Lyrics:

It's the story of an unfortunate colored man
Who got busted in old Hong Kong
He got 20 years privilege taken away from him
When he banged the old Buddha gong
Now he's playing the piano just to raise the price
Of a ticket to the land of the free
He say his home is Frisco where they send the rice
But really it's Tennessee
That's why he said
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
Would someone believe
I begin to see that bay again
But when I try to leave
Sweet opium won't let me fly away
I need someone to love me
Need somebody to carry me home
To San Francisco
And bury my body there

Michael!
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
For happiness, happiness once again