holiday in waikiki

Singer:kinks, the

i won a competition in a little column in my local paper. so i packed my bags and flew across the sea all on my local paper. i sailed to hawaii in the u.s.a. i'm just an english boy who won a holiday in waikiki. i didn't realize it was commercialized when i unpacked my cases

because a genuine hawaii ukulele cost me 30 guineas

and even when i'm swimming i have to pay. i'm just an english boy who won a holiday in waikiki. oh yeah

yeah. across the coral sands i saw a hula hula dancer

looking pretty. i asked her where she came from and she said to me

i come from new york city

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