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Woke Up This Morning

Lori Baby

Aloha Uhane

Angel

Lokelani

Sex Wax

A Ke Kai

Home To Me

Hula Love

Have a Heart

Nothing To Do Without You

Everytime You Go Away

Mahalo Nui

 

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Woke Up This Morning (Soprano's Theme)

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Woke up this morning got yourself a gun
Momma always said you'd be the chosen one
You're one in a million
But you got to burn to shine, shame about it
Born under a bad sign with a blue moon in your eyes

Woke up this morning all that love has gone
Daddy never told you about right and wrong
But you're looking good now baby
I believe that you're feelin' fine, shame about it
Born under a bad sign with a blue moon in your eyes

You woke up this morning
With a blue moon in your eyes
You just can't help yourself

You woke up this morning world turned upside down
'Aint been the same since the blues walked into town
But you're one in a million and you got the shotgun shine, shame about it
Born under a bad sign with a blue moon in you're eyes

When I woke up this morning everything was gone
By a half past ten your head was going "ding dong"
Ringing like a bell from your head down to your toes
Like some voice tryin' to tell you there is something you should know
Last night you were flying, but today you're so low
'Aint it times like these make wonder if you'll ever know
The meaning of things as they appear to the others
Wives, husbands, mothers, fathers, sisters and your brothers
Don't you wish you didn't function, wish you didn't think beyond
The next paycheck and the next little drink, but you do
So make up your mind to go on
Cause when you woke up this morning
Everything you had was gone...

You woke up this morning
And got yourself a gun
You got yourself a gun

Written by: Larry Love, The Mountain of Love, Sir Real "Conga Man" Love, and Chester Burnett
Published by Chrysalis Music (ASCAP) and Arc Music Corp. (BMI)

Lori Baby

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There's no other girl like you
There's no other girl like you, my baby!

Don't listen to a word they're sayin'
Don't try to understand the games they're playin'
It's bad enough that you believe
It's heartache that you're makin'
Now understand that you're the one
Whose heart was left here breaking

Ooh Lori baby
You know you're driving 'em crazy
And he don't know what to do
Can't take those eyes off of you
Ooh Lori baby
You know you're driving 'em crazy
And he don't know what to do
Cause 'aint nobody dance the way you do
All night long, the way you groove my baby

There's no other girl like you
There's no other girl like you, my baby!

I don't listen to a word they say about you baby
Cause they don't understand
It's bad enough that you believe
It's heartache that you're makin'
Now understand that you're the one
Whose heart was left here breaking

Oh pretty baby!
The way you groovin' it all night long

Words and Music by Sean Tiwanak (ASCAP)
© 2006 Sean Tiwanak

Aloha Uhane (Ooh Honey)

 

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Don't forget who you are
Listen to the still voice within
I ka mea pono au
Just find that magic within
Make it the right time, and the right place
I ka mea pono!

Aloha Uhane
I'm pono au, pono au
Aloha Uhane
I'm pono au, pono au
Ooh Honey! Yeah

Mahalo nui apau mau loa
Underneath the rainbow twins
Mahalo nui apau mau loa
Always together living in
The right time, and the right place
I ka mea pono!

Look out on the bright side of life
Remember who you are
It doesn't matter where you've been
Just know you're one of nature's stars
Make it the right time, and the right place
I ka mea pono!

Words and Music by Sean Tiwanak (ASCAP)
© 2006 Sean Tiwanak

Angel (Mary's Theme)

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When I'm feeling along the way
I'm having another bad day
You help me feel alive
It's a lonely long lost road
And I'm fighting my way back home
It's where I feel alive

And it's killing me inside
Every time I try
But the tears roll down my eyes
I'm feeling dead inside
Just tell me I'm alive
I'm falling, I'm falling, I'm falling down

You're an angel
An angel in my eyes
You're an angel
You're an angel in disguise
You're an angel
An angel in my eyes
And you saved my life
You saved my life tonight
Saved my life tonight, tonight

