Lyrics My friend - YUI

• Romaji

  ano koro atashi tachi wa itsumo
  guuzen no furi wo shiteita
  
  houkago no GURANDO de yuku bashou mo nakute
  yuugure wo nantonaku miteta
  
  kaerimichi oshiete kureta
  hajimete kiku uta ga ima mo
  
  kono machi de nagareru tabi ni
  natsukashiku narunda dakedo
  
  chikai atta yume tadoru youni
  atashi mo ganbatte iru yo
  
  kisetsu ga kawareba itsumademo
  koushicha irarenaiyo ne tte
  
  BASU wo matsu nagai kage koibito mitai ni
  Narandeta nantonaku zutto
  
  Genki desu ka Ano uta o ima mo
  Anata wa oboeteru deshou ka
  
  Itsumademo omoide no naka de
  Utsumuite iru yo
  
  Suki dato wa ienakute
  Sayonara mo ienakute
  Otonani natta keredo
  
  kaerimichi oshiete kureta
  hajimete kiku uta ga ima mo
  
  kono machi de nagareru tabi ni
  natsukashiku narunda dakara
  
  chikai atta yume tadoru youni
  atashi mo ganbatte iru yo
  

• Kanji

  あの頃　あたしたちは　いつも
  偶然のふりをしていた
  
  放課後のグランドで　行く場所もなくて
  夕暮れを　なんとなく見てた
  
  帰り道　教えてくれた
  初めて聴く　歌が今も
  
  この街で　流れるたびに
  なつかしくなるんだ　だけど
  
  誓い合った夢　辿るように
  あたしも頑張っているよ
  
  季節が変われば　いつまでも
  こうしちゃいられないよね？って
  
  バスを待つ長い影　恋人みたいに
  並んでた　なんとなく　ずっと
  
  元気ですか？　あの歌を今も
  あなたは覚えてるでしょうか?
  
  いつまでも想い出のなかで
  うつむいているよ
  
  好きだとは　言えなくて
  サヨナラも　言えなくて
  大人になったけれど
  
  帰り道　教えてくれた
  初めて聴く　歌が今も
  
  この街で流れるたびに
  なつかしくなるんだ　だから
  
  誓い合った夢　辿るように
  あたしも頑張っているよ

• Translation

  Back then, we always put up a pretense of coincidence
  
  At the school ground after lesson, with no place to go, somehow we'd look at the sunset
  
  On the way home, the song you've taught me when I heard it for the first time
  
  still feels nostalgic while I flow along this street. Still,
  
  I am striving to achieve the dream that we've sworn.
  
  If the season changes, (you said) we cannot go on forever like this, right?
  
  The long shadow of us while we waited for the bus - we queued like we were lovers. Somehow, that felt like forever.
  
  Are you alright? Do you still remember that song even till now? (the song mentioned above)
  
  I will always look downward (downcast?) as I dwell in those memories.
  
  Although I love you, I couldn't say.
  Even goodbye, I couldn't say.
  Though I'm all grown up.
  
  On the way home, the song you've taught me when I heard it for the first time
  
  still feels nostalgic while I flow along this street.
  
  That's why I am still striving towards the dream that we've sworn.