Lyrics and music by Joe Kady
Lyrics
I broke horses
When I was ten
I rode the range
Fixing fences
Cleaning pens
When all the time
I could have rode in Hawaii
I sold insurance
When there was nothing else
Drove around
Couldn't recognize myself
Dressed like someone else
And all the time
I could have sold in Hawaii
Chorus
Hank Snow knew
The US Navy knew
My old girlfriend new
But I didn't know myself...
That all the time
I could have been in Hawaii
I got away
Went to the east
Played around
In big city streets
Oh the girls were sweet
But all the time
I could have played in Hawaii
Chorus
Jack Lord knew
Don Ho knew
Kamakawiwo'ole knew
What I didn’t know myself...
That all the time
I could have been in Hawaii
Where are you now?
Do you even know?
Work a-day
Feeling so low
You and I should go
And spend
All our time in Hawaii
Chorus
Captain Cook knew
Kamehameha knew
Big Kahuna knew
But I didn’t know myself...
All the time
I could have been in Hawaii
All the time, I could have been in Hawaii
All the time, I could have been in Hawaii