美女、青春與 Cool for Cats

我喜歡笑容漂亮的女人。卻有人虧我：「哪個女人笑起來不漂亮？」沒錯，每個女人笑起來都好看漂亮，不過能暖和心靈、讓我也漾出笑容，就不是每個漂亮女人都能做到的事情了。也就是說，這是很主觀的感受。

我心目中的漂亮笑容，目前第一名是竹內結子（たけうち ゆうこ）；自然上揚的嘴角，知性帶點俏皮的氣質，有種「真是可愛的女孩啊～真想好好照顧」的感覺。也讓我心中相當溫暖，嘴角也不自覺上揚、心情愉快，有種「青春啊」的暢快。

我在 Cool for Cats 歌曲中也找到這種感覺。這首來自 Squeeze 的著名單曲出生於 1979 年，由成員 Chris Difford 填詞並主唱，旋律帶有復古色彩的 Disco 風味，讓人不自覺想擺動身體；主唱聲線完全像個不可一世的英國小伙子，就像《發條橘子》男主角一樣想撼動世界，因為他夠年輕。

就在這種復古又青春的組合中，我配著某日和煦的陽光、掛著心滿意足的笑容，上班去。當然，也沒忘記搖頭晃腦一番。

繼續找尋笑容漂亮的女人，繼續找尋讓我溫暖微笑的力量。

The indians send signals
From the rocks above the pass
The cowboys take positions
In the bushes and the grass

The squaw is with the corporal
She is tied against the tree
She doesnt mind the language
Its the beating she dont need
She lets loose all the horses
When the corporal is asleep

And he wakes to find the fires dead
And arrows in his hats
And davy crockett rides around
And says its cool for cats

The sweeneys doing ninety
cos theyve got the word to go
They get a gang of villains
In a shed up at heathrow
Theyre counting out the fivers
When the handcuffs lock again
In and out of wandsworth
With the numbers on their names
Its funny how their missus
Always look the bleeding same

And meanwhile at the station
Theres a couple of likely lads
Who swear like hows your father
And theyre very cool for cats
Theyre cool for cats

To change the mood a little
Ive been posing down the pub
On seeing my reflection
Im looking slightly rough
I fancy this, I fancy that
I wanna be so flash
I give a little muscle
And I spend a little cash
But all I get is bitter and a nasty little rash

And by the time Im sober
Ive forgotten what Ive had
And evrybody tells me that its cool to be a cat
Cool for cats

Shake up at the disco
And I think Ive got a pull
I ask her lots of questions
And she hangs on to the wall
I kiss her for the first time
And then I take her home
Im invited in for coffee
And I give the dog a bone

She likes to go to discos
But shes never on her own
I said Ill see you later
And I give her some old chat
But its not like that on the tv
When its cool for cats
Its cool for cats

後記：Xbox 360 遊戲吉他英雄收錄這首歌，讓我有點想買「沒啥好遊戲又無特點」的 Xbox 360 啊！