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Hong Kong Blues Lyrics

The song Hong Kong Blues is performed by Hoagy Carmichael in the album named Classic Hoagy Carmichael in the year 1994 .

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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



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Hoagy Carmichael - Classic Hoagy Carmichael

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  2. Hong Kong Blues
  3. Judy/Moon Country
  4. Lazy River
  5. Monkey Song
  6. Nearness of You
  7. Old Music Master
  8. Ole Buttermilk Sky
  9. Serenade to Gabriel
  10. Stardust