Island Songs Of Larry Jones – Collection 2

You’re the island princess of the love book story
The beauty of the daytime morning glory
I would be the king of love if I became
The one who married you and changed your name

You know you’re the one who sets my heart aglow
Everything about you is what I want to know
My feet is higher than the island sand, it seems
You are the object of my love and of my dreams

When you appeared I knew love had to start
You’re on my mind and always in my heart
Don’t you know I don’t even have to tell you so
My eyes say I love you more than you can know

You’re the island princess of the love book story
The beauty of the daytime morning glory
I would be the king of love if I became
The one who married you and changed your name
I would be the king of love if I became
The one who married you and changed your name


Ka’iana (Larry W Jones 09/20/2002) (Song #311)

When the moon is on the rise you can see him arrive
The Ali’i warrior, Ka’iana, on the incoming tide
Warriors run but they can’t hide from Ka’iana’s stride
The man in his canoe, they just call the one-man tide

He came from Puna, the Big Island where volcanoes blow
And when the drums of war sound, they embody his soul
A tall man of action, he just makes other men subside
Ka’iana, the ali’i, the Kanaka called the one-man tide

Some say he’s from Tahiti or islands in between
Some say he’s just a story about islands in the stream
Island girls all run but they don’t try to hide
From Ka’iana, the legend, the warrior, the one-man tide

When the moon is on the rise, you might see him arrive
The carved-out drums signal war and it’s no surprise
To see his canoe beyond the reef when the moon is high
Ka’iana, the ali’i, the Kanaka they call the one-man tide

He came from Puna, the Big Island of volcano steam
Some say he’s just a story about islands in the stream
Island girls all run but they don’t try to hide
From Ka’iana, the legend, the warrior, the one-man tide

A friend of Kamehameha when he was young and bold
And when the drums of war sound, they embody his soul
When the moon is on the rise, you might see him arrive
Ka’iana, the ali’i, the legend, the one-man tide

Tomorrow’s Gold (09/20/2002) (#312)

On any early island morning in your beauty sleep
I count my blessings instead of counting sheep
It’s you I’m caressing and I’m surely thankful of
This dream of having you for my true and only love

When the day is done and evening shadows fall
Words of praise I cannot shun of things that I recall
The little things you do always mean the most to me
Things out of the blue just seem close to majesty

Ocean currents come and go but islands stay the same
Time will come and go but our love will stay aflame
Now while the sun is bright before we both grow old
Our blessings we count now will be tomorrow’s gold

On any early island morning in your beauty sleep
I count my blessings instead of counting sheep
It’s you I’m caressing and I’m surely thankful of
This dream of having you for my true and only love

Ocean currents come and go but islands stay the same
Time will come and go but our love will stay aflame
Now while the sun is bright before we both grow old
Our blessings we count now will be tomorrow’s gold


This Island Realm (09/20/2002) (#313)

As we stroll hand in hand on the sand by the shore
The breeze seems to whisper you’re the one that I adore
When you look at me and I see starlight in your eyes
I wonder how such a wonderful night could arrive

When I hold you close and smell your sweet perfume
My heart seems inclined to sing to you an island tune
A song of love that only two can ever share
What a wonderful melody, this feeling of love so rare

When I kiss your lips and your heart beats with mine
I’m overwhelmed like the taste of sweetest wine
I look at the light of golden moonbeams from above
This island realm has brought you to me, my island love

The world is full of songs of love and some are true
But all of mine belong to you, deep as oceans of blue

When I hold you close and smell your sweet perfume
My heart seems inclined to sing to you an island tune
I look at the light of golden moonbeams from above
This island realm has brought you to me, my island love
I look at the light of golden moonbeams from above
This island realm has brought you to me, my island love


Those Little Things (09/20/2002) (#314)

There’s many little things I just had to do
Some little things I had to say
You made me say and you made me do
All those little things that mean I love you

I don’t know if you were fishing
But I sure enjoyed the bait
Maybe it was just the timing
Since I can’t believe it’s fate

When I moved to Honolulu I thought it would be cool
To keep my time on Zulu, not play by island rules
But you were in the rule book I read that sunny day
Your sweet little school looks just took my heart away

I don’t know if you were fishing
But I sure enjoyed the bait
Maybe it was just the timing
Since I can’t believe it’s fate

There’s many little things I just had to do
Some little things I had to say
You made me say and you made me do
All those little things that mean I love you


Dreams I Have Known (09/20/2002) (#315)

I like island weather, those bright sunny days
Storms may come but they soon blow away
I see you in my dreams and it’s funny they say
But you and my dreams keep my troubles at bay

When rainbows shine over skies of deep blue
I feel just fine and there’s one thing that I do
I just assign my good fortune to you
You and my dreams just keep coming through

My grass shack is a castle whenever you’re home
There’s no track of a vassle, I’m a king on a throne
You’re my beauty, my princess, my queen all alone
You’re my island love and the dreams I have known

My grass shack is a castle whenever you’re home
There’s no track of a vassle, I’m a king on a throne
You’re my beauty, my princess, my queen all alone
You’re my island love and the dreams I have known
The dreams I have known


Paniolo Round Up (09/21/2002) (#316)

Over here the cowboy nights blow cold
But I remember you
I’m a drover of the longhorns, growing old
But I remember you

You’re the girl in fair Hawaii that I used to know
And I remember you
Those paniolo days and guitars by the sea
Do you remember me

It’s a long ‘ol way from Texas to Hawaiian days we knew
Years have passed like tumbleweeds but I remember you
Do you ever reminisce of cowboy deeds when I kissed you
Do you remember me

I push those dogies through the draw
And round up thoughts of you
To remember first love is a cowboy’s unwritten law
And I remember you

It’s a long ‘ol way from Texas to Hawaiian days we knew
Years have passed like tumbleweeds but I still love you true
I remember when I met you and I wish you could hear me say
I remember your sweet face and I still have your ginger lei

It’s a long ‘ol way from Texas to Hawaiian days we knew
Years have passed like tumbleweeds but I still love you true
I remember when I met you and I wish you could hear me say
I remember your sweet face and I still have your ginger lei


My Hawaii And You (09/21/2002) (#317)

Here comes that doggone rain ‘a fallin’
I don’t see the sunshine ‘a callin’
So I’ll just do what’s best for me
I’ll think of my Hawaii in the sea

I know it’s not productive to be dreamin’
But it’s instructive and my heart is schemin’
I won’t let dreams fall apart for me
I’ll think of my Hawaii in the sea

Over there the sun is just ‘a shinin’
So now seems like the perfect timin’
To reminisce about skies of blue
And dream of my Hawaii and you

I’ll bet those palms are still ‘a swayin’
And I know the skies are still all blue
Tradewinds whisper and are sayin’
Come back to my Hawaii and you

I’ll bet those palms are still ‘a swayin’
And I know the skies are still all blue
Tradewinds whisper and are sayin’
Come back to my Hawaii and you
Come back to my Hawaii and you


Tender Love (09/21/2002) (#318)

Today you say that I’m your guy
And you’re my girl
I won’t betray the reason
Why my heart is in a whirl

Island love is tender love
Heavenly isles out in the ocean

Your sweet embrace and this island place
Feels fine
There’s only one true love and now
I’ve found mine

Island love is tender love
Heavenly isles out in the ocean
I’m your guy and you’re my girl
Heavenly nights of love’s potion

When I feel your kiss from lips so sweet
You steal my heart with love complete
I know there could never be another you
To own my heart and love me like you do

Island love is tender love
Heavenly isles out in the ocean
I’m your guy and you’re my girl
Heavenly nights of love’s potion


Hard To Define (09/21/2002) (#319)

When I talk to you I know you’re a friend
When I kiss you lips they’re sweeter than wine
You even put my heart on the mend
Love like yours is hard to define

When you look at me and I see a glow
I see more than most men ever will find
But I don’t need a literary review to know
Love like yours is hard to define

When I’m with you, you make me feel so alive
You feel so right that there’s nothing to refine
There’s no definition I can contrive
Love like yours is hard to define

When I call you on the telephone
And we talk about your furure and mine
We’ll live and love here in this tropic zone
Love like yours is hard to define

When I call you on the telephone
And we talk about your furure and mine
We’ll live and love here in this tropic zone
Love like yours is hard to define


You Light My World (09/21/2002) (#320)

The island winds are blowing soft and fair
Rays of sunlight streaming through your hair
Days of dreaming I knew would bring you here
But I still dream some more whenever you appear

The lighthouse on the shore is a beacon for lost souls
The starlight that’s in your eyes weaken my control
You light my world with love even when you’re not around
I’m like a ship with sails unfurled with my feet on solid ground

I can hear island drums beating late at night
It’s the rhythm of our hearts stating love’s delight
When two hearts become as one instead of two
It’s an integral component part of my love for you

The lighthouse on the shore is a beacon for lost souls
The starlight that’s in your eyes weaken my control
You light my world with love even when you’re not around
I’m like a ship with sails unfurled with my feet on solid ground
You light my world with love even when you’re not around
I’m like a ship with sails unfurled with my feet on solid ground
You light my world


Brighter Side (09/21/2002) (#321)

Here’s to all those busy mainland people
Who don’t have time to watch the time
Nine to five just maked me dizzy
Working that treadmill corporate climb

Here on the island it’s not the money
Or the striving after the wind
It’s the brighter side of life that’s sunny
And folks who know how to be your friend

Here’s to all those busy mainland people
Who think that life has passed them by
Take time to rethink and you’ll agree
Flying high is just a pie in the sky

Here on the island it’s not the time
Or having your cake and eating it too
Love and friendship makes the rhyme
That sings an island song for me and you

Here on the island it’s not the money
Or the striving after the wind
It’s the brighter side of life that’s sunny
And folks who know how to be your friend

Here on the island it’s not the time
Or having your cake and eating it too
Love and friendship makes the rhyme
That sings an island song for me and you


Shiny Crystal Ball (09/22/2002) (#322)

