The Last Waltz

It would have been perfect if I could waltz in the arms of a handsome young man on the marble floor at Paramount Dance Hall the last night I was in Shanghai. I put on the newly handmade gorgeous red chi-pao in embroidered silk at midnight only to a small Fukien snack shop in Chia-ting, the most remote and desolate area in Shanghai, with two golden ladies and two body guards. When the old toy-like jackpot in the vulgar estaminet played old popular Taiwanese songs every five minutes or so, I couldn't help humming along. The locals had no idea what I was singing. What a funny and hilarious last night in real and honest-to-goodness Shanghai!

It was simply hectic. After coming back from Hung-zhou, we had a relaxing group foot massage in a huge hall followed by a herbal cuisine at Shanghai Tongrentang. The driver then speeded up to take us see his favorite and the famous acrobat show "Intersection of Time" by ERA. Then we rushed to pass the underground tunnel beneath the Huang-pu River from the West to the East, only to miss the turn off the lights of the Bund at 10PM.

Night Shanghai didn't start till 11PM, but our bus driver took us to the outskirt of Shanghai for the night. It would cost RMB 200 to ride from the hotel back downtown. No matter how much young and single Jim wanted to stay up for the night at a pub in Shanghai, he was reluctant to join us to settle for a small bistro in the countryside, in the middle of nowhere, next to the famous Formula One race track in Shanghai. Fortunately, Gary donated a small bottle of hard liquor, Wu Liang Yi, for us to get drunk the last night we were in Shanghai.

最後一夜 作詞：慎芝 作曲：陳志遠 演唱：蔡琴

踩不完惱人舞步　喝不盡醉人醇酒
良夜有誰為我留　耳邊語輕柔

走不完紅男綠女　看不盡人海沉浮
往事有誰為我訴　空對華燈愁

我也曾陶醉在兩情相悅　像飛舞中的彩蝶
我也曾心碎於黯然離別　哭倒在露濕台階

紅燈將滅酒也醒　此刻該向它告別
曲終人散回頭一瞥　嗯......最後一夜