Red Slope Lady Bird(赤坂レディバード Akasaka Redi Bādo) by Akimoto Junko(秋元順子)

歌名: 赤坂レディバード

唄: 秋元順子

作詞: 田久保真見

作曲: 花岡優平

発売日: 2015年06月17日

レコード会社: キングレコード

生きてることが 虚しくて

そっと夜空を 見る夜は

ぽつんと浮かぶ 月によく似た

孤独な気分で 飲みましょう

赤坂レディバード

赤坂レディバード

心を遠く 逃がしてくれる

優しい夜汽車に 灯りがともる

産まれたときに 泣くように

愛をせがんで みたいけど

涙はすこし 照れくさいから

お道化て笑って たわむれて

赤坂レディバード

赤坂レディバード

不埒な恋に 酔わせてくれる

小粋な媚薬を お酒と言うの

どこから見ても 大人でも

みんな大人に なれないわ

失くしたものが 多すぎるから

さがせば迷子に なるだけね

赤坂レディバード

赤坂レディバード

心のままに 泣かせてくれる

魔法のしずくを お酒と言うの

お酒と言うの お酒と言うの

Utamei: Akasaka Redi Bādo
Uta: Akimoto Junko
Kashi: Takubo Mami
Sakkyoku: Hanaoka Yūhei
Hatsubaibi: 6/17/2015
Reko-do gaisha: Kingu Reko-do

Ikiteru kotoga munashikute
Sotto yozorawo miru yowa
Potsunto ukabu tsukini yoku nita
Kodokuna kibunde nomimashō
Akasaka redi bādo
Akasaka redi bādo
Kokorowo tōku nigashitekureru
Yasashi'i yogishani akariga tomoru

Umareta tokini nakuyōni
Aiwo segande mitaikedo
Namidawa sukoshi terekusaikara
Odokete waratte tawamurete
Akasaka redi bādo
Akasaka redi bādo
Furachina koini yowasete kureru
Koikina biyakuwo osaketo iuno

Dokokara mitemo otonademo
Min'na otonani narenaiwa
Nakushita monoga ōsugirukara
Sagaseba maigoni narudakene
Akasaka redi bādo
Akasaka redi bādo
Kokorono mamani nakasete kureru
Mahōno shizukuwo osaketo iuno

Osaketo iuno osaketo iuno

Song Name: Red Slope Lady Bird

Singer: Akimoto Junko

Lyrics: Takubo Mami

Composer: Hanaoka Yūhei

Release Date: 6/17/2015

Record Label: King Record Co., Ltd.

When living this life feels in vain

And when gently looking up at the night sky

Like the lonely moon floating

Let's drink with a lonely feeling

Red slope lady bird

Red slope lady bird

Allows the heart to escape far away

The gentle kind light is lit on the night train

Just like crying when we're born

I want to pester the love but

Because the tears are a bit embarrassing

I clown around, laugh, and play around

Red slope lady bird

Red slope lady bird

It lets me get drunk on this insolent love

We call the small stylish aphrodisiac the osake

Even if I look like an adult from every view

Not everyone can become an adult

Because we have lost too much

If we look for it, we only become lost

Red slope lady bird

Red slope lady bird

It let's me cry as much as my heart desires

The magical drop we call it sake

We call it sake we call it sake

Please click the above picture to purchase the CD including a recording of this song from Amazon.com.

Rose by Akimoto Junko(秋元順子)

