象牙海岸
竹内まりや Lyrics

海岸線沿いに夏雲がなだれると
砂の蜃気楼に立ちすくむ影ひとつ
人影もない入江
そこが二人の秘密の場所で
象牙海岸と名前までつけた
遠い夏

あれから私時の波間を
ただ流れ木のように
ひとりで生きて来たの

もう一度訪ねても
道順さえも記憶の彼方
夢の中で見た風景のように
遠い海

あなたのあとに愛を知っても
ただ流れ木のように
岸辺で踊っただけ

三年をへだててあなたから来た電話
懐しい名前に忘れてるふりをした
冷たいと言われたけど
本当の気持ちもし話しても
過ぎ去った時を埋めるものはない
遠い夏遠い夏遠い夏

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Written by: Takashi Matsumoto, Tetsuji Hayashi

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Mariya Takeuchi (竹内まりや) (born March 20, 1955 in Shimane, Japan) is a Japanese singer and songwriter.
Takeuchi started her own career with a single "Modotte-Oide, Watashi no Jikan" in 1978. From the late 1970s to the early '80s, she has recorded 5 albums and several singles including top-ten hit "Fushigi na Peach Pie". Those materials have featured dozens of Japanese and North American distinguished songwriters, instrumentalists, and producers Read Full BioMariya Takeuchi (竹内まりや) (born March 20, 1955 in Shimane, Japan) is a Japanese singer and songwriter.
Takeuchi started her own career with a single "Modotte-Oide, Watashi no Jikan" in 1978. From the late 1970s to the early '80s, she has recorded 5 albums and several singles including top-ten hit "Fushigi na Peach Pie". Those materials have featured dozens of Japanese and North American distinguished songwriters, instrumentalists, and producers, such as David Foster, Jim Keltner, Jay Graydon, Steve Lukather, Jeff Porcaro, David Hungate, Kazuhiko Kato, Kunihiko Kase, Shigeru Suzuki, Takashi Matsumoto, and her future long-term partner Tatsuro Yamashita.
"Heart to Heart", one of her songs co-written by Roger Nichols and released in 1980, was recorded by the Carpenters two years later, and became the last recording for the late Karen Carpenter.

In 1981, Takeuchi married to a singer-songwriter Tatsuro Yamashita, and stopped her career temporarily owing to the pregnancy. After her comeback to the Japanese music industry in 1984, she has accomplished huge commercial success more than when she was single. From that year to the present, she has recorded 6 successful studio albums that mainly consisted of her self-penned songs, and all of them have reached #1 on the Japanese Oricon chart.

As a singer-songwriter, she has produced 8 top-ten hit singles on the Oricon, including "Single Again", "Kokuhaku", "Junai Rhapsody", "Konya wa Hearty Party" and her only #1 hit "Camouflage".