Hong Kong blues

It’s the story of an unfortunate colored man
Who got busted in Old Hong Kong
He got 20 years' privilege taken away
From him when he banged the old Buddha gong
Now he’s playing the piano
Just to raise the price of a ticket to the land of the free
He say his home is Frisco where they send the rice
But really it’s Tennessee
That’s why he says
I need someone to love me
Need somebody to carry me
Home to San Francisco
And bury me 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
Would someone believe
I began to see that bay again
But when I tried to leave
Sweet old PM wouldn’t let me fly away
I need someone to love me
Need somebody to carry me
Home to San Francisco
And bury me body there
Michael!
I need someone to love me
Need somebody to carry me
Home to San Francisco
And bury me 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
For happiness, happiness once again