The Watanabes - Love Princess lyrics

I recall the day I came to stay in my beloved Ehime.

There wasn’t much I could say to express my confusion

At least in Japanese anyway.

I was struck by the smell of the staff-room

And the dog-like procedure involved when I went to the bathroom.

It was a struggle back then.

But now I’ve learned to use the toilet,

And now after failing 2-kyu I can speak nihongo, or whatever they call it.

Now I can ask a girl for her phone number

And after 12 long months I’m pretty bloody good at ikebana.

I recall the day I came to stay in my beloved Ehime.

There wasn’t much I could say to express my confusion

At least in Japanese anyway.

I was struck by the smell of the staff-room

And the dog-like procedure involved when I went to the bathroom.

It was a struggle back then.

When I arrived in my town, they said

"There’s a super(market) down the road, and it’s not too far"

It took two hours by train and another hour by car.

I made a nice group of friends in my town,

They were a very friendly bunch,

But they didn’t get let out of the old peoples home that much.

But now I’ve made friends my own age,

And now I can read a menu,

Well at least the first page.

And now I understand that people don’t mean to be dicks,

When they say with a patronizing smile, that I’m good with chopsticks.

I have grown to love the love princess,

I just wish I had a little more success with the opposite sex,

Or if I was gay then with the same sex.