I like the way we said goodby to yesterday
When empty days stood by to make me sad
I like the way you said hello to me today
It makes tomorrow bright and my heart glad

I once thought that solitaire was easy to play
But looking back I lost that game every time
The queen of love fell right through my hands
Life and love had tossed to me that same old line

Now I can see forever in my shiny crystal ball
You’re worth all endeavor whether big or small
Yesterday is fading fast just like ancient history
Your love has saved my future from a mystery

I once thought that solitaire was easy to play
But looking back I lost that game every time
The queen of love fell right through my hands
Life and love had tossed to me that same old line

Now I can see forever in my shiny crystal ball
You’re worth all endeavor whether big or small
Yesterday is fading fast just like ancient history
Your love has saved my future from a mystery


Face Of Love (09/22/2002) (#323)

A thousand words, a thousand lines
Couldn’t paint your picture or a sign
That could explain why island stars above
Sent an angel here for me to love

I just know I’ll never know
How to show how deep my love will grow
But I’ll paint both your picture and a sign
With love for you forever while you’re mine

Helen of Troy faced the launch of a thousand ships
But that was before your time
Magellan sailed the seas on an ocean trip
They never saw the beauty I would find

There are many islands in the stream
And many girls cause men like me to dream
I’ve found the island I was dreaming of
When I saw you I found the face of love

Helen of Troy faced the launch of a thousand ships
But that was before your time
Magellan sailed the seas on an ocean trip
They never saw the beauty I would find

There are many islands in the stream
And many girls cause men like me to dream
I’ve found the island I was dreaming of
When I saw you I found the face of love


Empty Island Home (09/22/2002) (#324)

Don’t ever say that you would leave
Don’t say goodbye ’cause I would grieve
If you go then I would be alone
A empty heart on an empty island home

My happiness depends so much on you
I wouldn’t know what else to do
You know my heart isn’t made of stone
I couldn’t show love on an empty island home

You know your love does matter much to me
So no matter what you say or do
All that matters is that you never roam
So I don’t have to have an empty island home

Don’t ever change or make me blue
I could only live by loving only you
If you leave I would move just south of Nome
So I don’t have to have an empty island home

Don’t ever say that you would leave
Don’t say goodbye ’cause I would grieve
If you go then I would be alone
A empty heart on an empty island home


Rambling Love (09/22/2002) (#325)

If you ramble you are gambling with love
Rushing in and out will make of you a fool
Like a bramble bush life will turn out cruel
So don’t ramble or gamble in and out of love

Give it plenty of ample time to grow
Don’t ever think that love is just a show
You’ll surely lose that moonlight up above
So don’t ramble or gamble in and out of love

There’s a big yellow moon shining down tonight
Beams of love whisper sweetly as a dove
Don’t be a fool and let love fade out of sight
So don’t ramble or gamble in and out of love

If you ramble you are gambling with love
Rushing in and out will make of you a fool
Like a bramble bush life will turn out cruel
So don’t ramble or gamble in and out of love

There’s a big yellow moon shining down tonight
Beams of love whisper sweetly as a dove
Don’t be a fool and let love fade out of sight
So don’t ramble or gamble in and out of love


One Short Step To Heartbeak (09/22/2002) (#326)

It was a long old climb to make you mine
One short step to heartbreak
I thought in time our love was fine
What wrong step did I take
What wrong step did I take

We were in our prime and right on time
To keep our wedding date
It seems like a crime to cry all the time
One misstep to heartbreak
One misstep to heartbreak

Where did I go wrong in loving you
What did I do to make you blue
I’ll make it up to you somehow
What about those wedding vows

I know I didn’t have a crystal ball
To tell me when love would fall
But I thought you understood
My love for you was true and good

It was a long old climb to make you mine
One short step to heartbreak
I thought in time our love was fine
What wrong step did I take
What wrong step did I take

We were in our prime and right on time
To keep our wedding date
It seems like a crime to cry all the time
One misstep to heartbreak
One short step to heartbreak
One short step to heartbreak


Take Me Back (09/22/2002) (#327)

It’s a moonlit night in my home town in that tropic zone
So, what am I doing over here eatin’ all alone
I must have been crazy when I thought I could be happy here
When all of my friends and memories are happy over there

Take me back to my home town in my tropic zone
So I won’t have to think about sittin’ here all alone
Take me back to Old Lahaina Town never more to roam
Take me back to my home town in my tropic zone

Over here I work for dough from people I don’t know
Over there where tradewinds blow is where I want to go
People over there are friends who really care
And don’t despair about not being a millionaire

Take me back to my home town in my tropic zone
So I won’t have to think about sittin’ here all alone
Take me back to Old Lahaina Town never more to roam
Take me back to my home town in my tropic zone

I remember those favorite times doing as I pleased
When I was young and playing in the tropic breeze
I must have been crazy thinking that I could please
Myself alone and working toward coronary disease

It’s a moonlit night in my home town in that tropic zone
So, what am I doing over here eatin’ all alone
I must have been crazy when I thought I could be happy here
When all of my friends and memories are happy over there

Take me back to my home town in my tropic zone
So I won’t have to think about sittin’ here all alone
Take me back to Old Lahaina Town never more to roam
Take me back to my home town in my tropic zone


Waiting Just For You (09/22/2002) (#328)

When you said goodbye to this lonely guy
You knew that I would sit here and cry
There’s nothing left of those skies of blue
While I’m sitting here waiting just for you

I loved you even before you said you cared
What happened to the love that we once shared
Now I’m an island by myself in a sea of blue
While I’m sitting here waiting just for you

A ship of love can sail through stormy days
A ship of fools has to bail those tears away
I guess I’m just a fool for still loving you
While I’m sitting here waiting just for you

I remember glad times in the tropic rain
When you and I sang the same refrain
Now I sing the blues about times we knew
While I’m sitting here waiting just for you

A ship of love can sail through stormy days
A ship of fools has to bail those tears away
I guess I’m just a fool for still loving you
While I’m sitting here waiting just for you

I loved you even before you said you cared
What happened to the love that we once shared
Now I’m an island by myself in a sea of blue
While I’m sitting here waiting just for you


History Book Island (09/22/2002) (#329)

I’ve been searching for an island and a plot of ground
An island of love for just us two and nobody else around
I may have to dump the desert in the deep blue sea
But just to have your love I would shovel endlessly

I would have to give it a name, our new island home
I may have to proclaim sovereignty for us alone
It would be the first island in the books of history
To be named the island of love for just you and me

I’ll build an island of love for just you and me
An island of love for all the world to see
So bring along your love and go sail with me
To our island of love in the deep blue sea

It won’t cost a dime ’cause there’s no money you see
When we cross that tropic line of love in the sea
So pack your bikini and don’t forget to bring your heart
You’ll be my island queenie and I’ll play the kingly part

I’ve been searching for an island and a plot of ground
An island of love for just us two and nobody else around
I may have to dump the desert in the deep blue sea
But just to have your love I would shovel endlessly

I’ll build an island of love for just you and me
An island of love for all the world to see
So bring along your love and go sail with me
To our island of love in the deep blue sea


Toward Islands Steer (09/22/2002) (#330)

Many sailors came here as whalers
A lot of men turned out that way
Many of them only counted the hours
Until they could sail away
Until they could sail away

Many days were cold and dreary
Whaling in those artic seas
Many men would test the theory
That life was short with misery
That life was short with misery

But many of them wanted to stay
Dropped their anchor in a peaceful bay
Some would see the perfect evening sunset
Of many island days they could not forget
But others sailed away to their regret

A whaling day of life was a day of strife
In those arctic seas of cold and fear
Many faced the day and many had to pray
For winds their ship toward islands steer
For winds their ship toward islands steer

Many sailors came here as whalers
A lot of men turned out that way
Many of them only counted the hours
Until they could sail away
Until they could sail away

A whaling day of life was a day of strife
In those arctic seas of cold and fear
Many faced the day and many had to pray
For winds their ship toward islands steer
For winds their ship toward islands steer


Under That Moonlight (09/22/2002) (#331)

If I were on an island all by myself
I would give you the chart to my sea of blue
If you were to land on a coral shelf
I would swim the ocean to rescue you

If I were a tiki torch with a warm desire
I would give you the match to light my fire
I wouldn’t mind if you scorched me blue
I think I could find time for loving you

We could live in a cottage down by the sea
Give a lot of love about half passed three
If I were a lamp in the middle of the night
You could turn me on under that moonlight

If I had to go fishing in an outrigger canoe
This is what I could tell you that I’d do
I would dive down deep in the deep blue bay
And bring you a pearl each and every day

If I were a tiki torch with a warm desire
I would give you the match to light my fire
I wouldn’t mind if you scorched me blue
I think I could find time for loving you

We could live in a cottage down by the sea
Give a lot of love about half passed three
If I were a lamp in the middle of the night
You could turn me on under that moonlight
You could turn me on under that moonlight


Just An Island (09/22/2002) (#332)

I’ve got lots of love for you deep in my heart
But it can’t keep burning if we’re far apart
Come to me here on my island in the sea
And we’ll sing songs of love eternally

An island is just an island if you just dream it
Steel guitars don’t sound afar unless you play them
Life is lonely if you only have to live it
And love alone is nothing but a solitary gem

I would go to bat for you but I might miss
If you throw love a cruve and not a kiss
So here I am on my island of happiness
Waiting for the lips mine want to press

An island is just an island if you just dream it
Steel guitars don’t sound afar unless you play them
Life is lonely if you only have to live it
And love alone is nothing but a solitary gem

I’m wishing upon a star in this starlight
But wishes can’t come true if you’re not in sight
So be mine tonight under this moon above
Be mine tonight and be my island love

I’m wishing upon a star in this starlight
But wishes can’t come true if you’re not in sight
So be mine tonight under this moon above
Be mine tonight and be my island love
Be mine tonight and be my island love


Sea Of Love Inside Of Me (09/22/2002) (#333)

