別了Gerry Rafferty

曾經參加過Stealers Wheel合唱團，後來以Baker Street一曲成名的男歌星Gerry Rafferty元月4日因肝病去世（63歲），Gerry Rafferty前二個月都為肝病所苦，他出生於蘇格蘭靠格拉斯哥的地方，學校畢業之後到倫敦發展，1972年加入了學生時代的朋友Joe Egan所組的Stealers Wheel合唱團，這個團最有名的歌是1973年第6名的Stuck In The Middle Of You，1975年Gerry Rafferty開始推出個人的唱片，其中最成功的就是1978年獲得6 週第2名的Baker Street（當時冠軍曲是Bee Gees的Night Fever，且連續8週），Gerry Rafferty最後一張專輯是2000年發行的，2008年八月Gerry Rafferty自倫敦醫院中不告而別，最後在意大利現身，Gerry Rafferty長期酗酒，後果終於使他因肝衰竭而亡。
Baker Street 這首歌的歌名來自偵探小說Sherlock Holmes「福爾摩斯辦案」當中的街名，雖然實際上並沒有這條街。

BAKER STREET
Gerry Rafferty

Winding your way down on Baker Street
Lite in your head, and dead on your feet
Well another crazy day, you drink the night away
And forget about everything
This city desert makes you feel so cold, its got
So many people but its got no soul
And its taken you so long to find out you were wrong
When you thought it held everything.
You used to think that it was so easy
You used to say that it was so easy
But you're tryin, you're tryin now
Another year and then you'd be happy
Just one more year and then you'd be happy
But you're cryin', you're cryin now
Way down the street there's a light in his place
You open the door, he's got that look on his face
And he asks you where you've been, you tell him who you've seen
And you talk about anything
He's got this dream about buyin' some land
He's gonna give up the booze and the one night stands
And then he'll settle down, it's a quiet little town
And forget about everything
But you know he'll always keep moving
You know he's never gonna stop moving
Cause he's rollin, He's the rolling stone
And when you wake up it's a new morning
The sun is shining it's a new morning
And you're going, you're going home