Moon River
by Steven
而他的博客名字是A lonely drifter off to see the world，让我联想起了曾经在课堂上学过的Andy Williams的Moon River这首歌中的一句歌词”Two drifters off to the world……”，一首优美的歌，却成为了一个轻生者的心声。还记得当时老师跟我们讲的时候说，这句话的意思是世界很美好，总有一天我们会风光的渡过这个河。听这首歌的时候也引起了我美好的想像，以及对未来的憧憬。不知道这位29岁的博士是否在我这个年纪的时候有过同样的感受，于是将这句歌词深深的记下来了，而随着时间的推移，现实与理想的距离使他失去了对世界的信心，以至于轻生。
不了解这位博士为什么轻生，同样也不愿意对已逝者再进行打扰。但是我仍然是很喜欢这首歌，我相信樊博士也是一样。希望他的灵魂能够在天上安息。
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Moon river, wider than a mile
I’m crossing you in style some day
Oh, dream maker, you heart breaker
Wherever you’re goin’, i’m goin’ your way
two drifters, off to see the world
there’s such a lot of world to see
we’re after the same rainbow’s end, waitin”round the bend
my huckleberry friend, moon river, and me
(moon river, wider than a mile)
(I’m crossin’ you in style some day)
oh, dream maker, you heart breaker
wherever you’re goin’, I’m goin’ your way
two drifters, off to see the world
there’s such a lot of world to see
We’re after that same rainbow’s end, waitin”round the bend
my huckleberry friend, moon river, and me
(moon river, moon river)
“Moon River” is a song composed by Johnny Mercer (Lyrics) and Henry Mancini (Music) in 1961, for whom it won that year’s Academy Award for Best Original Song. It is most well-known for being sung in the movie Breakfast at Tiffany’s by Audrey Hepburn, although it has been covered by many other artists.
An inlet near Savannah, Georgia, Johnny Mercer’s hometown, was named “Moon River” in honor of this song. Andy Williams, who recorded the song, named his production company and venue in Branson, Missouri after “Moon River”.
The success of the song was responsible for re-launching Mercer’s career as a songwriter, which had stalled in the mid-1950s because rock and roll replaced jazz standards as the popular music of the time.
Lyrics
The phrase “Huckleberry friend” was explained by Mercer in an interview with Terry Gross on National Public Radio’s “Fresh Air”. In his childhood, Mercer would go collect huckleberries with friends along the river, thus it is a nostalgic reference to childhood.]]>
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