Words written by Ayuo
Music composed by Ayuo
Piano Version performed by Akiko Samukawa
A Version for String Quartet and Voice can be found here
Music for the two versions are different.
Excerpts from the words:
NOW I WENT TO A GOOD SCHOOL.
いい学校で
PROVED MYSELF.
成績もよく
GOT A JOB IN THE LAW.
弁護士にもなり
CAUSE I WANTED TO KNOW WHY I WAS TREATED LIKE THAT.
というのも むかしのいじめのわけを知りたかったから
SO I COULD ALWAYS FIGHT,
いまなら法律を味方につけて
WITH THE LAW ON MY SIDE.
いつでもたたかえるんだ
BUT I TOLD MYSELF,
でも ほんとうは
I AINT GOING BACK.
帰りたくない
GONNA LIVE THIS LIFE,
いまのくらしは
WITH THE BEST SUITS,
すてきなス―ツ
WITH THE BEST HAIR,
いかした髪型
WITH THE BEST LOTIONS.
ローションたっぷり振りかけて
SPENT HOURS DRESSING MYSELF,
着付けに時間かけ
LIKE A GOOD CULTURED MAN.
さあ センセイさまのできあがり
THOUGH I KNEW THEY WERE THINKING,
でもわかっている ひとの思っていることは
“HE’S FROM THE JUNGLE,
あいつは森からやってきた
PROBABLY LIVED UP A TREE,
木のてっぺんで
PLAYED THE BONGOS FOR A LIVING,
ボンゴたたいていた
LIKE THEY SHOW ON T.V.”
テレビで見たのとおんなじに
BUT I SAID TO MYSELF.
でも そうじゃない
“I’VE LEFT THAT PLACE.
あの場所をすててきたんだ
FOUND A BETTER LIFE.
ましなくらしも見つかった
LEFT THAT MUD.
あのぬかるみあから ぬけだして
FIND WHERE I CAN FIT.”
おちつく場所にいまは いる
BUT THE DRUMS KEPT POUNDING IN MY HEART.
それでもたいこは 心のなかでなりやまない
I WAS PROUD TO BE SO MODERN,
こんなにモダンで
LIVING THE LIFE WITH THE MOST SOPHISTICATED.
いかしたくらしだ
BUT THERE WAS SOMETHING I FELT IN THE AIR,
でも どう思われているのか
I KNEW THEY WERE THINKING,
きこえてくるよ
“HE’S NOT CIVILIZED,
あいつはよそもの
HE’S NOT ONE OF US.”
文明人じゃない
AND ONE DAY IN FRONT OF THE MIRROR,
ある日のことだ 鏡の前で
AS I SAT DOWN TO DRESS,
ドレスアップ
TO PUT ON MY LOTIONS,
ローション振りかけ
AND TO DO MY HAIR.
ヘアメイク
I SUDDENLY SAID,
終わらないうち 思わず口をつく
“I AINT DOING THIS NO MORE”,
ああ もういやだ
I RAN OUT OF THE HOUSE.
半分はだかで ボンゴをもって
HALF-NAKED WITH MY BONGOS.
おもてにとびだし
PLAYED IN THE STREETS,
通りでたたく
WHILE SOME OF MY FORMER FRIENDS,
通りかかった
STOOD IN SHOCK.
知り合いは絶句
WHILE THE OTHERS GRINNED,
でもしたり顔で
SAYING THEY ALWAYS KNEW,
わかっていたさ
THAT HE WAS ACTING IT OUT.
演技していただけ
NOW HE’S REVEALED HIMSELF,
いま正体をあらわした
SHOWING WHAT HE REALLY IS.
ほんとうの姿があらわれた と
BUT I SAID TO MYSELF.
だが そうじゃない
“LEAVE THAT PLACE,
さあ 出ていくぞ
FIND ANOTHER LIFE.
やりなおそう
LEAVE THAT MUD.
あのぬかるみからぬけ出して
FIND WHERE I CAN FIT.”
おちつく場所を見つけよう
BUT THE DRUMS KEPT POUNDING IN MY HEART.
(copyright JASRAC)
Full text can be seen at:
http://www.ayuo.net/lyrics.php?id=3
Filmed Live at Kouendouri Classics on November 27, 2011
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