Lyrics to
Kona Coast

This version of Kona Coast was released by Beach Boys in 1978.

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It’s been my secret passion to try it
In Captain Cook fashion, I can’t deny it
I want to spend my winters on the Kona coast in Hawaii
For years I saved my pennies and planned it
The great Pacific Ocean we’ll span it
I wanna go surfin’ where I dig it the most, in Hawaii

(Go to Hawaii)
Hawaiian islands beckon (Hawaii)
And I’ll be back here someday, I reckon
And pretty island girls greet you with a flower lei
You’ll throw it back into the sea
Hopin’ you be comin’ back to Hawaii

Suntanned beauties are everywhere
Lovely island ladies with long dark hair
You’re sure to find a honey waitin’ for you there in Hawaii
Kani and Wahini and Wahowalis, too
Get a friendly aloha from this mecca to you
They’re the friendliest people anywhere in Hawaii

(Go to Hawaii)
Welcome to the island mecca. (Hawaii)
I’ll learn to talk like a local, I betcha
And at Lahaina look out for shooting stars
We’ll watch them fall into the sea
And it will be just you and me in Hawaii

Winter in the sun and surf would sure be nice
In a south sea garden of paradise
I wanna spend my summer on the Kona coast in Hawaii

(Honolulu, Waikiki, do you wanna come along with me?)
(Waimia up to Hanalai, love to take you to the islands today)

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The lyrics to Kona Coast are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Beach Boys used when the song was created in 1978. The lyrics to Kona Coast have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Beach Boys and any collaborators know all of the inspirations for the song.

If you like etymology or breaking apart phrases and words, it is easy to understand the lyrics to Kona Coast by Beach Boys. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Kona Coast" means the words set to the music of Kona Coast, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Beach Boys. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Kona Coast and the lyrics to Kona Coast are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Beach Boys who came here looking just for the lyrics to Kona Coast, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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