Menehune Beach Bum Boogie

by David Dunaway

 

I wake up in the morning

And I walk outside to see

If the waves are breaking head high

Or they're crumbling at the knee

I need to choose what board I'll use

My tanker or my gun

But I'll grab my snorkel, fins and spear

If waves are none to one

 

 *I swing my hips from left to right

   E kuʻi ʻami just right

   It's the Menehune Beach Bum Boogie

   Boy is it a sight

   I swing my hips from left to right

   E kuʻi ʻami just right

   It's the Menehune Beach Bum Boogie

   Oh what a sight

   Menehune Beach Bum Boogie

   Menehune Boogie Woogie

   Oh what a sight

   Menehune Beach Bum Boogie

   Menehune Boogie Woogie

 

North Shore summer no more waves

So let's picnic in the park

Swimming, fishing for ʻama

Jumping from the rock

Winter waves are mountains

And the best go out to show

That the spirit of true surfers know that

Eh!  Eddie would go

 

 *chorus

 

I end the day of surfing

With a meal no one can beat

Laulau, poke, poi and lomi salmon

And some ʻopihi

I eat until my ʻōpū full

I know that it's a fact

That I'm coming down with all the symptoms of

Kanak Attack!

 

 *chorus