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…
MANHATTAN JOKE…
Honki ja nai no
MANHATTAN JOKE…
MANHATTAN JOKE…
Sasaekirenai Heart
Airport made hitori
Isoide

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