So Long, Susie Wong, by Why K. Wong (c)

“I originally wrote the lyrics to So Long, Susie Wong as a poem that was published in an early AAPA newsletter in 1967-68. I adapted it into the song in the '80s while I was in the band, Repeat Offenders (along with Susan Wood, Cary Tennis, Mike Wineke, and Lliam Hart). It was recorded on several versions of demo tapes by different producers and recording studios. The final version was on the 45" single (with "Rage On" on the other side). It was on our first demo tape (including the songs, "Somoza Is Dead," "My Mother Taught Me Masochism," and "Motorola [Rapture in Box]") that won SF City Arts "Best Demo Tape of the Year" award. When the record came out it got local radio airplay on stations like KUSF, KPFA, KALX, et al, but I recall one dj at an alleged SF independent/alternative/new wave/punk rock station saying they wouldn't play it because there were already playing one Asian song - David Bowie's "China Girl"! So apparently there was a quota of 1 for Asian music back then in "liberal" SF Bay Area. Plus who knew David Bowie is Asian?!” Why K Wong

"So Long, Susie Wong"
Music and Lyrics by Why K. Wong (copyrighted, Victoria Wong)
Recorded by Repeat Offenders (copyrighted, Repeat Offenders)

You expect Susie Wong to slink on in
Black hair like silk
And a slant-eyed grin
Or maybe it's sweet Mei-Ling
Serving tea with a subservient bend
But
I say
So-o long,
So lo-ong, Susie Wong,
So solly, Charlie,
But this a-China dolly
Ain't a-takin' your wiki-wiki dollars, uh-uh!

You eat your ginseng
You stir fry your wonton skin
You tell your slopehead jokes - a ha!
Your fingers do the Oriental poke but
All the while
With her Mona Lisa smile
You can't penetrate
The moon gate
'Cause it's inscrutable
Oh, so long, so-o long,
So lo-ong, Susie Wong,
So solly, Charlie,
But this a-China dolly
Ain't a takin' your wiki-wiki dollars, uh-uh, ha!

You expect Susie Wong to slink on in
Black hair like silk
And a slant-eyed grin
Or maybe it's sweet Mei-Ling
Serving tea with a subservient bend
But, so lo-ong,
So-o long
So long, Susie Wong!
Good-bye to geisha gazes
Good-bye to eastern phrases
To meditation in a taiji pose so
So long, Susie Wong
Good-bye, Tokyo Rose
Arrivederci to the Dragon Lady
I bid adieu to all of you - huh!