●1999年 9月の企画モノ●

ニューアルバム発売目前記念
中島みゆき「私の子供になりなさい」
全歌詞


Be Like My Child

You must have been taught not to show tears to others
That's not so, that's not so
It all depends on who is by your side
Men tend to have more hard days than women
While you cry, I will look up at the sky
When your tears are dry, we look up at the sky together
Stop being difficult saying it's love or affection
Just be like my child
Stop being difficult saying it's love or affection
Just be like my child

The stone under the rock will never get any credit
There's such days, there's such days
Tomorrow comes only for tomorrow
Men have many secrets to keep from women
When you are exhausted I will hold you until you become fine
Stop being difficult saying it's love or affection
Just be like my child
Stop being difficult saying it's love or affection
Just be like my child

Stop being difficult saying it's love or affection
Just be like my child
Stop being difficult saying it's love or affection
Just be like my child

Down Town Queen and Up Town Rebel

She's the super queen of down town
The queen who doesn't wanna deal with those pessimists
He's the worst cynic up town
The cynic who can't keep up with the snobs' games
Well-matched, or mismatched
Somehow they met
They get on each other's nerves here and there
Such an intricate couple
Down Town Queen and Up Town Rebel
Down Town Queen vs Up Town Rebel
Why don't you compromise a little

The more they get to know each other then realize
That they are from two different places
Every day their nerves take them to their edges
But don't know how to talk it over
She goes back to down town, he goes to up town
Then finally they realize for their first time
That they don't belong there
Down Town Queen and Up Town Rebel
Down Town Queen vs Up Town Rebel
Why don't you compromise one more time

No trains to up town from down town
No trains to down town from up town
So she walks up, he walks down
They decide to go toward each other on their own
Down Town Queen and Up Town Rebel
Down Town Queen vs Up Town Rebel
Why don't you compromise one more time

Another Name For Life

As we learn a word which we never knew before
We will be closer to grown ups
I'm sure that there are some words that
I can't spell out till the end no matter how hard I try
I was born and live uselessly
And will fade out meaninglessly
I hope there is someone out there
Who might care that I exist
Rocks, trees, waters, such humble things
Stay with me close to my life, please
Bring the fire closer to reveal the sorrows
That come over and over
On you, on me, on everyone else
LIFE has another name and that is HEART
You've get one, I've got one, no matter how small we are

If it's easy to cry
It will be easy to feel pain
But man sometimes hide tears
Behind his smile
Rocks, trees, waters, such humble things
Stay with me close to my life, please
Bring the fire closer to reveal the sorrows
That come over and over
On you, on me, on everyone else
LIFE has another name and that is HEART
You've get one, I've got one, no matter how small we are
Rocks, trees, waters, such humble things
Stay with me close to my life, please
Bring the fire closer to reveal the sorrows
That come over and over
On you, on me, on everyone else
LIFE has another name and that is HEART
You've get one, I've got one, no matter how small we are

Bring the fire closer to reveal the sorrows
That come over and over
On you, on me, on everyone else
LIFE has another name and that is HEART
You've get one, I've got one, no matter how small we are

Streams Of Hearts

Must we compete?
Men and women aren't enemies
Why is being devoted a disadvantage?
I am not your enemy
You can force me to obey you, listen to you
But you can't have my heart
'Cause you don't realize that I am on your side no matter what
Streams, streams of our innocent heats
We have forgotten where we started
Streams, may we be one naturally flowing

There are countless battles in this world
And they are made by winners and losers
So what do you need to protect yourself from?
Do you think I would harm you?
I admire you, yet I am intimidated by you
I bet you think that otherwise I would run away
'Cause you don't realize that I am on your side no matter what
Streams, streams of our innocent heats
Even we forgot our very first drop of love
Streams, may we be one naturally flowing

Streams, streams of our innocent heats
Even we forgot our very first drop of love
Streams, may we be one naturally flowing

In The Spring

We were together in the spring
And were frustrated at the loneliness
As the spring passed by
We were scared to be left alone
I wish I were by myself
I wish I were alone
I wish my heart were empty
I wish my soul were free
Spring, that's when all the wrong thoughts come across
We were together in the spring
And scared to be left alone

We are Together in the spring
And are frustrated at uncertain things
As the spring passes by
We are scared at what we had lost
I wish I were by myself
I wish I were alone
I wish my heart were empty
I wish my soul were free
Spring, that's when all the wrong thoughts come across
Because of the spring
We are scared at what we had lost

I wish I were by myself
I wish I were alone
I wish my heart were empty
I wish my soul were free
Spring, that's when all the wrong thoughts come across

We are together in the spring
We are about to lose what we could bring

An Affectionate Tale

Being so close to each other night and day
Doesn't always help you in a good way
It seems like I can't get away from the blame
For making all these mistakes in the past days
I only know one way to respond to
The love you have given to me
You may think I am a betrayer but that's all right
I won't see you again, I won't call you again
I'll pretend that I never knew you
Anything can keep me away from you
But my heart will always belong to you
And I will remain the same even if my breath should be taken away

At one point I must have been in a maze
Looking for any man to be my side
Those days come back and threaten me
To pay the price for the disgraceful actions
If anyone wants revenge, go ahead and aim at me
I will entice them and keep them away from you
I do it to make sure no one harms you
You may not like it if you think I'm deceitful
Anything can keep me away from you
But my heart will always belong to you
And I will remain the same even if my breath should be taken away

