Lyrics from the "Lee and Friends Go to Japan" Soundtrack Album

Rita Mathern has sent along copies of the words composed in honor of Shoda Masae-san, the "Lee and Friends Go to Japan" tour in general and Japan itself as performed at our Teseien banquet in Hakone and our Farewell Dinner in Tokyo.

Here they are, together with Tom Panke's digital images of the actual performances as they occurred, live and in person from Japan!

SONG FOR MASAE-SAN
(Beatles Tune: "I Love Her, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah!)

Refrain: We love her, yeah, yeah, yeah!
We love her, yeah, yeah, yeah,
We love her, yeah,yeah, yeah, YEAH!

Masae-san is our guide, she keeps us all in li-ine.

No matter how we tried, she never lost her mi-ind...

She says she loves us, and you know that can't be bad

We love her, and we want her to be glad!

(Refrain)

Her English is superb, her knowledge is subli-ime.

The rose she holds up high, leads us from temple to shri-ine...

Oh yes, she loves us, and you know that can't be bad.

We love her, and we want her to be glad! OOOOOOO.

(Final refrain)

FRIENDS OF LEE
(Tune: By the Sea)

Friends of Lee in Japan, go from mountain to sea.

How to choose what to see, we just leave it to Lee!

We have traveled by train and bus, with Lee guiding us

through museums, gardens, temples and shrines.

O-saka, to Nara, Kyoto, Ohara,

Hiroshima, Kurashiki, Hakone, Tokyo!

We've had yakatori, but tofu we want no more-ee

32 raken, we...lucky friends of Lee!!

TOKYO DREAMIN'
(Tune: California Dreamin')

All their suits are black, (black or gray)

And the sky is, too (and the sky is too)

I've been a walkin' all day long.....how 'bout you? (how 'bout you?)

I'd be dry and wa-arm, (dry and warm)
if I was in Peru!

To-kee-oh Dreamin'.....I'm so full of tofu!

Tokyo Dreamin'...I will remember YOU!