Oda Kazumasa (小田和正) - Kimi Sumu Machi E (君住む街へ)

When I first listened to this song, it was "Don't want to lose you" (不捨得你) covered by Hong Kong singer David Lui (呂方) (http://youtu.be/Opg4ssPXi9Q).  I immediately loved it.  It's only recently that I knew the original is "Kimi Sumu Machi E" (君住む街へ) by Oda Kazumasa (小田和正) during his Off Course (オフコース) years.  Last year, Karashima Midori (辛島美登里) released an album called "Love Letter", in which all her songs were covers of Oda Kazumasa.  "Kimi Sumu Machi E" was one of them.

It's extremely hard to find Oda Kazumasa's songs on YouTube.  Fortunately, there is this one:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrxul2TZ3OM

君住む街へ

曲，詞：小田和正

そんなに自分を責めないで
過去はいつでも鮮やかなもの
死にたいくらい辛くても
都会の闇へ消えそうな時でも

激しくうねる海のように
やがて君は乗り越えてゆくはず

その手で望みを捨てないで
すべてのことが終わるまで
君住む街まで　飛んでゆくよ
ひとりと　思わないで　いつでも

君の弱さを恥じないで
皆んな何度もつまづいている
今の君も　あの頃に
負けないくらい　僕は好きだから

歌い続ける　繰り返し
君がまたその顔を上げるまで

あの日の勇気を忘れないで
すべてのことが終わるまで
君住む街まで　飛んでゆくよ
ひとりと　思わないで　いつでも

雲の切れ間につき抜ける青い空
皆んな待ってる　また走り始めるまで

その手で心を閉じないで
その生命が尽きるまで
かすかな望みが　まだその手に
暖かく残っているなら

あの日の勇気を忘れないで
すべてのことが終わるまで
君住む街まで　飛んでゆくよ
ひとりと　思わないで

あの日の勇気を忘れないで
すべてのことが終わるまで
君住む街まで　飛んでゆくよ
ひとりと　思わないで　いつでも

Towards the Street You Live

Composer, Lyrics: Oda Kazumasa

Please don't blame yourself like that
The past is always a vivid thing
Even when it's so painful that you want to die
Even at the time when everything seems to disappear into the darkness of the metropolitan

Like a turbulent roaring ocean
In the end, you should be able to overcome

Don't throw hope away with your own hands
Before everything comes to an end
I would surely rush towards the street you live
Don't consider yourself alone, whenever it is

Please don't be ashamed of your weakness
Everyone has been stumbling for endless number of times
Today, you should also, at this moment
Don't let yourself be defeated; it's because I've always been your fan

Continue to sing for you repeatedly
Till you are able to hold your heads high

Don't forget your courage on that day
Before everything comes to an end
I would surely rush towards the street you live
Don't consider yourself alone, whenever it is

The blue sky piercing through the gap in the clouds
We are all waiting, till we can start rushing again

Don't let your hands shut off your heart
Before life is exhausted
If a faint piece of hope in your hands
Still has warmth remaining

Don't forget your courage on that day
Before everything comes to an end
I would surely rush towards the street you live
Don't consider yourself alone

Don't forget your courage on that day
Before everything comes to an end
I would surely rush towards the street you live
Don't consider yourself alone, whenever it is