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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mABDF3ZTPLA

「いつも一緒にいたかった　となりで笑ってたかった
季節はまた変るのに　心だけ立ち止まったまま
あなたのいない右側に
少しは慣れたつもりでいたのに
どうしてこんなに涙が出るの
もう叶わない想いなら
あなたを忘れる勇気だけ欲しいよ
You are only in my fantasy
今でも覚えている
あなたの言葉　肩の向こうに見えた景色さえも
So once again
Leavin' for the place without your love
星が森へ帰るように　自然に消えて
ちいさな仕草も　はしゃいだあの時の私も
いつも一緒にいたかった
となりで笑ってたかった
季節はまた変るのに　心だけ立ち止まったまま」

作詞：富田京子

最近は別の歌手にカバーされているようですが、
やっぱりオリジナルの方がいいですね～。

この後に続く、「あなたの声聞きたくて　消せないアドレスMのページを指でたどってるだけ」
っていうところは、時代を感じますが、
それでも今なおオリジナルの歌詞のままカバーされているのは、
時が変わっても、
胸の奥底で感じることはみんな同じだからなんですよね。

数か月前から、趣味だったキーボードを再び始めました。
今度は、弾き語りもやってみたいと思っていて、
今、この曲を練習しています。
・・・いったい誰に披露するのかわかりませんが、
自己満足です。

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“I wanted to stay with you all the time
I wanted to keep smiling next to you
Another season is coming again
But my soul has been left behind

I thought I have got used to myself a little without you at my right side
But tears wouldn’t stop
And I wonder why

If I can’t make my wish come true
The courage that I could forget about you
Is all I want now

You are only in my fantasy
I still remember
What you said, and
Even the view behind you

So once again
Leavin' for the place without your love
As the starts go back to the forest
It disappears naturally
So do simple movements of yours
And myself yelping with delight and joy

I wanted to stay with you all the time
I wanted to keep smiling next to you
Another season is coming again
But my soul has been left behind”

Written by Kyoko Tomita
Translated by me (Please note that it is paraphrased, so not as exact as what the author wants to say. Could be a wrong translation)

Recently another musician has covered this song, but I prefer this original one.

One phrase in this song says
“I trail my fingers on the “M” part in the TELEPHONE DIRECTORY that I cannot ERASE (with a correction pen or an eraser)
Just because I want to hear your voice”
A couple of words sound old, but still this song is loved and sung by lots of lots of people.
I think it is because this song sings what people have in mind regardless of times.

I resumed my hobby, playing the keyboard, a few months ago.
I stopped it for more than 5 years, so it is a bit hard for me to play like before.
However, this time I would like to try playing it while singing.
And now I am practicing this song.
Oh well, I don’t know if I will play and show to someone.
Probably just for self-satisfaction…