Your love is just an island memory
But a sea of love is deep inside of me
I didn’t mean to let it sail away
And now’s the day to live and learn
This lonely day I wait for love’s return

Sea of love inside of me
See the love I let sail free
Sail my ship of love back to me
Sea of love inside of me

My isle of love is now for castaways
Won’t you rescue me from here I pray
Next time I know I’ll treat you right
Rescue me, my love from this lonely night

Sea of love inside of me
See the love I let sail free
Sail my ship of love back to me
Sea of love inside of me

Your love is just an island memory
But a sea of love is deep inside of me
I didn’t mean to let it sail away
And now’s the day to live and learn
This lonely day I wait for love’s return

Sea of love inside of me
See the love I let sail free
Sail my ship of love back to me
Sea of love inside of me
Sea of love inside of me


Storm Of Love (09/22/2002) (#334)

Hand me that paddle to that outrigger canoe
A hurricane’s comin’ that’s bigger than you
You want her love but I’ll get there first
This storm of my love just can’t be submersed

You’re wasting your time and the money you spend
The storm of love in my heart you can’t comprehend
You say that you love her but listen my friend
A hurricane’s coming that our friendship will end

I got her letter in a packet just the other day
Said you were a cad and from her stay away
I read all the words between all the lines
This storm of love will now make her mine

Hand me that paddle to that outrigger canoe
A hurricane’s comin’ that’s bigger than you
You want her love but I’ll get there first
This storm of my love just can’t be submersed

I got her letter in a packet just the other day
Said you were a cad and from her stay away
I read all the words between all the lines
This storm of love will now make her mine
This storm of love will now make her mine


Slack Key Band On That Luau Stand (09/23/2002) (#335)

Hey there slack key band on that luau stand
Play a kiho’alu song so we can sing it too
Play a ukelele tune that’s sure to include
Those feelings of Aloha with love imbued

Hey there slack key band on that luau stand
Play songs of island love and happiness
Keep ’em flowing like the tide, playin’ your best
Kinda low and slow and love will do the rest

Hey there slack key band on that luau stand
Fill this starlit night with music so tender
Kinda light and merry so she will understand
That my kiho’alu song of love is for her surrender

Play a kiho’alu song so we can sing it too
Play a ukulele tune with Aloha love imbued
Keep ’em flowing like the tide, playin’ your best
Kinda low and slow and love will do the rest

Hey there slack key band on that luau stand
Fill this starlit night with music so tender
Kinda light and merry so she will understand
That my kiho’alu song of love is for her surrender
Play me songs of love for her surrender
Songs of love for her surrender


You Came Back (09/23/2002) (#336)

Well you came back and I’m in love again
My little grass shack is back on the mend
I’m so happy that I didn’t give in
To all those worries that our love would end

We’re back on track to where it all began
Strolling beaches in the sun and gettin’ our tan
I’m happy you’re back and it’s not just pretend
Livin’ our dream that I hope will never end

Well you came back and I love you still
You give my heart a whirl and you always will
When you left that day I nearly lost my mind
My heart was on empty almost all the time

Now that you came back I’m living in a dream
My little grass shack again fits the island scene
Blue Hawaii really is where dreams come true
You came back and I’m so in love with you

Now that you came back I’m living in a dream
My little grass shack again fits the island scene
Blue Hawaii really is where dreams come true
You came back and I’m so in love with you
You came back and I’m so in love with you


Up On Cloud Nine (09/23/2002) (#337)

What lovely island did you come from
One look and my heart had to succumb
I thought you were a dream before my eyes
You know you caught my heart by surprise

I hope you’re not a mist of the summer rain
If you are well I just kissed a dream again
Your lips are sweeter than red red wine
You can be my heater just any old time

Now that you’re here what are you goin’ to do
Wherever you’re goin’ I’ll be goin’ there too
I can’t let a dream escape so put your hand in mine
And float along with me up on cloud nine

What lovely island did you come from
One look and my heart had to succumb
I thought you were a dream before my eyes
You know you caught my heart by surprise

I hope you’re not a mist of the summer rain
If you are well I just kissed a dream again
I can’t let a dream escape so put your hand in mine
And float along with me up on cloud nine
Float along with me up on cloud nine
Up on cloud nine


Day For Doin’ Nothing (09/23/2002) (#338)

It’s a wonderful island day for doin’ nothing
That’s why I’m thinkin’ of something with you
Let’s go to the beach and you can teach me something
About doin’ nothing that means everything to me

We’ll lay in the shadows of lofty palm trees
We’ll watch shorebirds fly along in the breeze
Teach me something about whatever you please
Doin’ nothing and let love grow high as the trees

It’s a wonderful island day for just dreaming
This is the day for which my heart was scheming
I’ve been waiting for a day for doin’ nothing
That’s why I’m thinkin’ of something with you

It’s a wonderful island day for doin’ nothing
That’s why I’m thinkin’ of something with you
Let’s go to the beach and you can teach me something
About doin’ nothing that means everything to me

We’ll lay in the shadows of lofty palm trees
We’ll watch shorebirds fly along in the breeze
Teach me something about whatever you please
Doin’ nothing and let love grow high as the trees
I’ve been waiting for a day for doin’ nothing
That’s why I’m thinkin’ of something with you


Affair Of Love (09/24/2002) (#339)

The love we share is wonderful thing
No wonder the air is full of birds that sing
You were my first choice and I’m remembering
That first dance that started our life long fling

I loved you from our very first embrace
Your smile makes this island a special place
I still love you even though life is a slower pace
It’s like a story from Honolulu’s gathering place

In our love I find that all of you is fair
This affair of love is just what it ought to be
When I met you I met the answer to my prayer
Let’s keep our island love burning eternally

I hold you every night in my arms and in my care
Forever won’t be too long for our love to share
We will keep our love warm like a glowing ember
So this affair of love will be one to remember

I loved you from our very first embrace
Your smile makes this island a special place
I still love you even though life is a slower pace
It’s like a story from Honolulu’s gathering place

I hold you every night in my arms and in my care
Forever won’t be too long for our love to share
We will keep our love warm like a glowing ember
So this affair of love will be one to remember
We will keep our love warm like a glowing ember
So this affair of love will be one to remember


For The Harvest Moon (09/25/2002) (#340)

Tonight I saw the harvest moon
It was in September, not in June
I remember when we were still in tune
My island love flew away too soon
For the harvest moon

September harvest moon, you were there for me in June
Could you please play again love’s tune for the harvest moon

Tonight I stand here all alone
I have no love to call my own
When a new love will come is still unknown
My island love flew away too soon
For the harvest moon

Tonight she is still the dream in my heart
Why did our love have to part
And when will love find a new start
My island love flew away too soon
For the harvest moon

September harvest moon, you were there for me in June
Could you please play again love’s tune for the harvest moon

Then I offered up a silent prayer
Please send someone who really cares
I need someone for my love to share
If she comes now it won’t be too soon
For the harvest moon

I heard the tradewinds whisper in my ear
I turned to see an island angel near
She said she was sorry for that night in June
And if I took her back it would not be too soon
For the harvest moon

September harvest moon, you were there for me in June
Thank you for playing again love’s tune for the harvest moon


Smiling Like A Dream (09/25/2002) (#341)

When I saw you smiling it was no surprise
‘Cause for dreams to smile is supposed to be
When I saw you smiling I was caught by surprise
‘Cause you were smiling like a dream at me

You chased the blues away
With words of love you bring
You brought sunshine my way
Just like the birds that sing

Now there’s happy times ahead I see
I feel snappy rhyming words of love
You and I were really meant to be
Smiling dreams we both dreamed of

You chased the blues away
With words of love you bring
You brought sunshine my way
Just like the birds that sing

Say goodbye to the blues
Say Aloha to the birds that sing
Say good morning to the sunshine every day
I hear the words of love you bring

You chased the blues away
With words of love you bring
You brought sunshine my way
Just like the birds that sing

When I saw you smiling it was no surprise
‘Cause for dreams to smile is supposed to be
When I saw you smiling I was caught by surprise
‘Cause you were smiling like a dream at me
‘Cause you were smiling like a dream at me


Angel Without Wings (09/25/2002) (#342)

I used to dream of castles and being a king
I used to scheme of treasure that money could bring
But now I met an angel without any wings
Now my heart beats with a rhythm that sings

I used to dream of diamonds and rubies and gold
I believed all the stories of riches untold
Heaven couldn’t help me with all of those things
But now I met an angel without any wings

Where did you come from to make my heart sing
What can I do so I don’t wake from this dream
You must be the treasure I wanted to hoard
You must be the dream that I’ve waited for

I used to dream of castles and being a king
I used to scheme of treasure that money could bring
But now I met an angel without any wings
Now my heart beats with a rhythm that sings

I used to dream of diamonds and rubies and gold
I believed all the stories of riches untold
Heaven couldn’t help me with all of those things
But now I met an angel without any wings
Heaven couldn’t help me with all of those things
But now I met an angel without any wings


Melelana, Island Belle (09/25/2002) (#343)

Beams from shooting stars will light your wedding gown
Rainbows in your hair will be your princess crown
Spring is just ahead and I can foretell
Melelana, my Melelana I can tell
You will be the island belle

When the wedding bells begin to ring
For you and me in the spring
All the islands will be happy as well
Melelana, my Melelana I can tell
You will be the island belle

I’ll buy some moonbeams to light up the show
You’ll be a dream everywhere we go
Island folks will call you mademoiselle
Melelana, my Melelana I can tell
You will be the island belle

For your neck a lovely pearl necklace strand
Folks will say Aloha when we’re strolling hand in hand
You sure are lovely and you wear it well
Melelana, my Melelana I can tell
You will be the island belle

Wedding bells will ring for me and you
Something tells me that you want it too
Spring is just ahead and I can foretell
Melelana, my Melelana I can tell
You will be the island belle
Melelana, my Melelana I can tell
You will be the island belle


Beautiful Are My Dreams (09/25/2002) (#344)

She was beautiful, in love we were
She was so beautiful like blue of skies
From that day when I first saw her
She was an angel in my eyes

