Warren Zevon – The Hula Hula Boys

Written By Warren Zevon

c. 1982 Zevon Music BMI

I saw her leave the luau

With the one who parked the cars

And the fat one from the swimming pool

They were swaying arm in arm

I could hear the ukuleles playing

Down by the sea

She’s gone with the hula hula boys

She don’t care about me

She’s gone with the hula hula boys

She don’t care about me

They’re singing,

Ha’ina ‘ia mai ana ka puana (everybody sing the chorus together now!) or

Ha’ina ‘ia mai ana ka puana (get to the point…cut to the chase)

Ha’ina ‘ia mai ana ka puana

Ha’ina ‘ia mai ana ka puana

Yesterday she went to see

The Polynesian band

But she came home with her hair all wet

And her clothes all filled with sand

I didn’t have to come to Maui

To be treated like a jerk

How do you think I feel

When I see the bellboys smirk?

And I can hear the ukuleles playing

Down by the sea

She’s gone with the hula hula boys

She don’t care about me

They’re signing,

Ha’ina ‘ia mai ana ka puana

Ha’ina ‘ia mai ana ka puana

Ha’ina ‘ia mai ana ka puana

Ha’ina ‘ia mai ana ka puana

Ha’ina ‘ia mai ana ka puana

Ha’ina ‘ia mai ana ka puana 🙂

(We hear this is a particular favorite of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson)