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I was listening to 悲しい色やね by Ueda Masaki. I was able to pick up the lyrics,
but there are certain phrases that I cannot translate. In the main melody
part, I was able to pick up

```

    ほーみーたい
    大阪ベイブルース
    
```

In the first line, I can understand that たい means "want to", but I have no
idea what ほーみー means. It does not seem to be an onomatopoeia. I searched it on
google, and it suggests some kind of musical instrument, but that does not
seem to make sense. Then, a friend of mine told me that there is a word like
that in Okinawan dialect, but was not sure. If that is right, what does it
mean? Will it make sense with "want to"?

In the second line, I know that this is a song about Osaka, and Osaka people
often like to have particular western people as their mascot. For example,
people were happy with the Colonel Sanders statue in Osaka, and they once
threw him into a river. Can I consider ベイブルース (Babe Ruth) along the same line?
But who is 大阪ベイブルース? It doesn't seem to just Babe Ruth himself, is it?
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song-lyrics
What does this lyric mean?
It is my favorite song. Ask anything about it.

> 「ほーみーたい」 = "Hold me tight."

I know it sounds like 「ほーみーたい」 but that part is actually in "English".

> 「大阪ベイブルース」 = "Osaka Bay Blues".

The whole song takes place on a pier facing the Osaka Bay. It is not "Osaka
Babe Ruth", but I had a good laugh!
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