English translation of lyrics from the Takarazuka original musical based on the American film series.
Danny:
Oh, Tess, you’ve got to understand
I couldn’t help falling in love with you
I just wanted to make you happy
I wanted to help with the costs of demos and live shows
I would do anything to make you happy
Tess:
I was still a twenty-year-old student
When I first met you
I would sing while I worked
At a little Manhattan club
I would mimic grownup love
In the songs I performed
Then a stylish man turned up
He would come every night and flirt with me
One night during a storm the club closed early
He waited for me and shielded me from the wind
And escorted me to my apartment
I was tricked into thinking he wanted to protect me
So I offered him tea out of gratitude
And that was the start of the whole mistake
But regretting it now won’t take me back
I want you to give me my youth back
Give me back my pure self from back then
Danny:
No matter how many times the police searched for me
I’d never been caught once
They called me the genius swindler:
Danny Ocean
But I ended up falling for a singer in the making
An innocent little college girl
Her milky-white skin was just like an angel’s
And the pimples on her forehead were so cute
I’d never been tied down by a woman
But I waited for her in the storm
And got soaked by the rain walking her home
My chance wasn’t wasted
It was an awkward night of first love
The first time I’d had the happiness of mutual love
Can’t we just start over again from the beginning?
This time we can build up true love
As man and wife