Hong Kong Blues Lyrics - George Harrison

It's the story of a very unfortunate coloured man 

Who got arrested down in old Hong Kong 

He got twenty years' privilege taken away from him 

When he kicked old Buddha's gong 

And now he's poppin' the piano just to raise the price 

Of a ticket to the land of the free 

Well, he says his home's in 'Frisco where they send the rice 

But it's really in Tennessee 

That's why he says: 

I need someone to love me 

Need somebody to carry me home to San Francisco 

And bury my body there 

I need someone to lend me a fifty-dollar bill and then 

I'll leave Hong Kong far behind me 

For happiness once again 

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That's the story of a very unfortunate coloured man 

Who got arrested down in old Hong Kong 

He got twenty years' privilege taken away from him 

When he kicked old Buddha's gong.