Muu Muu
(MArlin Spike Werner)
I lost my bride in the muu muu department
Down among the calico.
My aloha shirt is so wet with tears that
The flowers are starting to grow;
I searched the chintz
And the paisley prints
And polka-dots in a thousand tints
Since I lost my bride in the mu'u mu'u department
Down among the calico.
When my wahine does a hula in her ha'u skirt
It really drives me up the wall.
But alla that's lost when she does it in her muu muu
And I can't see nothin' at all...
I see her head and arms
And a fancy sheet
An' once in a while I get a peek at her feet
'Cause ev'ything's lost when she does it in her muu muu
And I can't see nothin' at all.
The missionary ladies put wahines into muu muus
Evangelizing haole shame
Da kanes and wahines in aloha spirit
Play a very different game:
We let the sunshine through
It's the way we do
Let it shine right through so we can see who's in the mu'u mu'u,
'Cause da kanes and wahines in aloha spirit
Play a very different game.
The Princess Papooli dresses opaque
Down among the calico;
Her motives are transparent
Cause she's always on the make,
Steppin' out in calico;
A veiled glance
A nibbled lip
A bump and a grind or a far flung hip--
The Princess Papooli is always on the make
Steppin' out in calico.
-- Copyright 1988, by Marlin Spike Werner --
SW
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