“Bedtime Story” is not what you would call a "big" song, with only a guitar for accompaniment; however, the lyrics are simple and touching. They relate the fairy tale story of a princess who falls in love with a frog, marries him against the family objections, and then they go away to live happily ever after. The novice songwriter, Ronald Tsui, spent a few years in the UK and was influenced by 90s pop, R&B, and soul, but was focused on two things; simplicity and love. The writer of the lyrics in Chinese, Dai Yuedong, emailed them in the middle of the night to Hua, laughingly pointing out the frogs, the prince, and the fairy tale-like aspects of the subject matter. It was love at first sight for Hua Hua.
《Bedtime Story》
枕边故事
Composer: Ronald Tsui
Lyricist: Dai Yuedong
Arranger: Bernard Zheng
Let me gently
Tell you a Bedtime Story
Once upon a time, there is a long-haired princess
Who secretly falls in love with a frog
Every day the frog would sing for her
Neither the king nor the queen approves of him
But the princess says, he is my beloved
I cannot bid him farewell just so
Who knows
The little frog turns into a prince
The prince takes his princess away from the palace
They elope to a land
where they can live in peace
And the two of them
Live happily ever after
This is his and their fairy tale
Woo~~ Woo~~
Woo~~ Woo~~
Woo~~ Woo~~
Woo~~ Woo~~
Who knows
The little frog turns into a prince
The prince takes his princess away from the palace
They elope to a land
where they can live in peace
And all of them
Live happily ever after
This is mine and yours fairy tale
Woo~~ Woo~~
Woo~~ Woo~~
Tomorrow too I will tell you
Another Bedtime Story
Tonight even the moon is sleepy
whispering in your ear, good night
Translated by Hua Chenyu English Subs
