English version lyrics I'm still playing around with to one of my favorite Japanese songs, Kowarekake no Radio, by Hideaki Tokunaga.

almost broken radio

The music's gotten way too low

I turn the dial, but after a while, I let it go

I thought I heard it playin' that song again

But maybe, like my years, the tunes have changed

Old radio sits on my new bed

The music turned to static flowing through my head

Each lyric spoke of shining that sheltered me

Each note stroked my mind when it was so carefree

[chorus 1]

Green days are lost in the haze of the winter

Red radio waves turning blue

Listening for a time long gone

A hint of what it felt to be true

The music that it played on those perfect rainy days

rhythms of a youth unspoken

Remind me how the lyric of happiness goes

My almost broken radio

I lived to turn the dial up real high

and give any challenge at least two good tries

Between the skyscrapers I saw little sky

But I kept lookin' up because the sky was mine

My radio knew just how I felt

Knockin' on my heart with every song it dealt

The breeze of busy streets blew on my golden dreams

took me off my feet, above the world it seems.

[chorus 2]

Simple city jams, are a part of who I am               

a piece of my unblemished melody

please take me to the place I was before

the time when I knew how to be free

In a pocket in my mind shines the token of my youth

Song spinning in tune with its glow

Remind me how the lyric of happiness goes

My almost broken radio                                            

I feel me dripping outta my pen

Melodies come scripted outta what was then

Just when I thought it lost in my maturity

The static helped my cause-  I found the song in me.

[chorus 1]

[chorus 2]

The music that it played on those perfect rainy days

rhythms of a youth unspoken

Remind me how the lyric of happiness goes

My almost broken radio