Oh Hawaii sun
I know I left you for awhile
I still dream of where I met my baby on a Waikiki run
Oh Oahu evenings
Forgive me we just had to leave
Where the mainland moon doesn't rise
Above the Diamond Head sky
Below is where I met her eyes
More brown then her skin, summer never said goodbye
All my life I've been running
Searching for a reason to say
The wind won't catch me but it sure knows my name
The island is my home but her heart is where I stay
Oh Honolulu morning
I now wake up morning
To silent sounds of waves crashing in my head
Oh warm December
I'm in cold winter
Mela kamiki maka from far away
Oh Israel Kamakawiwo'ole
You take me back to when my soul was free
My tears remind me of salty seas
All my life I've been running
Searching for a reason to say
The wind won't catch me but it sure knows my name
The island is my home but her heart is where I stay
Oh Hawaii Sun
I feel your warmth when she gives me love
I followed her home to where she's from
Oh Berkley mornings
She gave me babies without warning
Three little palm trees of our own
All my life I've been running
Searching for a reason to say, mama
The wind won't catch me but it sure as hell knows my name
The island is my home but her heart is where I stay