island ladd - cha cha chamaole lyrics
[intro]
well håfa adai, i’m ladd and i’m an island lad
i’ve been living on the island so long
like a lot of other people who’ve come to guam
and then ended up settling down…
[chorus]
now i’m a cha cha chamaole
half chamorro, half a haole
and i’m happy on the island of guam!
oh yeah i’ve been here so long
here on the island of guam
i must be honorary guamanian
now i’m a pugua+chewin’, bar+b+quin’
flip+flop+footed, how+ya+doin’
continental coconut!
islandized and wiser now boy
i’m a ride+em+island cowboy
i’ve got fina’dene’ in my blood!
[1st verse]
once i was a rootin’ tootin’ high falutin’ haole
yeah, a high and mighty whitey caucasian!
never thought that simple island life would satisfy me
then my uncle sam said, “son, you’re going to guam!”
[chorus]
now i’m a cha cha chamaole
half chamorro, half a haole
and i’m happy on the island of guam!
yeah i’ve been here so long
here on the island of guam
i must be honorary guamanian
now i’m a pugua+chewin’, bar+b+quin’
flip+flop+footed, how+ya+doin’
continental coconut!
islandized and wiser now boy
i’m a ride+em+island cowboy
i’ve got fina’dene’ in my blood!
[2nd verse]
yeah, once upon a time i was a young and bright+eyed haole
came to guam, thought i’d take a little look around
well up, down, all around the island, i saw people, they were smilin’
they said, “håfa ga’chong?” “todu maolek, brown!”
[chorus]
now i’m a cha cha chamaole
half chamorro, half a haole
and i’m happy on the island of guam!
oh yeah i’ve been here so long
here on the island of guam
i must be honorary guamanian
now i’m a pugua+chewin’, bar+b+quin’
flip+flop+footed, how+ya+doin’
continental coconut!
islandized and wiser now boy
i’m a ride+em+island cowboy
i’ve got fina’dene’ in my blood!
[3rd verse]
well i guess you might have heard i love those lovely chamorritas
love to watch them slowly strollin’ by. [wolf whistle]
that’s why fiesta time you’ll see me standin’ there in line
where i can fill my plate++gonna same time fill my eye!
[chorus]
now i’m a cha cha chamaole
half chamorro, half a haole
and i’m happy on the island of guam!
oh yeah i’ve been here so long
here on the island of guam
i must be honorary guamanian
now i’m a pugua+chewin’, bar+b+quin’
flip+flop+footed, how+ya+doin’
continental coconut!
islandized and wiser now boy
i’m a ride+em+island cowboy
i’ve got fina’dene’ in my blood!
[4th verse]
well the years just seemed to fly and disappear here on the island
where every day’s just another day in paradise
then a sparkle and a flash of brown eyes set a fire inside and now i’ve
got my own chamaoles growin’ before my eyes!
[chorus]
i call ’em cha cha chamaoles
half chamorro, half a haole
born and raised here on the island of guam!
now they’re whatcha call “chamaole,”
like their papa half a haole
half chamorro like their chamorrita mom
i call ’em cha cha chamaoles
half chamorro, half a haole
growin’ tall, they’ll soon be on their own!
well, i hope they’ll stay the same and
they’ll be proud to be guamanians
and be happy on their sunny island home
like me they’re cha cha chamaoles
half chamorro, half a haole
and i’m happy on the island of guam!
oh yeah i’ve been here so long
here on the island of guam
i must be honorary guamanian
now i’m a pugua+chewin’, bar+b+quin’
flip+flop+footed, how+ya+doin’
continental coconut!
islandized and wiser now boy
i’m a ride+em+island cowboy
i’ve got fina’dene’ in my blood!
[outro]
yeah, i’ve got fina’dene’++
[chamorritas]
love fritåda
[ladd]
must be all that empanåda++
[chamorritas]
fina’dene in my blood!
(gof mungi påre)
[ladd]
that’s right
[chamorritas]
we love you guam!
[together]
håfa adai!
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