[Verse 1]
In the empty dining hall of the hotel Gillette,
I ate breakfast early every morning.
The food was excellent -truly delicious.
A colleague from work came to pick me up by car.
[Pre-Chorus 1]
When I entered the office building,
I found locks on both the entrance and the exit.
[Chorus 1]
There were Japanese cars and Sony products.
On Saturday afternoons, all the shops closed at once.
At night, it didn’t get dark even at 10 PM.
Every day brought discoveries.
[Verse 2]
At 5 PM, I was deep in my work.
“It’s just the two of us left in this room now,
I’m the only one with a key,
So if I leave, you won’t be able to get out.”
[Pre-Chorus 2]
I left the building with him.
The sun was still high in the sky outside.
[Chorus 2]
There were Japanese cars and Sony products.
On Saturday afternoons, all the shops closed at once.
At night, it didn’t get dark even at 10 PM.
Every day brought discoveries.
[Verse 3]
I remembered the direction of the hotel,
So I walked back there at a leisurely pace.
The hotel staff lent me a bicycle,
So I rode that battered old bike.
[Pre-Chorus 3]
It was a strange bicycle: pedaling forward made it move,
And pedaling backward applied the brake.
[Chorus 3]
There were Japanese cars and Sony products.
On Saturday afternoons, all the shops closed at once.
At night, it didn’t get dark even at 10 PM.
Every day brought discoveries.
[Bridge]
Dinner at any restaurant was expensive,
So I bought groceries at a supermarket instead.
I could get a paper bag or a plastic bag upon request.
I noticed there were many imported foods.
[Final Chorus]
There were Japanese cars and Sony products.
On Saturday afternoons, all the shops closed at once.
At night, it didn’t get dark even at 10 PM.
Every day brought discoveries.
[Outro]
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