The Hula Hula Boys

FROM A Hawaiian FRIEND, the lyrics in the chorus mean (more or less): "IT HAS BEEN SAID - SO IT IS". They have an oral tradition of history and ergo if something is not spoken, it does not exist.

The Hawaiian lyrics in the refrain mean "get to the point" more or less.

In one interview w/ David Letterman, I think he said that the lyrics meant "sing the chorus again" in Hawaiian.

This has got to be one of the most frustrating lyrics of all time!

The phrase is apparently taken from the world of traditional Hawaiian songs where it shows up frequently, so it's meaning isn't really written by Warren Zevon although its presence might be essential.

From an artilce in the Honolulu Advertiser about interpreting Hawaiian hula:

"Ha'ina (ha-ee-na): Hundreds of mele, both older and modern, end with a phrase beginning with the word "ha'ina,, which means a saying, declaration or statement but has come to indicate a song's final two verses, which restate the song's subject or purpose. "Ha'ina 'ia mai ana ka puana." "Tell the story in the refrain." There are at least a half-dozen forms of ha'ina lines, variously translated as "tell the refrain," "the tale is told," "this is the end of my song.""

That explains how so many different explanations here can be right at the same time!

Google says you're all wrong. It says "The Call Was Answered"... i take that as the hula boys saying "she was begging for it, we just did what any red blooded man would".. lol.

Hell yeah!!!