抽屜的角落放著一個小小的音樂盒，
幾年前女兒常拿出來玩怕她摔壞於是將它收了起來。
這個音樂盒有些歷史了，積滿在北部工作的點點滴滴。
只要搖起鈴聲時，記憶旋即被拉到過去。
我一直都習慣有人幫我過生日，家人、朋友，從小到大。
第一年在台北工作，生日那天，我在街頭晃著，
身邊沒半個人，當然也沒人幫我過生日。
那時中華商場還沒拆，我爬過一座又一座天橋想把那天過完。
爬的腳酸時我踱到西門町去，瀏覽繽紛多樣的櫥窗。
沒人幫我過生日，我心裡想著。
我可以自己過啊！
櫥窗的架子上放著一排木製音樂盒，
手搖的，每個盒子的樂曲都不一樣。
我一個一個放在耳邊搖著，找了最喜歡的一曲，為自己買下。
從那年開始我年年為自己買生日禮物，直到現在。
撫著音樂盒，有些微的鏽斑了，鈴聲卻依舊悅耳。
1988年啊！原來是那年開始。
想起那日在搖晃的公車上，伸手摸到袋子裡的音樂盒，
不禁微笑了起來，儘管夜已深，
Yesterday once more在心裡迴旋著：
屬於1988年的生日....................。
When I was young
Waitin' for my favorite songs
When they played I'd sing along,
It made me smile
Those were such happy times
And not so long ago
How I wondered where they'd gone
But they're back again
Just like a long lost friend
All the songs I loved so well
Every Sha-la-la-la
Every Wo-wo-wo
Still shines
Every shing-a-ling-a-ling
That they're starting to sing's
So fine
When they get to the part
Where he's breakin' her heart
It can really make me cry
Just like before
It's yesterday once more
Lookin' back on how it was
In years gone by
And the good time that I had
Makes today seem rather sad
So much has changed
It was songs of love that
I would sing to then
And I'd memorize each word
Those old melodies
Still sound so good to me
As they melt the years away
All my best memories
Come back clearly to me
Some can even make me cry
Just like before
It's yesterday once more
2010.6.27
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