Hong Kong Blues - Hoagy Carmichael

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Written by：Hoagy Carmichael

It's the story of a very unfortunate colored man

这是一个不幸的黑人的故事

Who got arrested down in old Hong Kong

谁在旧香港被捕了

He got twenty years privilege taken away from him

他被剥夺了二十年的特权

When he kicked old Buddha's gong

当他踢了老佛爷的锣

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

现在他弹钢琴只是为了抬高身价

Of a ticket to the land of the free

一张通往自由之地的入场券

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

他说他的家在旧金山他们把大米送到那里

But it's really in Tennessee

但事实上是在田纳西州

That's why he said

所以他说

I need someone to love me

我需要一个人来爱我

Need somebody to carry me home to San Francisco

需要一个人带我回到旧金山

And bury my body there

把我的尸体埋在那里

Oh I need someone to lend me

我需要一个人借给我

A fifty dollar bill and then

一张五十美元的钞票

I'll leave Hong Kong

我会离开香港

Pa behind me

爸爸在我身后

For happiness once again

再次感受幸福

Won't somebody believe

有没有人相信

I've a yen to see that Bay again

我渴望再次见到那个人

But on night try to leave

但在夜晚试图离去

Sweet o***m won't let me fly away

亲爱的姑娘不会让我远走高飞

I need someone to love me

我需要一个人来爱我

Need somebody to carry me home to San Francisco

需要一个人带我回到旧金山

And bury my body there

把我的尸体埋在那里

That's the story of a very unfortunate colored man

这是一个不幸的黑人的故事

Who got arrested down in old Hong Kong

谁在旧香港被捕了

He got twenty years privilege taken away from him

他被剥夺了二十年的特权

When he kicked old Buddha's gong

当他踢了老佛爷的锣