今年的元旦假期，感覺交通的情況似乎還算好。記得我們以前假日返鄉，為了經濟考量，大多是搭平快火車，而且夜車居多，台北至高雄單程正常約要七、八小時。奇怪的是，幾乎沒有碰過什麼車廂有空位的情況。擁擠的時候，連雙腳都無法同時踩地，也曾見過有人睡在行李架上。有一次，想上小號，距離廁所大概不到十公尺，卻費了九牛二虎之力花了十來分鐘才擠到位，等將廁所門一打開，裡面早已擠了有五、六人，絕無誇張。後來，遇到擁擠情況想上小號，乾脆就等火車到站時由窗戶跳出去，在旁邊解決後再爬回來。

出過長期遠門的人，應該都能體會異鄉遊子欲返家的心情，中、西歌曲也多有描述這方面的作品，像大陸歌手艾敬的《我要回家》、日本翻譯歌曲《浪子淚》，美國鄉村歌曲《Detroit City》……，而這次要介紹的是六0年代非常知名的熱門合唱團The Becah Boys所唱的《Sloop john B》。當年聽的時候，就那麼兩句：
Let me go home I wanna go home, yeah yeah
Well I feel so broke up  I wanna go home
就深深的憾動內心，也隨之吶喊……。

影片尾粉絲衝上台，和今年跨年劉德華演唱時的情況差不多。呵呵，粉絲瘋狂，自古皆然。

We come on the sloop john b
My grandfather and me
Around nassau town we did roam
Drinking all night
Got into a fight
Well I feel so broke up
I want to go home

So hoist up the john bs sail
See how the mainsail sets
Call for the captain ashore
Let me go home, let me go home
I wanna go home, yeah yeah
Well I feel so broke up
I wanna go home

The first mate he got drunk
And broke in the capns trunk
The constable had to come and take him away
Sheriff john stone
Why don't you leave me alone, yeah yeah
Well I feel so broke up I wanna go home

So hoist up the john bs sail
See how the mainsail sets
Call for the captain ashore
Let me go home, let me go home
I wanna go home, let me go home
Why don't you let me go home
(hoist up the john bs sail)
Hoist up the john b
I feel so broke up I wanna go home
Let me go home

The poor cook he caught the fits
And threw away all my grits
And then he took and he ate up all of my corn
Let me go home
Why don't they let me go home
This is the worst trip Ive ever been on

So hoist up the john bs sail
See how the mainsail sets
Call for the captain ashore
Let me go home, let me go home
I wanna go home, let me go home
Why don't you let me go home