I’ll be Dreaming of Hawaii

Music and Lyrics by Marcy Marxer

The weather has been cold now for quite some time

When will this season go?

Still I have a feeling that’s quite sublime

And my heart is a-glow - -

Outside the snow may fall, the winds may whistle and blow

Echoes of enchantment call to my little bungalow

Build a fire, warm and red, put a pillow ‘neath my head

Daydreams are inviting as the fires igniting -- here it calling soft and low

I’ll be dreaming of Hawaii,

Smell the pretty flowers in the air

I’ll be in paradise without a care

The enchanted land beneath the sun

The sounds of waves out on the ocean

Pretty little shells upon the sand

Whoever knew that life could be so grand under the sun

Its better not to bother to holler to me, I won’t hear you call,

You may as well just lay back and kick up your feet

Let your dreams enthrall you

The lights are dim, the curtains closed

If someone calls we’re indisposed

Silver throated slayer, on the record player

Ukulele soft and low

E(ih) -hoo’i au-i Havai’i*

Onaona i ka pua nani e

E luana au i ha la’i

O ka la me haha na

Ka nehe mai a ke kah-i

Ka pu-pu paee one

Aina ho’ohau’oli

No-oou ku-u aloha

I’ll be dreaming of Hawaii,

Smell the pretty flowers in the air

I’ll be in paradise without a care

The enchanted land beneath the sun

The sounds of waves out on the ocean

Pretty little shells upon the sand

Whoever knew that life could be so grand under the sun

*Translation: I’m going back to Hawaii,

Where pretty flowers perfume the air

I’ll enjoy myself in the quiet of the warm sun

The soft splashing of the waves the shells that wash ashore

You’re a fun place to be, I love you!”

Heidi Cooper, Vocals; KJ Braithwaite, Guitars and Ukelele, Jeremy Laukhuf, Bass