original words Neon no Pierce ga hajiketa Rainy Night Onyx mitai ni kagayaku DowntownTotsuzen ni kono machi o deru to itta Denwa no koe ni shikata nai wa to juwaki o oita yoruAi wa itsudemo sunao ja nakute Sukoshi sameta futari no kyori enjiteruMANHATTAN JOKE… MANHATTAN JOKE… Honki ja nai no MANHATTAN JOKE… MANHATTAN JOKE… Sasaekirenai Heart Airport made hitori IsoideHidari no tobira ga akanai Yellow Cab Radio no Blues setsunai Queens BridgeHachigatsu ni bachigai no Grey Coat Nani mo motazu ni heya o detekita Kokoro kakusu SunglassAme ga yande mo nureta hitomi de Kotoba sae mo nakushita mama UtsumuitaMANHATTAN JOKE… MANHATTAN JOKE… Serious dakedo MANHATTAN JOKE… MANHATTAN JOKE… Dakishimete yo anata Saishuu Flight made mattete MANHATTAN JOKE… |
english translation A rainy night split with neon earrings, Downtown shining like onyx. All at once, you said you’re leaving this town. I said that’s it then, to your voice on the phone and hung up for the night.Love isn’t always honest, playing out the distance between us, being a little disillusioned.MANHATTAN JOKE… MANHATTAN JOKE… I’m kidding around. MANHATTAN JOKE… MANHATTAN JOKE… I can’t keep my heart from falling apart. Alone to the airport in a hurry.A yellow cab whose left door doesn’t open… Queens Bridge, where the blues play sad on the radio.In a grey coat out of place in August, I left my apartment taking nothing with me. Sunglasses concealed my heart.I look down, nothing I can say, with eyes that are wet, even though the rain has stoppedMANHATTAN JOKE… MANHATTAN JOKE… I’m being serious. MANHATTAN JOKE… MANHATTAN JOKE… Hold me tight, darling. Wait for me, until the final flight.MANHATTAN JOKE… MANHATTAN JOKE… I’m kidding around. MANHATTAN JOKE… MANHATTAN JOKE… I can’t keep my heart from falling apart. Alone to the airport in a hurry. |
Lyrics by Yasushi Akimoto
Music & Arrangement by Yuji Ohno
Performed by Naoko Kawai
Notes: Legend of the Gold of Babylon opening theme