Yoko Kanno's eclectic yet compelling style always draws me back for more. Her work on the Cowboy Bebop series is perhaps her most well known work, but the more recent addition of the Stand Alone Complex soundtrack proves once again that she is quite the musician.

Lyrics

Don't Bother None

Readin' my paper in Ray's Cafe
The ol' guy next to me is loud as day.
Rambled and rambled while eatin' his pie,
He dropped his wallet, now it's mine uh-huh.

Sorry old man but that's just the way that it is,
Don't bother none.
Won't help at all to worry 'bout it.

Picked up the wallet and slipped outside,
Walked around and walked around and walked around town.
I found my nerve and a good place to hide,
Only to find no cash inside, uh-huh!

CHORUS: Oh well, I guess that's just the way that it is,
Don't bother none.
Won't help at all to worry 'bout it.

I got thirsty so I went to a bar,
Met a li'l darlin' with the face of a star.
In the mornin', woke up to find
She stole my car along with my heart, yeah yeah.

CHORUS

Wish she'd give me back my heart, uh-huh.

CHORUS
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Inner Universe

Angely i demony kruzhili nado mnoj
Rassekali ternii i mlechnye puti
Ne znaet schast'ya tol'ko tot
Kto ego zova ponyat'me smog

Nalybuites' nalyubuites
Aeria gloris, aeria gloris
Nalybuites' nalyubuites
Aeria gloris, aeria gloris

I am calling, calling now
Spirits rise and falling
Soboj ostat'say dol'she
Calling, calling, in the depth of longing
Soboj ostat'sya dol'she

Nalybuites' nalyubuites
Aeria gloris, aeria gloris
Nalybuites' nalyubuites
Aeria gloris, aeria gloris

Stand alone . . . Where was life when it had a meaning . . .
Stand alone . . . Nothing's real anymore and . . .

Beskoneshnyj beg . . .
Poka zhiva ya mogu starat'sya na letu ne upast'
Ne razuchit'sya mechtat' . . . lyubit' . . .
. . . Beskoneshnyj beg . . .

Calling, calling, for the place of knowing
There's more than what can be linked
Calling, calling now, never will I look away
For what life has left for me

Yearning, yearning, for what's left of loving
Soboj ostat'sya dol'she
Calling calling now, spiris rise and falling
Soboj ostat'sya dol'she
Calling, calling, in the depth of longing
Soboj ostat'sya dol'she . . .
Angels and demons were circling above me
Swishing through the hardships and milky ways
The only one who doesn't know the happiness
is the one who couldn't understand his call

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I am calling, calling now
Spirits rise and falling
To stay myself longer
Calling, calling, in the depth of longing
To stay myself longer

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Stand alone... Where was life when it had a meaning...
Stand alone... Nothing's real anymore and...

...Endless run...
While I'm alive, I can try not to fall while flying,
Not to forget how to dream... how to love
...Endless run...

Calling, calling, for the place of knowing
There's more than what can be linked
Calling, calling now, never will I look away
For what life has left for me

Yearning, yearning, for what's left of loving
To stay myself longer
Calling calling now, spiris rise and falling
To stay myself longer
Calling, calling, in the depth of longing
To stay myself longer
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Velveteen (excerpt)

e tu sei per me...

l'aria che respiro
il mio cibo, ciò che osservo
magico sei tu! E io sento che...
Sono innamorata di emozioni
smisurate, infinite ormai!
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Where Does this Ocean Go?

all day the city's selling something
always, the busy people spinning 'round
busier
dizzier
'til they go back home to somewhere

and taxies stop to say "hello"
"want a ride? I'll take you there"
"to anywhere, just tell my driver"

the sun is casting shadows
an afternoon is fading
I ask, but no one knows
the answer to the question
my life is like an island
where does this ocean go?

shyly, a wino sips his wine
slowly, cause to him that is all that matters
he sees a cat he knows so well
now sleeping on a bench together

a woman waiting by herself, selling flowers
"please buy some, so i can help my daughter, will you?"

the man with spider eyebrows
is standing on a corner
"who wants to see a show?"
his head looks like a melon
he turns into an alley
then stops to blow his nose
sky is filled with neon
the buildings stand electric
and almost seem to glow
want answers to the question
my life is like an island
where does the ocean go?
I really want to know
my life is like an island
it's time for me now to fly
where does the ocean go?
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Last Modified: 2005/06/27