ALL ROMAJI & TRANSLATIONS BY: Cori
01. Koishii Hito
02. Ame no Iro
03. a bird
04. Another Birthday (ENG)
05. Yasashii Kaze
06. Sha la la
07. PIANISSIMO
08. Yubisaki
09. a piece of life
10. Jinchouge (ENG)
Hidden Track 
11. Koishii Hito (instrumental)
 2001 Universal-Music K.K.
Matsu Takako's Official Site
01. Koishii Hito
Romaji by: cori
* Aitakute  aenakute
Nando mo juwaki wo oita
Eien ni eien ni  ano mune no naka
Kousaten no mukou ni  anata no kao mitsuketa
Kawaranai sono hitomi  isshun toki ga tomaru
Koibito de iru yori mo  tomodachi to shite soba de
Waraiaeteru dake de
Itsumo sore de yokatta
Moshi ano hi  aa sono omoi
Ano hito ni tsutaetara  nanika kawatte ita no?
** Mono sugoku  mono sugoku
Koishii hito no namae wa
Eien ni eien ni  kono mune no naka
Kawashita kotoba no kazu
Hitotsu hitotsu ukabeta
Okubyou na watashi e to
Sotto sayonara wo tsugeru
Ima naraba  sou mune wo hatte
Otagai ni mukiatte  kagayaite irareru
** repeat
* repeat
Atatakai atatakai  yasashii hikari no naka de
Guuzen ni surechigau  hitonami no naka
Hanarete yuku no
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02. Ame no Iro
(color of rain)
Romaji by: cori
Yume no owari ni kawashita  kuchizuke wa ima mo
Yasashisa to itami wo  amaoto no you ni
Shiroi mado kara kaze  KOOHII no nioi
Hachiue no mukou ni  yureteru senaka
Anata ga hiite iru  PIANO no MERODII ga
Ima demo suki na noni  sa?ishiku hibiku
Yuube tomoshite  nokotta RANPU no akari ga
Kiregire ni kasumu no  tooi me de miteta
Kumori mado ni utsuru  anata to ame ga
Furui FIRUMU no you ni  nagarete kietetta
Sayonara-tte kotoba wa  nando mo itta noni
Ai shite iru yotte  hajimete itta
Ima wa nukumori to setsunasa  hitotsu ni natte
Sumikitta ame no iro  namida wo kakushite
Nagai nagai  koi no owari ni
Yappari anata no koto  suki da to omou
I still love you
Anata ga hanashiteta  ai to iu kotoba wa
Sora e to tsunagatte  nido to mou todokanai
Anata ga hanashiteta  ai to iu kotoba wa
Umi e to egakarete  nido to mou mirenai
Umi wa koko kara mienakute  sunahama wa nakute
Futari no ashiato wa  doko ni mo nokoranai
Samishii ame to  yasashii ame  koi no owari ni  furitsuite
BURUU no ame to  toumei no ame  hageshii ame ga  furitsuzuite
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03. a bird
Romaji by: cori
Iki wo hisomenagara  machi no akari kara
Nigekonda kurayami ni  hana no kaori ga shita
Watashitachi ga zutto  kotoba ni wa dekinai
Kimochi shitteru ki ga shite  baka ne  hana ni yaita
Tabun yume wo miru koro wa mou sugita no kana
Namae mo shiranai tori wo oikaketsuzukete Umm
BUREEKI kowareta  jitensha ni notte
Tameiki wa kaze ni magire  doko ni iru no kamo wasureta
Ii ko ni naru no wa  iya to itta kedo
Kami o kiru koto sae mo  dareka no mane wo shiteta
Kobore ochiru jikan ni  iiwake toka shite
Nankai mo furikaette  minna otona ni naru
Shiawase ni naritai dake nante iwanai yo
Doko made aruite yukeru no ka wo shiritakute Umm
Shinkokyuu shite miru  senobi shita jibun ni
Sayonara wo tsugetara  atarashii ashita wo mukaeyou
Tabun yume wo miru koro wa mou sugita no kana
Namida wo nagashita kazu dake tsuyoku natta no kana
Kousaten  hitonami  miageta sora ni
Namae mo shiranai tori ga  ima hikari no naka e to kieta
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04. Another Birthday
Romaji & English translation by: cori
Bokura ni dore hodo no  omoide ga aru darou
Kizutsuki kizusuketa  sugisatta ano hibi o
  I wonder how many memories we have
  Those days when we hurt & got hurt have passed by
Nazeka kimi ni wa jouzu ni  uso sae tsukenakatta
Jikan wo wasurete  arukitsuzuketa ne
  Why couldn't I lie skillfully to you?
