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Song: Kura Udo 9 (クラウド９; Cloud 9)
Lyrics: Caryl Churchill (キャリル・チャーチル)
Translator: 松岡和子
Addtion Lyrics: Ueno Koji (上野耕路)

“Kura Udo 9” is a song released by GUERNICA and included on their second album Shinseiki e no Unga as track #6.

Original Lyrics by Caryl Churchill in Cloud 9 at top of Act II:

It’ll be fine when you reach Cloud 9.

Mist was rising and the night was dark
Me and my baby took a walk in the park
He said Be mine and you’re on Cloud 9.

Better watch out when you’re on Cloud 9.

Smoked some dope on the playground swings
Higher and higher on true love’s wings
He said Be mine and you’re on Cloud 9.

Twenty five years on the same Cloud 9

Who did she meet on her first blind date?
The guys were no surprise but the lady was great
They were women in love, they were on Cloud 9.

Two the same, they were on Cloud 9.

The bride was sixty five, the groom was seventeen,
They fucked in the back of the black limousine.
It was divine in their silver Cloud 9.

Simply divine in their silver Cloud 9.

The wife’s lover’s children and my lover’s wife,
Cooking in my kitchen, confusing my life. And it’s upside down when you reach Cloud 9.

Upside down when you reach Cloud 9.

Song: Shounen no Ichiban no Tomo (少年の一番の友; The Boy’s Best Friend)
Lyrics: Caryl Churchill (キャリル・チャーチル)
Translator: 松岡和子
Music: Ueno Koji (上野耕路)

“Shounen no Ichiban no Tomo” is a song released by GUERNICA and included on their second album Shinseiki e no Unga as track #5.

Not many will stand in trouble and in strife,
With counsel and affection ever sweet.
But there is one whose smile will ever on us beam,
Whose love is dearer far than any other;
And wherever we may turn
This lesson we will learn
A boy’s best friend is his mother.

Then cherish her with care
And smooth her silv’ry hair,
When gone you will never get another.
And wherever we may turn
This lesson we shall learn,
A boy’s best friend is his mother.