歌词
It's the story of a very unfortunate colored man
这是个关于一个不幸男人的故事
Who got arrested down in old Hong Kong
他曾在香港被关进了监狱
He got twenty years privilege taken away from him when he kicked old Buddha's gong
在他踢向释伽牟尼锣时，二十年的辉煌离他而去
And now he's popping the piano just to raise the price
现在他通过演奏钢琴
Of a ticket to the land of the free
来提高通往自由之地的票价
Well, he says his home's in Frisco where they send the rice
好吧，他说他的家乡在得克萨斯的弗里斯克
But it's really in Tennessee
但其实是在田纳西
That's what he said
他说
"I need someone to love me
我渴求一个爱我的人
I need somebody to carry me home to San Francisco
我祈盼一个人可以送我到旧金山的家
And bury my body there
并将我埋葬
I need someone to lend me
我需要一个人
a fifty dollar bill and then
借给我一张五十美元的钞票
I'll leave Hong Kong far behind me for happiness once again
然后我将会把香港的一切遗忘在脑后，并再次走向幸福
Won't someone believe
难道没有人相信
I have a yen to see that Bay again
我有一元钱再次去往那个海湾
and each time I try to leave
每一次我尝试离开
Sweet opium won't let me fly away
那甜美的鸦片禁锢住我的步伐
I need someone to love me
我渴求一个爱我的人
I need somebody to carry me home to San Francisco
我祈盼一个人可以送我到旧金山的家
and bury my body there"
并将我埋葬
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