Spontaneous performance at the 120 Diner. Big thanks to Annie Bonsignore for having me sit in with her in her set as a special guest, and Tim Smith for playing guitar.

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Destiny
It's a funny word you see
Its definition is predetermination
Is it a trap or are we free?

Oh destiny
It's mythology I hear
An anthology of pretty stories
Of the journeys that must be

So is it he or she
Is it you or me
They say some things are meant to be
Is it comedy
Or tragedy
Is it written in a scroll buried deep within the seas
It's destiny, so we think
Let's wait and see
Life is full of ironies 
So just let things be

June 15, 2016

Destiny @ 120 Diner 08 - 23 - 2016

So he's got a crushed wristwatch
Since his lady got away
Oh, it's just him and his crushed wristwatch
His time is frozen on this day
When she walked out the door
He asked, honey, are you sure?
Because I'd really love you to stay
But then she walked out the door 
And left a note in the corridor 
Baby, there ain't no more to say

In this house there is no sound
He lays broken on the ground
Silent tears and years to count 
Just how does one mend a broken heart?
Empty bottles on the floor 
Dried blood on the walls
That turned a brittle, autumn leaves' brown 
It's just him with his watch and the 
Shivering hands and shattered glass
Waiting for love to come around

The second hand wants a second chance
It struggles to start ticking again
Between the numbers and the other hands
they’re laughing at its useless attempt
It cries to the man
“oh master, I beg of you
to wind up this mainspring again”
But he’s adrift in his thoughts 
and sadly he’s lost…….
So this is the end.

This is the story of the crushed wristwatch…

September 30, 2016

「Natalie Wong」的專輯

Crushed Wristwatch

So I've got a crushed wristwatch
Since my baby got away
Oh, it's just me and my crushed wristwatch
My time is frozen on this day
When he walked out the door
I asked, honey are you sure?
Because I'd really love you to stay
But then he walked out the door 
And left a note in the corridor 
lady, there ain't no more to say

In this house there is no sound
I lay broken on the ground
Silent tears and years to count 
Just how does one mend a broken heart?
Empty bottles on the floor 
Dried blood on the walls
That turned a brittle, autumn leaves' brown 
It's just me with the watch and the 
Shivering hands and shattered glass
Waiting for love to come around

The second hand wants a second chance
It struggles to start ticking again
Between the numbers and the other hands
they’re laughing at its useless attempt
I cried to the man
“oh love, I beg of you
Make my heart go beating again”
But it's just all in my head
really, the battery is dead.....
So this is the end.

This is the story of the crushed wristwatch…
This is my story of the crushed wristwatch…

September 30, 2016

This Is My Story of the Crushed Wristwatch

毛茸茸的爬在地上 Little furry catepiller crawling on the ground
漫無目的闖蕩         Venturing without a destination
看這世界多美         Look, the world is so beautiful
紅葉漫天紛飛         Red leaves dancing all around
秋，如斯明媚         Autumn, a season so pretty and bright

毛茸茸的爬在葉上   Little furry catepiller crawling on the leaf
任由風吹撞               blown and rocked in the harsh winds
看這世界多冷           look, the world is so cold
候鳥亦不知返           not even the birds are coming back
秋，如斯絕望           Autumn, a season of despair

別問我問我問我        Don't ask me, don't ask me
沒做錯                       I didn't do anything wrong
但竟會為何又再又再又再   but why, again and again
被掠過，被捨棄在旁...        I'm being swept away and abandoned...
身已累，心已碎                  My body is tired, my heart is broken
吐出滿腹怨絲抱著我睡...    I can only let out the sad silks to embrace myself in a cocoon while I sleep.