It's been a long, long time
Since I had any peace of mind
But I feel alive
I struggle to make my way
When I'm having another bad day
You're the angel in my eyes

When I'm feeling dead inside
You tell me I'm alive
And when I'm falling
When I'm falling, when I'm falling down

It's a lonely long lost road
And I'm fighting my way back home

Words and Music by Sean Tiwanak (ASCAP)
© 2006 Sean Tiwanak
Arrangement by Sean Tiwanak & Steffen Presley

Lokelani

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A ray of sunlight finds me
Through the misty moments of first light
Taking in the morning
Reaching out to see what I might find

And I remember ocean breezes in my hair
And I remember ocean breezes in the air

And the sweet rainbows of the valley
Heaven's rain is pouring on me
In the sweet fragrance of the valley
She comes to me, I hear her calling
The sweet rosebud of the valley
Lokelani...

Looking on the valley
I can see the dawn has cast its light
I'm holding to the memories
Of the special moments of your life

And I remember ocean breezes in my air
And I remember ocean breezes in the air

And the sweet rainbows of the valley
Heaven's rain is pouring on me
In the sweet fragrance of the valley
She comes to me, I hear her calling
The sweet rosebud of the valley
Lokelani...

Words and Music by Sean Tiwanak (ASCAP)
© 2006 Sean Tiwanak

Sex Wax

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Open up your eyes boy
And take the ride to change your life
Open up your eyes woman
And take the ride to change your life

Cause in the lineup
That's where you find your life
One arm length at a time
Where heaven and hell collide
Just open up your eyes and take
The ride to change your life

And I'm holding on to my life
By the sex wax, the sex wax yeah
I'm holding on to my life by the sex wax
The sex wax yeah

Cause in the lineup
That's where you live your life
One heartbreak at a time
Your destiny arise
Just open up your eyes and take
The ride to change your life

I'm holding on for my life
By the sex wax, the sex wax yeah
Holding onto my life
Holding onto my by the sex wax, the sex wax yeah

Words and music by Sean Tiwanak (ASCAP)
© 2006 Sean Tiwanak

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A Ke Kai

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Ilaila koaloha
I ka nani
O'opu kamakani
Wai 'opua

A he pua 'oe
A he lei ho'i
Ilaila i kamahao
Aloha no i wau inoa ke kai

A he lei ho'I ho'i
A ke kai olu mai
A he pua 'oe a he lei ho'i
I laila i kamahao
Aloha no i wau inoa ke kai

Aloha keaukaha
Pu'u honua
O'ina o ka aina
No ka ua

A he lei ho'I ho'i
A ke kai olu mai
A he pua 'oe a he lei ho'i
I laila i kamahao
Aloha no i wau inoa ke kai

Words and Music by Sean Tiwanak (ASCAP)
© 2006 Sean Tiwanak

A Ke Kai (Interpretive Translation)

There in a place is where we find our love
It is so beautiful
It stirs my heart like the beautiful winds from the home of my family
The strong winds carry mist from the mountain waterfalls from the vistas above

Our love is like a flower
In a beautiful gift of aloha that is coming to us
There in place that is so wonderfu
l A love whose very name flows over you like the sea

Like a gift of fragrant flowers
Coming to us
As the sea
On a smooth peaceful day
Our love is a flower
In a lei that is coming to us
There in that place it is so wonderful
A love that is a big as the sea

All my love to Keaukaha
And my city of refuge
It is such a special place in this world
Just for the two of us

Home to Me

 

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Remember when we were first friends
We used to laugh and play
Get washed up in the sand
I never thought those days would end
So many years have gone since I've been back again

Who knows where we're going to?
Who knows what we're gonna do?
Na 'Io lele o ka lani

This is home,
This is home
Home, home, home to me
E ho'i mai!
Aia ho'i!
Koaloha e!

Since I've come back home again
I see these islands
In a way I never have
I hope these sunny days will never ever end
So keep on gliding on the ever changing wind

Who knows where we're going to?
Who knows what we're gonna do?
Na 'Io lele o ka lani

But this is home,
This is home
Home, home, home to me
E komo mai!
E pomaika'i!
Lanakila e!

