Song For Athens

Song For Istanbul

Made by impressions of a journey .
There were a lot of avant garde buildings , mainly designed by Gaudi

Lyrics

Sagrada Familia is completing !   Casa Mira , Casa Batllo ! 
The golden fish on the shore . Miro's totem in the park .
Like an orgy of creativity , surrealism is taking a place anywhere !

Avant - garde feeling is breezing through the city 
Barcelona !!     Under the big sun , passion for new art !
The spirit of Gaudi still has been burning !

Mediterranean , emerald beach 
Palm trees render you summer mood every time 

And a soccer team favoured all over the world 
FC Barcelona 
The motto is " More than a club "   
People's treasure because it's owned mainly by fans !

Ardour and avidity , the city of delectation 
Barcelona !!
Merry and cheerful atmosphere made a tourist jump !

Song For Barcelona

Lyrics 

Venezia , Venezia !

People had to evacuate from invasions 
Found a safe place on marsh in the lagoon
It was a hard situation but in the end 
the place has become the most beautiful city man ever made !!

Venezia !

Night streams as a pulchritudinous nymph
And then ...

Under the morning sun  canals show ineffaceable sceneries !!

Venezia  Venezia  !!!

Song for Venezia

I think colours of love have various tones , sometimes so bright  sometimes so dark  ...

Lyrics

Ah Love is blue

We were in the park . My hands got dirt for cleaning a bench

so washed them at the water fountain

As I was going to dry wet by rubbing my shirt

She picked up her handkerchief and said joyfully

" I bet you never bring a handkerchief for dating women ! "

Handed me with a smile like some amusement

Ah Love is blue

As the colour of autumn sky soothing me utterly


We were on the jet coaster rising

She asked me about my dreams in the future

Talked some plans when the coaster at the top

then it plunged with super speed , I felt thrown in the air

Some screamed in the upside-down world

I myself shouted in confusion

" Besides plans , I love you so much ! "  She said " Good ! "

Ah Love is blue ! Yeah !

The colour of a Persian sea as endless summer

But sooner or later everyone would know

life is not perfect neither are relationships ...

Ah Love is blu ----------------------- e

Sometimes the colour of the bottom of the ocean

But you'll love somebody again

Love Is Blue

Song For Los Angeles

Lyrics 

It belongs to England 
but streets have African feeling
Tropical palm trees 
Exoticism are flowing 

Red colour telephone box
Double - decker red bus 
Several cultures are mingled in this place !

Gibraltar !

The Botanic Garden makes you feel as if 
you were in the southern country

Gibraltar !

Just 13 km to African continent
A melting point 
An unique city !

Song For Gibraltar

One Day In Naples

Lyrics 

You are my white rose that washes my soul so pleasantly
But it seems to be dried now , you said
" So tired of working or daily routine " .... Then , 

Let me be your sun 
Let me be your sunflower
that cheer you up vigorously

Let me be an eagle that lifts you up
and takes you to the sky 
Let me make you revive again !

Life is not perfect , I suppose
You have to proceed with trial and error
I don't have a power of money that protects you
But there must be something I can do for my dear friend !

Let me be a fish that drinks up your enervation or lassitude
or let me be a black hole that swallows up your sorrow or anxiety !

Let me be your sun or a comedian that makes you smile
Your happiness is my happiness !!

Let Me Be Your Sun

Lyrics

I met her at a hostel in London
She showed me some gory pictures
Said " What's happening there is crazy " ...
But my mind was occupied with street live

I went to Piccadilly Circus 
and sang my songs with playing the guitar
Some talked to me , I enjoyed those street lives
and forgot about her ...

Years later , I began to realize
what she wanted to discuss
I should have talked more seriously
But you don't know what you got till it's gone ...

North wind hits my cheeks
Even hits my heart
Sometimes I remember her lines
I wonder if she is still acting for improvements ...

