Lyric

Daytime breeze

The curtains sway

Above Yoshiwara

The sky turns blue

The lights of night

Have yet to come

Today

The town is quiet

Yoshiwara

Yoshiwara

Under the daytime sky

So blue

So high

Yet nowhere

I can go

Yoshiwara

Yoshiwara

In the daytime breeze

I smile

As I'm supposed to

But my heart

Is far away

I let down my hair

And slowly

Draw the comb through

I haven't even

Painted my lips

Red yet

Out in the courtyard

I hear the water

Daytime is the only world

Where night

Doesn't come

When I smile

People feel at ease

When I fall silent

The wind

Whispers to me

Is the world outside

As wide

As they say?

I still

Wouldn't know

Walls so high

Sky so wide

Still I cannot see

The distant town

Night may be

My stage to walk

But this quiet afternoon

Sinks deep

Into my heart

A smiling face

May be part

Of the trade

But what lies in my heart

Is not for sale

There are days

When I think

Letting myself fall

Would be easier

But today

I still haven't

Painted my lips red

Yoshiwara

Yoshiwara

Under the daytime sky

So blue

So high

Yet nowhere

I can go

Yoshiwara

Yoshiwara

In the daytime breeze

I smile

As I'm supposed to

But my heart

Is far away

Inside the mirror

A face remains

Somewhere beneath it

There's still

A village girl

They call my name

But I don't turn around

I simply sit

In the daylight

Of Yoshiwara

I don't know

If tomorrow will come

But tonight

Will surely come again

I tell myself

I have chosen

To live strong

And still—

Somewhere inside

The wish to fall

Hasn't left me

Yoshiwara

Yoshiwara

Under the daytime sky

So blue

So high

Yet nowhere

I can go

Yoshiwara

Yoshiwara

In the daytime breeze

I smile

As I'm supposed to

But my heart

Is far away

A little while longer

Before I paint

My lips red

Until then

I'll stay here

And watch

The sky