1989年的夏天過後，燠熱的天氣，空氣裡瀰漫著一股黏膩的氣息，如果能夠下場雨就好了，我望著教室的窗外，心裡這麼想著。

微積分的課堂上，老師嗡嗡的說話聲夾雜著蟬鳴嘈嘈，有種昏昏欲睡的感覺；而微積分就是微分和積分。微分是用來研究變化率，而積分是用來求積合量的，我一點都不想要研究微積分，就像人生不需要計算一樣，老天一切都安排的好好的，我討厭數字課。

下課後，我和M蹲坐在教室前的七里香旁，然後聽著Walkman，陽光自葉縫篩下，一道道溫暖光渠，斜斜劃過我的鞋面。然後，M說這是Cher最新的專輯Heart Of Stone。

一開始只是覺得明明是個像男生的聲音，為什麼取了個「雪兒」的名字，我納悶著問M，M對我笑了笑說：「雪兒是個女的」，這才意會了過來。當時，特別喜歡雪兒詮釋After All這首歌，字字句句都令人感動，渾厚飽滿的歌聲迴盪在耳邊，After all the stops and starts, We keep coming back to these two hearts……。

那是我第一次聽到Cher的歌聲，之後，和同學跑去MTV看了紫屋魔戀(Witches Of Eastwick)、面具(Mask)還有發暈(Moonstruck)，對於能歌擅演的雪兒，印象更為深刻。

20年過去了，回想起來，彷彿是昨日才剛剛發生的一樣。

這幾天上班身陷車陣當中，i-Pod老播放著雪兒的Strong Enough，牽引思緒回到過去，也讓我想起了M，不知道他現在好不好？

迪斯可曲風的輕快歌曲Strong Enough，編曲華麗，雪兒唱來格外振奮人心，每每聽到Cause I’m strong enough to live without you，Strong enough and I quit crying，Long enough, now I’m strong enough……，總令人有種莫名的悸動，正如歌詞所述，只要擁有足夠的堅強，一個人也可以有勇氣面對生活。

時局紛亂，已成常態，我無力改變什麼，但日復一日，我們都需要一顆堅強而溫柔的心。

Strong enough by Cher
I don’t need your sympathy
There’s nothing you can say or do for me
And I don’t want a miracle
You’ll never change for no-one
And I hear your reasons why
Where did you sleep last night?
And was she worth it, was she worth it?

Cause I’m strong enough to live without you
Strong enough and I quit crying
Long enough, now I’m strong enough
To know you gotta go
There’s no more to say
So save your breath and walk away
No matter what I hear you say
I’m strong enough to know you gotta go

So you feel misunderstood
Baby have I got news for you
On being used, I could write a book
But you don’t wanna hear about it
Cause I’ve been losing sleep
And you’ve been going cheap
And she ain’t worth half of me, it’s true
Now I’m telling you

That I’m strong enough to live without you
Strong enough and I quit crying
Long enough, now I’m strong enough
To know you gotta go

Come hell or waters high
You’ll never see me cry
This is our last goodbye, it’s true
I’m telling you

Now I’m strong enough to live without you
Strong enough and I quit crying
Long enough, now I’m strong enough
To know you gotta go
There’s no more to say
So save your breath and walk away
No matter what I hear you say
I’m strong enough to know you gotta go

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• 屬於雨天的歌。

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