[Intro – slow, dragging guitar riff] Aa… yeah… kore wa ol’ Tatsuo no monogatari… [Verse 1] Kantan ni sūtsu kite, kaisha no kaidan aruita, Floor no boss datta, subete wa seijun datta. Demo jinsei wa bōkyaku ni kurabe, kurō shita, Tsuma to chichi ga boku wo sōshita, boku wa hashitta. [Chorus] Ima wa段ボール no hako ni sundeiru, Sekai no warai to uso wo mite waratteru. Ie mo, hokori mo, chiisai tomodachi mo ushinatta, Demo naze ka jinsei wa karui, wakaranai kedo… [Verse 2] Tsuma ga ie wo tori, inu mo tori, kagi mo torimashita, Saiban wa subete boku no sei, boku wa soko wo saru. Hoteru mo, rīru mo, itami wo kakushita kedo, Gossip wa moete, mata boku wo yaita. [Chorus] Un,段ボール no hako ni sundeiru, Arashi wo mite warai, paradokkusu wo kanjiru. Dōryō wa waratte, uso wo hiroge, Demo hai no nochi, jinsei wa onaji ja nai… [Verse 3] Boku ga yatta tte, uso wo tsuita tte, Monogatari wa boku no shinjitsu wo mawasu. Shachō ga yobikake, “Yameru, mō anmari,” Bengoshi mo egao de, “Saa, hontō no koto itte miro” tte. [Bridge – harmonica wail] Kuruma mo, beddo mo, hokori mo utta, Demo kono段ボール no kabe wa boku wo mamoru. Nani mo nai, ie mo nai, keikaku mo nai, Demo naze ka, boku wa karui otoko… [Chorus – slower, more reflective] Ima段ボール no hako de kurasu, Ue ni hoshi, neon no machi no hikari. Sekai mo, okane mo, shitteita koto mo ushinatta, Demo jinsei wa karui… yeah, jinsei wa karui… [Outro – soft guitar fading] Tatsuo… tada Tatsuo… 段ボール no hako de, mezurashii bakari wo waratte… Aa, jinsei wa omotta yori karui…
