







看过Showtime去年的电视影集“weeds",讲述关于美国郊区大农村的中产主妇丧夫后在当地社区售卖大麻weeds的故事,题材和“Desperate Housewives"雷同却又更为辛辣。而其中印象最深的就是这部剧集的主题曲,由民谣歌手Malvina Reynolds演唱。当我走过这些中产郊区的时候,心中不免哼哼着这首“ticky-tacky"的歌。
Little Boxes on the Hillside
Little boxes on the hillside,
Little boxes made of ticky-tacky,
Little boxes, little boxes,Little boxes, all the same.
There's a green one and a pink one
And a blue one and a yellow one
And they're all made out of ticky-tacky
And they all look just the same.
And the people in the houses
All go to the university,
And they all get put in boxes,
Little boxes, all the same.
And there's doctors and there's lawyersAnd business executives,
And they're all made out of ticky-tacky
And they all look just the same.
And they all play on the golf-course,
And drink their Martini dry,
And they all have pretty children,
And the children go to school.
And the children go to summer camp
And then to the university,
And they all get put in boxes
And they all come out the same.
And the boys go into business,
And marry, and raise a family,
And they all get put in boxes,
Little boxes, all the same.
There's a green one and a pink one
And a blue one and a yellow one
And they're all made out of ticky-tacky
And they all look just the same.