Hong Kong Blues-Hoagy Carmichael

[ti:Hong Kong Blues] [ar:Hoagy Carmichael] [al:The Great Hoagy Carmichael] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Hong Kong Blues (香港蓝调) - Hoagy Carmichael (霍奇·卡迈克尔) [00:10.72]It's the story of a very unfortunate colored man [00:14.89] [00:15.59]Who got arrested down in old Hong Kong [00:18.80] [00:20.65]He got twenty years privilege taken away from him [00:24.71]When he kicked old Buddha's gong [00:28.27] [00:29.15]And now he's poppin' the piano just to raise the price [00:33.94]Of a ticket to the land of the free [00:37.44] [00:38.04]Well he says his home's in Frisco where they send the rice [00:42.83]But it's really in Tennessee [00:45.12] [00:47.24]That's why he said "I need someone to love me [00:55.56] [00:57.12]I need somebody to carry me home to San Francisco [01:04.19] [01:06.26]And bury my body there [01:09.82] [01:10.56]I need someone to lend me a fifty dollar bill and then [01:18.70] [01:19.60]I'll leave Hong Kong behind me for happiness once again" [01:27.53] [01:29.97]Won't somebody believe [01:32.11] [01:33.64]I've a yen to see that Bay again [01:37.59] [01:39.54]But time I try to leave [01:41.79] [01:43.21]Sweet o***m won't let me fly away [01:46.03] [01:47.66]I need someone to love me [01:50.96] [01:52.69]I need somebody to carry me home to San Francisco [01:59.65] [02:01.61]And bury my body there [02:04.54] [02:33.81]That's the story of a very unfortunate colored man [02:38.34]Who got arrested down in old Hong Kong [02:41.73] [02:43.22]He got twenty years privilege taken away from him [02:47.13]When he kicked old Buddha's gong