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Original Title:	ストレンジカメレオン
Artist:	the pillows
Release:	2001.02.07
Lyricist:	Sawao Yamanaka
Composer:	Sawao Yamanaka
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English Translation:	Strange Chameleon English Translation

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1.I wanna be your gentleman
2.Kawareru basho wo sagashi ni yukou ka dareka mitai ni
3.I wanna be your gentleman
4.Kakureru mori wo mezashite miyou ka itaku nai you ni5.
6.Yogoreta kawa wo yogoreta boku to oyogu
7.Kimi wa tottemo kirei datta
8.Ukishizumi shi nagara mukou gishi e tadoritsuita ato wo
9.Kangaeteru ima demo zutto10.
11.Kimi to iru no ga suki de ato wa hotondo kirai de
12.Mawari no iro ni najimanai dekisokonai no kamereon
13.Yasashii uta wo utaitai hakushu wa hitoribun de ii no sa
14.Sore wa kimi no koto da yo15.

16.I wanna be your gentleman
17.Umaku chigirete kurenai shippo wa togetoge de
18.I wanna be your gentleman
19.Hikkakikizu wa ienai no sa naoranainda20.
21.“tabun mou sugu sa kitto” nante iki wo tometa mama
22.Doudemo ii gyouretsu ni narande mo mita
23.“owaranai pureryuudo kanadete ikite yuku mitai da ne” tte
24.Bokura warau shinderu you ni25.
26.Tatoe sekai ga detarame de tane mo shikake mo atte
27.Umareta mama no iro ja mou dame datte kizuitemo
28.Sakadachi shitemo kawaranai horobiru kakugo wa dekiteru no sa
29.Boku wa Strange Chameleon30.
31.Kanchigai shinaide ne betsu ni kanashiku wa nai no sa
32.Dakiawase nandarou kodoku to jiyuu wa itsumo33.
34.Moshimo subete ga uso de tada tsujitsuma awase de
35.Itsuka natsuiteita neko wa onaka sukashiteita dake de
36.Sugu ni pachin to oto ga shite hajikete shimau maboroshi demo
37.Te no hira ga mada atatakai38.
39.Kowai mono shirazu de jidai wa hashagi mawari
40.Boku to kimi no sugoshita peeji wa yaburi sarare
41.Rekishi ni wa kachi no nai kaseki no hitotsu ni naru no sa
42.Kimi to deaete yokatta na
43.Bye Bye boku wa Strange Chameleon

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the pillows - Strange Chameleon Lyrics (Romanized)
the pillows - ストレンジカメレオン Lyrics (Romanized)

1.I wanna be your gentleman
2.変われる場所を探しに行こうか誰かみたいに
3.I wanna be your gentleman
4.隠れる森を目指してみようか痛くないように5.
6.汚れた川を汚れた僕と泳ぐ
7.君はとってもキレイだった
8.浮き沈みしながら向こう岸へ辿り着いた後を
9.考えてる今でもずっと10.
11.君といるのが好きであとはほとんど嫌いで
12.まわりの色に馴染まない出来損ないのカメレオン
13.優しい歌を唄いたい拍手は一人分でいいのさ
14.それは君の事だよ15.
16.I wanna be your gentleman
17.上手くちぎれてくれない尻尾はトゲトゲで
18.I wanna be your gentleman
19.引っかき傷は癒えないのさ治らないんだ20.
21.“たぶんもうすぐさきっと”なんて息を止めたまま
22.どうでもいい行列に並んでもみた
23.“終わらないプレリュード奏でて生きてゆくみたいだね”って
24.僕ら笑う死んでるように25.
26.たとえ世界がデタラメでタネも仕掛けもあって
27.生まれたままの色じゃもうダメだって気づいても
28.逆立ちしても変わらない滅びる覚悟はできてるのさ
29.僕はStrange Chameleon30.
31.勘違いしないでね別に悲しくはないのさ
32.抱き合わせなんだろう孤独と自由はいつも33.
34.もしも全てが嘘でただつじつま合わせで
35.いつか慣ついていた猫はお腹すかしていただけで
36.すぐにパチンと音がして弾けてしまう幻でも
37.手の平がまだ暖かい38.
39.恐いモノ知らずで時代ははしゃぎまわり
40.僕と君のすごしたページは破り去られ
41.歴史には価値のない化石の一つになるのさ
42.君と出会えて良かったな
43.Bye Bye 僕はStrange Chameleon

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1.I wanna be your gentleman,
2.Let’s go someplace I can change and be someone else.
3.I wanna be your gentleman,
4.Let’s seek a forest where I can conceal myself and avoid the pain.5.
6.We swim in a dirty river—I’m so dirty,
7.But you’re so beautiful and pure.
8.We’re constantly thinking about what we’ll do when we reach the bank on the other side.
9.It’s all we’ve ever done.10.
11.I love being with you… and hate almost everything else;
12.Unable to blend with my surroundings, I’m a poor excuse for a chameleon.
13.I want to sing a tender song—I only need the applause of one person:
14.That’s right, it’s you.15.
16.I wanna be your gentleman,
17.My tail won’t come off cleanly and just drags along.
18.I wanna be your gentleman,
19.The scratches on my body won’t heal… they just won’t go away!20.
21.We held our breaths, thinking, “I’m sure we’re almost there”,
22.Standing in a line for something we didn’t give a damn about.
23.“It’s like living your life singing a never-ending prelude”,
24.We laughed… as if we were already dead.25.
26.If the world is nothing but a joke, having its own tricks and secrets,
27.I’ll realize the colors I was born with no longer suffice.
28.Nothing will change, no matter how hard I try. So I’m prepared to face destruction.
29.I’m a Strange Chameleon.30.
31.Please don’t misunderstand! I’m not really sad about it.
32.It’s probably all a package deal; loneliness and freedom, always hand in hand.33.
34.Even if everything is a lie, just put together to make sense…
35.Even if the cat that seemed attached to us had really only been hungry…
36.Even if it’s all an illusion that will burst apart with a loud pop…
37.Our palms will still retain this warmth.38.
39.We ran about wildly in this era, having nothing to fear,
40.But our page in history will be torn out and left behind.
41.We’ll become fossils with no historical merit…
42.Ahh, I’m so glad I met you.
43.Bye bye, I’m a Strange Chameleon.

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