[00:00.000] 作词 : Buck Ram/Kim Gannon/Walter Kent
[00:00.003] 作曲 : Buck Ram/Kim Gannon/Walter Kent
[00:00.07]"My mother and father spent most of their lives in Henderson, Nevada.
[00:04.33]The small, dusty sidecar of Las Vegas.
[00:08.57]Henderson was just like any other town in America, only with slot machines in the laundromat.
[00:14.37]It was 1990, and Vegas was boomin', baby!
[00:18.62] But Jeanie and Terry weren't gamblers or dealers or mafiosos or lounge singers.
[00:23.72]They were just two normal people trying to keep up with the pack in a one-hundred-and-sixteen-degree rat race.
[00:30.08]And those rats; they'd nibbled long enough.
[00:33.47]Now, I don't know what a mosey looks like, but they packed up their house and their clothes and their me, and they moseyed on outta dodge.
[00:41.83]Of course, I had my gripes about leavin'.
[00:44.38]I mean, I had a life in Henderson.
[00:47.53]Kenny and Kevin Hebner were just two houses up.
[00:50.04]The desert fort behind my house wasn't gonna defend itself.
[00:53.79]But what could I do?
[00:54.95]I was nine.
[00:56.35]A nine-year-old can't just stage a sit-in while the rest of the family checks out.
[01:00.61]This wasn't a Home Alone movie, so...
[01:03.41]I went where the sweet'n'sour chicken was cooked, and the ice cold, caffeine-free Coke was just a fridge away.
[01:11.01]And just like that, from sagebrush, slot machines and Elvis to Footloose, Onion Days and Jewel.
[01:18.99]She was born there, after all.
[01:21.09]This place called Payson, Utah.
[01:23.14]God's country.
[01:24.59]Population: blink, and you'll miss it.
[01:28.45]Dad got a job in the produce department at the Smith's Food King, which was fitting since he managed to produce six kids:
[01:35.26]April, Shelley, Amy, Stephanie and my brother Shane were the other five.
[01:40.01] I was in fourth grade at the time, an age when boys start thinking more like men.
[01:46.21]And there wasn't a dull moment: I'd had my first fight, my first crush, my first rodeo, but most importantly my first white Christmas.
[01:55.85]I did my best to fit in, and I did as my teachers said, but that year one teacher stood out from the rest.
[02:02.72]He didn't just stand out from the rest; He sung out.
[02:05.98]His name was Mr Hansen.
[02:07.73]And on a frosty December morning, he explained to us the story of the old standard "I'll Be Home For Christmas".
[02:14.48]A tale of a World War II soldier stationed overseas, writing a letter to his family about the return that he may never make.
[02:21.73]I saw it struck deep in him.
[02:24.09]Now, it would be easy to describe Mr Hansen as brave.
[02:27.79]After all, this was a man who himself had served his country during the Korean war.
[02:32.09]But getting up in front of twenty five nine-year-olds and singing a capella?
[02:36.70]That's a whole other kind of bravery altogether.
[02:40.01]The other kids were looking for the nearest escape:
[02:42.95]they couldn't bear the embarrassment.
[02:44.95]But not me.
[02:45.86] I was wrapped up in it.
[02:47.71]I couldn't help myself.
[02:49.50]I knew I was experiencing something different from the others, but I was uplifted so it didn't matter.
[02:54.81]I felt the isolation of war.
[02:57.61]I felt the power of a song, and that's the kind of thing that sticks with you.
[03:02.26]You don't let it go.
[03:03.76]And so, for this here Christmas song, I have a friend I brought along.
[03:08.18]He's eighty six, but sounds like twenty, and though the other kids might find it funny, he'd like to sing his song for you, and if he doesn't mind I might join in too."
[03:25.32]I'll be home for Christmas
[03:33.78]You can count on me
[03:41.33]Please have snow and mistletoe
[03:47.99]And presents on the tree
[03:55.80]Oh Christmas eve will find me
[04:04.64]Where the love light gleams
[04:12.10]I'll be home for Christmas
[04:20.50]If only in my dreams
[04:31.81]I'll be home for Christmas
[04:39.92]You can count on me
[04:48.37]Please have snow and mistletoe
[04:55.87]And presents on the tree
[05:03.07]Oh Christmas eve will find me
[05:12.23]Where the love light gleams
[05:20.58]I'll be home for Christmas
[05:27.92]If only in my dreams
[05:36.82]If only in my dreams