The Kinks Holiday in Waikiki song lyrics

I won a competition in a little column in my local paper

So I packed my bags and flew across the sea all on my local paper

I sailed to Hawaii in the U.S.A.

I'm just an English boy who won a holiday in Waikiki

I didn't realize it was commercialized when I unpacked my cases

Because a genuine Hawaii ukulele cost me thirty guineas

And even when I'm swimming, I have to pay

I'm just an English boy who won a holiday in Waikiki

Oh yeah, yeah!

Across the coral sands, I saw a hula hula dancer looking pretty

I asked her where she came from and she said to me "I come from New York City

And my mother is Italian and my dad's a Greek"

I'm just an English boy who won a holiday in Waikiki

It's a hooka hooka on the shiny briny on the way to Kona

And in a little shack they had a little sign that said "Coca Cola"

And even all the grass skirts were PVC

I'm just an English boy who won a holiday in Waikiki

Oh yeah, yeah!

In Waikiki

In Waikiki