====== Ride on Time ====== {{https://files.ryliejamesthomas.net/media/music/yamashita_tatsuro/ride_on_time.mp3}} Lyric and music by [[tatsuro_yamashita]], from his album of the same title. Released 19/9/1980. ===== Lyric ===== ==== Japanese ==== 青い水平線を　いま駆け抜けてく\\ とぎすまされた　時の流れ感じて Ａｈ　ときめきへ　と動き出す世界は\\ 忘れかけてた　遠い夢の訪れ ＲＩＤＥ　ＯＮ　ＴＩＭＥ　さまよう想いなら\\ やさしく受け止めて　そっと包んで\\ ＲＩＤＥ　ＯＮ　ＴＩＭＥ　心に火を点けて\\ あふれる喜びに　拡がれ　ＲＩＤＥ　ＯＮ　ＴＩＭＥ 僕の輝く未来　さあ回り始めて\\ 虚ろな日々　全て愛に溶け込む Ａｈ　何という朝　今すぐ君のもと\\ 届けに行こう　燃える心迷わず ＲＩＤＥ　ＯＮ　ＴＩＭＥ　時よ走り出せ\\ 愛よ光り出せ　目もくらむ程\\ ＲＩＤＥ　ＯＮ　ＴＩＭＥ　心に火を点けて\\ 飛び立つ魂に送るよ　ＲＩＤＥ　ＯＮ　ＴＩＭＥ 届けに行こう　燃える心今こそ ＲＩＤＥ　ＯＮ　　ＴＩＭＥ　時よ走り出せ\\ 愛よ光り出せ　目もくらむ程\\ ＲＩＤＥ　ＯＮ　ＴＩＭＥ　心に火を点けて\\ 飛び立つ魂に送るよ　ＲＩＤＥ　ＯＮ　ＴＩＭＥ ＲＩＤＥ　ＯＮ　ＴＩＭＥ　さまよう想いなら\\ やさしく受け止めて　そっと包んで\\ ＲＩＤＥ　ＯＮ　ＴＩＭＥ　心に火を点けて\\ あふれる喜びに　拡がれ　ＲＩＤＥ　ＯＮ　ＴＩＭＥ === Romanji === Aoi suiheisen wo ima kake nuketeku\\ Togisumasareta toki no nagare kanjite\\ //Ah// tokimeki e to ugoki dasu sekai wa\\ Wasure-kaketeta tooi yume no otozure //Ride On Time// samayou omoi nara\\ Yasashiku uketorimete sotto tsutsunde\\ //Ride On Time// kokoro ni hi o tsukete\\ Afureru yorokobi ni hirogare //Ride On Time// Boku no kagayaku mirai saa mawari hajimete\\ Utsuro na hibi mo subete ai ni tokekomu\\ //Ah// nantoiu asa ima sugu kimi no moto\\ Todoke ni yukou moeru kokoro mayowazu //Ride On Time// toki yo hashiri-dase\\ Ai yo hikari dase memokuramu hodo\\ //Ride On Time// kokoro ni hi o tsukete\\ Tobitatsu tamashii ni okuru yo //Ride On Time// Todoke ni yukou moeru kokoro ima koso //Ride On Time// toki yo hashiri dase\\ Ai yo hikari dase memokuramu hodo\\ //Ride On Time// kokoro ni hi o tsukete\\ Tobitatsu tamashii ni okuru yo //Ride On Time// //Ride On Time// samayou omoi nara\\ Yasashiku uketorimete sotto tsutsunde\\ //Ride On Time// kokoro ni hi o tsukete\\ Afureru yorokobi ni hirogare //Ride On Time// ==== English ==== Alongside the blue horizon I'm running through now\\ while focusing my finely-honed sense on the flow of time\\ Ah, the world that starts to move toward excitement\\ calls for a long-forgotten dream Ride on time, if you're still wandering,\\ you should accept it gently and hold it softly\\ Ride on time, light up your heart\\ and fill it with the over-pouring joy, let's ride on time Bright future of mine is now start rolling\\ Those hollow days are now all melted into love\\ Ah what a morning, right now to you\\ Let's bring my burning heart without hesitation Ride on time, Let's make the time start running\\ Let's make the love start to shine as if to make your eyes go blind\\ Ride on time, light up your heart\\ and send it to the soul soon to take off, let's ride on time Let's bring my burning heart. Now is the time Ride on time, Let's make the time start running\\ Let's make the love start to shine as if to make your eyes go blind\\ Ride on time, light up your heart\\ and send it to the soul soon to take off, let's ride on time Ride on time, if you're still wandering,\\ you should accept it gently and hold it softly\\ Ride on time, light up your heart\\ and fill it with the over-pouring joy, let's ride on time === Cover === Taken from the Gene Miller cover ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lL1aO3tTu6I|]]) Inside, life is just like the sea\\ In the waves, you can hear my heart beat\\ In my dreams, we drift away\\ You and I\\ Fast and slow\\ All alone, we Ride on time\\ Feeling our emotions\\ One by one\\ Every day a new sensation comes\\ Carrying our hearts away Ride on time\\ Spinning on together\\ You and I\\ Gone beyond forever\\ Sailing free\\ Together we just ride on time Girl, I can't wait for morning to break\\ 'Cause the dream's so much better awake\\ That's when I will reach for you\\ Lifting off\\ Heart to heart\\ Side by side, we'll Ride on time\\ Destiny is shining bright above\\ Stars are whispering their songs of love\\ Telling us the way to go Ride on time\\ Speeding to the point of no return\\ Watch out for the trail of love can burn\\ Day and night, we'll ride on time Lifting up\\ Heart to heart\\ From now on, we'll\\ From now on, we'll Ride on time\\ Feeling our emotions one by one\\ Every day a new sensation comes\\ Carrying our hearts away Ride on time\\ Spinning on together\\ You and I\\ Gone beyond forever\\ Sailing free\\ Together we'll just ride on time Ride on time\\ Destiny is shining bright above\\ Stars are whispering their songs of love\\ Telling us which way to go Ride on time\\ Speeding to the point of no return\\ Watch out, for the trail of love can burn\\ Day and night, we'll ride on time (Ride on time)\\ (Forever we will ride on time) ===== See Also ===== * [[animal_crossing_series#My Town Tunes]] - My version of the song as a 'town tune' in //Animal Crossing//. ===== Links ===== * [[https://jpop-recommend.blogspot.com.au/2015/07/jpop-recommend-85-ride-on-time-by.html|Jpop Recommend #85 Ride on Time by Tatsuro Yamashita]] - Translation source. * [[https://kimonobeat.tumblr.com/post/164679928008/yamashita-tatsuro-lyrics-rie-on-time|Yamashita Tatsuro Lyrics: RIDE ON TIME]] - ANother, maybe better, translation. * [[http://www.lyricsfreak.com/r/rockapella/ride+on+time_20303918.html|Ride On Time Lyrics]] ??? {{tag>Japan song tatsuro-yamashita translation music}}