Lyrics
Verse 1
Met her down in Kailua where the palm trees sway
She was stringin' plumeria leis at the break of day
Hair like black water fallin' down her sun-bronzed back
I said how you doin' sister she said no need for that
She laughed and sang a little song I couldn't understand
But I knew right then I was a changed man
Pre-Chorus
Oh the ocean in her eyes
Rollin' with the tides
She moves with the island
Never hurried never hidin'
Chorus
Hawaiian woman eternal beauty
Wild ohana is her whole way of living
She rides the morning swell
And she knows every shell
Hawaiian woman eternal beauty
(Pua mae ʻole)
(Hawaiian woman eternal beauty)
Post-Chorus
Ah-ah-ah ah-ah
Ah-ah-ah ah-ah
Aloha yeah
Verse 2
Her uncle plays the slack key guitar on Friday night
Her cousin catches opihi and he eats em on sight
They ride around in a pickup truck with surfboards in the bed
Three generations laughin' with the grass between the tread
I asked her where she's from she said the beach is my home
You either born an islander or you wander alone
Pre-Chorus
Oh the poetry she speaks
In whispers and in squeaks
She's lava in my veins
Warm summer island rains
Chorus
Hawaiian woman eternal beauty
Wild ohana is her whole way of living
She dances in the rain
Without any shame
Hawaiian woman eternal beauty
(Pua mae ʻole)
(Hawaiian woman eternal beauty)
Post-Chorus
Ah-ah-ah ah-ah
Ah-ah-ah ah-ah
Aloha yeah
Bridge
Oh ho ho she taught me how to fish with a spear
Oh ho ho she showed me that there's nothin' left to fear
Nani kēia wahine
No ka ʻoi loa
She's the fire and the water
The moon and the mango
Talking Blues Section
So I said to her one morning over poi and rice
Tell me how you stay so beautiful in paradise
She just smiled and pointed at the turtles in the bay
Said boy you gotta let the island wash your worries away
Don't chase a paycheck honey chase the rising sun
Cause family and the ocean baby that's the only one
Her grandma hollered from the lanai come and eat
And I swear that old lady had a hundred pair of feet
Coda Chorus
Hawaiian woman eternal beauty
Wild ohana is her whole way of living
She knows the stars by name
And the currents just the same
Hawaiian woman eternal beauty
(Pua mae ʻole)
(Hawaiian woman eternal beauty)
Outro
(Pua mae ʻole)
(Pua mae ʻole)
Hele mai ka moana
Aloha ʻoe
Aloha ʻoe yeah
(Pua mae ʻole)
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