On the Street Where You Live

I have often walked down this street before
But the pavement always stayed beneath my feet before
All at once am I
Several storiys high
Knowing I'm on the street where you live

Are there lilac trees in the heart of town?
Can you hear a lark in any other part of town?
Does enchantment pour
Out of ev'ry door?
No, it's just on the street where you live

And oh, the towering feeling
Just to know somehow you are near
The overpowering feeling
That any second you may suddenly appear

People stop and stare, they don't bother me
Foe there's nowhere else on earth that I would rather be
Let the time go by
I won't care if I
Can be here on the street where you live

And oh, the towering feeling
Just to know somehow you are near
The overpowering feeling
That any second you may suddenly appear

(Alan Jay Lerner - Frederick Loewe)

映画「マイ・フェア・レディ」に使われている曲。日本では「君住む街角」という曲名で知られているのだが、この曲名を聴くだけでなにか甘酸っぱい気持になる。on the Streetを街角とするなんて、とてもすばらしい訳だと思う。

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