Hong Kong Blues
๐ต 977 characters
โฑ๏ธ 2:56 duration
๐ ID: 147880
๐ Lyrics
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.
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.
โฑ๏ธ Synced Lyrics
[00:21.00] It's the story of a very unfortunate coloured man
[00:24.93] Who got arrested down in old Hong Kong
[00:29.36] He got twenty years' privilege taken away from him
[00:33.36] When he kicked old Buddha's gong
[00:37.89] And now he's poppin' the piano just to raise the price
[00:41.92] Of a ticket to the land of the free
[00:46.28] Well, he says his home's in 'Frisco where they send the rice
[00:50.08] But it's really in Tennessee
[00:54.16] That's why he says:
[00:56.13] I need someone to love me
[01:02.73] Need somebody to carry me home to San Francisco
[01:11.14] And bury my body there
[01:15.27] I need someone to lend me a fifty-dollar bill and then
[01:23.15] I'll leave Hong Kong far behind me
[01:27.99] For happiness once again
[01:33.38] Won't somebody believe
[01:36.13] I've a yen to see that Bay again
[01:40.36] Everytime I try to leave
[01:43.80] Sweet opium won't let me fly away
[01:48.97] I need someone to love me
[01:52.58] Need somebody to carry me home to San Francisco
[02:00.61] And bury my body there
[02:21.68] That's the story of a very unfortunate coloured man
[02:25.30] Who got arrested down in old Hong Kong
[02:29.75] He got twenty years' privilege taken away from him
[02:33.74] When he kicked old Buddha's gong.
[02:43.65]
[00:24.93] Who got arrested down in old Hong Kong
[00:29.36] He got twenty years' privilege taken away from him
[00:33.36] When he kicked old Buddha's gong
[00:37.89] And now he's poppin' the piano just to raise the price
[00:41.92] Of a ticket to the land of the free
[00:46.28] Well, he says his home's in 'Frisco where they send the rice
[00:50.08] But it's really in Tennessee
[00:54.16] That's why he says:
[00:56.13] I need someone to love me
[01:02.73] Need somebody to carry me home to San Francisco
[01:11.14] And bury my body there
[01:15.27] I need someone to lend me a fifty-dollar bill and then
[01:23.15] I'll leave Hong Kong far behind me
[01:27.99] For happiness once again
[01:33.38] Won't somebody believe
[01:36.13] I've a yen to see that Bay again
[01:40.36] Everytime I try to leave
[01:43.80] Sweet opium won't let me fly away
[01:48.97] I need someone to love me
[01:52.58] Need somebody to carry me home to San Francisco
[02:00.61] And bury my body there
[02:21.68] That's the story of a very unfortunate coloured man
[02:25.30] Who got arrested down in old Hong Kong
[02:29.75] He got twenty years' privilege taken away from him
[02:33.74] When he kicked old Buddha's gong.
[02:43.65]