Through the isles, across the blue Pacific
I've a constant longing to return
There's a reason that is quite specific
Someone for whom I yearn
It's not the islands fair that are calling to me
Not the balmy air, not the tropical sea
But it's a little brown gal in a little gra** skirt
In a little gra** shack in Hawai'i
It isn't Waikiki nor Kamehameha's pali
Not the beach boys free with their ho'omalimali
It's a little brown gal in a little gra** skirt
In a little gra** shack in Hawai'i
Through that island wonderland
She's broken all the kanes' hearts
It's not hard to understand
For that wahine is a gal of parts
I'll be leaving soon but the thrill I enjoy
Is not the island moon or the fish and the poi
It's just a little brown gal in a little gra** skirt
In a little gra** shack in Hawai'i
It's just a little brown gal in a little gra** skirt
In a little gra** shack in Hawai'i
I want to go back to my little gra** shack Kealakekua, Hawai'i
I want to be along all the kanes and wahines I knew long ago,
I can hear old guitars a'playing
On the beach at Hoonaunau
I can hear the Hawaiian saying,
"Komamai no kaua ika hale welakahao"
It won't be long until my ship will be sailing back to Kona,
A grand ole place that's always fair to see
I'm just a little Hawaiian and homesick island boy
I want to go back to my fish and poi
I want to go back to my little gra** shack in Kealakekua, Hawai'i
Where the Humuhumu, Nukunuku a puaa go swimming by
Where the Humuhumu, Nukunuku a puaa go swimming by
Through that island wonderland
She's broken all the kanes' hearts
It's not hard to understand
For that wahine is a gal of parts
I'll be leaving soon but the thrill I enjoy
Is not the island moon or the fish and the poi
It's just a little brown gal in a little gra** skirt
In a little gra** shack in Hawai'i
It's just a little brown gal
In a little gra** skirt
In a little gra** shack
In Hawai'i