Note: This song contains two words found in a Hawaiian/English dictionary. Po'okela was translated as 'supreme' and pa'ilina as 'graveyard'. The addition of 'Yippeekaiyo' was inspired by American cowboy slang.
Makalawena is a fantastic beach on the west side of Hawaii's Big Island.
I spent three days, three days drifting all away in the sun
this perpetual haze, this craze
is Makalawena, Makalawena
Oooh, Makalawena, yippeekaiyo.
Halfway down her body sandwiched between white thighs
You'll find Jukebox Johnny, he says "Lady,"
"there ain't no drug you can take."
Oooh, Makalawena, Makalawena
"Do you know how lucky you are?
You better lay down and bake on
Makalawena Makalawena"
Oooh, Makalawena
Well, our foursome score some papaya
and we're talking of those times before
when our love your love my love, well, it just,
it became a bore.
BUT we knew to choose and we chose to choose
We walked out the door just running for
Makalawena Makalawena,
Oooh, Makalawena pa'ilina.
I'm polarised but centred, I am basking
in the comfort that I've found within once again,
starve all day and feast by headlamp,
Lava rock beneath my feet, grounding down into
molten waves, the haze lifted, given way to
sunshining loooooove again,
simplify, simplify
Draped wrapped in favorite fabrics
basking in the certain knowledge that
I am mine on
Makalawena, Makalwena
Oooh, Makalawena po'okela
Oooh, Makalawena, Makalawena
Oooh, Makalawena, pa'ilina
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