I wanna go back to my little grass shack in Kealakekua, Hawaii
I wanna be with all the kanes and wahines that I knew long ago
I can hear old guitars a-playin' on the beach at Hōnaunau
I can hear Hawaiians sayin' "Komo mai no kaua i ka hale welakahao"

It won't be long 'til my ship will be sailin' back to Kona
A grand ol' place that's always fair to see (yessiree)
Well I'm just a little Hawaiian and a-homesick island boy
I wanna go back to my fish and poi

I wanna go back to my little grass shack in Kealakekua, Hawaii
Where the humuhumunukunukuapua'a go swimming by

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It won't be long 'til my ship will be sailin' back to Kona
A grand ol' place that's always fair to see (yes-siree)
Well I'm just a little Hawaiian and a-homesick island boy
I wanna go back to my fish and poi
I wanna go back to my little grass shack in Kealakekua, Hawaii
Where the humuhumunukunukuapua'a go swimmin' by
Where the humuhumunukunukuapua'a go swimmin' by