Dear Dick,

Here's John Prine's "Let's Talk Dirty in Hawaiian". (And, yes, Frank, Fred Koller was the co-author). Enjoy, all!


LET'S TALK DIRTY IN HAWAIIAN
Written by John Prine & Fred Koller
As recorded by John Prine on “German Afternoons” (1986)

1. Well, I packed my bags and bought myself a ticket for the land of the tall palm tree.
Aloha, old Milwaukee! Hello, Waikiki!
I just stepped down from the airplane when I heard her say:
"Waka waka nuka licka, waka waka nuka licka! Would you like a lei? Eh?"

CHORUS: Let's talk dirty in Hawaiian. Whisper in my ear.
“Kicka pooka mocka wa wahini” are the words I long to hear.
Lay your coconut on my tiki. What the hecka mooka mooka, dear.
Let's talk dirty in Hawaiian. Say the words I long to hear.

2. It's a ukulele Honolulu sunset. Listen to the grass skirts sway,
Drinking rum from a pineapple, out on Honolulu Bay,
Steel guitars all playing while she's talking with her hands.
“Gimme gimme oka doka make a wish and wanta polka”—words I understand. Hey! CHORUS

3. Well, I boughta lota junka with my moolah and sent it to the folks back home.
I never had the chance to dance the hula. Well, I guess I should have known.
When you start talking to the sweet wahini, walking in the pale moonlight,
Ohka noka whatta setta knocka-rocka-sis-boom-boccas! Hope I said it right. Oh! CHORUS

Let's talk dirty in Hawaiian. Say the words I long to hear.
[SPOKEN] Aloha!