I recall the day I came to stay in my beloved Ehime.
There wasn't much I could say to express my confusion
At least in Japanese anyway.
I was struck by the smell of the staff-room and the dog-like procedure involved
when I went to the bathroom. It was a struggle back then.
But now I`ve learned to use the toilet,
And now after failing niikyu I can speak nihongo, or whatever they call it.
Now I can ask a girl for her phone number
And after 12 long months I'm pretty bloody good at ikebana.
Repeat Opening verse*
When I arrived in my town, they said there's a super(market)
down the road, and it's not too far,
It took two hours by train and another hour by car.
I made a nice group of friends in my town,
They were a very friendly bunch,
But they didn't get let out of the old peoples home, that much.
But now I've made friends my own age,
And now I can read a menu, well at least the first page.
And now I understand that people don't mean to be dicks,
When they say with a patronizing smile, that I'm good with chopsticks.
I have grown to love the love princess,
I just wish I had a little more success with the opposite sex,
or if I was gay then with the same sex.
credits
from You're Dancing I'm Absorbed,
track released October 1, 2010
Written by The Watanabes. Mixed and produced by David Naughton
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