Honolulu City Lights - Beamer Brothers, The (cover-live by Bill Sharkey)

Honolulu City Lights (Beamer Brothers, The, 1978-1979). Live cover performance by Bill Sharkey, Home Studio, Hawaii Kai, HI. 2024-04-15. "Keeping the Oldies & Classics Alive"

"Honolulu City Lights," written by Keola Beamer, was released on the album of the same name in 1978. In 2004, listing The 50 Greatest Hawaiian Albums Of All Time, "Honolulu Magazine" placed "Honolulu City Lights" at number 1 (honolulumagazine, 2004). In 1979 Keola Beamer and brother Kapono Beamer were awarded a number of Na Hoku Hanohano Awards: Best Contemporary Hawaiian Album, Best Song, Best Single, Best Composer, Best Engineered Album, and Best Produced Album (K. Fry, hawaiianmusichistory, 2024). "Both song and album went on to become one of the most popular and most played works of contemporary Hawaiian music" (wikipedia, 2024).

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Lyrics:

Looking out upon the city lights
And the stars above the ocean
Got my ticket for the midnight plane
And it's not easy to leave again

Took my clothes and put them in the bag
Try not to think just yet of leaving
Looking out into the city night
And it's not easy to leave again

Each time Honolulu city lights
Stir up memories in me
Each night Honolulu city lights
Bring me back again

You are my island sunset
You are my island dream

Put on my shoes and light a cigarette
Wondering which of my friends will be here
Standing with their leis around my neck
It's not easy to leave again

Each time Honolulu city lights
Stir up memories in me
Each night Honolulu city lights
Bring me back again
Bring me back again