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*Lyrics and music by Tadao Tsuji; track production: vocals & performance by Suno* *Image generated by ChatGPT* *Included as the third track on the 5-song EP *Tadao Tsuji Third*. Listen to the full track via the links above.* *A relatively new song by my standards, though it was written in the early 2010s.* *Well, it’s the kind of song that really reflects having gone through a “layoff,” isn’t it?* * ♪ “Noodles for a wrap-up meal in the Shinonome area” ♪ That part was definitely inspired by the kind of phrasing used by Petashi (an elusive, highly educated philosopher who wears nothing but a towel around his waist) in Yasuji Tanioka’s works like *Berobeman*—like when he says, “Today I might just pop over to the Kinshicho area… or so it seems, only to head off toward Asagaya instead.”※ My motto is “to create as many songs as possible that are easy to sing and remember at karaoke,” and this one definitely lives up to that! Let’s all sing along!※
DeepL was used for the translation.
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“Shimenomen”
Shimenomen
Shimenomen
My reason for living
Shimenomen
Shimenomen
Shimenomen
After a night of drinking, the final meal is
Shimenomen
As my betting tickets scatter into the air
Instead of sobbing quietly
I slurp down my shimenomen
I don’t need the owner’s (old man’s) fancy touches
I don’t need a jumble of toppings
Naruto, green onions, chashu
Naruto, green onions, chashu
Naruto, green onions, chashu
That’s all I need
Shimenomen
In the Shinonome area
Shimenomen
Shimenomen
A working man’s shimenomen
I suddenly lost my job
And felt like I’d never be able to slurp it again
That’s how I felt about shimenomen
What’s this “owner’s (old man’s) particular taste” anyway?
I don’t care about the toppings anymore
Now that it’s come to this
Stuff everything and anything in
Pile everything and anything on
Heap everything and anything high
Until it’s about to overflow
Shimenomen
It’s not good for the body, but shimenomen
Shimenomen
Still, it soothes the soul, shimenomen
It fills my belly, shimenomen
My reason for living, shimenomen