Mel Tillis Lyrics
"Shanghaied"

(Mel Tillis - Marijohn Wilkin)

I've played around in China town passing time away
When Black Jack Red hit me in the head
And when I woke up next day
I was many miles away.

I was shanghied on an ocean freighter
I was shanghied eatin' beans and tater
I was shanghied on an ocean freighter
And I wanna get back to shore
Back to the go go show.

They'd throwed me off in old Hong Kong
And put me on my own
Not a penny in my pockets, ten thousand miles from home
And that's a mighty long way from home.

And I was shanghied in old Hong Kong
I was shanghied I was all alone
I was shanghied I wanna get back home
Back to the go go show
Back to the go go show.

Well, I worked for my grub on an old dirt stub
And I wound up in LA
Where a pretty little girl took me on a whirl
And when I woke up next day
When I woke up next day.

I was shanghied for the rest of my my life
I was shanghied but that's alright
I was shanghied I got a pretty little wife
And I'm never leaving home no more
I'm never leaving home no more...