It's the story of a very unfortunate coloured 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
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price
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Of a ticket to the land of the free
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Well, he says his home's in 'Frisco where they
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send the rice
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But it's really in Tennessee
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That's why he says
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I need someone to love me
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Need somebody to carry me home to San
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Francisco
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And bury my body there
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I need someone to lend me a fifty-dollar bill
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and then
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I'll leave Hong Kong far 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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Everytime 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
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Francisco
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And bury my body there
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That's the story of a very unfortunate coloured 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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Hong Kong Blues
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| George Harrison |
