Chua Chern Toong

Just another unclassifiable entity in this teeming sea of human beings.

[Chua Chern Toong @ctchua]

The slow boat's moving with the tide,
Drifting far from shore,
It's the nature of this country life,
I've never known before.
("Still Life in Mobile Homes", Japan)

[Chua Chern Toong @ctchua]

Just when I think I'm winning,
When I've broken every door,
The ghosts of my life blow wilder than before,
Just when I thought I could not be stopped,
When my chance came to be king,
The ghosts of my life blew wilder than the wind.
("Ghosts", Japan)

[Chua Chern Toong @ctchua]

But now I'm scared, now I'm lost in love,
All these things were never done,
Your burning bridge, my talking drum,
Now we're too late for heaven.
("Talking Drum", Japan)

[Chua Chern Toong @ctchua]

Once I was young, once I was smart,
Now I'm living on the edge of my nerves,
The things we said weren't quite so tough,
When we were young.
("The Art of Parties", Japan)

[Chua Chern Toong @ctchua]

Watch the slow boat hit and run,
When the evening fires burn,
The daylight dead and gone,
With you beside me we can run,
Outside there's a world waiting,
I'll take it all by storm,
And when the sunset finds me,
I'm coming home.
("Taking Islands in Africa", Japan)

[Chua Chern Toong @ctchua]

We'll wander again,
Our clothes they are wet, we shy from the rain,
Longing to touch all the places we know we can hide,
The width of a room that can hold so much pleasure inside.
("Nightporter", Japan)

[Chua Chern Toong @ctchua]

You do me wrong but still I'm crazy about you,
Stay away too long when I can't live without you,
Every chance you get you seem to hurt me more and more,
But hurt just makes my love grow stronger than before.
("Ain���t That Peculiar", Japan)

[Chua Chern Toong @ctchua]

Here's a new design,
The cut and style you know so well,
Spins across the floor,
It's the same routine,
Just one last word before you go,
Why should I ask for more?
("Methods of Dance", Japan)

[Chua Chern Toong @ctchua]

I never wanted to be on my own,
I could be wrong, but I just slipped away from home,
And now I'm gone,
Well, way down south,
They're having minor ups and downs,
But they're moving on ahead,
In leaps and bounds.
("My New Career", Japan)

[Chua Chern Toong @ctchua]

It's all behind me now,
The work is done,
We pull away from rivers,
The light of a distant fire burns again.
("Burning Bridges", Japan)

[Chua Chern Toong @ctchua]

Things you say are not too clear,
I'm someone you'll neither know nor care,
But I'll sit here and watch from afar,
Taking islands in Africa.
("Swing", Japan)

[Chua Chern Toong @ctchua]

Now, there's a girl about town I'd like to know,
I'd like to slip away with you,
And if you said you love me, how could I mind?
Is there another side to everything you do?
("Gentlemen Take Polaroids", Japan)

[Chua Chern Toong @ctchua]

Some particular places,
Remembered so well,
Are hard to forget,
We've travelled so far now,
Then we were young,
Hard to impress.
("The Other Side of Life", Japan)

[Chua Chern Toong @ctchua]

Slowly descend from heaven,
Anyway we turn, we win,
But how can you always be so sure?
Night porters sleep on weekdays.
("Alien", Japan)

[Chua Chern Toong @ctchua]

And what costume shall the poor girl wear,
To all tomorrow's parties?
Why silken trimmings of yesterday's gown,
To all tomorrow's parties?
("All Tomorrow's Parties", Japan)

[Chua Chern Toong @ctchua]

Germanic forces marching on concrete squares,
Our love is just defenceless sound,
And could we believe that all you said was true,
We would be so determined now.
("Halloween", Japan)

[Chua Chern Toong @ctchua]

Before the light of day I awake,
She's clearly not herself today,
Across a crowded room life begins,
Before the moment drifts away,
How bitter the morning feels,
Exactly like it ought to do.
("In Vogue", Japan)

[Chua Chern Toong @ctchua]

Through the shrieking wails,
Trans European overseas,
Silently leaving Amsterdam,
We looked a lot like you,
Shy away from standard life,
Each bitter moment lingers on.
("Fall in Love With Me", Japan)

[Chua Chern Toong @ctchua]

Now the times are changing, the going could get rough,
Would that ever cross your mind?
Are you contemplating moving out somewhere?
Will you ever find the time?
("Quiet Life", Japan)

[Chua Chern Toong @ctchua]

There's always something left inside here,
I've really nothing much to lose,
It seems so sentimental,
Why should I care?
Somewhere there's a sound of distant living,
Welcome in high society,
It seems so artificial,
Why should I care?
("Life in Tokyo", Japan)