추석휴일이 계속되는 화요일 저녁, 저녁식사를 마치고 라디오를 켜니 노래 한 곡이 흘러나온다. “Perhaps Love“이다. 대학생이 되어 정말 많이 들었던 노래이다. 당시에는 다방(지금으로 보자면 카페)에 가서 이 노래를 주로 신청했다. 따라서 갈 때마다 이 노래를 신청하니, 뮤직박스 속의 DJ가 내가 다방에 들어서면 이 노래를 틀어주기까지 했다.
오랜만에 이 노래를 들으니 36년 전의 시절로 잠시 돌아간다. 까마득한 옛날의 이야기가 되어 버렸지만, 참으로 많이 들었던 노래이다. 지나간 세월에 대한 아쉬움도 그리움도 솔직히 없다. 내게 중요한 것은 앞으로 내게 주어진 시간들이다. 그렇지만 옛노래를 들으며 그런 생각을 해보는 저녁 시간이다.
행복한 시간인가?
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Perhaps love is like a window
Perhaps an open door
It invites you to come closer
It wants to show you more
And even if you lose yourself
And don’t know what to do
The memory of love will see you through
It invites you to come closer
It wants to show you more
And even if you lose yourself
And don’t know what to do
The memory of love will see you through
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Oh, love to some is like a cloud
To some as strong as steel
For some a way of living
For some a way to feel
And some say love is holding on
And some say letting go
And some say love is everything
And some say they don’t know
To some as strong as steel
For some a way of living
For some a way to feel
And some say love is holding on
And some say letting go
And some say love is everything
And some say they don’t know
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Perhaps love is like the ocean
Full of conflict, full of pain
Like a fire when it’s cold outside
Or thunder when it rains
If I should live forever
And all my dreams come true
My memories of love will be of you
Full of conflict, full of pain
Like a fire when it’s cold outside
Or thunder when it rains
If I should live forever
And all my dreams come true
My memories of love will be of you
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And some say love is holding on
And some say letting go
And some say love is everything
And some say they don’t know
And some say letting go
And some say love is everything
And some say they don’t know
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Perhaps love is like the ocean
Full of conflict, full of pain
Like a fire when it’s cold outside
Or thunder when it rains
If I should live forever
And all my dreams come true
My memories of love will be of you
Full of conflict, full of pain
Like a fire when it’s cold outside
Or thunder when it rains
If I should live forever
And all my dreams come true
My memories of love will be of you
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