昔の名前で出ています
小林旭 Lyrics

The lyrics of the song, "昔の名前で出ています" by 小林旭, talk about the nostalgic recollections of a woman who used to go by different names in different places. In Kyoto, she went by the name of "忍" (shinobu) and in Kobe, she was called "渚" (nagisa). The singer of the song then narrates how when she returned to a bar in Yokohama, a place from her past, she waited for someone to recognize her under an old name. The song highlights the feeling of losing one's identity with constantly changing surroundings and how even the person who recognizes your identity might be from your past.

As the song proceeds, the singer emphasizes how she never forgot anything, and every different man she met added to the memories of her past, where the love of her life was the one she trusted and believed in. She reminisces over having written her lover's name on a bottle, hoping for the day they meet again. The "last stop tree" mentioned in the lyrics means the tree where she had promised to meet her lover one last time before he left.

Overall, the song conveys a sense of longing for someone or something that can't be regained, and is symbolic of the feeling of losing one's past, but still holding on to the memories and love associated with it.