Friday, July 13, 2012

I don't buy lottery tickets 宝くじは買わない

I don't buy lottery tickets
Because I don't need money
I don't buy lottery tickets
Because I've got someone who loves me

However much money I won
I couldn't be happier than I am now

I don't buy lottery tickets
Because I've got something money can't buy, hey!

Even if I won 4 million yen
I couldn't be happier than I am now

I don't buy lottery tickets
I've got someone I love so I don't need anything else
I don't buy lottery tickets
Because I've got something money can't buy

I've got something money can't buy

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This slightly dippy love song is RC Succession's first ever single, released in early 1970, not on any of the group's albums but included in the compilation album "Wonderful Days - The RC Succession 1970-80. If you've seen the mindless Takarakuji (lottery) ads on Japanese TV still today you'll probably like this song. Not that it's put me off buying lottery tickets myself one bit...
I like the reference to 4 million yen, which is peanuts for a lottery nowadays. Here's Kiyoshiro and lead guitarist Chabo playing the song acoustic, sitting on a farm in Hokkaido in 1994, and changing the winnings to 140 million yen - a bit more like it!

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