據譚天所說，他並非此間咖啡吧的老板，而是夥計。正牌老板經常神龍見首不見尾，店裏的生意基本上交給他和另外兩位夥計打理。這座創意園看似清閑，客源卻不少，而且大部分是白領階層。近期為響應客人的要求，他和老板商量著請一位歌者每晚來咖啡吧駐唱。
我問他：“你們聘人有什麼特別要求嗎？”
譚天笑道：“隻要能唱，而且讓我聽了覺得好聽，就OK了。”
我欣喜道：“太好了！我隻會唱歌，不會樂器。”
“那沒關係，我本人擅長吉他，鍵盤手、鼓手和BASS另外請了人。”
“哦……”我似懂非懂地點了點頭。
“你們快隨我上樓吧。”他說著領先朝樓上走去。
二樓的半圓形舞台上幾個青年正在調整樂器，尚未到上下班高峰期，台下隻零星地坐了幾位客人。譚天拍拍手掌，向台上諸位引見了我。我機械性地與他們一一握了手，心裏越來越沒譜。許曉仿佛看穿了我的心事，從身後拍了拍我的肩膀，無聲地說了句“加油”。我回頭看看他，不知哪來的勇氣，毅然走向了舞台中央。
手拿麥克風，我隨口報了個歌名，聲音仍有些顫抖。稍候，前奏響起，我閉上雙眼：
“Tell me
where am I
supposed
to go
And who am
I supposed
to
believe.
If onlyyou
knew what
I knew.
Then you
could see
just what
I see.
So I grab
my bags
and go, as
far away
as I can
go.
Cause
everything
ain't what
I used to
know.
And I try
to hide,
but I just
can't hide
no more.
There's
nothing
worse than
feeling
like a
ghost.
You say I
look fine,
if onlyyou
knew
what's on
my mind.
You'd see
a whole
different
sign, I
couldn't
show you
even if I
tried.
I must
have got
lost in
time when
I found
out I was
only free
to be,
where ever
I want to
be.
Some say
I'm out of
sight, how
I run and
that we're
all so
blind.
If you
could open
up your
eyes,you
could see
what I
couldn't
describe.
And
then,you'd
see the
signs, and
then your
soul would
be set
free, and
then you'd
be
released.
So I grab
my bags
and go, as