Hawai'i '78

Ua mau, ke ea o ka aina, i ka pono, o Hawai'i
 Ua mau, ke ea o ka aina, i ka pono, o Hawai'i
 If just for a day our king and queen
 Would visit all these islands and saw everything
 How would they feel about the changes of our land
 Could you just imagine if they were around
 And saw highways on their sacred grounds
 How would they feel about this modern city life
 Tears would come from each others eyes
 As they would stop to realize
 That our people are in great great danger now
 How, would they feel
 Could their smiles be content, then cry
 Cry for the gods, cry for the people
 Cry for the land that was taken away
 And then yet you'll find, Hawai'i
 Could you just imagine they came back
 And saw traffic lights and railroad tracks
 How would they feel about this modern city life
 Tears would come from each others eyes
 As they would stop to realize
 That our land is in great great danger now
 All the fighting that the king had done
 To conquer all these islands now these condominiums
 How would he feel if he saw Hawai'i nei
 How, would he feel
 Would his smile be content, then cry
 Cry for the gods, cry for the people
 Cry for the land that was taken away
 And then yet you'll find, Hawai'i
 Ua mau, ke ea o ka aina, i ka pono, o Hawai'i
 Ua mau, ke ea o ka aina, i ka pono, o Hawai'i
 Ua mau, ke ea o ka aina, i ka pono, o Hawai'i
 Ua mau, ke ea o ka aina, i ka pono, o Hawai'i