Hawaiian Island World

I heard about the trouble they had down on the farm

They said they lost all the white horses and half of the corn

Woman of the house she came screaming into town

We said, "Sister why go crying when you can watch it all burn down

And sit here dreaming of our Hawaiian island world?"

Preacher said his church has been empty two Sundays in a row

I said, "No Father please forgive them for they do not what they know"

Been called on by the devil, your man from down below

And traded in their free-will for a part in Satan's show

And they don't hear the screaming of a dying virgin girl

They just sit there wanting their Hawaiian island world, oh, oh, oh, oh

The shopkeeper from Illinois came round

A freshly fired gun in his hand

He said he'd just shot a young poet

For writing something he didn't understand

Gone were the lines that he loved to forget

Safe were the folk words of truth would upset

With God right behind him, his gun by his side

There was nowhere for these weirdos to run or to hide

The day of their judgment it was due to arrive

Get them on the record and make sure they don't survive

And we can all sit watching our Hawaiian island world

Don't wake me 'cos I'm dreaming of my Hawaiian island world

I just made love to my Hawaiian island girl