She was so lovely, so lovely to behold
She was so warm just to hold
The islands were always like the time of spring
But now they’re blue like winter’s cold

Why did she not tell me truthfully
I couldn’t see, love blinded me
I trusted her with my heart endlessly
Now I’m an island by myself, just me

Yes, she was beautiful, I remember
Now the sun has gone, it’s december
But knowing her was beautiful you see
Oh, I wish that she was still in love with me

Now our love is over and all gone
Even tradewinds blow cold in this tropic zone
But my love for her will help to carry on
Beautiful are my dreams of her ’til every dawn

She was so lovely, so lovely to behold
She was so warm just to hold
The islands were always like the time of spring
But now they’re blue like winter’s cold

Yes, she was beautiful, I remember
Now the sun has gone, it’s december
But knowing her was beautiful you see
Oh, I wish that she was still in love with me

Now our love is over and all gone
Even tradewinds blow cold in this tropic zone
But my love for her will help to carry on
Beautiful are my dreams of her ’til every dawn


Texas Two Step Hula (09/25/2002) (#345)

When I saw you dancing with that other guy
I saw you glance at me and I wondered why
Why don’t you do a Texas two step over here to me
Then you can teach me the hula baby don’t you see

You’ve danced with that other dude since the band began
Not to be rude but I saw your glance and understand
Why don’t you do a Texas two step over here and find
Time to teach me the hula baby, I won’t mind

The song is ending and I saw from you that glance at me
Time to send a notice to withdraw and come dance with me
Just do a Texas two step over here to my home place
Then you can teach me the hula baby face to face

I’m glad that other guy had to go answer the telephone
I just had to place that call to get you all alone
I saw you glance at me and you can tell I like you too
Teach me the hula baby, I’ll teach you the Texas two step hula too

The song is ending and I saw from you that glance at me
Time to send a notice to withdraw and come dance with me
Just do a Texas two step over here to my home place
Then you can teach me the hula baby face to face

I’m glad that other guy had to go answer the telephone
I just had to place that call to get you all alone
I saw you glance at me and you can tell I like you too
Teach me the hula baby, I’ll teach you the Texas two step hula too
I saw you glance at me and you can tell I like you too
Teach me the hula baby, I’ll teach you the Texas two step hula too


Hurricane Isidore (09/25/2002) (#346)

Well here comes a hurricane
Isidore is its name
It tore up the Yucatan
Now it’s headed for Louisian

September 26 will see it here by six
Then we’ll all be pickin’ up sticks
From Isidore

So, get out the fiddle and the mason jar
Hurricane party ain’t ahead very far
Resin up the bow and let ‘er go
Dancin’ til the winds no longer blow

September 26 will see it here by six
Then we’ll all be pickin’ up sticks
From Isidore

Well here comes a hurricane
Isidore is its name
It tore up the Yucatan
Now it’s headed for Louisian

Well if all those levees don’t do their job
Don’t look in New Orleans for Hurricane Bob
If the Mississippi fills with a hurricane flood
New Orleans will just be Mississippi mud

So, get out the fiddle and the mason jar
Hurricane party ain’t ahead very far
Resin up the bow and let ‘er go
Dancin’ til the winds no longer blow

Hurricanes come but they all ain’t the same
Some might even fill up the Ponchatrain
Anchor all the boats in the Cajun lands
Might be all she wrote for Louisian
So, get out the fiddle and the mason jar
Hurricane party ain’t ahead very far
Resin up the bow and let ‘er go
Dancin’ til the winds no longer blow

September 26 will see it here by six
Then we’ll all be pickin’ up sticks
From Isidore


Over The Brink Of Love (09/27/2002) (#347)

You must have come on the tradewinds breeze
You have become the beauty of the seven seas
You’re the girl I think the whole world of
My heart is over the brink of love

Over the brink, the brink of love
You’re the one I think the whole world of
You’re the beauty of the seven seas
Just bring your import duty of love to me

When I look into your eyes in the tropic sun
I know that the fires of love have a chance
When you’re close I know that you’re the one
You’re my forever one and only true romance

Over the brink, the brink of love
You’re the one I think the whole world of
You’re the beauty of the seven seas
Just bring your import duty of love to me

When I feel your warm little hand in mine
It seals our love with the stamp of time
You won’t need a hurricane lamp to find
Tradewinds blew me over the brink of love

Over the brink, the brink of love
You’re the one I think the whole world of
You’re the beauty of the seven seas
Just bring your import duty of love to me
You’re the one I think the whole world of
I’m over the brink, the brink of love


Veil Of Dreams (09/27/2002) (#348)

I thought love was just an embryonic cell
Not enough to go around it seemed
I’m glad you saw right through that veil
Just enough to become my island dream

Veil of love, veil of dreams
Now you’ve come and I can see
Through the misty dark thereof
Through the veil of dreams there is love

You grew quickly into pages of my life
With a click you’re now my home page site
Surfing with you every night and day
I see love growing that’s bound to stay

I always heard islands were like paradise
Until you came they were shrouded in mist
You lifted the veil and to my surprise
Behind the veil was the dream I had missed

Veil of love, veil of dreams
Now you’ve come and I can see
Through the misty dark thereof
Through the veil of dreams there is love

Veil of love, veil of dreams
Now you’ve come and I can see
Through the misty dark thereof
Through the veil of dreams there is love
Through the veil of dreams there is love


Weaver Of Dreams (09/27/2002) (#349)

Do you hear those guitar sounds
There’s island music all around
Come with me and let’s go down
To the dance at Old Lahaina Town

The wind of love is in the air
We can romance away all our cares
With you and me in love it seems
This island is a weaver of dreams

Weaver of dreams, dream weaver
Tidewater of love you bring
Weaver of dreams, dream weaver
Weave a song of love for me

Do you hear those sweet island sounds
There’s love enough to go around
Put your dancin’ shoes and leave
Your cares behind and romance with me

Weaver of dreams, dream weaver
Tidewater of love you bring
Weaver of dreams, dream weaver
Weave a song of love for me

Do you hear those guitar sounds
There’s island music all around
Come with me and let’s go down
To the dance at Old Lahaina Town

The wind of love is in the air
We can romance away all our cares
With you and me in love it seems
This island is a weaver of dreams

Weaver of dreams, dream weaver
Tidewater of love you bring
Weaver of dreams, dream weaver
Weave a song of love for me
Weaver of dreams, dream weaver
Weave a song of love for me
Weave a song of love for me


Three Hundred Fifty (09/28/2002) (#350)

Three hundred fifty days
Almost a year has passed
Dreams of you are all that stayed
And tears will surely last

Where did our love go wrong
After lasting for so long
Winds of trade have traded you
And your love to someone new

Three hundred fifty days
Let me count again the ways
That I always treated you
With love that was always true

Three hundred fifty days
Almost a year has passed
Dreams of you are all that stayed
And tears will surely last

Our love had grown so strong
I thought we would always carry on
I just knew you would never roam
Someone new must have come along

Three hundred fifty days
Let me count again the ways
That I always treated you
With love that was always true

Three hundred fifty days
Almost a year has passed
Dreams of you are all that stayed
And tears will surely last
Dreams of you are all that stayed
After three hundred fifty days
Three hundred fifty days


Cowboy Dreams (09/28/2002) (#351)

You can probably tell when I talk
A cowboy’s dream is all I brought
And you can tell by the way I walk
Back in the saddle is where I ought to be

But this dream I brought is now brand new
Now that I have at last found you
Here in Hawaii where the skies are blue
Where even cowboy dreams come true

This cowboy’s dream kept my hopes alive
When it seemed I couldn’t cope or survive
I hope you can tell when I talk
That this cowboy will always walk his talk

A cowboy’s dream is all I brought
You’re an island queen was my first thought
The way you handled that outrigger paddle
I’ll just trade in my boots and saddle

Well I was feeling low but not anymore
I found my dream on a distant shore
A cowboy’s dream is all I brought
You must be the dream that I sought

Wearing barefoot soles instead of boots
Going for strolls instead of rodeo chutes
I found a cowboy’s dream on a distant shore
You’re not just a distant dream anymore

This cowboy’s dream kept my hopes alive
When it seemed I couldn’t cope or survive
Here in Hawaii where the skies are blue
Where even cowboy dreams come true
Even cowboy dreams come true


A Ton Of Miles (09/28/2002) (#352)

I would walk a ton of miles
Just to see your sunny smile
And I would do it all again
Your sweet love for me to gain

I would circle all the wagons close
Around your island hitching post
To protect our love until
Our vows of love we both fulfill

Words of love may come and go
But love for you will only grow
Like the clear blue ocean skies
Over islands of paradise

You will see a ton of smiles
On my face once in a while
Like every day I think of you
And the love you show me too

Today is when I would like to say
Tomorrow begins a brand new day
For your love and sunny smile
We’ll walk through life those tons of miles

I would walk a ton of miles
Just to see your sunny smile
And I would do it all again
Your sweet love for me to gain
Just to see your sunny smile
I would walk a ton of miles
Walk a ton of miles


A Song So Nice (09/28/2002) (#353)

Your love is like my favorite song
I hum it as we stroll along
Hand in hand in the island sand
You make me glad I’m your island man

When I get to the chorus I sing it twice
Once for me and again for you
Your love is like a song so nice
When I get to the chorus I sing it twice

My favorite song is all about you
My favorite music is to hear you say I do
When I get to the chorus I sing it twice
Your love is like a song so nice

It only takes a few minutes of time
It’s beautiful like a Maui chime
I wouldn’t want to sing any other kind
I picture your love as a musical frame of mind

When I get to the chorus I sing it twice
Once for me and again for you
Your love is like a song so nice
When I get to the chorus I sing it twice

I hold your hand emotionally
A wedding band soon we will see
My favorite song is all about you
My favorite music is to hear you say I do

When I get to the chorus I sing it twice
Once for me and again for you
When I get to the chorus I sing it twice
Your love is like a song so nice
Your love is like a song so nice


