19才 (Juuku sai) – 19 years old

from Communication album.

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I am already 19 now
So I’m thinking of leaving home
It’s not as if I had a fight with Mother
That’s not it, it’s just that
I want to try living on my own
But I know saying that is useless
It just makes me so frustrated
It sounds so half-baked

The shackles I’ve had as a child
Have just gotten too heavy
It’s not as if I’m fed up with the world
That’s not the reason, it’s just that
Graduating from school, just being an average
Becoming a happy bride someday
Along this widespread railway
Can’t I do a stopover somewhere?

By the way, that person
Laughed a little and told me this
“Pampered child who does not know the world
At your age, you are just too innocent”
But I have decided on this one thing
When I am 19, I will bring
That person home
And let him meet my Dad

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