2004
小城大事 Big Event in a Small Town
Her lover loses his memory and falls for someone new, so she asks for one last kiss and hopes to meet him again in heaven. Built on the score of the film Leaving Me, Loving You, it was 2004's biggest Cantonese hit.
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cingching青ceoncheun春fongfong彷fatfat彿janyan因ngongo我oioi愛neinei你hoihoi開cichi始daandaan但koekkeuk卻lingling令ngongo我honhon看popo破oioi愛zeje這gogo個ziji字My youth seemed to begin because I loved you, but it made me see right through the word "love".
ziji自neinei你waanwaan患soengseung上satsat失jikyik憶binbin便sisi是ngongo我naunau扭zyunjyun轉mingming命sousou數dikdik的sisi事Your losing your memory was the thing that turned my fate around.
ziji只janyan因dongdong當satsat失jikyik憶zingjing症faatfaat發zokjok作gaaga加samsam深mutmut沒geigei記zyujyu住ngongo我daandaan但koekkeuk卻lingling另jauyau有ganggang更sansan新matmat蜜wanwan運Because as your amnesia grew worse, you didn't remember me but found a brand-new romance.
zoengjeung像wuwu狐leilei狸zingjing精bunbun般bingbing並meimei未wanwan允heoiheui許ngongo我boubou步gangan近As if I were some vixen, I'm not allowed to come near you.
moumou無wuiwui回jikyik憶dikdik的jyuyu餘sangsang生mongmong忘diudiu掉wongwong往jatyat日cingching情janyan人koekkeuk卻jauyau又geigei記zyujyu住jiyi移cingching情bitbit別oioi愛dikdik的mingming命wanwan運The rest of your life with no memories: you forget your old love, yet remember the fate of falling for someone new.
moumou無wuiwui回jikyik憶dikdik的naamnaam男janyan人zaujau就dongdong當tautau偷akak厄jyuyu與munmun瞞pinpin騙poupou抱poupou抱ngongo我batbat不gwogwo過fanfan份Man with no memories, even if it's cheating and deceit, one hug isn't too much to ask.
manman吻haaha下loiloi來kutkut豁ceotcheut出heoiheui去zeje這manman吻bitbit別cichi似fukfuk覆seoiseui水zoijoi再loiloi來jaaya也heoiheui許jiuyiu要tintin天soengseung上tyuntyun團zeoijeui聚Kiss me, let go of everything; this goodbye kiss is like spilt water, and next time we may have to meet in heaven.
zoijoi再wuiwui回tautau頭neinei你batbat不heoiheui許jyuyu如cangchang曾gingging經batbat不dangdang登deoideui對neinei你hoho何jiyi以soengseung雙ngaanngaan眼houhou好zoengjeung像laulau流leoileui淚You won't let me come back; if we were never a match, why do your eyes look like they're crying?
beibei彼cichi此zeoijeui追jikyik憶batbat不paapa怕oioi愛wuiwui會zungjung終ziji止daandaan但ngongo我daaidaai大koikoi概soengseung上saisai世zoujou做gwogwo過taaitaai太dodo多waaiwaai壞sisi事If we both remembered, I wouldn't fear love ending, but I must have done too many bad things in a past life.
nangnang能cungchung從tautau頭hoihoi開cichi始gwaigwai跪zoijoi在gaaugaau教tongtong堂syutsyut說jyunyun願jiyi意If only we could start again, kneeling in church to say "I do".
jyuyu娛loklok樂haanghaang行dikdik的janyan人jingying影waanwaan還zoijoi在gaigai繼zukjuk續faanfaan繁wingwing榮ngongo我zoijoi在syunsyun算zoekjeuk著timtim甜jinyin言matmat蜜jyuyu語dikdik的sausau壽mingming命The crowds of the entertainment district keep on thriving, while I count how long sweet words will live.
janyan人zoujou造dikdik的ceoncheun蠢waiwai衛singsing星mutmut沒taamtaam探caakchaak測ceotcheut出ngongo我munmun們jiyi已jiyi已zoijoi再gingin見batbat不zoijoi再jingying認The stupid man-made satellites haven't detected that we've already said goodbye and no longer know each other.
manman吻haaha下loiloi來kutkut豁ceotcheut出heoiheui去zeje這manman吻bitbit別cichi似fukfuk覆seoiseui水zoijoi再loiloi來jaaya也heoiheui許jiuyiu要tintin天soengseung上tyuntyun團zeoijeui聚Kiss me, let go of everything; this goodbye kiss is like spilt water, and next time we may have to meet in heaven.
ngongo我haaha下loiloi來neinei你ceotcheut出heoiheui去gonggong講zoijoi再wuiwui會jaaya也samsam心heoiheui虛ngongo我waanwaan還geigei記dakdak得doudou到tintin天soengseung上tyuntyun團zeoijeui聚I come down, you go out; even saying goodbye feels guilty, but I still remember: we'll meet in heaven.
manman吻haaha下loiloi來kutkut豁ceotcheut出heoiheui去cungchung從cinchin前dodo多momo麼dangdang登deoideui對neinei你hoho何jiyi以soengseung雙ngaanngaan眼houhou好zoengjeung像laulau流leoileui淚Kiss me, let go of everything; we used to be such a match, so why do your eyes look like they're crying?
muimui每ninnin年zeje這tintin天geigei記dakdak得zoijoi再laulau流leoileui淚Every year on this day, remember to cry again.
Timed to 楊千嬅 · 電光幻影 (2004) · 3:29. Another version? Tap the line being sung whenever it drifts.