Of Love (09/28/2002) (#354)

Soon I’ll return to my islands in the sea
Welcomed by my ohana family
Where love is real and so are we
I can feel again the harmony
Of love

Yes, I must get myself away from here
Return to my island home I hold so dear
I’ve heard that distant call throughout the years
That unwritten word recalls the cheers
Of love

Back to the islands I once knew
To sand and palms where tradewinds blew
See again my island family
And sing again those lovely songs
Of love

Where waters are warm and so are we
Daughters and sons and ohana family
And so it is and so will always be
Islands are really words for you and me
Of love

Soon I’ll return to my islands in the sea
Welcomed by my ohana family
And so it is and so will always be
Islands are really words for you and me
Of love


Plans Of Love (09/28/2002) (#355)

When you said yes I was relieved
I still find it hard to believe
But I thank the stars and moon above
Because we’re making plans of love

Years of loneliness are falling away
Like tears of only-ness of yesterday
Future plans fit like hand in glove
Because we’re making plans of love

We’re making plans for you and me
Plans for what was meant to be
Things I used to dream only of
Because we’re making plans of love

When all is said and all is done
You’ll always be my number one
In my heart you’re my beloved
Because we’re making plans of love

When you said yes I was relieved
I still find it hard to believe
But I thank the stars and moon above
Because we’re making plans of love

When all is said and all is done
You’ll always be my number one
In my heart you’re my beloved
Because we’re making plans of love


Anything For Her (09/28/2002) (#356)

How can I show her
That I care for her
Every time I see her smile
Brings sunshine to my little isle
Anything for her is all worthwhile
To show that I love her
Which I do

I would stand by her
My whole life is planned for her
Surely there will come a way
To win her love some day
Anything for her is all worthwhile
To show that I love her
Which I do

I would be a man for her
The day my world began with her
Tomorrow’s plans are all for her
Nothing will my plans deter
Anything for her is all worthwhile
To show that I love her
Which I do

Will she ever see
Can I ever be
The one to love her true
Which I do

Will she ever see
Can I ever be
The one to love her true
Which I do


Whalers (09/28/2002) (#357)

Today as I look out at the ocean
Waiting for sails to come by
Where is the future for whalers
When all the whales have all died

Yesterday they were here in abundance
Today it’s clear that most are gone
Maybe it was all the exuberance
Of not thinking, just muscle and brawn

How long will the whalers be plying
The oceans while whales ther’re denying
The future of whale pods multiplying
While whalers give nod to their facade

Today as I look up at the heavens
I see the future of whales multiply
Where is the future of whalers
When all the whalers have died

Yesterday they were here in abundance
Today it’s clear that most are gone
Maybe it was all the exuberance
Of not thinking, just muscle and brawn

Today as I look up at the heavens
I see the future of whales multiply
Where is the future of whalers
When all the whalers have died
Where is the future of whalers
When all the whalers have died


An Island Alone (09/29/2002) (#358)

In the big oceans thrive the small islands
I grew up as an island, even smaller than them
But I could away sail, islands had to stand gales
And I didn’t want to be like them

Just as a sailor needs room, and oceans to roam
So I sailed wherever I wanted to go
An island doesn’t hanker in which ocean to anchor
Or in which stream of time that they grow

All the islands I knew when into a sailor I grew
Were just palm trees and sand in an ocean of blue
There was nothing for me and nothing I knew
I needed to sail the wide oceans of blue

So I signed on alone and untied the lines
I lived the life of my dreams in places untold
An island stands there, no dreams it can share
Islands don’t have to be bold

Years I spent at the mast in big oceans vast
In places so foreign to me
I never anchored long, tradewinds played my song
And islands couldn’t hold a sailor like me

I sailed with the gales, caught whales and heard tales
The wind in my sails always blew
I’m an island it seems, in the time and the streams
I’m alone in the oceans of blue


No Longer Mine (09/29/2002) (#359)

I seem to have lost my love on the island
The one in the middle of the sea
A friend said she left for the mainland
I wonder where she happens to be

If I were a sea eagle I would follow
To look for her new residing place
I would try to find out if her sighing
Is still for me or for a new face

I seem to have lost my love on the island
She painted my rainbows for me
But now the sunshine turned to crying
My rainbows she just doesn’t see

When the nighttime has come over the island
And the stars all come out to shine
In the moonlight I will be crying
My island love is no longer mine

I seem to have lost my love on the island
The one in the middle of the sea
A friend said she left for the mainland
I wonder where she happens to be

When the nighttime has come over the island
And the stars all come out to shine
In the moonlight I will be crying
My island love is no longer mine
In the moonlight I will be crying
My island love is no longer mine


Gone Are The Times (09/29/2002) (#360)

I remember islands of love in september
Whenever I lay down to sleep
I’ll be still loving you come december
But it will be when I weep
But it will be when I weep

Last night you were here to help ease my fear
No longer was I alone in the stream
But then I awoke and it’s painfully clear
That you are now just a dream
That you are now just a dream

Days are just days and endless to me
They stream by the island in time
Gone are the times of your loving me
When I could still call you mine
When I could still call you mine

I remember islands of love in september
Whenever I lay down to sleep
I’ll be still loving you come december
But it will be when I weep
But it will be when I weep

Days are just days and endless to me
They stream by the island in time
Gone are the times of your loving me
When I could still call you mine
When I could still call you mine


Yellow Island Blossom (09/29/2002) (#361)

There’s a yellow island blossom
Growing in the island sand
There it grows for you my love
When I ask from you your hand

When I bring it to you dear
Would you wear it in your hair
May love our future always steer
And may your love be always there

There’s a yellow island blossom
In your hair you placed for me
It tells of love that’s simply awesome
This love from islands in the sea

When I die and have to leave you
Never think of us apart
I would never want to grieve you
Keep this blossom in your heart

There’s a yellow island blossom
Growing in the island sand
There it grows for you my love
When I ask from you your hand

There’s a yellow island blossom
In your hair you placed for me
It tells of love that’s simply awesome
This love from islands in the sea

When I die and have to leave you
Never think of us apart
I would never want to grieve you
Keep this blossom in your heart


Forever Sing (09/29/2002) (#362)

When I saw you it was as if I had seen you
From the start
When I saw you I dreamed that I was
In your heart

Everything about you is what I wanted you to be
Everything about me is just wanting you for me
It’s as if I had dreamed of what I have seen in you
Everything I ever dreamed has all with you come true

I want to show you if I can get to know you
As my own
Please let me know if love winds blow so I won’t be
On my own

When I say to you I want to stay with you
It’s not just a plaything over time
Let me play for you a song of love for you
Let your heart forever sing with mine

When I saw you it was as if I had seen you
From the start
When I saw you I dreamed that I was
In your heart

When I say to you I want to stay with you
It’s not just a plaything over time
Let me play for you a song of love for you
Let your heart forever sing with mine
Let me play for you a song of love for you
Let your heart forever sing with mine


Love Is Not A Game (09/29/2002) (#363)

Isn’t it just wonderful when love is not a game
Instead of breaking hearts in two
Rending lives asunder in the strain
Isn’t it just wonderful when love is not a game

Whether on the mainland or on islands in the stream
Giving love and getting love
Is better than just setting blame
Isn’t it just wonderful when love is not a game

Think about it, what good is life without it
All you do is cause the pain
But if you love instead of shove
There’s so much love you stand to gain

Love can take too long if you’re an island to yourself
Love can explain the things you gain
When you think of someone else
Life is truly beautiful when you take love off the shelf

Isn’t it just wonderful when love is not a game
Instead of breaking hearts in two
Rending lives asunder in the strain
Isn’t it just wonderful when love is not a game

Whether on the mainland or on islands in the stream
Giving love and getting love
Is better than just setting blame
Isn’t it just wonderful when love is not a game


Because Of You (09/29/2002) (#364)

On my island you’re the key and more
You opened up for me love’s door
I’m not an island in a sea of blue
Because of you

Because of you I no longer quake
From nights of dreams that only break
My love of life has been renewed
Because of you

Before you came I can still recall
Clouds with rain and thunder too
Somehow I survived them all
Because of you

Because of you the bluebirds sing
Harbingers of love in spring
From lonely heart to now a king
Bacause of you

On my island you’re the key and more
You opened up for me love’s door
I’m not an island in a sea of blue
Because of you

Because of you the bluebirds sing
Harbingers of love in spring
From lonely heart to now a king
Because of you


Veil Of Tears (09/29/2002) (#365)

Isles of love are meant for happy times
So why are you still blue
Times of the past should just be memories
The pain that time amassed is through

Let me help you dry your tears
My love can help them disappear
So now it’s time to bring your smile
From behind your veil of tears

Isles of love are blessed by the sun
Try to suppress what’s already done
And let me fill your empty heart with cheer
From behind your veil of tears

Now I know it’s hard to see
How happy times could come again
But if your heart will look at me
You’ll see the love we can attain

Isles of love have taught to me
That life is not all that it appears
Let me share your love for eternity
From behind your veil of tears

Isles of love have taught to me
That life is not all that it appears
Let me share your love for eternity
From behind your veil of tears


Beyond Compare (09/29/2002) (#366)

When I first saw you sitting there
I couldn’t help but stare
Your beauty rhymes with beyond compare
And there’s no better time to say I think you are
Beyond compare

I’ve searched around for many years
I’ve seen smiles and I’ve seen tears
But when I saw you sitting there
The yellow ginger lei in your hair was
Beyond compare

Beyond compare, made me stare
Your beauty rhymes with beyond compare

My life was just a fog
And rain washed away my gains
My heart pointed you out like a good bird dog
You just washed away my pains
Beyond compare

Love sometimes comes and then it goes
But when I saw you sitting there I already know
That I could love you through the years
My love for you appears to be
Beyond compare

Beyond compare, made me stare
Your beauty rhymes with beyond compare

Love sometimes comes and then it goes
But when I saw you sitting there I already know
That I could love you through the years
My love for you appears to be
Beyond compare


