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Harmful elements in the air
Symbols clashing everywhere
Reaps the fields of rice and reeds
While the population feeds
Junk floats on polluted water
An old custom to sell your daughter
Would you like number twenty three?
Leave your yens on the counter please
Ho-oh, ho-oh-oh-oh
Hong Kong Garden
Ho-oh, ho-oh-oh-oh
Hong Kong Garden
Oh oh, oh oh
Tourists swarm to see your face
Confucius has a puzzling grace
Disoriented you enter in
Unleashing scent of wild jasmine
Slanted eyes meet a new sunrise
A race of bodies small in size
Chicken Chow Mein and Chop Suey
Hong Kong Garden takeaway
La la la, la la la la la
Ho-oh, ho-oh-oh-oh
Hong Kong Garden
Ho-oh, ho-oh-oh-oh
Symbols clashing everywhere
Reaps the fields of rice and reeds
While the population feeds
Junk floats on polluted water
An old custom to sell your daughter
Would you like number twenty three?
Leave your yens on the counter please
Ho-oh, ho-oh-oh-oh
Hong Kong Garden
Ho-oh, ho-oh-oh-oh
Hong Kong Garden
Oh oh, oh oh
Tourists swarm to see your face
Confucius has a puzzling grace
Disoriented you enter in
Unleashing scent of wild jasmine
Slanted eyes meet a new sunrise
A race of bodies small in size
Chicken Chow Mein and Chop Suey
Hong Kong Garden takeaway
La la la, la la la la la
Ho-oh, ho-oh-oh-oh
Hong Kong Garden
Ho-oh, ho-oh-oh-oh
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saying that the song is anti-racist is meaningless. i cannot think of a single way that the lyrics of the latter half of the song could be interpreted in a sympathetic fashion.
siouxsie: "oh, i feel so bad about how you've been treated. here, let me write a song to show how bad i feel" writes Slanted eyes meet a new sunrise A race of bodies small in size Chicken Chow Mein and Chop Suey
the first part of the song is social critique, and shouldn't bother anyone. but the those last few lines cannot be anything but racist
How exactly? Maybe not the most correct or sensitive language to use, but that doesn't mean its out and out racist.<br /> <br /> Also if the song is dealing with racism, why can't it contain some racist elements? The whole song feels like a very rough impression of a scene with lots random and unconnected lyrics. Perhaps those final lines are part of the song that illustrates the scene from the perspective of the skinheads?<br /> <br /> Maybe the lines are racist, doesn't mean the song is.
@sporus it appears you have zero comprehension of satire.