听歌是一件或轰轰烈烈或松松散散的事情。

有的歌，歌词一出便让人避之不及，前尘往事扑面而来，直听的人一脸颓然，一嘴沙子，歌者的故事便成了听者的事故。有的歌，让人陷在恍惚中无法自拔。觉得需要收拾一下自己的情绪的时候，却又无从下手，索性只想找点喝的。漫不经心间歌曲就循环了几十遍。

有的歌两者皆不是，却又介于两者之间。

这首歌叫做《Ye Auld Triangle》，由于是来自红了好几年的Cat Power（Chan Marshall），姑且算作半首街歌。

Cat Power - Ye Auld Triangle

A hungry feeling, came o'er me stealing
And the mice they were squealing in my prison cell
And that auld triangle, went jingle jangle
All along the banks of the Royal Canal.

Oh to start the morning, the warden bawling
Get up out of bed you, and clean out your cell
And that auld triangle, went jingle jangle
All along the banks of the Royal Canal.

Oh the screw was peeping and the lag was sleeping
As he lay weeping for his girl Sal
And that auld triangle, went jingle jangle
All along the banks of the Royal Canal.

On a fine spring evening, the lag lay dreaming
And the seagulls were wheeling high above the wall
And that auld triangle, went jingle jangle
All along the banks of the Royal Canal.

Oh the wind was sighing, and the day was dying
As the lag lay crying in his prision cell
And that auld triangle, went jingle bloody jangle
All along the banks of the Royal Canal.

In the female prison there are seventy women
And I wish it was with them that I did dwell
And that auld triangle, went jingle jangle
All along the banks of the Royal Canal.

你有没有过这样的日子？窗外的春暖花开与你无关，属于你的只有寒冷。你希望被关进监狱，不再相信这个世界。你设想过，也许过了很多年，你抬头一看，你还在那间牢房里。这种绝望压的你喘不过气。你宣判自己的刑期遥遥无期，然后无心出逃。这个时候，你突然看见牢房的角落里还有一个人，然后她为你唱了一首歌，告诉你她也没打算出去。



写给Cat Power，唱这首歌的姑娘Chan Marshall。

不要盯着我，
此刻我也许并不在场。
也别看乐队，
他们时常忘记了伴奏。

我要给你讲个故事，
可不知从何讲起。
有人说这只是自恋，
但是我并不傲慢。

跟我一起消沉吧，
这占用不了多少时间。
进入我的故事吧，
那一定不可能是假的。

有首歌没有前奏，
有些事无需铺陈。
刑期遥遥无期，
有人无心出逃。

那麽请悲伤吧，
你知道我可能是个老手。
那麽请悲伤吧，
就像你第一天学会悲伤。