Hong Kong Blues-Martin Carthy

[ti:Hong Kong Blues] [ar:Martin Carthy] [al:Signs Of Life] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.62]Hong Kong Blues - Martin Carthy [00:01.35]Written by：Carmichael [00:01.77] [00:04.26]It's the story of a very young unfortunate African man [00:08.71]Who got arrested down in old Hong Kong [00:12.18] [00:13.22]He got twenty years' privilege taken away from him [00:17.23]When he kicked old Buddha's gong [00:21.35]And now he's poppin' the piano for to make the price [00:25.40] [00:25.93]Of a ticket to the land of the free [00:28.91] [00:30.72]He says his home's in Frisco where they send the rice [00:34.61]But he's really from Tennessee [00:38.26] [00:38.99]And so he says I need someone to love me [00:45.10] [00:46.04]Need somebody to carry me home to San Francisco [00:53.49] [00:54.67]And bury my body there [00:57.69] [00:59.12]I need someone to lend me a fifty dollar bill and then [01:07.24]I'll go home to San Francisco and happiness once again [01:14.77] [01:17.22]Won't someone believe oh I yearn to see that Bay again [01:25.12]But each time I try to leave sweet o***m won't let me fly away [01:34.41] [02:12.01]It's the story of a very young unfortunate African man [02:16.47]Who got arrested down in old Hong Kong [02:19.82] [02:21.07]He got twenty years' privilege taken away from him [02:25.10]When he kicked old Buddha's gong