Hong Kong Blues

[Chorus 1] 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 [Verse 1] And now he's popping 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 [Chorus 2] 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' [Verse 2] 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 [Chorus 2] I need someone to love me I need somebody to carry me home to San Francisco And bury my body there [Chorus 1]