Tooku tooku hanarete itemo
Boku no koto ga wakaru youni
Chikara ippai kagayakeru hi o
Kono machi de mukaetai

Gaien no sakura wa sakimidare
Kono koro ni naru to itsudemo
Shinkansen no hoomu (platform) ni matta [1][2]
Mienai hanafubuki omoidasu
Marude shichi-go-san no toki no youni [3]
Gikochinai sutsu (suit) sugata mo
Ima de wa warito niaunda
Nekutai (neck-tie) mo umaku yoberu

Dousoukai no annaijou
Kesseki ni maru o tsuketa
"genki kadouka shinpai desu." to
Tegami o kureru minna ni

Tooku tooku hanarete itemo
Boku no koto ga wakaru youni
Chikara ippai kagayakeru hi o
Kono machi de mukaetai

Itsudemo kaette kureba ii to
Mayonaka no koushuu-denwa de
Iwareta toki egao ni natte
Imamade yatte koreta yo

Donna ni takai tawaa (tower) kara mo
Mienai boku no furusato
Nakushicha dame na koto o itsudemo
Mune ni dakishimete iru kara

Tooku tooku hanareta machi de
Genki ni kurasete irunda
Daiji na no wa
"kawatteku koto"
"kawarazu ni iru koto"

Dousoukai no annaijou
Kesseki ni maru o tsuketa
Dare yori mo ima wa minna no kao
Mitai kimochi de iru kedo

Tooku tooku hanarete itemo
Boku no koto ga wakaru youni
Chikara ippai kagayakeru hi o
Kono machi de mukaetai

Boku no yume o kanaeru basho wa
Kono machi to kime takara