英文原曲歌詞: The painter paints away the day As he paints his life away Will he rise in judgment's eyes or fall?
What a humble life he lives He never sees the price they give Another part of his soul upon the wall
Like a lonely soldier faces Foreign shores and empty spaces Such as he who strokes to free his soul Isolation steeped in sadness Mellowed by the fears of madness There he stands as he commands control
Deeper than the eye can see Another man's philosophy While he lives the price they give is small
When he dies and on that day The sky's as high a price they'll pay While he lives the price they give is small
但歌詞方面，鄭國江的翻譯則比原詞更好，尤其是最後一句歌詞，原曲是"While he lives the price they give is small"，實在太普通，作為結尾甚至被重唱的一句，有點虎頭蛇尾。鄭sir的版本則是「那創作誰能計算價值」，層次高得多了。整體歌詞也寫得非常好，深刻地描述了畫家的外冷內熱。表面上，他「冷眼看世界」、「看透了世間萬物」、「不爭那身外物」，但內心卻「熱烈似火」、「溢著狂熱愛」、「與萬物並存在」。
英文原曲歌詞: I'm leaving on a boat for beyond the other side of the ocean I bet you in the morning, you won't even know I'm gone 'Cause I'm tired of living here in the middle of a mixed emotion I might as well be living on the other side of the sun
Leaving with the feeling I don't know how I'm dealing with loving you Though once I knew the special way and what to do To make you stay forever and ever Even as I'm leaving, I'll never stop believing you are the one Who can make me laugh and can bring me back From beyond the other side of the sun
I'm rolling down the river I hope I can deliver the morning I'm wishing on a star for the sun to come out and play Ain't it funny, when it's over you really don't remember the warning You might as well be living out beyond the milky way
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短評：林子祥的《妳在何方》是兩首很動聽的歌。兩首？對，真的是兩首！最明顯的當然是改編自Janis Ian的《The Other Side of the Sun》，整首歌的主旋律都是這曲。但《The Other Side of the Sun》沒有《妳在何方》開頭這段：「夢已完 努力修好也徒然 默默地滴著淚 仰首望向前 望向前 多麼遠」，那這段是什麼歌呢？
《一個人》大碟的封底有提示：《妳在何方》的作曲人是Albert Hammond, Janis Ian and S. Bishop，而S. Bishop就是唱作《On and On》而紅的Stephen Bishop。仔細聽聽，《On and On》的副歌像不像《妳在何方》的開頭和結尾？Bingo！當然，阿Lam有少許改動，否則怎能把兩首歌湊合得那麼自然（後來他還把另外兩首歌合成為《每一個晚上》，容後再談）。
「舊事就像做夢 這刻心中輕鬆不感睏倦 能完全和平寧靜 找不到一絲怨」，「夢已完 努力修好也徒然」。當一個人完全醒覺，找到真正目標，面對困難時真的是可以輕鬆無怨的。正如Truman臨離開前瀟灑地說："In case I don't see ya, good afternoon, good evening, and good night."
廣泛流傳度：★★★★☆ 個人喜愛度：★★★★★
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延伸閱讀： (原曲之一是Janis Ian的《The Other Side of the Sun》)
