From the recording Izakaya Life
Lyrics
Verse 1
Get the party started from Tokyo Station
Buy a ticket with a Suika and don’t be late
Crazy crowded train, hate the ride during rush hour,
Station staff, pushing people into every crack
Get the people on, close the doors, ring the bell,
Round and round it goes, where it stops nobody knows.
Picking up speed, heading out of the station
Stand up, Hands up, grab yourself a strap
Cruising through Tokyo on the Yamanote Line
It's a big circle so the ride will never end
Get on down, 30 Stops, Yamanote Slide
Get on down
Verse 2
Skip through Kanda, off at Akihabara
Electric Denki Town, anime and otaku
Back on the train, head over to Okachimachi
Keep on going, next stop, Ueno
Old school, downtown, hanging in the Shitamachi
Buy a little hojicha in Ame yokocho,
Stop at the zoo, eat panda yaki.
What!? Grilled panda. Just what they call it.
Cruising through Tokyo on the Yamanote Line
It's a big circle so the ride will never end
Get on down, 30 Stops, Yamanote Slide
Get on down
Verse 3
Now we’re gonna check out some more stations
Uguisudani that’s for the birds
Nippori Nishi-Nippori
Tabata Komagome
Sugamo Ōtsuka Ikebukuro
Ikebukuro Sunshine 60
Mejiro Takadanobaba Shin-Ōkubo
yeeeaaaahh, I almost lived there.
Cruising through Tokyo on the Yamanote Line
It's a big circle so the ride will never end
Get on down, 30 Stops, Yamanote Slide
Get on down
Verse 4
Back on the train, I saw a creepy guy
Chikan got fresh so I bipped him in the eye
Shinjuku station, out at east gate
Kabuki cho, boogie down, 3 chome, and 2 chome,
Uptown shopping in Isetan
Got a big discount at Don Quijote
Maybe one day find Mastaa from Midnight Diner
Finish the stop with a drink in Golden Gai,
Cruising through Tokyo on the Yamanote Line
It's a big circle so the ride will never end
Get on down, 30 Stops, Yamanote Slide
Get on down
Verse 5
Pass through Yoyogi, next stop Harajuku,
young folk, looking fine, Meiji jingu shrine,
Back in the day went to hokoten
Bands rockin out down by Yoyogi koen
Next stop up is Shibuya,
hachiko park and Starbucks crossing
Zebra crossing, zeebra crossing, I don’t know which is right
That’s a lotta cool kids, enjoying night life
Cruising through Tokyo on the Yamanote Line
It's a big circle so the ride will never end
Get on down, 30 Stops, Yamanote Slide
Get on down
Verse 6
Ebisu Meguro Gotanda Ōsaki
Shinagawa Takanawa Gateway
Tamachi Hamamatsuchō Shimbashi
Salaryman paradise Yūrakuchō
See the izakaya under the train tracks,
get some yakitori, and a dai ginjyo
Last call! It’s Tokyo Station.
End of the line? NO! One more tiiiime!
Cruising through Tokyo on the Yamanote Line
It's a big circle so the ride will never end
Get on down, 30 Stops, Yamanote Slide
Get on down