Kabuki-chou no Joou single
| ...maasharu no nioi de
tonjatte taihen sa maiban zecchou ni tasshite iru dake ratto hitotsu wo shoubai dougu ni shiteiru sa soshitara benjii ga hai ni utsutte torippu shourai sou ni natte kekkon shite hoshii maiban shingu de yuugi suru dake piza ya no kanojo ni natte mitai soshitara benjii, atashi wo gurecchi de butte semi no koe wo kiku tabi ni me ni ukabu kujuukurihama shiwa shiwa no sobo no te wo hanare hitori de otozureta kanrakugai mama wa koko no joousama ikiutsushi no youna atashi dare shimo ga te wo nobete kodomo nagara ni miserareta kanrakugai juugo ni natta atashi wo oite joou wa kieta maishuu kinyoubi ni kiteita otoko to kurasu no darou “ichido sakaeshimono demo kanarazu ya otoroeyuku” sono imi wo shiru toki wo mukae ashi wo fumi’ireta wa kanrakugai kieteitta onna wo nikumedo natsu wa ima joou to iu katagaki wo hokorashige ni kakageru... |
...It’s so rough I get off on the smell
of the Marshall Every night I’m just going to the top Making one Rat the tools of my trade And then I trip when Benzie reflects in my lungs In the future I want you to be a monk and get married Every night on your bed just playing games I wanna try being a pizza place girl And then Benzie smacks me with his Gretsch Every time I hear the sound of the cicadas, I envision Kujukuri Beach I let go of the wrinkled hand of my grandmother, and visit the pleasure quarters alone. My Mama is the Queen of this place, a living picture of me. Though I’m a child, everyone extends a hand to me, pulling me into the pleasure quarters. The Queen went missing, and left me as I turned 15 years old I bet she’s living with the guy who came by every Friday. “All that rises must fall” When I learned the meaning of those words, I was setting foot in the pleasure quarters. Though I hate that woman who disappeared, it’s summer now so I revere the name of the queen proudly... |
Romanization credit: Larukulori
Translation credit: Brian Stewart & Takako Sakuma
Song info: This is a live recording of Ringo singing a Marunouchi Sadistic/Kabuki-chou no Joou medley on Shinjuku streets.
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