Words and Music by Sean Tiwanak (ASCAP)
© 2006 Sean Tiwanak

Hula Love/The Tide is High

 

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On the isle of Filalila out Hawaii way
A hula maiden gay strolled on a moonlit bay
They're coming to court her over the water
From the savage Zigazula land
A bolo chieftain grand sang her this lei

And he sang hula
Hawaii hula smile on my zinga zana zula
Moon shine above on my sweet jungle love
For you my bolo I'm a swingin'
For you my love song singin'
Come be my hula, hula love
'ea, 'ea ,'ea

But the chieftain of the warriors
From the friendly Filalila land
Would not give him her hand
Her lover took his stand
Through the rattle of the battle
As he heard her sweet voice strong and true
They fled in his canoe over waters blue

The tide is high, but I'm holding on
I wanna be your number one
Number one

Every girl wants you to be your man
But I'll wait my dear till it's my turn
I'm not the kind of girl
Who gives up just like that, Oh no

Hula Love -Written by Buddy Knox,
Published by EMI Longitude Music Co (BMI)

Tide Is High - Written by Livingstone Brown & Sonal Poojara
Published by EMI Blackwood Music Inc

Have a Heart

 

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Hey shut up, don't lie to me
You think I'm blind, but I've got eyes to see
Hey baby, how do you do
Oh pardon me, I thought I knew you

Would you stand back baby cause I wanna get a better look
At the girl who couldn't handle the little bit of love she took

Hey, hey have a heart
Hey, have a heart
If you don't live me why don't you let me go
Hey, hey have a heart
Don't you have a heart
Little by little you fade and I fall apart

Oh baby I love you so
You told me 'yes' and then you told me 'no'
Oh darlin' how can you say
You should be free and I should pay and pay

You talk and talk about you and what you need
But sooner or later your love is gonna make me bleed

Talk on talk on but love is what you need
Cause sooner or later your love is gonna make me bleed
But don't you run away baby
Cause I still love you so, and I'll never let you go

Written by Bonnie Hayes
Published by Bob-a-Lew Songs / Monster Music (ASCAP)

Nothing to Do Without You

 

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How it feels to be so far away from you
I don't even know what time it is right now
I don't know what to think
Mindless minutes float on a cloud
All the time in the world

And there's nothing to do
Nothing to do without you
I 'aint lyin' now
There's nothing, nothing I can do

I count every minute
Each day that passes by
Feels like I'm losing my mind
Alone in this room is a view of the ocean
And memories of my days with you

Ah, in paradise is my peace of mind
But the price is much higher than I had in mind
But don't you forget
I'm not done with you yet
All the time in the world

And there's nothing to do
Nothing to do without you
I 'aint lyin' now
There's nothing, nothing I can do

And there's nothing to do
At a quarter till two
With my hand on the phone
And I'm sitting here all alone
And there's nothing to do
Nothing... without you oooh

Words and Music by Sean Tiwanak (ASCAP)
© 2006 Sean Tiwanak

Everytime You Go Away

 

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Hey if we can solve any problem
Why do we loose so many tears?
Oh so you go again when the leading man appears
Always the same thing
Can't you see we got everything going on and on and on

Every time you go away
You take a piece of me with you
Every time you go away
You take a piece of me with you

Go on and go free
Baby you're to close to see
I can feel your body move
Doesn't mean that much to me
I can't go on singing the same thing
Can't you see we got everything even though you know

Written by Daryl Hall
Published by Unichappel Music Inc (BMI) & Hot Cha Music Co (BMI)

Mahalo Nui (Hawaiian Chant)

 

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Within the raging turmoil
There is yet peace
Through the heat of battle
The warrior's heart gives thanks

We are victorious in the love we share
All are welcome to enter in
Mahalo nui apau mau loa
Our gratitude is always and forever

Words and Music by Sean Tiwanak (ASCAP)
© 2006 Sean Tiwanak