 We Are The Children (1976) [ larger cover art ] |
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Wind’s gonna blow so I’m gonna go, down on the road again
Starting where the mountains left me, I end up where I began
Where I will go the wind only knows.
Good times around the bend.
Get in my car, goin’ too far,
Never comin’ back again.
Tired and worn, I woke up this mornin’
and found that I was confused.
Spun right around and found that I had lost
the things that I couldn’t lose.
The beaches they sell to build their hotels, my fathers and I once knew.
Birds on the lawn, sunlight at dawn, singin’ Waimanalo blues.
Down on the road, the mountains so old,
far on the country side.
Birds on the wing, forgetting a while
so I’m headed for the windward side.
In all of your dreams, sometimes it just seems,
that I’m just along for the ride.
Some they will cry, because they have pride,
For someone whose loved here died.
The beaches they sell to build their hotels, my fathers and I once knew.
Birds on the lawn, sunlight at dawn, singin’ Waimanalo blues.
Starting where the mountains left me, I end up where I began
Where I will go the wind only knows.
Good times around the bend.
Get in my car, goin’ too far,
Never comin’ back again.
Tired and worn, I woke up this mornin’
and found that I was confused.
Spun right around and found that I had lost
the things that I couldn’t lose.
The beaches they sell to build their hotels, my fathers and I once knew.
Birds on the lawn, sunlight at dawn, singin’ Waimanalo blues.
Down on the road, the mountains so old,
far on the country side.
Birds on the wing, forgetting a while
so I’m headed for the windward side.
In all of your dreams, sometimes it just seems,
that I’m just along for the ride.
Some they will cry, because they have pride,
For someone whose loved here died.
The beaches they sell to build their hotels, my fathers and I once knew.
Birds on the lawn, sunlight at dawn, singin’ Waimanalo blues.
| kh808 (HAWAII) | Posted: May 01, 2013 - 00:36 Yah I sing along lucky I live Hawaii Aloha! |
| drewd | Posted: Dec 26, 2012 - 19:13 Cynaera wrote: This is so wonderful.... Even the clouds and rain can't dampen the images in my mind of clear ocean, white sand, and blue sky. I absolutely love this song, and this band. Off to order the CDs! (At this rate, I'll NEVER get my credit card paid down.)
 I spent a few years in Hawaii a long time ago. I loved the place and the music. I'd like to go back as a tourist someday and show my wife around It's definitely on my bucket list..... Hope there are oceans and white sand and blue skies where you are Ann. Aloha ! |
| Alexandra (PNW) | Posted: Dec 26, 2012 - 18:56 Hawaiian slack key style guitar = bliss! And....it makes me miss my sister who lives on the big island of Hawaii. |
| R7-12 (Abbotsford, BC) | Posted: Oct 25, 2012 - 01:52 Sweet melancholy |
| ivanaus | Posted: Oct 25, 2012 - 01:51 govna wrote: good song. anyone else hear Lindsay Buckingham's "Never Going Back Again?" Yes! IT's great! love the guitar riff and the harmonies! |
| oldsaxon (Wales via Vancouver, BC.) | Posted: Sep 23, 2012 - 13:11 michael_a_k wrote: Ouch! This is worse than Volksmusik (no, I'm not rating it. The scale has only positive numbers ;-) Never been to the islands, then? I admit this needs some context, but if you go...find some real music...it's really quite magical. |
| photolew | Posted: Feb 15, 2012 - 04:11 Grammarcop wrote: I have a sudden urge to put on a grass skirt. Thanks for the visual......hahahahaha. Couldn't agree more though. I could think of worse things to be doing right now than having a cup of Kona coffee watching the sun rise over the Hawaiian beach... |
| Grammarcop (Upriver from Zug Island) | Posted: Feb 15, 2012 - 04:08 I have a sudden urge to put on a grass skirt. |
| coy (san antonio) | Posted: Jan 14, 2012 - 09:50 nope i missed that phase |
| BKardon (Louisville, CO) | Posted: Oct 11, 2011 - 09:21 Wouldn't mind hearing Elton John's "Country Comfort". |
| govna (beantown) | Posted: Oct 11, 2011 - 09:13 good song. anyone else hear Lindsay Buckingham's "Never Going Back Again?" |
| Cynaera (South of Neanderthal) | Posted: Jun 07, 2011 - 13:51 This is so wonderful.... Even the clouds and rain can't dampen the images in my mind of clear ocean, white sand, and blue sky. I absolutely love this song, and this band. Off to order the CDs! (At this rate, I'll NEVER get my credit card paid down.) |
| DD rabbi_phil (beach) | Posted: Apr 05, 2011 - 07:57 KaiT wrote: Bill! What a treasure! My authentic self could live the rest of it's life in a bikini and a sarong with a pineapple drink in my hand! This song just speaks volumes to me! Thank you! You don't need the sarong (sorry, it's a guy thing) |
| Pyro | Posted: Apr 05, 2011 - 07:56 Oh how I miss those beautiful islands. Thank you Bill, for a wonderful taste of mahalo. |
| KaiT (Toronto Canada) | Posted: Feb 01, 2011 - 12:51 Bill! What a treasure! My authentic self could live the rest of it's life in a bikini and a sarong with a pineapple drink in my hand! This song just speaks volumes to me! Thank you! |
