There's a place in Hawaii
That is very dear to me
I am homesick as can be
Won't you listen to my plea?
I want to go back to the little gra** shack in Kealakekua, Hawaii
I want to be with all the kanes and wahines that I used to know long ago
I can hear the old guitars a-playing on the beach at Honaunau
I can hear the old Hawaiians saying "Komo mai no kaua i ka hale welakahao"
It won't be long till my ship will be sailing back to Kona
A grand old place that's always fair to see (yes siree)
Well I'm just a little Hawaiian and a homesick island boy
I want to go back to my fish and poi
I want to go back to my little gra** shack in Kealakekua, Hawaii
Where the humuhumunukunukuapuaa go swimming by
It won't be long till my ship will be sailing back to Kona
Where the humuhumunukunukuapuaa go swimming by