Islands Are Made For Love (09/30/2002) (#367)

Islands are made for just one thing
Wedding vows and wedding rings
Two love birds building their nest
Islands are made for love

You see it all the time all over the isle
People in love walking down the aisle
For her he walked that country mile
Islands are made for love

Islands are made for love
Endless parade thereof
Whatever you’re thinkin’ of
Islands are made for love

When lovebirds are in their prime
Tryin’ to pay down the credit card on time
They just live on what they know the most of
Islands are made for love

If they’re old and out of tune
Just remember that sweet day in June
When he and she strolled under the moon
On the front porch swing they still commune
Islands are made for love

Islands are made for love
Endless parade thereof
Whatever you’re thinkin’ of
Islands are made for love
Islands are made for love


Send Me Back (09/30/2002) (#368)

Well I finally got off the island
The mainland life was calling me
Traded my bare feet for cowboy boots
Went to see Texas and Tennessee
Went to see Texas and Tennessee

It didn’t take long for me to see
Texas was bigger than Tennessee
It didn’t take long for me to see
Neither state of mind took the island out of me
Neither state of mind took the island out of me

Send me back to Old Lahaina Town
Texas and Tennessee gets me down
This mainland life just makes me frown
Send me back to Old Lahaina Town
Send me back to Old Lahaina Town

I met a girl I thought I could love
But her jet set world made a monkey of
Me and my money that didn’t last
Just get me to my home town island fast
Just get me to my home town island fast

It didn’t take long for me to see
Texas was bigger than Tennessee
It didn’t take long for me to see
Neither state of mind took the island out of me
Neither state of mind took the island out of me

Send me back to Old Lahaina Town
Texas and Tennessee gets me down
This mainland life just makes me frown
Send me back to Old Lahaina Town
Send me back to Old Lahaina Town

Polynesian Cohesion (09/30/2002) (#369)

When I saw the twinkle in your polynesian eyes
It was cohesion as you ironed the wrinkles from my life
I said I wouldn’t tell you lies or make you sad
Your smile would spell the reason why my heart was glad

I held your hand in mine and then I asked you please
Would you marry me if I kneeled on bended knees
I held my breath and wondered if I said it wrong
You said ’til death us part you and I would sing along

Polynesian cohesion, you and I will sing along
Polynesian cohesion, we’ll stick together as we sing love’s song

When I saw the twinkle in your polynesian eyes
I heard the music of some island lullabies
You can rock me in your arms and iron the wrinkles from my life
Cause I’ll love you forever and I wouldn’t tell you lies

When I saw the twinkle in your polynesian eyes
It was cohesion as you ironed the wrinkles from my life
I said I wouldn’t tell you lies or make you sad
Your smile would spell the reason why my heart was glad

I held your hand in mine and then I asked you please
Would you marry me if I kneeled on bended knees
I held my breath and wondered if I said it wrong
You said ’til death us part you and I would sing along

Polynesian cohesion, you and I will sing along
Polynesian cohesion, we’ll stick together as we sing love’s song


Hearts In Rhythm (09/30/2002) (#370)

If your heart beats all by itself
You’re just an island to yourself
Even in Hawaii you’re still blue
Rainbows there don’t shine for you
Glad this song’s for you, not for me

Now if we reverse this melody
Someone can take your pulse you see
Her love will turn your skies to blue
You love her and she loves you
I think I’ll keep this song for me

When the sun sets and you’re alone
Don’t mean much in the tropic zone
You can sing a song or hum along
But you can’t dance if you’re all alone
You might as well go on home

But if two hearts beat in rhythm time
They sound just like yours and mine
We sing songs that we dance to
Texas two step and the hula too
You love me and I sure love you

When the sun sets and you’re alone
Don’t mean much in the tropic zone
You can sing a song or hum along
But you can’t dance if you’re all alone
You might as well go on home

But if two hearts beat in rhythm time
They sound just like yours and mine
We sing songs that we dance to
Texas two step and the hula too
You love me and I sure love you
Texas two step and the hula too
You love me and I sure love you


Waiting There For You (09/30/2002) (#371)

Somewhere out there in the vast blue sea
On an island shore my true love waits for me
She watches ships go sailing by
Waiting for her sailor guy

Somewhere out there in the vast blue sea
My true love waits on sands of gold
She waits under a tall palm tree
I’m the sailor she wants to hold

Here I am in the middle of seas so vast
Sailing south with eyes toward islands cast
My true love waits while days go past
Our love is unsurpassed

Somewhere out there in the vast blue sea
Where the moon is full and stars shine bright
My true love is almost in sight
Waiting there for you

Where the tradewinds blow is where I know
I’ll trade my ship before again I go to sea
I’ll not see my true love’s woe
Waiting there for you

Somewhere out there in the vast blue sea
Where the moon is full and stars shine bright
My true love is almost in sight
Waiting there for you
My true love is almost in sight
Waiting there for you


Love Is An Anchor (09/30/2002) (#372)

If you’re in a desert without any means
Or in an ocean full of scuttled dreams
I would shield the sun from your eyes
Or swim the sea to save your life

Put forth your bread upon the water
Hope will not your love let totter
If all your dreams are sinking in the west
Look for an isle and love will do the rest

Love is an anchor
Holding your heart to mine
Love is an anchor
Give our love a little time
Just give our love a little time

Tradewinds of love whisper softly
When hearts hear, they understand
Your love and mine will grow above
The shallow thoughts of common man

Where you go I will follow you
Whether lands or isles of blue
Days will come when we will see
We shared the love’s destiny

Love is an anchor
Holding your heart to mine
Love is an anchor
Give our love a little time
Just give our love a little time

You and I can stand the tides of time
Love will guide the uphill climb
Anything or anywhere
We will find love there

Love is an anchor
Holding your heart to mine
Love is an anchor
Give our love a little time
Just give our love a little time
Just give our love a little time


Angel Island Love (09/30/2002) (#373)

I waited out the time like an island in the stream
While hopes and love floated by it seemed
I thought I could carry on for years
Holding on and never shedding tears
Holding on and never shedding tears

Through the dark times and the good
I thought to make it through I could
As my world was falling through
I was still waiting there for you

But, wait. What’s that I see in the sky above
Is it really coming down to me
It’s hard to perceive, but
I think it must island angel love

Island angel love, where have you been
Island angel love, will there be love again
You are what I’ve been dreaming of
You are my dream, my angel island love

I waited out the time like an island in the stream
While hopes and love floated by it seemed
I thought I could carry on for years
Holding on and never shedding tears

What’s that I see in the sky above
Is it really coming down to me
It’s hard to perceive, but
I think it must island angel love

Island angel love, where have you been
Island angel love, will there be love again
You are what I’ve been dreaming of
You are my dream, my angel island love
You are my dream, my angel island love


Lazy Island Days (09/30/2002) (#374)

Lazy island days will never bore you
If you have a love like mine living by the bay
On lazy island days I love to be near her
I whisper sweet things to her every day

She’s tall and tan and dark and lovely as they say
Under palm trees swaying gently in the breeze
We talk of plans and ways of future deeds
When we will be right here living by the bay

Lazy island days, living by the bay
We will share our love there, you will see
Our love is deeper than the ocean, deep as it can be
We will live and love here come what may

We don’t care where the road will lead us
It doesn’t matter what they say
The road of life will forever bring us
Lazy island days living by the bay

She’s tall and tan and dark and lovely as they say
Under palm trees swaying gently in the breeze
We talk of plans and ways of future deeds
When we will be right here living by the bay

We don’t care where the road will lead us
It doesn’t matter what they say
The road of life will forever bring us
Lazy island days living by the bay
The road of life will forever bring us
Lazy island days living by the bay


Moon And Sun (10/01/2002) (#375)

Many tropic moons have come and gone
Many golden suns to paint the evening skies
You and I still sing our favorite island songs
It can only be the bond that love supplies

Can you remember back to the very start
When our love was a brand new work of art
We knew this love would never fall apart
You’re still a masterpiece deep in my heart

Here comes another tropic moon on the rise
Side by side we both now realize
We haven’t said goodbye, never even cried
Though many suns have painted evening skies

We’re not the kind for lengthy conversations
Both of us are quiet and kind of shy
But love speaks volumes on occasions
Just by the look of love that’s in our eyes

Now we still stroll hand in hand together
Down the beach under deep blue skies
Our love is still that brand new work of art, dear
Under moon and sun in this our paradise
Our love is still that brand new work of art, dear
Under moon and sun in this our paradise


Surprise Love (10/01/2002) (#376)

A love story can be as old as time is old
But it can be as true blue as blue can be
We were just friends before but time broke the mold
Now we’re as much in love as love can be

Was it just a change in seasons or the heart
Must have been some reasons from the start
I didn’t see it coming but you must have had the key
Our love is the same old story new as it can be

Our love is not the same old game
Two loves can never be the same
This new one took me by surprise
Even in this lover’s island paradise

A love story can be as old as time is old
But it’s a new song every time it’s sung
I didn’t see it coming but you must have had the key
Our love is the same old story new as it can be

Was it just a change in seasons or the heart
Must have been some reasons from the start
We were just friends before but time broke the mold
Now we’re as much in love as love can be

Our love is not the same old game
Two loves can never be the same
This new one took me by surprise
Even in this lover’s island paradise
This new one took me by surprise
Even in this lover’s island paradise


Blue Without You (10/01/2002) (#377)

Blue Hawaii will be blue without you
I don’t know if I can make it without you
Sunsets of gold and palm trees of green
Have all turned blue instead of serene
Hawaii will be blue without you

Song to those steel guitar notes so blue
They’re calling me back to you
And golden moonbeams have turned to blue
I lost the love I thought was true
Hawaii will be blue without you

Now that those blue tradewinds are blowing
I can feel the warm love we had is going
I wish you the best though you’re not in sight
But I’ll be blue most every day and night
Hawaii will be blue without you

