[00:21.71]It's the story of a very unfortunate colored man
[00:28.75]Who got arrested down in old Hong Kong
[00:32.69]He got twenty years privilege taken away from him
[00:37.80]When he kicked old Buddha's gong
[00:42.19]And now he's poppin' the piano just to raise the price
[00:46.58]Of a ticket to the land of the free
[00:50.21]Well, he say his home's in Frisco where they send the rice
[00:55.95]But it's really in Tennessee
[01:00.33]That's why he said,
[01:03.22] "I need someone to love me
[01:10.49]Need somebody to carry me home to San Francisco
[01:18.44]And bury my body there
[01:22.79]Oh, I need someone to lend me a fifty dollar bill and then
[01:31.61]I'll leave Hong Kong behind me
[01:35.97]for happiness once again"
[01:41.32]Won't somebody believe
[01:45.02]I've a yen to see that Bay again?
[01:49.90]But when I try to leave
[01:54.11]Sweet opium won't let me fly away
[01:57.43]I need someone to love me
[02:01.95]Need somebody to carry me home to San Francisco
[02:11.02]And bury my body there
[02:33.51]That's the story of a very unfortunate colored man
[02:37.32]Who got arrested down in old Hong Kong
[02:41.51]He got twenty years privilege taken away from him
[02:46.73]When he kicked old Buddha's gong