If anyone wants revenge, go ahead and aim at me
I will entice them and keep them away from you
I do it to make sure no one harms you
You may not like it if you think I'm deceitful
Anything can keep me away from you
But my heart will always belong to you
And I will remain the same even if my breath should be taken away

You Don't Know

Just a greeting kiss for you, nothing personal
You probably won't even remember
For me, it is a precious memory and became a treasure
I had a sleepless night
I swore to myself not to expect anything from you
But my heart pound
You don't know, from so far away
You don't know, with all my devotion
I watch you but you don't even notice me
To you I mean less than the flowers by the window
You don't know, from so far away
You don't know, with all my devotion
I watch you but you don't even notice me
At all, at all...... You don't know

This feeling should never be shown
I won't be able to remain as a friend
Trying to act as natural as I can
My heart is getting filled with more pain
Even a joke about nothing makes me nervous
I thought they were talking about me
You don't know, from so far away
You don't know, with all my devotion
I watch you but you don't even notice me
To you I mean less than the birds by the window
You don't know, from so far away
You don't know, with all my devotion
I watch you but you don't even notice me
At all, at all...... You don't know

Thursday Night

It's Thursday night, 11:30 p.m.
It's too early to leave yet
I still have a little hope that you might find me here
You may notice me by the way I dressed tonight
I stop and turn back, I thought I heard you
I know, coincidence doesn't always happen
There are so many people out here
But you aren't here, anywhere

As I go one more block, another block
I might be going away from you
But my steps become faster
Because I don't want anyone to stop me but you
I will recognize your voice right away
Even if the place is filled with the noises of people and music
Where are you now, I wonder
Wherever you are, you aren't thinking of me so it doesn't matter
There are so many people out here
But you aren't here, anywhere

I don't want to leave yet
I'm still on the street, filled with so many people
I don't want to leave yet
How nice that everyone else has found the one they belong to
There are so many people out here
But you aren't here, anywhere

Sea Of Night Lights

Pure minded beings, don't step into this sea
Innocent beings, don't long for this sea
It is a momentary sea to let the uncertain future and the tainted past pass by
Just like a boat without a paddle nor a tiller
There is no destination, just floating away

I weave my way as I go
Remembering good days of long ago
My heart is drifting in the sea of lights
Holding one or two fond memories from those nights
The sea of night lights, it's so generous
The sea by its name makes one generous

Dear seagull, I wish you could tell me
If your snow white waving wings are inviting me over or saying good-bye
This is a sea with reflections of what
Seem to be forgotten yet stay in my mind
Where shall I return, where shall I return
Without knowing where I belong to, just floating away

I weave my way as I go
Remembering good days of long ago
My heart is drifting in the sea of lights
Holding one or two fond memories from those nights
The sea of night lights, it's so generous
The sea by its name makes one generous
Where shall I return, where shall I return
Without knowing where I belong to, just floating away

I weave my way as I go
Remembering good days of long ago
My heart is drifting in the sea of lights
Holding one or two fond memories from those nights
The sea of night lights, it's so generous
The sea by its name makes one generous

4. 2. 3.

I was about to take a short break from my work
I turned on the TV
Back in my home town, I was trying to soothe myself, exhausted
From a long, intense tour

The weather report said that it would snow here tomorrow
Even though it was not that season
That was 5:30 am, it was after dawn, the sun ablaze
With my eyes half open, I changed the channel

LIVE REPORT, the screen said, and the huge blast came into my eyes
In that moment, the white flat stone building that became familiar to me over the past months
Was in the explosion with orange flame
The haze had risen slowly
The white smoke turned dusty and bellowed out of the building

All of a sudden, people are reminded that
Today is not the same after yesterday

They looking figures in black went into the scene then ducked, crawled, and shots rang out
I could neither ignore or resist what was happening on the TV
I just tried to listen to what they were truing to tell us
I tried to listen

An ambulance pulled over and opened its door to wait for them
Some were on stretchers, some were on the shoulders of others
Those with white shirts were pulled out from the building

An excited reporter shouted “the Japanese were rescued”
Voices of the TV directors and the engineers were flying all over the report
The report continued that the hostages were waving their hands,
That they looked good, that they were smiling

Then a group of people in black outfits rushed out surrounding a stretcher

The reporter continued to report cheerfully
That the Japanese were waving their hands
A dust covered soldier was on the stretcher with his arm hanging out and his ankle joggled
The red stain spread on his chest
His shotgun was placed on his body by another soldier's shaky hand
The stretcher was quickly removed

The excited reporter continued with joy that the Japanese were waving their hands
No word of mention whatsoever about the dust covered soldier, not ever a word

The live report to make the families of the Japanese hostage relieved went on and on
But I wondered “didn't he have a father, a mother, a wife, or children?”
Yes, he, that blackened soldier, that dust covered soldier

I who live here can never learn what that country's Justice is
I who live here can never judge what that battle was about

Our nation was very happy for those rescued Japanese hostages
It didn't matter if we knew them or not
But then, why couldn't we pay any attention and show respect for the foreign soldier
He, who had saved the hostages and had never met before

This country is barely trustworthy
We will repeat the same mistakes over and over
Claiming for peace
We can be so careless about things that have nothing to do with Japan

People reveal their real faces in a panic

That incident has ended in that country
My fear and doubt about this country started to build inside of me
Like dark smoke and flame

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“All the Japanese hostages were rescued safely”
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4. 2. 3......   4. 2. 3......

English Translation by Ruriko Duer


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