|
It's the story of a very unfortunate colored 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 said, "I need someone to love me |
|
I 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 behind me for happiness once again" |
|
Won't somebody believe |
|
I've a yen to see that Bay again |
|
Every time I try to leave |
|
Sweet opium won't let me fly away |
|
I need someone to love me |
|
I need somebody to carry me home to San Francisco |
|
And bury my body there |
|
That's the story of a very unfortunate colored 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 |
