Nancy Sinatra & Dean Martin - Things 1967

　
　中学生の頃に聴いたこの曲、記憶ではシナトラ父娘のデュエット曲だったのだが実はナンシー・シナトラとディーン・マーティンによる曲(主に歌っているのはディーン・マーチン)だった。ちなみにふたりは親子ほど年が違いますが、ショーではキスしたりしています。この頃、ディーン・マーチンはシナトラファミリーの傘下に入っていたのですね。さらに面白いのは小生が"Things" を"Sings"と聞き間違えて憶えていたことです。。元唄は1962年の Bobby Darinの曲ですが雰囲気はだいぶと違っています。。また邦題は『初恋の並木道』。調べてみるとAvenueには並木道という意味もあるんですねぇ。で内容は忘れられない若い頃の淡い恋の想い出を懐かしむ歌です。

Every night I sit here by my window (Window)
Staring at the lonely avenue (Avenue)
Watching lovers holdin' hands and laughin' (Ha ha ha)
Thinkin' 'bout the things we used to do

(Thinkin' 'bout things)
Like a walk in the park (Things)
Like a kiss in the dark (Things)
Like a sailboat ride (Yeah, yeah)
What about the night we cried (Oh)
Things like a lover's vow
Things that we don't do now
Thinkin' 'bout the things we used to do

Memories are all I have to cling to (Cling to)
And heartaches are the friends I'm talkin' to (But you got me now)
When I'm not thinkin' of just how much I love you (I love you, too)
I'm thinkin' the things we used to do (Used to do)

(Thinkin' 'bout things)
Like a walk in the park (Things)
Like a kiss in the dark (Things)
Like a sailboat ride (Yeah-yeah)
What about the night we cried
Things like a lover's vow
Things that we don't do now
Thinkin' about the things we used to do

I still can hear the jukebox softly playin' (Playin')
And the face I see each day belongs to you (Belongs to you)
But there's not a single sound
And there's nobody else around (Woo)　
But that's just me thinkin' 'bout the things we used to do (We used to do)

(Thinkin' 'bout things)
Like a walk in the park (Lots of things)
Like a kiss in the dark (Yeah, things)
Like a sailboat ride (Whoa-whoa)
What about the night that we cried
Things like a lover's vow
Things that we don't do now
Thinkin' about the things we used to do

And heartaches are the friends I'm talkin' to
You got me thinkin' 'bout the things we used to do (Ha ha, I hope so)
Thinkin' 'bout the things we used to do

vow = 誓い
cling = しがみつく

Nancy Sinatra & Dean Martin - Things (1967 'Movin' With Nancy' TV Special)(stereo)