Greetings from Azalea Hills Vol.3 Front Cover

Lyric

Hitokiri Izo, an Assassin

Takaharu Hirao

土佐の国の足軽生まれ 俺には理屈は用がない

狂った野良犬だと 奴らが背中から指さしてる

教えてくれよ本当のことだけを 疲れ果てて目を閉じる前に

人斬り以蔵 酒と女と

人斬り以蔵 殺しが仕事さ

名誉や地位の上で でかい顔する野郎たちも

切って捨てちまえば まるでおんなじ骸(むくろ)だぜ

何もかもを大きくかき混ぜて 転がってゆく当てのない世の中さ

人斬り以蔵 酒と女と

人斬り以蔵 殺しが仕事さ

冷たい夜の下で いつも俺は怯えていた

開かない重い扉 何度も何度も叩いてきた

迎えてくれよ俺を拒まないで 指の先まで凍り付いている

人斬り以蔵 酒と女と

人斬り以蔵 殺しが仕事さ

人斬り以蔵 酒と女と

人斬り以蔵 殺しが 仕事さ

  • Lyricist

    Takaharu Hirao

  • Composer

    Takaharu Hirao

Greetings from Azalea Hills Vol.3 Front Cover

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    Hitokiri Izo, an Assassin

    Takaharu Hirao

  • 2

    A Song for a Baby

    Masahide Chiba

  • 3

    Walk into the Twilight

    Daizo Ogata

  • 4

    Out In the Rain

    Ted

  • 5

    A Song of the Raindrop

    Akihiro Sasaki

  • 6

    Your Hand

    Leader Shoichi

  • 7

    Hi, I'm Home

    Yo!

  • 8

    Parallel

    Changie

  • 9

    Since I was Born

    fuu

Azalea Hills is a typical neighborhood located in the west of the sprawling metropolis of Tokyo. It's about a twenty-minute train ride from Shinjuku, the hubbub of the commercial and administrative central hive of Tokyo. Close to the train station of Azalea Hills is a small old-fashioned music bar, Bless, where its regular customers retreat when the working day is done. They are from all walks of life: from a handyman to a major company executive, with ages ranging from early twenties to late sixties. The bar is owned and run by Changie, a forty-year veteran in the music industry. Every night, the regulars shuffle in to play their favorite music: from Japanese enka blues to rock'n'roll. Born out of their impromptu sessions and midnight sprees came this series of compilation albums produced by Bless Records Tokyo. The songs recorded here are not the performances of one special night, but it offers you an experience similar to anytime you open the old wooden door; walk into the bar; join all the regulars, glasses in hands; and listen.

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  • Takaharu Hirao

Bless Records Tokyo

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