  We forgot about the time & continued on walking, didn't we
Tada hitotsu no sono kotoba  itsumo ienakute
Sashidashita kasa no shita de  tachidomatta mama
  I could never say just that one word
  I just stood under the umbrella, which was held out
Ano yoru kimi no koe  chikara wo nakushita senaka
Tada zutto soba ni ita  tsumetai ame ga futtemo
  Your voice on that night, your back, which lost its strength
  You were just always by my side even in the cold rain
Yume wo miru nara sono te de  itsuka kanaete hoshii
Itsu demo itsu demo  kimi no soba ni iru
  If I have a dream, I want it to be granted someday by those hands
  I will be by your side always, always
Tada hitotsu no sono kotoba  tsutaeta sono hi wo
Futari no mou hitotsu no tanjoubi ni shiyou
  Let's make that day when just that one word was conveyed
  into another birthday for us
Wasurenai kotoba sotto  tsutaeta sono hi ga
Futari no mou hitotsu no tanjoubi ni naru
  That day when the words we won't forget were softly conveyed
  will become another birthday for us
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05. Yasashii Kaze
(gentle breeze)
Romaji by: cori
Nakitsukareta kodomo no you ni
Sashinobeta te mo sono mama
Namida sae fukanaide
Hitorikiri tachitsuku shite ita
Dare ni demo yasashiku hohoemu
Dakedo kokoro wa kodoku de
Furueteta mainichi ni
Sono tobira sotto tataite kureta
Kinou yori mo yasashiku
Kaze ga fukinukete yuku
Egao e to kawatteku
Kimi ga kaeteku
Itsumo to kawaranai
Machi mo hito mo
Nanigenaku nagareteku
Naze darou sore dake de shiawase
Kinou yori mo yasashii
Kaze ga fukinukete yuku
Sono ude de tsukamaete
Zutto hanasanaide
Hitomi ni utsushita
Itami mo namida mo
Tada ima futari ga
Koko ni ikite iru sore ga subete
Kinou yori mo yasashii
Kaze ga tsutsunde kureru
Hate no nai kono sora ni
Mirai wo azuketa mama de
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06. Sha la la
Romaji by: cori
Dekakeyou-tte kimi ga iu kara
Sukoshi oshare mo shite  matsuge mo KAARU shite
Senshuu katta bakari no fuku
Kyou ga kitto ii you na  yokan ga shite
HANDORU nigiru  kimi ga waratteru
Doko made yuku no?  Suberidashita kuruma
"DORAIBU yukou"
sha la la  totsuzen sugiru
sha la la  kimi wa sou itsu demo
sha la la  omoitsuku mama
sha la la  massugu na michi wo tada yukou
Kore bakari wa kito kimi ni mo
Keisan no dekinai  totsuzen no HAPUNINGU
Iya na yokan bakari ga ataru
Sora wo oou kumo ni  ame ga furidasu
Zannen sou ni  sora wo miageteru
Fuku ga nurete yuku no ni mo kizukanaide
Umi wo mite ita
sha la la  tsuite nai futari
sha la la  tachisukushita mama no
sha la la  sono senaka e to
sha la la  watashi ga katte ni shita yakusoku
sha la la  itsuka futari de
sha la la  mata koko e koyou ne
sha la la  yozora wo umeru
sha la la  hoshi wo kazoe ni itsuka kitto...
