Daihinmin
itte mairimasu konyamo
ikinari tsuiteru mi-ta-i
demo akumade mo pookaa feisu
uchi mo angai tsurai no yo tte.
I'm going out again tonight
I'm suddenly lucky it se-e-ms
I've got a poker face through it all
To say "I'm having a hard time too."
tashite mairimasu chuutohanpa wa
junkuri ki-e-ru
sou misu wa inochitori ne
kirifuda ni ga nimai to jookaa
mirai wo yoroshiku tanomu wa.
I'll show what I have; my mediocre cards
One by one dis-a-ppear.
A pair of 2's, the trump card, and a joker
Take care of the future for me.
deshabarisugizu kakawarazu ni
demo mazushisugizu mannaka de iraretara.
Without interfering too much, without getting too involved,
But without being too poor, if I can stay right in the middle.
yacchaimasu ka hisoka ni
kakumei agari dai-saku-sen!
rekishi ni na wo kizameba.
sore wa saikou no miseba na no.
Shall I go ahead with it, secretly,
To start a "revolution," a stra-te-gy
To carve my name into history.
That would be the greatest scene.
yamechaimasu ka risuku ga
ookisugite kubi shi-me-ru
nerau no wa nibanme
toppu wa nanika to taihensou
itsu no jidai mo taihensou
kiipu wa mottomo taihensou.
Shall I give up? The risk is
Just too big, I'd be str-an-gled
I'll aim for 2nd place
The top seems too hard.
At any period in time it seems too hard.
To keep seems even harder.
deshabarisugizu kakawarazu ni
demo mazushisugizu mannaka de iraretara.
Without interfering too much, without getting too involved,
But without being too poor, if I can stay right in the middle...
deshabarisugite akkenaku massakasama
sonna mijime wa mannaka ni wo nai mono.
Interfering too much, suddenly plunging ahead
That misery does not exist in the middle.
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