[00:03.53]It's the story of a very unfortunate colored man
[00:07.95]Who got arrested down in old Hong Kong
[00:14.02]He got twenty years privilege taken away from him when he kicked old Buddha's gong
[00:23.02]And now he's popping the piano just to raise the price
[00:27.25]Of a ticket to the land of the free
[00:32.10]Well, he says his home's in Frisco where they send the rice
[00:36.46]But it's really in Tennessee
[00:41.00]That's what he said
[00:44.70]"I need someone to love me
[00:50.00]I need somebody to carry me home to San Francisco
[00:57.00]And bury my body there
[01:03.50]I need someone to lend me
[01:08.00]a fifty dollar bill and then
[01:11.80]I'll leave Hong Kong far behind me for happiness once again
[01:23.50]Won't someone believe
[01:27.00]I have a yen to see that Bay again
[01:32.00]and each time I try to leave
[01:35.89]Sweet opium won't let me fly away
[01:40.60]I need someone to love me
[01:45.00]I need somebody to carry me home to San Francisco
[01:51.50]and bury my body there"