Here's the Story of a Very Unfortunate Memphis Man Who Got Arrested Down in Old Hong Kong He Had 20 Years' Privilege Taken Away From Him When He Kicked Over to his Gone And Now He's Playing the Piano Just to Raise the Price of a Ticket to the Land of the Free Though He Says His Home's in Frisco Where They Ship to Rise 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 Well I Need Someone To Lend Me A Fifty Dollar Bill And Then I'll Leave Hong Kong Far Behind Me For Happiness Once Again I Need Someone To Love Me Need Somebody To Carry Me Home To San Francisco And Bury My Body There Well That's the Story of a Very Unfortunate Memphis Man Who Got Arrested Down in Old Hong Kong He Had 20 Years' Privilege Taken Away From Him When He Kicked Over to his Gone And Now He's Playing the Piano Just to Raise the Price of a Ticket to the Land of the Free