
I'd save everyday like a treasure
我會把每天像寶藏一樣保存下來
And then again I would spend them with you
然後,再次與你分享
But there never seem to be enough time
但是,時間似乎永遠不夠
to do the things you want to do
讓你去做你想做的事
Once you've found them
一旦你已察覺
I've looked around enough to know
四處尋覓,我已明了
That you're the one I want to go through the time with
你就是我想要一起共度時光的人
If I had a box
如果我有一個盒子
just for wishes and dreams that had never come true
收集了未曾實現的願望和夢想
The box would be empty
盒子裡面可能是空的
Except for the memory of how they were answered by you
除了你有所響應的回憶以外
But there never seem to be enough time
但是,時間似乎永遠不夠
to do the things you want to do
讓你去做你想做的事
Once you've found them
一旦你已察覺
I've looked around enough to know
四處尋覓,我已明了
That you're the one I want to go through the time with
你就是我想要一起共度時光的人