I want to go back
to my little grass shack
in Kealakekua, Hawaii
I want to be with all the
kanes and wahines
that I knew long ago
I can hear
the old guitars playing,
on the beach
at Hoonaunau
I can hear
the old Hawaiians saying
"a Komomai no kaua
ika hale welakahao"
It won't be long
'til my ship will be
sailing back to Kona
A grand old place
I always long to see,
you're tellin' me
I'm just a little Hawaiian
and a homesick
Island boy
I want to go back
to my fish and poi
I want to go back
to my little grass shack
in Kealakekua, Hawaii
Where the Humuhumu,
Nukunuku a puaa
a-goes swimming by
Where the Humuhumu,
Nukunuku a puaa
a-goes swimming by
Tahuwai la
tahuwai huwai la,
Ehu hene-la
a pili-koo lua la,
Pututui lua-ite toe la,
Hanu lipo ita pa'alai.
Tahuwai la
tahuwai huwai la,
Ehu hene-la
a pili-koo lua la,
Pututui lua-ite toe la,
Hanu lipo ita pa'alai.
Au we, Au hua la.
Au we, Au hua la.
Tahuwai la
tahuwai huwai la,
Ehu hene-la
a pili-koo lua la,
Pututui lua-ite toe la,
Hanu lipo ita pa'alai.