| unclehud (300 feet above the planet) | Posted: Feb 01, 2011 - 12:50 mano wrote: What a great song for all yous people not fortunate to be here la dat. You da kine, brah. |
| unclehud (300 feet above the planet) | Posted: Feb 01, 2011 - 12:48 Makes we wanna go back to my little grass shack .... even as the haole I will forever be. Mahalo, Bill! |
| George_Tirebiter (Phoenix) | Posted: Nov 30, 2010 - 14:16 More.... from da Big Island bra...  |
| kh808 (HAWAII) | Posted: Oct 29, 2010 - 22:25 Aloha Bra ..Big mahalo for taken me back to the islands I so love ...Billy Kawai was lost way to soon like so many others ! |
| NancyPantz (Cape Coral) | Posted: Jun 24, 2010 - 09:35 Was there then and you took me back. They were a most beautiful group. Aloha |
| revsully (Vermont) | Posted: Jun 24, 2010 - 09:24 I love this! My body might be in Vermont, but my heart is in Hawaii. |
| Stingray (EUROPE) | Posted: May 23, 2010 - 13:26 Then and now! Would like to give it a try any time! Sooo naive. Possibly that is what we call "SCHLAGER" in Germany. Or not...? |
| justin_thyme (Windward O`ahu, Hawai`i) | Posted: Apr 21, 2010 - 20:01 I just drove through Waimanalo on my way home to Kahaluu. Serendipitous timing! Thanks, BillG — a great song that evokes sweet memories! |
| michael_a_k | Posted: Feb 17, 2010 - 15:38 Ouch! This is worse than Volksmusik (no, I'm not rating it. The scale has only positive numbers ;-) |
| kitsch22 (Maui, Hawaii) | Posted: Dec 16, 2009 - 20:48 This one never fails to give me "chicken skin" and always brings me back to a certain place and time here on Maui. It's in my car's CD player, but I'm still pleasantly surprised to hear it tonight on RP. Aloha from Maui, and mahalo to RP! |
| kurtster (Seeking shelter from the cold) | Posted: Jul 12, 2009 - 06:25 7 to 8 |
| whtahtefcuk (Flagstaff, AZ, USA) | Posted: Jun 10, 2009 - 11:05  |
| dyharenas (Paquete chileno mata American Dream) | Posted: May 09, 2009 - 17:51 mano wrote: This is a classic. Great song. Relax your mind and float downstream. Ya all city folk wouldn't understand. Come on man, we can get it...Immanuel Kant never left the little town of Konigsberg and is considered one of the greatest minds in philosophy...I ain't no Kant, but I can get the W Blues even if I'm in the polluted valley of Santiago. |
| oldviolin (Esse Quam Videri) | Posted: May 09, 2009 - 17:44 I'm liking this most easily... |
| WonderLizard (2,755.46 mi. due east of Paradise) | Posted: May 09, 2009 - 17:42 Another definition of Paradise. |
| kurtster (Seeking shelter from the cold) | Posted: Mar 07, 2009 - 14:58 before leashes ruined surfing  |
| Manbird (Santa Rosa, CA) | Posted: Mar 07, 2009 - 14:57 I think my grandma would enjoy this. Very Lawrence_Welkesque. edit - scrolling down I see other's thought the same thing... |
| skyguy (CO) | Posted: Jan 03, 2009 - 10:21 Check out that website!  |
| keller1 (In A Gadda Da Vida, Baby) | Posted: Dec 02, 2008 - 20:23 mano wrote: What a great song for all yous people not fortunate to be here la dat. Hey brah, I'm trackin wit ya. Plate lunch sometime? |
| michaelgmitchell (Belleville, ON Canada) | Posted: Dec 02, 2008 - 20:19 "Lay your coconuta on my tiki, what the hecka, mooka, mooka, dear; let’s talk dirty in Hawaiian, say the words I long to hear." |
| Papernapkin (Mountain View, CA) | Posted: Dec 02, 2008 - 20:18 An unexpected delight! |
| mano (Oahu) | Posted: Nov 01, 2008 - 10:23 What a great song for all yous people not fortunate to be here la dat. |
| KahunaMatata (Honolulu, HI) | Posted: Sep 30, 2008 - 19:35 Perfect song to listen to as I stare out of my office window, overlooking the beautiful Manoa Valley on O'ahu. Mmmmmm. Thank you for the perfect song at the right time.  |
| cutterjudd (middle of the highdesert) | Posted: Aug 30, 2008 - 06:15 mano wrote: This is a classic. Great song. Relax your mind and float downstream. Ya all city folk wouldn't understand. I understand............. |
| KurtfromLaQuinta (Yep. I'm still here in La Quinta.) | Posted: Jul 29, 2008 - 14:12 thewiseking wrote: This was better without the Lawrence Welkish vocals. At least there wasn't tiny bubbles. |
| ginniet (Spokane, WA) | Posted: Jul 29, 2008 - 14:10 I wouldn't download it to my Zune, but it's relaxing background music while I work.  |
| mano (Oahu) | Posted: Jul 29, 2008 - 14:10 This is a classic. Great song. Relax your mind and float downstream. Ya all city folk wouldn't understand. |
| scraig (Santa Barbara, CA) | Posted: Jul 29, 2008 - 14:10 Jeremy_Cherfas wrote: Well now, isn't that pleasant?
very nice...mmmm and it's not even Aloha Friday yet. |
| Jeremy_Cherfas | Posted: Jul 29, 2008 - 14:08 Well now, isn't that pleasant? |
| kangoid (Dana Point, CA) | Posted: Jul 29, 2008 - 14:08 Excuse me...did I stumble over a folk music station? |
| thewiseking (New York, New York) | Posted: Jul 29, 2008 - 14:08 This was better without the Lawrence Welkish vocals. |