Hong Kong Blues

Its 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 buddhas gong

And now hes poppin the piano just to raise the

Price

Of a ticket to the land of the free

Well, he says his homes in frisco where they

Send the rice

But its really in tennessee

Thats 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

Ill leave hong kong far behind me

For happiness once again

Wont somebody believe

Ive a yen to see that bay again

Everytime I try to leave

Sweet opium wont let me fly away

I need someone to love me

Need somebody to carry me home to san

Francisco

And bury my body there

Thats 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 buddhas gong