Lyric Hong Kong Blues

It s the story of a very unfortunate coloured man
Who got arrested down in old Hong Kong
He got twenty years privilege taken away from him
When he kicked old Buddha s gong

And now he s poppin the piano just to raise the
price
Of a ticket to the land of the free
Well, he says his home s in Frisco where they
send the rice
But it s really in Tennessee

That s why he says
I need someone to love me
Need somebody to carry me home to San
Francisco
And bury my body there
I need someone to lend me a fifty-dollar bill
and then
I ll leave Hong Kong far behind me
For happiness once again

Won t somebody believe
I ve a yen to see that Bay again
Everytime I try to leave
Sweet opium won t let me fly away
I need someone to love me
Need somebody to carry me home to San
Francisco
And bury my body there

That s the story of a very unfortunate coloured man
Who got arrested down in old Hong Kong
He got twenty years privilege taken away from him
When he kicked old Buddha s gong