Lyrics
Intro
(Aloha)
Mm-hmm
Yeah
(Aloha)
Verse 1
Stepped off the plane with my winter skin peeling
Checked into a room with a leaky fan ceiling
Found myself walking down the salt spray sand
Searching for a coconut to hold in my hand
Saw her standing by the hibiscus hedge
Right on the volcanic jagged rock edge
Long hair waving like a green palm frond
Beauty deeper than a freshwater pond
Pre-Chorus
No paint on her face
No heels out of place
She's moving with grace
Moving with grace
Chorus
She's the flower of the island
Ku'u milimili
Sweetest morning mountain scent
Pua nani
Falling faster than a fruit from a tree
Falling hard
(Falling hard)
He aloha no
He aloha no
Verse 2
I tried to talk smooth like a city slicker
But my heartbeat started jumping much quicker
She just laughed while she picked up a net
Sunlight hitting skin that was ocean wet
I stopped thinking 'bout my job in the bay
Thinking 'bout my rent back in Santa Fe
Started learning how to paddle a boat
Keep my heavy spirit high and afloat
Pre-Chorus
Bare feet in the red mud
Power in the warm blood
Coming like a spring flood
Like a spring flood
Chorus
She's the flower of the island
Ku'u milimili
Sweetest morning mountain scent
Pua nani
Falling faster than a fruit from a tree
Falling hard
(Falling hard)
He aloha no
He aloha no
Bridge
Ua ola no i ka mole o ke aloha
(Love is the foundation)
Found the root and the vine
He wahi lani kūnāua
(A little spot of cloudy heaven)
I'm never checking out
(Never checking out)
Never leaving this route
(Never leaving)
Guitar Solo
Chorus
She's the flower of the island
Ku'u milimili
Sweetest morning mountain scent
Pua nani
Falling faster than a fruit from a tree
Falling hard
(Falling hard)
He aloha no
He aloha no
Post-Chorus
Mele o ka pu'uwai
(Song of the heart)
Mele o ka pu'uwai
Falling down
Falling down
Ku'u aloha
Ku'u aloha
Verse 3
Now I'm wearing a shirt with a floral design
Throwing my wristwatch into the brine
Living on poi and the stories she tells
Ringing out clear like the old mission bells
Folks back home think I've lost my mind
Leaving the rat race far behind
But they haven't seen her eyes in the dawn
They don't know why my logic is gone
Pre-Chorus
Slow down the pace
Leave every race
Looking at her face
At her face
Chorus
She's the flower of the island
Ku'u milimili
Sweetest morning mountain scent
Pua nani
Falling faster than a fruit from a tree
Falling hard
(Falling hard)
He aloha no
He aloha no
Outro
I'm gone
Deep in the greenery
Way past the scenery
(He aloha no)
She's my foundation
My destination
(Ku'u milimili)
Yeah
A hui hou
(A hui hou)
Gone
Just gone
(Aloha)
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