Smoke like cobwebs hung around the den Opium and Chinamen Last night in Frisco, I was Shanghai My poor mother thinks I died But I'm on a ship tossed at sea Praying death will set me free They sold my shoes to buy my purse Took my signature, coerced Last night in Frisco, I was Shanghai My poor mother thinks I died But I'm on a ship tossed at sea Praying death will set me free ♪ If I were god I'd smite them down Walk the sea like solid ground Last night in Frisco, I was Shanghai My poor mother thinks I died But I'm on a ship tossed at sea Praying death will set me free Praying death will set me free Praying death will set me free