Brown leaves are rolling on the street
Blown by the sharp wind
Can't help reflecting myself as those dead leaves
Forced to move by the big powers !

Keep moving !  
I have no choice
Keep going through the north wind
She must be struggling with problems of the world
I must keep doing my best !!

Carry on Running against the North Wind

Dedicated to good friends
Lyrics 

Everybody has mountains to climb
as achievements of dreams
Yet the world is not moving around me as a satellite

I may be a small salmon jumping up the waterfall
or a swallow whose wings have been badly torn up

But friends' words always encourage me
They give me motivations to keep trying whatever happens !

Sometimes people become Lucifer or Satan 
But at the same time , become Venus or Aphrodite

I often fed up with the dirty society 
Some people are incredulously mean and insidious

But warmness of friends makes me remind my principal
Human is the most interesting and lovely thing to me !

Friends of mine !

Yes , I've got treasures among soulless robots
That are friends from all over this big world !

Good , good friends of mine , mine , mine !

My Friends are Irreplaceable Fortune !

Lyrics

A winter storm hit your garden .
Roses dahlias and berries have been covered by thick snow ...

As if people's exertions are trampled by the harshness of society ...

But the sun will come !
New spring will show up !

If there's no warmness , we 'd make it by ourselves

Let us have relish inside by helping each other .
We have sunny hearts in the long winter !

I will paint a flower field for you , unprecedentedly special one .
Green roses , crimson lilies and purple daffodils .

And dandelions have blue wings and dance with bees and dogs !

Let's sing now ! Loud and vigorously .
Melodies cheer us up and thaw icy bodies , don't they ?

We could fly through the dark sky
We will reach the star by steady friendship and good rapport !!

We can not change the climate or weather , but we should be tough by recognizing
our lives are not only for ourselves
but also for people we love and
people who love us sincerely !!!

Let's Make Spring by Ourselves !.mp3

Lyrics 

New York City has many kinds of entertainments and madness too !

I stayed for 10 days and never had a day without hearing a scream !
Everyday , Everyday , Everyday ....

Someone's shouting something somewhere in Manhattan 
Somebody's yelling some shit 
at some place in New York City  !!

I saw a guy who dived into a dust bin and kept standing still upside down 
on 30th West street ....

I've never ever seen such a man except in New York !

Someone's shouting something 
somewhere in the Big Apple
Somebody's yelling some shit 
at some place in the dancing city !

But if you want stimulations , 
Manhattan is above the clouds 
If you wanna meet 
many kinds of people ,
Times Square may be 
your destination !!!

New York , Ebullience and Madness

Song For France

Lyrics

Even genius people can't understand other languages

Life is not perfect for nobody

Even a talented person makes some mistakes

So why not I ??

Like every season has to turn and fade away 

Your happy days may meet a downfall

but Someday Somewhere Somebody will make you alive again ! 

You should not throw it all away easily ! 


There are many forces in this complicated world

Pushing people in different ways from different places

Whether you like or not somebody may try to use you

sometimes in a helpful way ....

Like a blazing sun becomes dark at twilight
your sky may be filled with dark clouds

but Someday Somewhere Something will make it arise again ! 
Your hope will stand from ashes ! 


Like stars in the sky have to die and revive again

your dreams may vanish to the void 

but Someday Somewhere Somebody will make you alive again !!!

May be the wind will turn soon !!

Someday Somewhere Somebody will make You Alive Again !

Lyrics

History cavorts before the Colosseum sunset
Some were forced to fight , some endeavoured  for their foray

2000 years , a long time ago , a trailblazer of entertainment 
Did top gradiators feel soothingness in the ray of the sinking sun ?

Let's caper with the burg by climbing up the Spanish Steps 
On the short and winding road  
Hop , Step , Rome !  Hop , Step , Rome !