sha la la
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07. PIANISSIMO
Romaji by: cori
Suki yo  uso yo  fuzaketa no
Kimi ga komatta kao wo suru
Suki yo  uso yo  wasurete yo
Futatsu kage ga hanareteku
* Tooku de  mitsumeru
Watashi ni  nee  furimuite
Hitokoto  suki da yo to sou
Itte
KISU wo  shitari  dakiattari
Sonna mucha wa  iwanai wa
Kono kami  hodoita
Watashi ni  kizuite hoshikute
Ichibyou  dake de ii
Suki-tte
OOTOBAI no  TERRURANPU
Kimi to kanojo nijindeku
Kisetsu ga  kawaru koro
Dareka no  ude ni yorisou
Watashi wo  uso de ii kara
Shikatte
Suki yo to  ietara  ame wa agaru noni
* repeat
Kono kami  hodoita
Watashi ni  kizuite hoshii
Ichibyou  dake de ii kara
Suki-tte
Dare yori  taisetsu
Dare yori  suki na hito dake
Shizuka ni  tooku
Kiete yuku yo
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08. Yubisaki
(fingertip)
Romaji by: cori
Anata ga nemutta  yokogao wo
Mitsumete iru to ima  hoshi ga furu
Negau koto wa  nani mo nakatta
Kisetsu ga kawatte  yuku tabi ni
Fukaku natte yuku  koi wo shitta
Mienai mono wo  shinjirareru wa
* Dakishimete ite  anata ni tsuite yuku
Kokoro kara  kokoro e to  ai ga nagarekomu
Nan ni mo motanai  suteneko no
You na futari ni wa  kono mune shika
Kaette yuku  ie wa nai kara
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Yoake mae  asahi ga mieru yo to
Nobashita  yubisaki  ai ni furete ita
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09. a piece of life
Romaji by: cori
Dareka ga tsubuyaiteta  kiseki wa okoru to
Meguriau koto sore ga  subete no mahou ne
Mainichi  me ga sameru to
Anata no  egao ga kyou mo 
Taenai you ni to  inoru
* Donna ni donna ni  kisetsu ga  kagirinaku meguttemo
Watashi wa watashi wa  anata dake wo  ai shitsuzukeru deshou
Kizutsuketeta jibun wo  kirai ni nattari
Iitai koto ga mune ni  afureta mama dattari
Kotoba ja  wakariaezu
Omoi ja  mitomerarezu
Miugokitorenaku nattemo
Tsutaete tsutaete  kokoro wo  taisetsu na ano hito ni
Shinjite shinjite  anata no koto wo  hitsuyou na hito ga iru
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10. Jinchouge
(daphne odora)
Romaji & English translation by: cori 
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Osanai ano koro no  sanpomichi ni
Sotto  saiteta  shiroi chinchouge
Nantonaku otona no  kaori ga suru
Ano shiroi hana ga  totemo suki deshita
  The white daphne odora that bloomed
  on the sidewalk when I was younger
  somehow has an adult scent
  I really loved that white flower
Kouen ni wa  mawaru chikyuu
Jiyuu ni asonde ita
Ano koro yori chotto  okubyou ni natta
Konna watashi wo  mamotte kudasai
  In the park,
  I played freely on the "revolving globe"
  I got a little more cowardly since those times
  so please protect me
Guuzen tadoritsuku  yoru no umi ni
Bon'yari ukanda  fune wo nagameteta
Nee warawanaide ne  sonna koto demo
Shiawase ni omou  chippoke na watashi wo
  I was watching the boat that was floating in a daze
  which suddenly arrived in the ocean at night
  Hey, don't laugh ok?  Even those things make me
  think happily of the younger me
Anata ga shitte iru koto to
Watashi ga shitteru koto
Kore kara mo zutto  wakachiaeta nara to
Omou n da  nee sore de ii?
  I think that if we always share
  things that we know with each other
  even from now on
  hey, would that be ok?
Itsumo wa ienakute  sono yokogao wo
Mite iru isshun de  omou koto ga aru no
Osanai koro ni mita  eiga no kioku
Nando mo yondeta  chiisana ehon-tachi
  As always, the moments when I'm looking at your side
  without being able to say anything
  I think of the memories of a movie that I saw when I was young
  & of the many small picture books that I've read
Kenka shitemo  nakanai noni
Kandou suru to  sugu naku
Sore ga uchuu dewa  wazuka na jikan demo
Watashi wa kou shite  ikite kimashita
  Even if we fight, I won't cry
  but if I'm touched, I'll cry immediately
  Even if they are just insignificant times in this universe,
  I've come to live in this way
Ano koro yori chotto  okubyou ni natta
Konna watashi wo  mamotte kudasai
  I got a little more cowardly since those times
  so please protect me
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All romaji lyrics & translations (unless noted) by Cori
These lyrics were added in 2001-2002