在派克市場遇見Neil Young

穿梭在派克市場紅磚房舍間小巷尋訪特色小店，一直是我西雅圖生活愜意的一面。有天在極具傳統市集風味的小攤吃完俄羅斯餃子，重新踏入陽光普照的巷中時，不遠處傳來一陣熟悉的樂聲。尋聲望去，原來一個街頭藝人正在自彈自唱Neil Young的名曲「Heart of Gold」（按下去欣賞此曲）。

I want to live,
I want to give
I've been a miner for a heart of gold.
It's these expressions I never give
That keep me searching for a heart of gold
And I'm getting old.
Keeps me searching for a heart of gold
And I'm getting old.

I've been to Hollywood
I've been to Redwood
I crossed the ocean for a heart of gold
I've been in my mind, it's such a fine line
That keeps me searching for a heart of gold
And I'm getting old.
Keeps me searching for a heart of gold
And I'm getting old.

Keep me searching for a heart of gold
You keep me searching for a heart of gold
And I'm getting old.
I've been a miner for a heart of gold.

誠摯的歌聲、動人的吉他，配上粗獷的口琴間奏，就像是Neil Young本人在演唱一樣，讓JY與我忍不住駐足聆聽。我不知道在這樣後巷一般的地方，一天下來可以讓琴盒裡累積多少賞金。但我感謝他，在我們即將啟程回台前，與這麼具有追尋之意的歌曲相遇。

西雅圖手札上一篇“走進歌劇魅影的世界—西雅圖Paramount Theater“