At the Mouth of Truth 
Judged by putting your hand , if you are subterfuge or chicanery or genuine

At the Trevi Fountain
Let's throw coins for different wishes 
One for coming back ,  two for a romance , and three for wedding

Rome !  
Rome !

Song For Rome

In the future , a robot has been a good wife as an obedient partner without much emotions , because it was difficult that AI has feelings like human . But with a scientific progress , there has been a new chip for many emotions . He put it into her , but she started learning ambition , greed or vanity . Now he has become remorseful for having changed a chip . And there are many quarrels between them .

Lyrics

An advanced chip for a humanoid robot wife
that has turned his life so painful ...

He never knew ramifications 
She has learned much emotions
from a simple loyalty to ambition , greed or even vanity ...

With a scientific development , pros and cons came both
Unstoppable desire swelling like a balloon

Went down to the retro market
Bought a previous chip 
to get her back to an obedient partner ...

But inside he's being torn 
If he has a right to spoil already near human 
Calling voices again and again 
Insanity !
Make her back !
No right !
Want her back !
Immoral !

Standing on the street 
Clutching the chip to ... (use) or (throw away)

Hankering and Contrition

Song For Italy

Dedicated for people who have pride and love for their job 

Lyrics

He wakes up 5 in the morning
checks if the farm is all right
No vacation around the year

After gathering crops , he goes to the market
For selling fresh potatoes or pears 
Busy , busy and busy days ...

The sun eats his back !
Always having lumbago 
Natural disasters ruin the farm

but he's always telling us 

I would not trade my job for anything !
No , I would not stop this pleasurable work ！

It breaks my knees , squeezes my nerve
but new fruits are shining so cutely 
Yes , after all these years , I'm loving my job !!

She's an engineer of a milk factory
Maintains many generating systems
And also a manager for 100 workers
Hearing all those requests and grumbling
There's always a tension in her stomach ...

When the clarifier was broken
She couldn't sleep for repairing 
but with the bleary - eyed face , she said proudly 

I will keep doing this job somehow
No plan for changing my task

It's difficult but at the same time
lovely and interesting !
Maybe 10 years from now , I'll still love my job !!

I would not trade my job for anything !

Lyrics

Green leaves have turned to red
Passing away beautifully
Prisms swirl as magic saucers

Autumn park ! 
Poems dance with leaves
The palette in my heart cries with joy in colours !!

Autumn mountain !
competitions of vividness

They don't intend to be aesthetic 
But I can not help feeling 
they co-operate to draw a masterpiece !!

Autumn Park , Autumn Mountains

Lyrics 

So many theories , so many gods , so many advocations
Conspiracies , Machiavellianism , Double-dealing and subterfuge
Oh ! Full of treacheries for zippy profits
Too good to be true . It's rubbish !
A wily , slick , sales talk 

Many people coax me to do unreasonable things
I'm often flummoxed whom I can listen to
But at least there's one probity that is so trustworthy
Yeah !  Rock and Roll is always on my side !!

Look up the sky  . Wonder a while the meaning of the life !

There were gratifications , despondencies 
usually busy but sometimes free

Sincerity ,  Manipulations ,  Volunteers  ,  Swindlers 

Salvations  ,  Exploitations 

What can I do in the middle of the matters ?
What should I do in this complication ?
What can I make ? 
What can I leave in ,  in , in , in , in , in this chaotic world ?

Ramification , Quagmire , Backfire from propaganda 
Being chagrined a little bit in the cesspool of sordid throng
But I've got a little treasure giving me pleasures in many ways
Oh !  Like the Aladdin's magic lamp !

Dazzling ,  Vibrant  , Astounding  ,  Exuberant 
Stupendous  ,  Glinting  ,  Vivacious  ,  Enthralling

Ebullient  ,  Buoyant  ,  Diverting  ,  Captivating
Awesome  ,  Riveting  ,  Scintillating !!

An ineffable  treat  ,  Inimitable  and  Ethereal 
Music  is  the  most  valuable  invention  to  me  !

