1980
分分鐘需要你 Need You Every Minute
A giddy love song: with her around, even salted fish and cabbage taste good and she is as vital as sunlight and air. George Lam wrote the tune himself, first as an English song, for his 1980 album.
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jyunyun願ngongo我wuiwui會zaaja揸fofo火zinjin箭daaidaai帶neinei你doudou到tintin天hunghung空heoiheui去I wish I could fly a rocket and take you up into the sky,
zoijoi在taaitaai太hunghung空zungjung中loengleung兩janyan人zyujyu住the two of us living out in space.
wutwut活doudou到jatyat一cinchin千seoiseui歲doudou都jatyat一bunbun般samsam心zeoijeui醉Even living to a thousand, I'd be just as smitten.
jauyau有neinei你zoijoi在sansan身binbin邊dodo多loklok樂ceoicheui趣With you beside me, everything is more fun.
gunggung共neinei你soengseung雙soengseung雙deoideui對houhou好dakdak得cikchik戚houhou好dakdak得jiyi意Being a pair with you, I'm so pleased, so delighted,
deidei地lamlam冧tintin天bangbang崩dongdong當haanhaan閒sisi事the earth caving in and the sky falling would be no big deal.
zaujau就syunsyun算faanfaan翻fungfung風jyuyu雨ziji只seoiseui需taitai睇doudou到neinei你Even if a storm blows up, as long as I can see you,
cichi似gingin見joengyeung陽gwonggwong光cinchin千maanmaan萬leilei里it's like seeing sunshine for miles and miles.
jauyau有liuliu了neinei你hoihoi開samsam心dimdim點matmat乜doudou都cingching稱samsam心munmun滿jiyi意With you I'm happier, and everything is just how I like it.
haamhaam咸jyuyu魚baakbaak白coichoi菜jaaya也houhou好houhou好meimei味Even salted fish and cabbage taste great.
ngongo我jyuyu與neinei你wingwing永gunggung共zeoijeui聚fanfan分fanfan分zungjung鐘seoiseui需jiuyiu要neinei你You and I together forever; I need you every minute.
neinei你cichi似sisi是joengyeung陽gwonggwong光hunghung空heihei氣You are like sunlight and air.
baanbaan扮lengleng靚dimdim點gaaigaai皆janyan因neinei你dindin癲dindin癲deidei地gaaigaai皆janyan因neinei你I dress up because of you, I act a bit crazy because of you,
waiwai為neinei你gamgam甘samsam心zoujou做soso傻sisi事for you I'm happy to do silly things.
baanbaan扮haaha下singsing猩singsing猩giugiu叫taitai睇doudou到matmat乜doudou都siusiu笑I do monkey noises, and everything makes us laugh.
jauyau有neinei你zoijoi在sansan身binbin邊dodo多loklok樂ceoicheui趣With you beside me, everything is more fun.
joekyeuk若jauyau有ciuchiu朝satsat失zojo咗neinei你faafa花hoihoi開doudou都batbat不meimei美If one day I lost you, even flowers in bloom wouldn't look pretty.
jyunyun願doudou到fongfong荒doudou島heoiheui去coengcheung長zyujyu住I'd go and live on a desert island,
zoujou做gogo個gaaga假dikdik的neinei你tintin天tintin天doudou都soengseung相deoideui對make a fake you, and face it every day,
deoideui對mukmuk木tautau頭gunggung公zaijai仔zoujou做heihei戲putting on a show for a wooden doll.
jauyau有liuliu了neinei你hoihoi開samsam心dimdim點matmat乜doudou都cingching稱samsam心munmun滿jiyi意With you I'm happier, and everything is just how I like it.
haamhaam咸jyuyu魚baakbaak白coichoi菜jaaya也houhou好houhou好meimei味Even salted fish and cabbage taste great.
ngongo我jyuyu與neinei你wingwing永gunggung共zeoijeui聚fanfan分fanfan分zungjung鐘seoiseui需jiuyiu要neinei你You and I together forever; I need you every minute.
neinei你cichi似sisi是joengyeung陽gwonggwong光hunghung空heihei氣You are like sunlight and air.
jauyau有liuliu了neinei你hoihoi開samsam心dimdim點matmat乜doudou都cingching稱samsam心munmun滿jiyi意With you I'm happier, and everything is just how I like it.
haamhaam咸jyuyu魚baakbaak白coichoi菜jaaya也houhou好houhou好meimei味Even salted fish and cabbage taste great.
ngongo我jyuyu與neinei你wingwing永gunggung共zeoijeui聚fanfan分fanfan分zungjung鐘seoiseui需jiuyiu要neinei你You and I together forever; I need you every minute.
neinei你cichi似sisi是joengyeung陽gwonggwong光hunghung空heihei氣You are like sunlight and air.
jauyau有liuliu了neinei你hoihoi開samsam心dimdim點matmat乜doudou都cingching稱samsam心munmun滿jiyi意With you I'm happier, and everything is just how I like it.
haamhaam咸jyuyu魚baakbaak白coichoi菜jaaya也houhou好houhou好meimei味Even salted fish and cabbage taste great.
ngongo我jyuyu與neinei你wingwing永gunggung共zeoijeui聚fanfan分fanfan分zungjung鐘seoiseui需jiuyiu要neinei你You and I together forever; I need you every minute.
neinei你cichi似sisi是joengyeung陽gwonggwong光hunghung空heihei氣You are like sunlight and air.
jauyau有liuliu了neinei你hoihoi開samsam心dimdim點matmat乜doudou都cingching稱samsam心munmun滿jiyi意With you I'm happier, and everything is just how I like it.
haamhaam咸jyuyu魚baakbaak白coichoi菜jaaya也houhou好houhou好meimei味Even salted fish and cabbage taste great.
ngongo我jyuyu與neinei你wingwing永gunggung共zeoijeui聚fanfan分fanfan分zungjung鐘seoiseui需jiuyiu要neinei你You and I together forever; I need you every minute.
neinei你cichi似sisi是joengyeung陽gwonggwong光hunghung空heihei氣You are like sunlight and air.
Timed to 林子祥 · 林子祥精選集 (1980) · 3:03. Another version? Tap the line being sung whenever it drifts.