*Errol Flynn
(Gordon Hunt / Amanda McBroom) (*按可聽歌click and play)

 Amanda McBroom: Errol Flynn

In the hall, on a wall, in a house in Reseda.
There's a poster held up by two nails and a pin.
It's my Daddy, the actor, about to die with his boots on.
He's the man standing up there, beside Errol Flynn.

He got third or fourth billing at the end of each picture.
"Well, that don't mean much," he would say with a grin.
But he hold my hand tight as he pointed his name out
Only four or five names down below Errol Flynn.

Now, fame, it is fleeting and stars, they keep falling, 
(All is Vanity from Ecclesiastes 1. The Holy Bible: King James Version.- )
And staying right up there… that's the business of art.
And luck kisses some, and she passes by others.
Disappointment and bourbon are hard on the heart.

Now the women and beers and the years with old Errol
They took their toll and took me from his side
He kissed me goodbye at the old Union Station.
That's the last time I saw him. The last time I cried.

Now I'm sitting alone in a house in Reseda,
Watching the late show as the moonlight shines in.
And up on the screen… well, here comes my Daddy.
It's a sad funny feeling, now I'm older than him.

So, you daddies and daughters, you sons and you mothers,
Remember life's over before it begins.
So love one another and stand close together…
As close as my Dad did to old Errol Flynn.