It's the story of a very unfortunate coloured man 这是一个非常不幸的有色人的故事

Who got arrested down in old Hong Kong 谁得到了老香港被捕下降

He got twenty years' privilege taken away from him 他得到了二十多年的特权从他身上带走

When he kicked old Buddha's gong 当他踢的老佛锣

   

And now he's poppin' the piano just to raise the 现在他的屁股钢琴只是为了提高

price 价格

Of a ticket to the land of the free 一张票的自由之地

Well, he says his home's in 'Frisco where they 好了，他说他家在“弗里斯科，他们

send the rice 送大米

But it's really in Tennessee 但它确实在田纳西州

   

That's why he says 这就是为什么，他说：

I need someone to love me 我需要有人来爱我

Need somebody to carry me home to San 需要有人回家带我到旧金山

Francisco 旧金山

And bury my body there 埋葬我的身体有

I need someone to lend me a fifty-dollar bill 我需要有人来借我50美元的钞票

and then 进而

I'll leave Hong Kong far behind me 我会离开香港为止我身后

For happiness once again 幸福再一次

   

Won't somebody believe 也不会有人相信

I've a yen to see that Bay again 我有一个日元的看到海湾再次

Everytime I try to leave 每次我试图离开

Sweet opium won't let me fly away 甜鸦片不会让我飞走吧

I need someone to love me 我需要有人来爱我

Need somebody to carry me home to San 需要有人回家带我到旧金山

Francisco 旧金山

And bury my body there 埋葬我的身体有

   

That's the story of a very unfortunate coloured man 这是一个非常不幸的有色人的故事

Who got arrested down in old Hong Kong 谁得到了老香港被捕下降

He got twenty years' privilege taken away from him 他得到了二十多年的特权从他身上带走

When he kicked old Buddha's gong. 当他踢了老佛的锣。