One Song a Day - Ice-cream Van (雪糕車). Translation and Song link in the bottom.
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A song about the thriving Hong Kong public housing estate life in the 70’s and 80’s, reflecting how kids grew up in a big city from the bottom. When you’re busy meeting ends, you know how to appreciate little things in life. Thankfully it is still the little things that can make my day.
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Ice-cream Van
(Chet Lam)
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Carrying an overweight school bag
Browsing new pencil cases in the store
Couldn’t wait for Spacecraft (TV show) to take offat 4:30
A family of seven in 300 square feet
Everyone had his own awesome corner
Soap operas triumphed every night
Listen, some chunky melody downstairs is coming close, calling all the kids to come down
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Feeling joy instantly whenever the ice-cream van approaching
Even homework would melt away
We played traffic light, jumping aero planes,
Paper scissors stones
Nobody cared about win or lose
We just kept laughing
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Focus shifted to my hair
I did’t care about the chilly weather
I would rather check out my cool self in the mirror
Wandering around, I didn’t want to go home
The night was falling, but loneliness was scarier
The gate key at home was chaining my heart
Loved it, hated it, sometimes I couldn’t even tell
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Feeling puzzled, Youth was not a laughing matter
Everyday I was on the telephone until late
We held hands for a few seconds when crossing the traffic lights
While the ice-cream van far away was not needed anymore, it’s too old
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Times have changed, Relationships thinned away
Not used to the new things yet they already got old
We go forward, scenery goes backward
The nuances are turning into a paper crane hidden in the memory
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Furnitures and plastic bags loaded up the truck
Boxes fillied with memories
When I moved away that day, I would rather go slow
When the truck passed through the ice-cream van
The old man’s business didn’t look so good
Then the van vanished in sight
Days gone by I was so busy trying to live through the chaos
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Too busy, I started forgetting how to smile
Car loan, home mortgage, utilities all added up heavy
We’re competing with traffic lights
When you had credit cards, I had money, he had a mountain of cheques to cash
We finally parted
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Things advance too fast
Transitions too speedy
Some senses degenerate
We always need to take off before we settle in
Been there done that
New things become old
We cannot recall certain things after too many farewells
Suddenly, some chunky melody is getting closer
And my heart feels a deep strike
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I almost have forgotten some simple laughters
Whenever I heard the ice-cream van approaching I would just melt away
I stop for a moment, see a little kid holding the cone contently
That happiness...
Nothing is more important than that
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在沒有選擇之下開心選擇，能夠練就情緒智商（EQ）；在沒有資源的環境長大，能夠加倍享受生命給你的一點一點驚喜；我的童年並沒有「快樂」這個概念，只是一個永遠不會被佛格華茲取錄的麻瓜學生，但簡單如差勁音響傳來的雪糕車音樂聲，竟然能給我一點點希望。其實，我從來都不喜歡那些軟雪糕，小時候也沒有閒錢去買那些零食，我嚮往的，只是外面的世界；現在我還是嚮往外面的世界，但我希望在有能力選擇生活時，仍然可以為微小的事情而滿足。
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雪糕車
（曲詞：林一峰）
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背上過重書包放學 看看店裡新到筆盒
穿梭機快快四點開
一家七口三百呎內 各有各繽紛一角
電視劇晚晚都精彩
叮叮噹樓下笨重音響漸大催促小子快下來
迷住了 頃刻開心了
每當聽到雪糕車靠近 功課也溶掉
紅綠燈 飛機一起跳 你出包我出剪他有'Dub'
輸贏繼續笑
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心思開始遷到髮上 再冷我也不怕著涼
穿新裝對鏡子欣賞
到處逛逛公園坐下 轉轉轉也不想歸家
天黑黑寂寞更可怕
鐵閘門匙就像一把心鎖 愛恨參半知多少
迷住了 青春不可笑
每天都與聽筒多接近 偶爾到天曉
紅綠燈 拖手的幾秒
遠處的雪糕車不再被需要 太舊了
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時代換了 人情淡了
還未習慣新的都已變舊了
沿途風景漸後退
餘音漸幻化藏在記憶裡一隻紙飛鳥
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傢俬膠袋充塞貨櫃 載滿了記憶的箱子
搬走當天確有點依依
車子駛經村口發現
老伯伯雪糕車生意不怎麼好 轉角已不見
一天天過去混亂中忙著應戰
忙極了 開始不懂笑
要供車要供樓水與電差餉也不少
紅綠燈街中爭分
你有卡我有錢他有疊支票 告別了
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進化太快高速過度 退化了一些感覺
未及著地又要起飛
看過聽過新的變舊 再見說了多次以後
一些感觸再也想不起
街角傳來笨重音響剎那間
一種騷動直搗心深處
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差點忘掉了 簡單的歡笑
只需聽到雪糕車靠近 便完全溶化掉
停住了 看著小伙子
滿足握著雪糕筒那幸福感
沒比這更重要
la...la...la...la...la...
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