I walked down the street on a sunny Sunday mornin'
It's calm and peaceful 'til I saw this man a runnin'
He guns towards me and started his screamin'
Behind him some crazy people chasing him and shoutin' 

Oh oh so I'm caught in the middle of this riot
And really it's just bad luck to be here
Oh man I'm caught in the middle of this situation
A gun fires, and I'm shot oh dear

The cops and the paramedics took me to the hospital
The doctor was sweating hard as he took the bullet out
I was certified dead as the monitor went flatlinin'
Then the people fled when I opened up my eyes instead of dyin'

Is it a miracle from heaven or from hell?
Maybe only time will tell.
See, I gave my heart away
One lonely Saturday
September 1938

So now

I’m hollow inside, I’ll stay forever alive
without a heart I can never die
Empty chested me, always I shall be
Empty chested me

I don’t have to hide, there’s no shame or pride
Without a heart, I don’t have to lie
Empty chested me, always I shall be
Empty chested me.

December 2016

Empty Chested Me

Here's Leslie Huyler, Scott Neary and myself jamming it out at the 120 Diner :)

120 Diner Dec 13, 2016 Autumn Leaves

Hide... In the darkness of the night
Hush... Said I to myself
Hide... Don't let them find you...  Don't let them see...

Why?  I don't know... I don't know...
I try to smile, but it's getting difficult
I can't help it... 
I'm sinking deep down into the blues.

Run, my darling, you get away from me.
Close your eyes, pretty one, you don't want to see
me drowning, drowning, way way deep down into the blues

I say
Run, my darling.  You get away from me.
Close your eyes, pretty one... You don't want to see
me drowning drowning drowning
way way deep down into the blues...

November 2016

Deep in the blues (draft)

I'm waiting for a morning with delightful precious drawings of your heart
I'm looking for a new beginning of a sunny day, oh it's a start
Though you may not love me
I'm okay don't worry
It is just a journey
And it's a lovely piece of art

I try to find the answer to the question of evolution of your mind
It's silly and I know it but it's just a quest, and frankly, a pastime 
Life is long and weary
Love is bold and scary
It is still a journey
And it is really no choice of mine

Oh... Oh...
What am I to do
Now that I've met you
It's inspiring, but so tiring
To be living, yes it's true

Oh... Oh...
Why did I meet you
Now that I've found you
It's inspiring but still tiring
To be living with these blues

June 24, 2016

Waiting for a morning

There's a supermoon hanging in the sky
Oooo it scares me 
It is crimson in colour like the bible's last chapter
Ooo it can't be
Maybe I'll sell all my belongings today
It might be hasty but boy I don't think I can stay. 

There's a supermoon hanging in the sky 
Ohhh it's deadly 
Deceptive, deceiving, distressed, denial in disguise
Oh love, embellished in the soft glow of moonlight 
I think I'll go a runnin' to my hideout tonight.

Supermoon (draft recording at Metro Square)(Guitar: Martin Kuwawi)

What have I done ~Draft

You're a fool, I'm the same 
here we are again   
years after one
precious moment of
falling in love 
at first sight
though our timing wasn't right

I had hoped you'd call
but you had your girl
we barely exchanged 
any words at all
but the way you looked at me
and your smile made my heart skipped a beat

So this is how the story goes
we meet again, and I'm falling so
so hard for you, nobody knows about
the pain in my heart that grows

I'm a fool, you're the same
yes, here we are again
the table has turned, this time
it's me that's got a man
Love at second sight, oh baby
our timing's still not right...

Our love at second sight
faded in the dead of night

LOVE AT SECOND SIGHT -DRAFT

Aug 15 late night jam, not too shabby given everyone was sightreading ... 

Lyrics:
I found a bottle by the sea
Crumpled paper, Faded ink, it reads
I'm lonely, I'm lonely, Please come find me

So I traced it to a castle Through a web of winding roads
And I found a little story full of emptiness and woe


And he said:
I love you
I could love you 
I would love you
I want to love you
Oh I love you
Yes I'll love you evermore.

So they danced the night away caressing both their broken hearts
But the tides have gone a changin’, pretty soon they must part. 

And She said 
I love you
I could love you
I would love you
I want to love you
But I can't love you
I can’t love you anymore

I can’t love you 
I couldn’t love you
I wouldn’t love you
I shouldn’t love you
Yet I love you
Everyday a little more

Bottle By The Sea - Jamming with the guys

Singer/Songwriter, acoustic/electric violinist

Natalie Wong

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