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It's the story of a very unfortunate colored man |
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Who got arrested down in old Hong Kong |
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He got twenty years privilege taken away from him |
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When he kicked old Buddha's gong |
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And now he's poppin' the piano just to raise the price |
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Of a ticket to the land of the free |
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Well, he say his home's in Frisco where they send the rice |
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But it's really in Tennessee |
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That's why he said, |
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"I need someone to love me |
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Need somebody to carry me home to San Francisco |
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And bury my body there |
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Oh, I need someone to lend me a fifty dollar bill and then |
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I'll leave Hong Kong behind me |
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for happiness once again" |
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Won't somebody believe |
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I've a yen to see that Bay again? |
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But when I try to leave |
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Sweet opium won't let me fly away |
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I need someone to love me |
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Need somebody to carry me home to San Francisco |
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And bury my body there |
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That's the story of a very unfortunate colored man |
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Who got arrested down in old Hong Kong |
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He got twenty years privilege taken away from him |
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When he kicked old Buddha's gong |