Rockin'  in  North  America  ,  rockin'  in  Europe
South  America  ,  Asia ,  Australia  and  Africa

It  goes  forever  !  It'll  go  forever  !!
Rock  and  Roll  is  always  on  my  side  !!!

Rock and Roll is Always on My Side !

Lyrics

Different histories and cultures
195 countries are sharing this planet
It's so fun to watch each distinctiveness
Arts , Cuisine , Fashion , Nature ...

But it's so sad to hear destruction
Some wars ruin precious beauties 

Ah there's a rainbow in the sky
Colours complement each other

And cities have unique characters
Individualistic speciality must be kept !

Modern architectures , Historic site
AI robots , Wild animals ...

But there're some
prejudices by lack of informations 
We can overcome that by telling true situations

There're disputes but when the rain is gone
a bridge of hope will appear !

We must know about propaganda
for selling weapons
Some conflicts are staged for money - making ...

Let diversity coexist , 
like colours of the rainbow stand together !!

As Colours Stand Together In The Rainbow

A song about a person who wants to live forever

Lyrics 

I was nothing until age of 10
No particular purpose in my life 
But the days have been changed by beautiful arts
Now I'm happy with making them 

But I feel like walking along the red sea
The sky is purple , the sand is black
Seems some demons skulk there

The more I'm happy , the more I'm scared 
for losing felicity
Wings and chains on my legs ....

Being a cyborg , I never dreamt 
but now I palpably envy the one who has immortality 
'Cause I verily want to live forever
for making arts perpetually

I gotta get 
tears of Lucifer
I want to drink it up
Hoping to get a permanency

I'll never can climb up
to the celebrated heaven
but will hang around the Earth
Regretting for unfinished works ....

Tears of Lucifer

Wherever I go , wherever I may roam , I'm home as long as there's rock music in the place.

Rock  And  Roll  Is  My  Home !!

I have visited London four times , really fascinating city for the one who loves rock music . Even though some deals for shopping are terrible , the capacity for music conquers some complains .

Lyrics

What can I do for you , my friend ?
That's a common line in London 
No clerk thinks customers are real friends
They say , " I'll give you discount "
but it's not discount at all 
The price was set higher more than proper one
That's London !

Back to London ! 
The city of tricks
Back to London 
The city of entertainment
Back to London 
So many street performances
Sarcasticism and deceptions
but still something's going on !

I was eating sandwiches at 10 Golden square , Soho
Suddenly police came and asked us to evacuate
They said , " We've got a suspectful  baggage  here " !
A bomb in the dust bin is a particular feature in London !

Back to London 
Melting pot of new cultures
Same old messing up in 10 Downing street
Roaming around the tube stations to get free Evening Standard
New sound and plays 
Still something's going on !

So many things are brought here
Mixed up 
And spread to the world ! 
Spread ! Spread ! Oh !

Back to Piccadilly Circus  
to  meet the new sensations
Back to Shaftesbury avenue
to check new theatre plays
Back to Camden
to find curious scarfs
Back to Hyde Park
to enjoy a long walk

Back to Oxford street
So many department stores
Back to Baker street station
to meet the Holmes' s figures
Radio and TV , lovely BBC
Back to Waterloo bridge
to sing " Waterloo sunset "

Back to Soho 
to drop off to nasty spots
Back to Covent garden
to enjoy an elegant tea time
Back to British museum
to see  ancient histories 
Back to Charing Cross road
to find rare old books

Back to Carnaby street
to check the latest fashion
Back to Leicester square
Movies and street performances
Back to Camberwell 
to dance in the latest rave 

Well , Back to London !
Still , still something's going on !!

Back To London

Loving Progressive Rock , Classic Rock and Jazz Rock as King Crimson ,Queen , Pink Floyd , Genesis , Yes , Rolling Stones , Santana , David Bowie , EL&P etc ...

Shinichiro Matsuda

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