季節感と遊びごころ

今日ふと秋の空を見上げて、昔家族で栗拾いに言ったときのことを思い出した。ひとつ年上の兄とまだ２，３さいだった妹と両親と知り合いの人の持つ持ち山ならぬ雑木林に栗拾いをさせてもらいに案内されて行ったのだった。とっても山奥でほとんど、は獣道ばかりでところどころが針金を使って幅を広げてあり、人がやっと通れるように低木の細い木々が抑えられていた。母はまだ小さかった妹を背に負ぶっていて、5人で延々と栗を拾いながら進んでいったのを思いだした。うちの親はいつも本気になって一緒になんでもする親で夢中になって栗を拾ううちに、背に負ぶった妹のことなど忘れて針金に妹の首を引っ掛けたぐらいであった。そのときの光景はいかにもおかしくてあのときの大笑いを今でも思い出し笑えたのだ。うちの両親は夏は海へ、春や秋はその時々に応じてきのこや山菜、いろんなものを摘みに連れ出す親だった。、私が今でも時々ひとりで海に行ったり、木々に囲まれてるだけでなんとも言いようのない充実感に浸れるのはそのせいだろうか。冬に雪が降っては心弾むし霜が降りると雪を待ち遠しく思う。それって大人になった今子供の頃から身につけ貯め続けてきた、すごい財産であるかのように貴重に思えてしまう。季節が変わるのは私には誰よりも楽しいことのように思えるし、その遊び心のような趣、自然の楽しみ方を一緒に楽しむことで教えてくれた親をとっても誇りに思う。でもその親には到底恥ずかしくてそんなこと絶対面と向かっていえない。のだった。

Woman's worth

you could buy me diamonds
you could buy me pearls
Take me on a cruise around the world
baby, you know I'm worth it
Dinner lit by a candle
Run my bubble bath
Make love tenderly to last, and last
Baby, you know I'm worth it
Wanna please; wanna keep; wanna'treat your
woman right?
(let)Her knows, but show, that you know she's
worth your time
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you will lose, if you choose, to refuse to put her first
She will if she can find a man who knows her worth!
'Cause a real man knows a real woman when he
sees her
And a real woman knows a real man
ain’t 'fraid to please her
And a real woman knows a real man always
comes first
And a real man just can't deny
A woman's worth
If you treat me fairly
(I'll) give you all my goods.
Treat you like a real woman should
baby, I know you're worth it
If you never play me
Promise not to bluff
I'll hold you down (then) it gets rough
'Cause baby, I know you're worth it
She rolls the mile; makes you smile, all the while
being true
Don't take for granted the passions that she has
for you
You will lose, if you choose, to refuse to put her first
She will (if) she can find a man who knows
her worth!
...OH!
(Chorus)
'Cause a real man knows a real woman when he
sees her (when he sees her)
And a real woman knows a real man
Ain't 'fraid to please her (please me)
And a real woman knows a real man always
comes first (first, baby)
And a real man just can't deny
A woman's worth

[Breakdown]
No need to read between the lines
Spell it out for you (spell it out for you)
Just hear this song
'Cause you can't go wrong when you value(Better value...)
A woman's, woman's, woman's, woman's Worth! (yeah)


[Chorus (x2)]
'Cause a real man knows a real woman when he
sees her (when he sees her[1st time]) (nothin' like a woman's worth [2nd time])
And a real woman knows a real man
Ain't 'fraid to please her (please me [1st time]) (ohhh, ooh [2nd time])
And a real woman knows a real man always
comes first (first, baby [1st time]) (comes first [2nd time])
And a real man just can't deny
A woman's worth (a woman's worth)
Dooooh

Mmmn hmmn (x1)

Suba duba do'h do'h
doodle dee doodle dee
Oohh

Mhmn hmmn (x1)

Better Cherish that woman
You better be good for that woman
Ooooh yeah

If I ain't got you

Some people live for the fortune
Some people live just for the fame
Some people live for the power, yeah
Some people live just to play the game
Some people think that the physical things
Define what's within
And I've been there before
But that life's a bore
So full of the superficial
Some people want it all
But I don't want nothing at all
If it ain't you baby
If I ain't got you baby
Some people want diamond rings
Some just want everything
But everything means nothing
If I ain't got you, Yeah
Some people search for a fountain
(that)promises forever young
Some people need three dozen roses
And that's the only way to prove you love (them)
Hand me the world on a silver platter
And what good would it be