Hana

Song Description

An up-tempo folk-rock song about an everyday working stiff who has ridden the morning train one time too many. He thinks of a love (Hana, Hawaii) left behind while he's trudging through the snow and slush.

Song Length 5:11 Genre Folk - Rock
Tempo Medium (111 - 130) Lead Vocal Male Vocal
Mood Restless, Glad Subject Long
Similar Artists Bob Dylan, Elvis Costello Language English
Era 1960 - 1969

Lyrics

Hana
(recorded Nov-Dec 2003)
To Sandy for the time of our lives...so far

It's a dark December morning, it hurts to get out of bed
There's a voice on the radio, it's dry and empty and dead
My mind turns to you and the comfort that you gave
When the world was closing in and I did not feel so brave

The buildings here are tall and as grey as I've seen
And the faces on the train are just as cold and mean
I can feel my bitterness as I wonder through the crowd
And the lady with the bible in hand is obnoxious and loud

(Chorus)
Hana, you're so far away from me
I need your touch but you're away across the sea
On a day like today it's cold where I lay
and Hana, you're so far from me

I imagine you're as you were - full of warmth and grace
Smiling eyes, tongue in cheek and playfulness of your face
Together we took a smoke and we looked up at the stars
But, now it's all around me as I sneer at the passing cars

The words you told me that night still echo in my mind
"Remember," you said, "to be happy you must be kind."
But, it's hard to keep it up when your soul is beaten down
And you long for sweet silence to be the only sound

Chorus

I don't know how or when but I'll be coming back to you
The nights here are too lonely so what else can I do?
But, I know you're not alone in the splendor where you lie
Warming another with your breath 'neath that pale blue sky

Chorus

Lyrics Curt Purcell Music Curt Purcell
Producer Curt Purcell Publisher Hana Songs
Performance Curt Purcell Label None

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