歌名: Rose

唄: 秋元順子

作詞: 田久保真見

作曲: 花岡優平

発売日: 2015年06月17日

レコード会社: キングレコード

愛は光だと ある人は言う

どんな時も心を 照らしてくれると

愛は闇だと ある人は言う

手さぐりで歩くように 探すものだと

愛は 嵐かもしれない

すべてを奪い去るの…

ラ・ヴィ・アン・ローズ あなたとの愛は

ラ・ヴィ・アン・ローズ 棘のある薔薇のように

傷つくと知りながら この胸に抱いたの

嘘をつくのは 自分の弱さ

騙しても心まで 騙せやしない

夢は 覚めるものじゃなく

果てない 約束なの

ラ・ヴィ・アン・ローズ あなたへの愛は

ラ・ヴィ・アン・ローズ 一輪の薔薇のように

ささやかに誇らしく この胸に咲いてる

…雨が降るから 花は枯れないの

涙を流すから 倖せになれるのでしょう…

ラ・ヴィ・アン・ローズ あなたへの愛は

ラ・ヴィ・アン・ローズ 一輪の薔薇のように

あざやかに誇らしく この胸に咲いてる

Utamei: Rose
Uta: Akimoto Junko
Kashi: Takubo Mami
Sakkyoku: Hanaoka Yūhei
Hatsubaibi: 6/17/2015
Reko-do gaisha: Kingu Reko-do

Aiwa hikaridato aru hitowa iu
Don'na tokimo kokorowo terashitekureruto
Aiwa yamidato aru hitowa iu
Tesaguride aruku yōni sagasu monodato
Aiwa arashikamo shirenai
Subetewo ubaisaruno...
Ra.vi.an.rōzu anatatono aiwa
Ra.vi.an.rōzu togeno aru barano yōni
Kizutsukuto shirinagara kono muneni daitano

Usowo tsukunowa jibun'no yowasa
Damashitemo kokoromade damaseyashinai
Yumewa sameru monojya naku
Hatenai yakusokunano
Ra.vi.an.rōzu anataeno aiwa
Ra.vi.an.rōzu ichirin'no barano yōni
Sasayakani hokorashiku kono muneni saiteru

...Amega furukara hanawa karenaino
Namidawo nagasukara shiawaseni narerunodeshō...

Ra.vi.an.rōzu anataeno aiwa
Ra.vi.an.rōzu ichirin'no barano yōni

Azayakani hokorashiku kono muneni saiteru

Song Name: Rose

Singer: Akimoto Junko

Lyrics: Takubo Mami

Composer: Hanaoka Yūhei

Release Date: 6/17/2015

Record Label: King Record Co., Ltd.

Love is light, some people say

No matter when, it will shine on the heart

Love is darkness, some people say

It is something to be searched for like walking by the touch of the hand (in the darkness)

Maybe love is the storm

Which robs everything away...

La-vie-en-rose my love with you is

La-vie-en-rose like the thorny rose

Knowing that I will get hurt, I held you to my chest

Telling a lie is my weakness

Even if I fool you I can't fool the heart

A dream is not something to wake from

But an unending promise

La-vie-en-rose my love to you is

La-vie-en-rose like a single rose

Modestly but proudly blooming in this heart

...Because it rains, the flower doesn't wither

Because we cry, we can become happy...

La-vie-en-rose my love to you is

La-vie-en-rose like a single rose

Brilliantly and proudly blooming in this heart

Please click the above picture to purchase the CD including a recording of this song from Amazon.com.

Akimoto Junko(秋元順子)

When Akimoto Junko(秋元順子) was a small child, she was a member of a children's theater and wanted to become an actress.

After graduating from high school, she performed as a member of a Hawaian band while working at a petoleum company but became a stay-at-home mother after getting married. She resumed her singing activities after her child grew up when she was in her forties.

When she was 57 years old, she released the song "Love of Madison County(マディソン郡の恋 Madisongun'no Koi)" on an independent label, and the song reached the top spot on the Wired Called in Ranking(有線お問合せランキング Yūsen Otoiawase Rankingu). The next year, she made her major label debut with King Record Co., Ltd.(キングレコード ingu Reko-do) with her hit song from previous year. King Record touted her as the star of the baby-bommer generation(団塊世代の星 Dankaiseidaino Hoshi).

She made her first appearance on Kōhaku Utagassen in 2008 aged 61 years 6 months, the oldest performer to make a debut on the show. She also appeared on Kōhaku Utagassen the following year.

This blog post translates information from the Wikipedia article 秋元順子 which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.