Hong Kong Blues Lyrics - Classic Hoagy Carmichael - Hoagy Carmichael

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" 

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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 

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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