Michael Martin Murphey - Honolulu lyrics

When I was three I went to Honolulu Dad wore aloha shirts, Mom wore a mumu The centipedes are all that I remember I think I dropped my toy drum in the cinders Down into the mouth of some volcano Near Honolulu . . . Grandaddy used to fight in the Pacific fleet Grandmother used to say the air was warm and sweet But at last we had to go back to the States Back to the land of nat'ral gas and rattlesnakes Grandaddy stayed and opened up a laundry In Honolulu . . . My Honolulu Grandad drove a Cadillac He did card tricks then told us how the deck was stacked He told us dirty jokes about the naval corps And how one day the airplanes started up a war And how he buried bodies in long trenches In Honolulu It used to be so nice When he took us on his knee And told us about that tropical paradise It was alright . . . Someday I'm goin' back to Honolulu I'll wear aloha shirts, she'll wear a mumu Hawaii calls and who am I to stop it I think I'll buy a new toy drum and drop it Down into the mouth of some volcano In Honolulu Aloha oy, aloha boys, aloha toys Until we meet again.