Hong Kong Blues-Hoagy Carmichael

[ti:Hong Kong Blues] [ar:Hoagy Carmichael] [al:The Very Best of Hoagy Carmichael] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Hong Kong Blues (香港蓝调) - Hoagy Carmichael (霍奇·卡迈克尔) [00:08.85]It's the story of a very unfortunate colored man [00:12.92]Who got arrested down in old Hong Kong [00:15.87] [00:17.56]He got twenty years privilege taken away from him [00:20.44] [00:21.01]When he kicked old Buddha's gong [00:24.99]And now he's poppin' the piano just to raise the price [00:29.15]Of a ticket to the land of the free [00:32.13] [00:33.03]Well he says his home's in Frisco where they send the rice [00:37.35]But it's really in Tennessee [00:40.76] [00:41.55]That's why he said "I need someone to love me [00:49.06] [00:50.08]I need somebody to carry me home to San Francisco [00:57.09] [00:58.53]And bury my body there [01:01.01] [01:02.49]I need someone to lend me a fifty dollar bill and then [01:09.70] [01:10.58]I'll leave Hong Kong behind me for happiness once again" [01:18.29] [01:20.10]Won't somebody believe [01:23.31]I've a yen to see that Bay again [01:27.00] [01:28.21]Every time I try to leave [01:30.40] [01:31.72]Sweet o***m won't let me fly away [01:34.70] [01:35.59]I need someone to love me [01:39.07] [01:40.31]I need somebody to carry me home to San Francisco [01:46.75] [01:48.17]And bury my body there [01:49.99] [02:08.00]That's the story of a very unfortunate colored man [02:10.16]Who got arrested down in old Hong Kong [02:13.21] [02:14.98]He got twenty years privilege taken away from him [02:18.35]When he kicked old Buddha's gong