一直以为Savage Garden的Santa Monica在歌唱给某个名叫Monica的姑娘的，今天才突然听明白原来并不是这样。Santa Monica原来是美国南部海边的一座美丽的城市。

Santa Monica: 位于洛杉矶国际机场以北，是加州最吸引人的海滨城市。这里冬暖夏凉，交通便利，不仅仅适合消夏乘凉，对于那些想度过一个闲适下午的人来说，圣莫尼卡海滩也是最好的选择。 Santa Monica是非常有代表性的海滨疗养城市，它距离海滩非常近。沿着海岸，附近布满了各种大大小小的宾馆，餐厅，电影院以及love house。

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Santa Monica的歌词很动人，歌曲中穿插了一小段电话拨通以及挂断后的提示音，就像电话的两端恋人们在等待了好久之后电话接通之后却不知该说什么，就像我们在反复思索良久之后拨通了那个号码，却讲不出任何话，原来只是听听她的声音。阳光穿过行道树，暖洋洋地晒着穿着摩登的人们，他们或许正去往日光浴海滩，一路欣赏玩弄技巧的溜冰者从身边掠过。多少懒散闲适，然而终归是不属于自己的风景。

Santa Monica
Savage Garden
From《Savage Garden》

In Santa Monica in the winter time
The lazy streets so undemanding
I walk into the crowd
In Santa Monica you get your coffee from
The coolest places on the promenade
Where people dress just so
Beauty so unavoidable
everywhere you turn
It’s there
I sit and wonder what am I doing here?

But on the telephone line I am anyone
I am anything I want to be
I could be a supermodel or Norman Mailer
And you wouldn’t know the difference
Or would you?

In Santa Monica, all the people got
modern names
Like Jake or Mandy
And modern bodies too
In Santa Monica, on the boulevard,
You’ll have to dodge those in-line skaters
Or they’ll knock you down
I never felt so lonely,
Never felt so out of place
I never wanted something more than this

But on the telephone line I am anyone
I am anything I want to be
I could be a supermodel or Norman Mailer
And you wouldn’t know the difference

On the telephone line, I am any height
I am any age I want to be
I could be a caped crusader, or
space invader
And you would know the difference
Or would you?
Or would you?

on the telephone line I am anyone
I am anything I want to be
I could be a supermodel or Norman Mailer
And you wouldn’t know the difference