Hong Kong Blues (香港蓝调)-Hoagy Carmichael/Ella Logan

[ti:Hong Kong Blues] [ar:Hoagy Carmichael] [al:Nostalgic Memories-The Very Best of Hoagy Carmichael-Vol. 101] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Hong Kong Blues (香港蓝调) - Hoagy Carmichael (霍奇·卡迈克尔)/Ella Logan [00:08.58]It's the story of a very unfortunate colored man [00:11.83] [00:12.55]Who got arrested down in old Hong Kong [00:14.96] [00:16.84]He got twenty years privilege taken away from him [00:19.59] [00:20.18]When he kicked old Buddha's gong [00:22.68] [00:23.88]And now he's poppin' the piano just to raise the price [00:27.20] [00:27.91]Of a ticket to the land of the free [00:30.14] [00:31.38]Well he says his home's in Frisco where they send the rice [00:34.88] [00:35.46]But it's really in Tennessee [00:36.78] [00:39.21]That's why he said [00:40.20] [00:43.57]I need someone to love me [00:46.17] [00:47.59]I need somebody to carry me home to San Francisco [00:53.16] [00:55.14]And bury my body there [00:57.36] [00:58.67]I need someone to lend me a fifty dollar bill and then [01:04.95] [01:05.75]I'll leave Hong Kong but behind me for happiness once again [01:12.42] [01:15.04]Won't someone believe [01:16.31] [01:18.10]I've a yen to see that Bay again [01:20.92] [01:22.74]But one I try to leave [01:24.23] [01:26.00]Sweet o***m man won't let me fly away [01:28.38] [01:29.98]I need someone to love me [01:32.65] [01:34.00]I need somebody to carry me home to San Francisco [01:39.58] [01:41.59]And bury my body there [01:43.79] [02:00.60]That's the story of a very unfortunate colored man [02:03.86] [02:04.47]Who got arrested down in old Hong Kong [02:06.89] [02:08.76]He got twenty years privilege taken away from him [02:11.99]When he kicked old Buddha's gong