Hawaiian Island World Lyrics - Sinead Oconnor

a song Sinead did together with 

World Party on their album 

"Private Revolution" 

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I heard about the trouble they had 

down on the farm 

they say they lost all the white horses 

and half of the corn 

the woman of the house 

she came screaming into town 

we said sister why go crying 

when you can watch it all burn down 

and sit here dreaming 

of our hawaiian island world? 

the preacher said his church has been empty 

two sundays in a row 

I said no father please forgive them 

for they do not what they know 

been called on by the devil 

your man from down below 

and traded in their free-will 

for a part in Satan's show 

and they don't hear the screaming 

of a dying virgin girl 

they just sit there wanting 

their hawaiian island world 

the shopkeeper from Illinois came round 

a freshly fired gun in his hand 

he said he'd just shot a young poet 

for writing something he didn't understand 

gone were the lines that he loved to forget 

safe were the folk words of truth would upset 

with God right behind him 

his gun by his side 

there was nowhere for these weirdos 

to run or to hide 

the day of their judgement 

it was due to arrive 

get them on the record 

make sure they don't survive 

and we can all sit watching 

our hawaiian island world 

don't wake me 'cos I'm dreaming 

of my hawaiian island world 

I just made love to my hawaiian island girl