* mou sugu soko made               It won't be much longer until
  The Sunny, Shiny Morning         the sunny, shiny morning,
  tsugi no asa ga	           the morning after--
  suigara-darake no		   Maybe it'll peek into
  yogoreta heya 		   this dirty apartment
  nozoku darou			   full of cigarette butts.

Tell me why		           Tell me why,
MARIA-sama			   oh Maria,
yasashisa ni ueteru		   I'm starving for affection.
Tell me why			   Tell me why 
doushite itsumo  RONRINESU	   Why am I always lonely?
yoru wa nagai			   The nights are so long...

JIINZU no hiza o		   My broken dreams
kudaketa yume			   bluely soak through 
aoku nurasu			   the knees of my jeans.
BURAUSU no mune ga		   The front of your blouse
mabushi-sugiru			   is too dazzling.
kimi ga suki sa 		   I love you so.

SHAWAA no kawari ni		   Instead of a shower,
ame no machi [kanji: tokai] o	   I wander around
samayou no sa			   the rainy city.
ningen yametai			   Although there are even times
toki sae aru kedo		   I'd like to stop being human**,
yamerarenai			   I cannot stop.

Show me how			   Show me how.
otoko nara			   A man should live
isagiyoku iki na yo		   in a manly way...
Show me how			   Show me how.
ichido-kiri no ai		   ...holding on to just one love
sotto daite			   preciously.

Hush Baby, U... U...		   Hush baby, oo... oo...
nakanaide Sleep Tight		   Don't cry, sleep tight.
sabishisa o			   Burn up my
moyashite kure			   loneliness,
Oh! My Burning Heart		   oh! my burning heart.

Can't you see			   Can't you see?
sasakureta			   My splintered
omoide ga			   memories
itai yo 			   hurt so!
Can't you see			   Can't you see?
namida dore kurai		   How many tears
taereba ii			   do I have to endure?

itsuka BIRU no machi		   Someday, in the city of buildings
fushigisou  sakasete		   I'll make the strange grass [?] bloom.
Show me how			   Show me how.
oresou na kimi o		   I'll hold you so tight,
daite ageru			   you feel like you could break.

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Singer: Matsuo Kiyonori
Lyricist: Yukawa Reiko
Composer: Matsuo Kiyonori
Arranger: Shirai Yoshiaki

Translation: Theresa Martin (revised August 8, 1994)

** Ito Takayuki suggests that this phrase may be taken from an
   anti-stimulant public service TV commercial several years ago,
   which said "kakusei-zai yamemasu ka, ningen yamemasu ka?"
   ("Do you stop using drugs, or do you stop being human?").