Hong Kong Blues-Hoagy Carmichael

[ti:Hong Kong Blues] [ar:Hoagy Carmichael] [al:Piano Jazz Shindig] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Hong Kong Blues (香港蓝调) - Hoagy Carmichael (霍奇·卡迈克尔) [00:10.31]It's the story of a very unfortunate colored man [00:14.30]Who got arrested down in old Hong Kong [00:17.54] [00:18.35]He got twenty years privilege taken away from him [00:21.73]When he kicked old Buddha's gong [00:25.35]And now he's poppin' the piano just to raise the price [00:29.43]Of a ticket to the land of the free [00:32.24] [00:32.80]Well he says his home's in Frisco where they send the rice [00:36.79]But it's really in Tennessee [00:38.85]That's why he said "I need someone to love me [00:48.51]I need somebody to carry me home to San Francisco [00:55.38] [00:56.13]And bury my body there [00:58.78] [00:59.59]I need someone to lend me a fifty dollar bill and then [01:06.41] [01:07.28]I'll leave Hong Kong behind me for happiness once again" [01:14.24] [01:15.75]Won't somebody believe [01:17.95] [01:18.70]I've a yen to see that Bay again [01:22.40] [01:23.34]Every time I try to leave [01:25.53] [01:26.49]Sweet o***m won't let me fly away [01:30.99]I need someone to love me [01:34.25]I need somebody to carry me home to San Francisco [01:40.95] [01:41.88]And bury my body there [01:44.81] [02:00.67]That's the story of a very unfortunate colored man [02:04.16] [02:05.00]Who got arrested down in old Hong Kong [02:07.26] [02:08.57]He got twenty years privilege taken away from him [02:11.81]When he kicked old Buddha's gong