"一幕令人難忘的悲劇,
"The Late Great Johnny Ace"
這是1983年, Paul Simon 的第六張個人專輯 "HEART AND BONES" 當中的一首歌曲, 述及他懐念的三位公眾人物, 他們圴是英年早逝而名字又相同, 他執筆作曲撰詞, 將自己最仰慕和尊祟, 同是以 JOHN 為名的人物, 如詩般描繪在歌曲中 ....
John F. Kennedy : "Ask what you can do for your country"
John Lennon : "You may say I'm a dreamer"
Johnny Ace : "Forever my darling, our love will be true"
John Lennon : "You may say I'm a dreamer"
Johnny Ace : "Forever my darling, our love will be true"
Pledging My Love & Johnny Ace - Live
I was reading a magazine
And thinking of a rock and roll song
The year was nineteen fifty six
And I hadn't been playing that long
When a man came on the radio
And this is what he said
He said "I hate to break it to his fans"
But Johnny Ace is dead, yeah, yeah, yeah
Well, I really wasn't, such a Johnny Ace fan
But I felt bad all the same
So I sent away for his photograph
And I waited till it came
It came all the way from Texas
With a sad and simple face
And they signed it on the bottom
From the late great Johnny Ace, yeah, yeah, yeah
It was the year of the Beatles
It was the year of the Stones
It was nineteen sixty four, I was living in London
With the girl from the summer before
It was the year of the Beatles
It was the year of the Stones, a year after J.F.K
We were staying up all night and giving the days away
And the music was flowing amazing and blowing my way
On a cold December evening
I was walking through the Christmas tide
When a stranger came up and asked me
If I'd heard John Lennon had died
And the two of us went to this bar
And we stayed to close the place
And every song we played
Was for the late great Johnny Ace, yeah, yeah, yeah.
I was reading a magazine
And thinking of a rock and roll song
The year was nineteen fifty six
And I hadn't been playing that long
When a man came on the radio
And this is what he said
He said "I hate to break it to his fans"
But Johnny Ace is dead, yeah, yeah, yeah
Well, I really wasn't, such a Johnny Ace fan
But I felt bad all the same
So I sent away for his photograph
And I waited till it came
It came all the way from TexasWith a sad and simple face
And they signed it on the bottom
From the late great Johnny Ace, yeah, yeah, yeah
It was the year of the Beatles
It was the year of the Stones
It was nineteen sixty four, I was living in London
With the girl from the summer before
It was the year of the Beatles
It was the year of the Stones, a year after J.F.K
We were staying up all night and giving the days away
And the music was flowing amazing and blowing my way
On a cold December eveningI was walking through the Christmas tide
When a stranger came up and asked me
If I'd heard John Lennon had died
And the two of us went to this bar
And we stayed to close the place
And every song we played
Was for the late great Johnny Ace, yeah, yeah, yeah.
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