Listen to or download the song.

Play this on the jukebox and listen to a lot of other versions too.
You can also download all the different musical versions, in the order they went up.

Check Yutaka’s website , Facebook page, Instagram page, Twitter feed and YouTube channel for more info.

From Janis: Yutaka Oyama is a third generation Tsugaru shamisen player of the Oyama School. His website and YouTube feeds are well worth checking out. Like many artists, he respects and pays homage to tradition, while creating and collaborating with others to come up with something entirely different. He arrives at this project through his friend Casey Driessen, and I’m honored to have him here.

BETTER TIMES WILL COME
(Janis Ian – Japanese lyric adaptation: Takahiro Maeda, executive producer, Japan)
作詞・作曲　Janis Ian  日本語詞　前田たかひろ 

Better times, better times will come
その日は　必ず来る
みんなでまるい地球と言う船漕いで行こう　 

きっと試されている　愛は幻想だろう？と
だったら今証明しよう　愛は幻想じゃない 

Better times, better times will come
その日は　必ず来る
みんなでまるい地球と言う船漕いで行こう　 

きっと試されている　船出の覚悟を
だったら見せよう証明しよう　嵐も越えよう

Better times, better times will come
今こそ　学ぶとき
みんなでまるい地球と言う船漕いで行こう　

Better times, better times will come
その日は　必ず来る
みんなでまるい地球と言う船漕いで行こう　
Oh Better times will come

Words & music Janis Ian; © 2020 Janis Ian; Japanese adaptation by Takahiro Maeda. All rights reserved; used by permission.