Song to those steel guitar notes so blue
They’re calling me back to you
And golden moonbeams have turned to blue
I lost the love I thought was true
Hawaii will be blue without you

Now that those blue tradewinds are blowing
I can feel the warm love we had is going
I wish you the best though you’re not in sight
But I’ll be blue most every day and night
Hawaii will be blue without you
I’m already blue without you


Night So Beautiful (10/01/2002) (#378)

On this night so beautiful
Stars are twinkling dutiful
This is not a night for chance
This night is made for dance
Made for love and our romance

The love I have I give to you
I’ll take a chance you love me too
Even though it’s not by chance
That I just want to dance with you
I just want to dance with you

Night so beautiful, night so dutiful
Thank your moon and stars for sharing our romance

On this night so beautiful
The moon is shining dutiful
Beams of love are coming through
Bringing love for me and you
This night of love so true

On this night so beautiful
Beneath stars and moon above
You look so beautiful
Let me tell you of my love
This night of love so true

Night so beautiful, night so dutiful
Thank your moon and stars for sharing our romance

On this night so beautiful
Stars are twinkling dutiful
This is not a night for chance
This night is made for dance
Made for love and our romance

The love I have I give to you
I’ll take a chance you love me too
Even though it’s not by chance
That I just want to dance with you
I just want to dance with you

Night so beautiful, night so dutiful
Thank your moon and stars for sharing our romance


Majestic Love (10/01/2002) (#379)

Islands always laugh because they never die
Love will never die and never will it cry
You look at me and then I realize
You’re the reason why my love will never die

When you look at me I can always see
The purpose of my life comes from majesty
Majestic love is true just like mine for you
Love will never die because our love is true

Islands always laugh because they never die
Islands shower love from their majestic skies
I was searching for someone to share my dream
You came along with love’s majestic scheme

Here we have fun in the sun and the night
We laugh and love because it is so right
You look at me and then I realize
You’re the reason why my love will never die

Islands always laugh because they never die
Love will never die and never will it cry
You look at me and then I realize
You’re the reason why my love will never die

When you look at me I can always see
The purpose of my life comes from majesty
Majestic love is true just like mine for you
Love will never die because our love is true
Majestic love is true just like mine for you
Love will never die because our love is true


Hurricane Lili (10/02/2002) (#380)

Hurricane a-comin’, blowin’ with the winds
Ain’t seen nothin’ like her since I don’t know when
Lili’s comin’ through the gulf and, she’s a-blowin’ on
Lili keeps a-comin’, from dusk ’til dawn

When I turned on the TV, my mama told me, son
Lili ain’t no good girl, she’s a blowin son of a gun
Always board those shutters, she ain’t blowin’ just for fun
But I threw a party, just to dance ’til dawn

When I seen that storm a-comin’, I grabbed my fiddle and played
Well I guess there’s smart folks, headin’ far away
They’re prob’ly watchin’ TV, watchin’ my house drown
But I knew she was a-comin’, she blowed my house clear down

That silly Lili keeps a-blowin, all the way to Tennessee
I think she’s a-comin’, after me
Well, if I ever live to tell it, if I ever do survive
If I ever have another party, Miss Lili I won’t invite

I’d move a little farther, inland from Vermillion Bay
Far from Hurricane Lili, that’s where I want to stay
And I’d play my fiddle, dance those hurricanes away
Far from Hurricane Lili, dance those hurricanes away


Leilani Of Mine (10/02/2002) (#381)

Leilani of mine, your sweet lips taste like wine
You make my heart beat in overtime
I don’t think I can deny it
Livin’ on your love would be my fav’rite diet

Leilani of mine, I’m the shoulder you can lean on
When we get older you’re the one I’ll still be keen on
You and I are just like two birds of a feather
With my bird of paradise I’ll always stay together

See that golden moon shining in the sky
You and I will soon be defining paradise
You make my heart beat in overtime
You’re my love, you’re my life, Leilani of mine

You made the walls of my heart tumble down
My fall for you was the talk of the town
Let’s put this song in writing for all time
A wedding dress and ring I’ll buy, Leilani of mine

See that golden moon shining in the sky
You and I will soon be defining paradise
You make my heart beat in overtime
You’re my love, you’re my life, Leilani of mine

You made the walls of my heart tumble down
My fall for you was the talk of the town
Let’s put this song in writing for all time
A wedding dress and ring I’ll buy, Leilani of mine
Let’s put this song in writing for all time
A wedding dress and ring I’ll buy, Leilani of mine


Island Dancing Queen (10/02/2002) (#382)

When you do that island dance you look so alive
When you dance you make me have the time of my life
You’re the prettiest girl in the whole island scene
You must be the island dancing queen

It’s Saturday night and the tiki torches are all aglow
Waikiki is the place where you really steal the show
You must be the island dancing queen
I’ll be right there if you’re looking for a king

I’ve got you in my heart and I threw away the key
The music and the night are young and so are we
Waikiki is fine, you’re all mine, and so let’s dance
You’re the prettiest girl and it’s time for romance

You must be the island dancing queen by far
Swaying to the rhythm of those steel guitars
When the ukeleles play you make me sway
Let’s come dance again on another Saturday

It’s Saturday night and the tiki torches are all aglow
Waikiki is the place where you really steal the show
You must be the island dancing queen
I’ll be right there if you’re looking for a king

I’ve got you in my heart and I threw away the key
The music and the night are young and so are we
Waikiki is fine, you’re all mine, and so let’s dance
You’re the prettiest girl and it’s time for romance
Waikiki is fine, you’re all mine, and so let’s dance
You’re the prettiest girl and it’s time for romance


Paradise Eyes (10/02/2002) (#383)

I hope you’re not just teasing me
If you are what can I do
When I look into your eyes
I see paradise in you

You’re never blue, that I can see
Your eyes just laugh all the time
My heart is not just partially
Partly falling in love with you full time

A part of me wants to see
How paradise with you can be
So let’s dance and relate
How you fit me to a tee

Take it easy, take it slow
On island time it’s just past go
We’ve got time to apprise
Our future in paradise

Let’s play it cool ’til it’s red hot
Then we’ll tie that lover’s knot
We’ll spend our future in paradise
The one I see in your eyes

A part of me wants to see
How paradise with you can be
So let’s dance and relate
How you fit me to a tee

Take it easy, take it slow
On island time it’s just past go
We’ve got time to apprise
Our future in paradise

Let’s play it cool ’til it’s red hot
Then we’ll tie that lover’s knot
We’ll spend our future in paradise
The one I see in your eyes


Song To Sing (10/02/2002) (#384)

I dreamed a dream of paradise
It was like a song to sing
For the future it would suffice
I knew I could handle anything

It was just an island in the stream
But it had the beauty of a fairy tale
It was about the love you bring
And our love would never fail

A song to sing, a dream of paradise
I dreamed a dream like a song to sing of paradise

You were like an angel of the islands
Beautiful as a dream can be
More than just an island in the stream
An island angel in my dream

A song to sing, a dream of paradise
I dreamed a dream like a song to sing of paradise

I dreamed a dream like a fantasy
Now that you’re here, it’s reality
For you I would swim another mile
To an island dream to see you smile

I dreamed a dream of paradise
It was like a song to sing
For the future it would suffice
I knew I could handle anything

You were like an angel of the islands
Beautiful as a dream can be
More than just an island in the stream
An island angel in my dream

A song to sing, a dream of paradise
I dreamed a dream like a song to sing of paradise


To Dreams Disappeared (10/03/2002) (#385)
Goodbye my darling, goodbye my love
The islands we lived on have drifted apart
Your dream was mine but mine was colored blue
May your dream be realized, your dream come true

Goodbye my sweetheart, somewhere in the stream
Think of me sometimes, somewhere in your dreams
I’ll drift with the current and with the low tide
Goodbye my darling, with you may love reside

Goodbye my darling, I’ll miss those happy years
May all your horizons and islands bring cheer
And may all your tomorrows by love be steered
Goodbye my sweetheart, to dreams disappeared

Your dream was mine but mine was colored blue
May your dream be realized, your dream come true
Goodbye my sweetheart, somewhere in the stream
Think of me sometimes, somewhere in your dreams

Goodbye my darling, I’ll miss those happy years
May all your horizons and islands bring cheer
And may all your tomorrows by love be steered
Goodbye my sweetheart, to dreams disappeared


You Left A Lot Of Love (10/05/2002) (#386)

You left a lot of love right beside
This right-hearted heart of mine
You could have left your love outside
But that wouldn’t be the right place or time
You left a lot of right things
Right when my hope had left and gone

Well, you left a lot of love right in this heart of mine
I thought that love had left but you were right on time
With the little time that’s left
You can show me how to do it right
There’s still a lot of moonlight left
And it’s shining down right on time
Yes, you left a lot of love right in this heart of mine

When I left the mainland, I left it way behind
I was right about one thing, your love was right on time
You’re the island beauty I’ve been thinkin’ of
The only thing left for me was to fall right in love

Well, you left a lot of love right in this heart of mine
I thought that love had left but you were right on time
When I left the mainland, I left it way behind
I was right about one thing, your love was right on time
You’re the island beauty I’ve been thinkin’ of
The only thing left for me was to fall right in love

I thought that love had left but you were right on time
You left a lot of love right in this heart of mine
I thought that love had left but you were right on time
You left a lot of love right in this heart of mine


Leilani Be Mine (10/05/2002) (#387)

The night is young and the moon is gold
We have the island stars above to behold
Song with care to what they say
Tonight for you I wish and pray
The answer is drifting on the tropic breeze
The wind whispers love through the swaying trees
Tonight, be mine Leilani

When we dance and I hold you close
My heart knows the joy that it chose
I love you and it’s plain to see
How my heart responds to your company
I loved you from the very start
May your sweet love from me never part
Tonight, be mine Leilani

Be my darling, be my love
Be mine alone under stars above
While the moon is shining bright
Leilani be mine tonight

