ココ☆ナツ (Koko☆natsu) – Coco☆nuts or Here’s☆Summer
from Pinky Jones single.
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Where? There? Over there? I can’t find it?
Papaya mango coco☆nuts!
Strawberry-flavoured shaved ice
Stick my tongue out and it’s scarlet red! Ai!
Heat wave, summer heat, swimsuit SHOW! SAY!
Ja-ja-ja-ja-ja-ja-jan
Coco☆nuts Yay
The Sun burning bright
The long-awaited season is summer summer
The bikini I bought with much bravery
It’s so embarrassing, but I won’t lose out!!
Coconut-flavoured suncreen
UV rays are everlasting summer lasers
Heartthrob, heartstop, that’s your gaze
My heart explodes ☆
Sa-shi-su-se-there’s summer, baby
Da-di-du-de-where’s summer? Baby
Ka-ki-ku-ke-here’s summer, baby
Sun! Sun! Summer time!
YES!!!
Co-co-co co-co co-cco-cco
Co-co-co co-co co-cco-cco
Co-co-co co-co co-cco-cco-cco-cco-cco-cco
Co-co co-co☆nuts
Co-co-co co-co co-cco-cco
Co-co-co co-co co-cco-cco-cco
Co-co-co co-co co-cco-cco-cco-cco-cco-cco
Co-co-co-co-co-co-co co-co-co-co-co-co-co
Coco☆nuts coco☆nuts
Melon-flavoured shaved ice
Stick my tongue out and I’m a zombie! Ai!
Contests in yukata for a Bon DANCE! SAY!
Ja-ja-ja-ja-ja-ja-jan
Ah, let’s go. Choina- choina- choina- choina-
Hot and humid, this sweltering night
I want to drink coconut juice
A seemingly long, but actually short summer time
Now we’ve done it!
Sa-shi-su-se-there’s summer, baby
Da-di-du-de-where’s summer? Baby
Ka-ki-ku-ke-here’s summer, baby
Sun! Sun! Summer time!
YES!!!
Co-co-co co-co co-cco-cco
Co-co-co co-co co-cco-cco
Co-co-co co-co co-cco-cco-cco-cco-cco-cco
Co-co co-co☆nuts
Co-co-co co-co co-cco-cco
Co-co-co co-co co-cco-cco-cco
Co-co-co co-co co-cco-cco-cco-cco-cco-cco
Co-co-co-co-co-co-co co-co-co-co-co-co-co
Coco☆nuts coco☆nuts
Fire-!!
S-s-sparking!
L-l-l-l-limbo!
Fever!
Soiya soiya soiya soiya!
Hot hot summer
Kujuukuri beach
Super sweet ice-cream
Camp at Saitama
Sa-shi-su-se-there’s summer, baby
Da-di-du-de-where’s summer? Baby
Ka-ki-ku-ke-here’s summer, baby
Sun! Sun! Summer time!
YES!!!
Co-co-co co-co co-cco-cco
Co-co-co co-co co-cco-cco
Co-co-co co-co co-cco-cco-cco-cco-cco-cco
Co-co co-co☆nuts
Co-co-co co-co co-cco-cco
Co-co-co co-co co-cco-cco-cco
Co-co-co co-co co-cco-cco-cco-cco-cco-cco
Co-co-co-co-co-co-co co-co-co-co-co-co-co
Coco☆nuts coco☆nuts
Co-cco-co-co-co
Coco☆nuts coco☆nuts
Where? There? Over there? I can’t find it?
Papaya mango coco☆nuts!
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Notes
1. This song has a double theme of summer and fruits, which explains the pun in the title, as “koko natsu” can mean both “coconuts” and “here’s summer”. I switch between both meanings in the lyric depending on the context, but keep in mind that both meanings can be applicable every time the word “koko natsu” comes up.
2. The phrase “Sa-shi-su-se-there’s summer, baby” is a combination of a basic Japanese pronunciation phrase “sa-shi-su-se-so” and “soko natsu” or “there’s summer”. Same goes for the next 2 lines.
3. The Bon dance is usually performed during the Bon Festival, originally to welcome the spirits of the dead.
4. “Choina” and “Soiya” are Japanese festival chant words, meant to stir up the festive spirit.
5. Kujuukuri beach is located in Chiba, Japan.
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