The Brilliant Green - You & I

Time for some J-pop from The Brilliant Green just to break things up a bit. Normally I loathe J-pop for the sickly sweet marketing machine that it is but sometimes I cave and dig out my old J-pop CDs I bought when I first arrived in Japan in 1997 and had yet to discover the rather huge underground scene that Japan has. "You & I" was the B-side to one of their more famous tracks "There will be love there." Just in case, you can't make out the lyrics to the song through vocalist Tomoko Kawase's cutely mangled English, here they are, courtesy of the inside flap of the CD case.

Tu tu ru...

Let's do a movie or a long afternoon drive
Or going nowheres just fine long as you are here
Doing nothing never has been so much fun
If it's with you love well than anythings alright

So we can watch the morning sunrise you and me
Stay with me darling come on let me keep you near
Till the early dawn warms up to the sun
It would be so nice baby stay with me tonight

Cause time with you is soft and warm
And happiness is here just being alive

So hey let's "you & i" oh you're with me now
And baby it just gets better
I got you in my life

Tu tu ru...

I used to worry that I'd always be alone
Embracing rainy days and lost inside my fear
To worry 'bout it never did me much good
My life it turned when you happened to me

Now that love is you everything is right
And loneliness is the other side or the world

So hey let's "you & i" oh you're with me now
And baby it just gets better
I got you in my life

You give me something so new
It will never get old
You got this place in my heart
Yes, life would be dull
Oh without you around

So hey let's "you & I" oh you're with me now
And baby it just gets better
I got you in my life

All i say and all I do
Yes I'll always love you
All I say and all that I do
I will always love you