The night is young and the moon is gold
We have the island stars above to behold
Song with care to what they say
Tonight for you I wish and pray
The answer is drifting on the tropic breeze
The wind whispers love through the swaying trees
Tonight, be mine Leilani

Be my darling, be my love
Be mine alone under stars above
While the moon is shining bright
Leilani be mine tonight


Lovely Island Love (10/05/2002) (#388)

Island love, it’s just an island love
It must be the moon and stars above
For your love I know
It really is an island love

Island love, it’s just an island love
Everything you do never makes me blue
I love everything about
My lovely island love

All is right when you’re in love
With you I always want to be in island love

Do you, will you, can’t you see
That what will be will surely be
You and I share the same destiny
You were meant to be by stars above
My lovely island love

Island love, it’s just an island love
It must be the moon and stars above
For your love I know
It really is an island love

All is right when you’re in love
With you I always want to be in island love

Do you, will you, can’t you see
That what will be will surely be
You and I share the same destiny
You were meant to be by stars above
My lovely island love
You were meant to be by stars above
My lovely island love


Dance And Romance (10/05/2002) (#389)

I see you dancing island girl
You’re making my Hawaii blue
My heart and head are in a whirl
You’re romancing with somebody new

Dance and romance Island girl
You know what you’ve done is wrong
That other guy is holding you too tight
While those guitars play our favorite song

I can’t help watching as you dance
But if it must be
I’ll just keep watching you romance
And wishing it were me

Dance and romance island girl
You should have told me from the start
Dance and romance island girl
Though you’re gone you’ll still be in my heart

I can’t help watching as you dance
But if it must be
I’ll just keep watching you romance
And wishing it were me

Dance and romance island girl
You should have told me from the start
Dance and romance island girl
Though you’re gone you’ll still be in my heart


Island Kisses (10/05/2002) (#390)

Island kisses, oh your kisses
Sweetest kisses, yes your kisses
They are something mysterious
Makes me delirious

When those island ukuleles play
The moon above comes out to say
Hold her close and you will see
What moonlit kisses were meant to be

I just want you to know
I think I just love you so
Say Aloha to stars above
Island kisses mean Aloha love

The way you dance so close like this
Makes me want one more island kiss
By the time we dance across the floor
Maybe I can have a few kisses more

Island kisses, oh your kisses
Sweetest kisses, yes your kisses
They are something mysterious
Makes me delirious
I’m simply serious about your
Island kisses!


Love And Island Melodies (10/05/2002) (#391)

After years away I stopped and looked around
I was finally back home in Old Lahaina Town
As I walked along the shore and smelled the air
I could hear ukeleles and guitars playing everywhere

No bands were there but the music was real to me
Island music has always been in my heart you see
It was in these islands where I fell in love
When I was away here is where I dreamed of

In my heart there is a feeling
The music in my heart is reeling
Through the palms the tradewinds breezy
Old Lahaina Town is where my heart is easy

And so the music that I hear keeps playing on
I could listen from the start until the dawn
It’s like birds of paradise up in the trees
Are singing songs of love and island melodies

In my heart there is a feeling
The music in my heart is reeling
Through the palms the tradewinds breezy
Old Lahaina Town is where my heart is easy

And so the music that I hear keeps playing on
I could listen from the start until the dawn
It’s like birds of paradise up in the trees
Are singing songs of love and island melodies


Truly Island Love (10/06/2002) (#392)

When the young folks talk of island love
The old folks just call it puppy love
My heart is young and this I know
My heart says she’s my island love

The old folks just call it puppy love
They’re too old or have not seen
Love like ours is from above
Love like ours is truly island love

We sigh when the night stars are falling
We kiss when the moon is calling
Our hearts beat together when we’re together
Our love will brave all stormy weather

How can we let them know
Our love is not just a show
It’s not just a puppy love
Love like ours is truly island love

We sigh when the night stars are falling
We kiss when the moon is calling
Our hearts beat together when we’re together
Our love will brave all stormy weather

How can we let them know
Our love is not just a show
It’s not just a puppy love
Love like ours is truly island love
Love like ours is truly island love


Foolishly In Love (10/06/2002) (#393)

When you lay your head on my arm tonight
And we wish upon a star so bright
Let the tradewinds whisper in your ear
I want your love always to be near

When you put your lips on mine
Your kiss is the same as sweetest wine
When we kiss like this the moon above
Shines to light our lamp of love

Some people say that love’s a game for fools
Don’t rush in since you will only lose
But fools don’t know the rules thereof
If I’m a fool, with you I’m foolishly in love

When you put your lips on mine
Your kiss is the same as sweetest wine
When we kiss like this the moon above
Shines to light our lamp of love

Some people say that love’s a game for fools
Don’t rush in since you will only lose
But fools don’t know the rules thereof
If I’m a fool, with you I’m foolishly in love
Fools don’t know the rules thereof
With you I’m foolishly in love


My Love My Love (10/06/2002) (#394)

Let me dance with you in my arms
You can romance me with your many charms
Tell me, tell me, tell me true
If I can forever just love you

Dance with and romance with me so
So much I’ll never ever let you go
Feel my arms around you nice and tight
Be my love, my love, my love tonight

Forever dance within my heart
Like violins and island steel guitars
The moon says yes and so too the stars
My island love is what you are

Dance with me, romance me with your love
Let me wish upon the stars above
Fill my heart with love’s sweet melody
Be my love through all eternity

Forever dance within my heart
Like violins and island steel guitars
The moon says yes and so too the stars
My island love is what you are

Dance with and romance with me so
So much I’ll never ever let you go
Feel my arms around you nice and tight
Be my love, my love, my love tonight
Feel my arms around you nice and tight
Be my love, my love, my love tonight


For You I Sing (10/06/2002) (#395)

You bring to me happiness
For you my life is blessed
Your love is everything to me
For you I sing

I need your tenderness
I love your loveliness
To you I do confess
For you I sing

The moon and stars have shone
That you are in my heart alone
The winds of love are saying too
My heart wants only, only you

You bring to me happiness
For you my life is blessed
Your love is everything to me
For you I sing

I need your tenderness
I love your loveliness
To you I do confess
For you I sing
To you I do confess
For you I sing


Gears Of Love (10/06/2002) (#396)

Islands in the sun never change their gears
That’s where you’ll find love through the years
Best of all you don’t even have to try
Island love will be around both day and night

Tonight’s the night I know I’ll fall in love
All I have to do is wish on stars above
I can feel that love is everywhere
It’s in the tropic breeze in the island air

My love and I together have found something new
She and I would rather spend our life here too
Islands in the sun never change their gears
She and I will love right on through the years

Here it’s such an easy thing to fall in love
The pace is slow, not just push and shove
Island days are made to make love grow
Let me make my love on you bestow

Tonight’s the night I know I’ll fall in love
All I have to do is wish on stars above
I can feel that love is everywhere
It’s in the tropic breeze in the island air

My love and I together have found something new
She and I would rather spend our life here too
Islands in the sun never change their gears
She and I will love right on through the years
Islands in the sun never change their gears
She and I will love right on through the years


Perfect Personality (10/06/2002) (#397)

I tried to call you on the island telephone line
The operator said you would not be home on time
That was news to me and I can’t believe it’s true
But if it is then I don’t know what I’ll do

Last night you wouldn’t with your romance be free
You woudn’t hold my hand or dance with me
The book of love says that’s not the way it ought to be
I need a nurse to come and give me lots of TLC

I ask myself why I should bother with you
You only want to take my love and make me blue
Other island girls have come and gone like you
I guess they don’t enjoy my perfect personality

We used to stroll along the beach at night
Now I’m strolling solo ’cause you’re out of sight
I used to think that you and I were playing it cool
Now I know that you were playing me the fool

Last night you wouldn’t with your romance be free
You woudn’t hold my hand or dance with me
The book of love says that’s not the way it ought to be
I need a nurse to come and give me lots of TLC

I ask myself why I should bother with you
You only want to take my love and make me blue
Other island girls have come and gone like you
I guess they don’t enjoy my perfect personality
Other island girls have come and gone like you
I guess they don’t enjoy my perfect personality


Never Til The End (10/06/2002) (#398)

Will there ever come a time
When island stars forget to shine
Never til the end of time
Never til the end

Will your heart stop beating with mine
Would I ever make you cry
Never til the end of time
Never til the end

Do you think that I could ever spend
One day away from you
And let love lie
That would be never in a thousand lives

Never til the end of time
Never til the end

Will I ever stop reminding you
That today our love is new
Never til the end of time
Never til the end

Will there ever come a time
When island stars forget to shine
Will your heart stop beating with mine
Would I ever make you cry

Never til the end of time
Never til the end

Will I ever stop reminding you
That today our love is new
Never til the end of time
Never til the end


Island Of Beauty (10/06/2002) (#399)

Hey, Aloha there
You with the flower in your hair
Would you be my island girl, my love
You’re the girl I want to hold

Hey, Aloha there
You with the starlight in your eyes
You must be an angel in disguise
You’re the girl for me

Hawaii, island of love
Island of beauty that I see
Thank you for bringing to me
Someone to share my dreams

Hey, Aloha there
You on this isle of love so fair
I want to tell you that I care
I’ll love you endlessly

Hey, Aloha there
You with the flower in your hair
Would you be my island girl, my love
You’re the girl I want to hold

Hawaii, island of love
Island of beauty that I see
Thank you for bringing to me
Someone to share my dreams
Island of beauty that I see
Thank you for bringing her to me


Four Hundred (10/06/2002) (#400)

Four hundred miles an hour, to get me to my love
Four hundred ways to tell you, it’s you I’m thinking of
Four hundred songs and counting, up to number one
You’re my island sweetheart, our love has just begun

If you ever ask me how long for you my love will be
Four hundred lifetimes, then we would wait and see
If I could do it over, not a thing would I ever change
I could sing you island songs of love that I’ve arranged

If you ever ask me how deep for you my love will be
I can only tell you that my love is deeper than the sea
Four hundred fathoms down lives cousin Davy Jones
Says I got more songs to write about these tropic zones