One Song a Day - Red River Valley (紅河村). Song link at the bottom.
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Hong Kong real life story here. Red River Valley represents the local public housings, that’s where I grew up, and my only wish was to leave.
My wish did come true, not confined to anything which might appear to be a blessing at first. Every blessing comes with a cost, after all.
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Red River Valley
(Chet Lam)
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There’s a big world outside the small window
On the grey dusty balcony I heard the buzzing cars going all day long
Just a few hundred meters away there’s a paradise called Kai Tak Airport
Where planes coming and leaving carrying all my wishes
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I never understood the chess games under the banyan tree
I just knew that the caged singing birds wanted to fly far away
There were longings scattered around the Red River Valley
People, please don’t leave too rush
Seasons changed, how many faces will remain
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I loved biking from Tai Po to Plover Cove (suburb)
Even taking buses or trains it’s still far away, but it’s never boring
Every inch of the highway was bringing me closer to the heart of the city
Sometimes, I admired distance
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Every morning on the bus my heartbeat started raising
Cause in the sun lit classroom I could peek at you sitting by the window
We made a pledge in football court No. 7 in Tse Wan Shan (a local neighborhood)
That we would hug each other again in ten years next to the Harbor of Tsim Sha Tsui East (a commercial district)
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How are you, the one sitting next to the window
Are you happy today?
Is there anyone willing to validate your dreams in reality?
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Obeying all the rules wishing to climb to the top
Or enjoying your youth to the max, no caring about the outcome
Growing up everyone has some regret
And some good surprises flashing by
Behind every face there’s some sorrow brewing
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Not settling in yet but I am about to take off again
From the plane I watched this flashy little island
Every longing from the Red River Valley is flying to the ends of the world
I am grateful that you did not fall in love with me after all
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Every wish from the Red River Valley is drifting in the ends of the world
I am grateful that you did not fall in love with me after all
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來自小學時學到的一首美國民謠《紅河村》，但我的紅河村，則是我出生的地方：坪石邨。別跟我說什麼人情味、溫暖、方便，我唯一希望的事情，就是永遠離開那個地方。我想，無論你出生在什麼環境，你都希望能夠永遠離開那個地方，尋找自己心中的更好。我沒有其他同學一般幸運，在學校及傳統社會制度裡獲得普遍的成功與獎賞；我一早就選擇了音樂，也可能是音樂選擇了我。無論如何，帶著一點幸運，我的希望終於都成真，但我越來越明白，每個幸運背後都附帶著不同的代價。
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紅河村
（曲詞：林一峰）
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看小小窗框中的海闊天空
露台灰灰的 汽車聲整天騷動
離家數百米之外 一個叫啟德的天堂
飛機升降 載著我每個盼望
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榕樹下看不懂所有棋局
籠中相思雀很想飛遠方
紅河村中佈滿心事
不要走得這麼匆忙
夏去秋又來 記著會有幾個
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騎單車大埔奔向大尾篤
乘巴士火車都多麼遠 真好
沿海的每寸公路
通向市區的心臟
距離 有時我更加嚮往
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每朝七點車廂中 我開始心跳加速
陽光班房 有坐窗邊的你可偷看
在慈雲山的球場七號
相約尖沙咀海傍
定了十年以後再抱一趟
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窗邊的你今天也愉快嗎
現實裡有誰 願為你兌現承諾
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要守規則 盼有一天攀上高峰
或燃燒青春 要精彩不計較收穫
尋找中各有失落 都有驚喜匆匆閃過
每個笑臉 蘊藏了多少滄桑
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還未及著地 又要即將再起飛
從機艙中看這小島一片燈火
紅河村的每個心事 飛向天邊海
我慶幸你沒有愛上我
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紅河村的每個希望 飄泊於天邊海角
我慶幸你沒有愛上我
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https://music.apple.com/us/album/%E7%B4%85%E6%B2%B3%E6%9D%91/570433231?i=570433394
