I just found the Japanese lyrics and English translation for this cool song. It featured in one of my favourite movies of recent years "Lost In Translation". Anyway, it's a really sweet song, which first came out in 1970 from Happy End, a Japanese folk band.
I've liked the song for a while now, because of it's sweet melody and a sentiment I could only imagine was innocent.
Well, tonight I found the English translation of the lyrics...
As I was walking down a towering alley
In the outskirts of the city
I saw beyond the blotched fog
A streetcar still sluggish from sleep
Crossing over the sea
(Chorus)
That's why I want to gather the wind (under my wings)
Gather the wind (under my wings)
And run across the blue sky.
As I passed through a beautiful sunrise
I saw beyond the empty-looking breakwater
A city with its day-colored sails up
Moored in the port
(Repeat Chorus)
When I was killing time one morning
At an empty coffee shop
I saw through the cracked glass
The rustling of the high-rises' silken clothes
Brushing on the sidewalk
(Repeat Chorus)
Makes no sense to me, but I still love the song ;)
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