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Ua mau, ke ea o ka 'aina, i ka pono, o Hawai'i 
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Ua mau, ke ea o ka 'aina, i ka pono, o Hawai'i 


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If just for a day our king and queen  
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Would visit all these islands and saw everything 
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How would they feel about the changes of our land 


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Could you just imagine if they were around 
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And saw highways on their sacred grounds 
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How would they feel about this modern city life 


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Tears would come from each others eyes 
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As they would stop to realize 
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That our people are in great great danger now 
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How, would they feel, could their smiles be content, then cry 


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Cry for the gods, cry for the people 
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Cry for the land that was taken away 
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And then yet you'll find, Hawai'i  


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Could you just imagine if they came back 
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And saw traffic lights and railroad tracks 
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How would they feel about this modern city life 

 
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Tears would come from each others eyes 
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As they would stop to realize 
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That our land is in great great danger now 


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All the fighting that the king had done 
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To conquer all these islands now these condominiums 
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How would he feel if he saw Hawai'i nei 
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How, would he feel, would his smile be content,  then cry 

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Cry for the gods, cry for the people 
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Cry for the land that was taken away 
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And then yet you'll find, Hawai'i 


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Ua mau, ke ea o ka 'aina, i ka pono, o Hawai'i 
A                  F            G      A 
Ua mau, ke ea o ka 'aina, i ka pono, o Hawai'i

**softer**


A                  F            G      A 
Ua mau, ke ea o ka 'aina, i ka pono, o Hawai'i 
A                  F            G      A 
Ua mau, ke ea o ka 'aina, i ka pono, o Hawai'i