(INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC) ♪ >> ALOHA.

I'M JERRY SANTOS.

PLEASED TO BE HERE AT KHET STUDIOS FOR THE NA MELE SERIES TO SHARE WITH YOU SOME SONGS AND STORIES.

I GREW UP THE YOUNGEST OF NINE CHILDREN ON THE WINDWARD SIDE IN A PLACE CALLED KAHALUU.

IT WAS A FINE CHILDHOOD.

OUR DAYS WERE SPENT FISHING AND SWIMMING IN THE RIVER, CRUISING AROUND THE MOUNTAIN ON HORSEBACK.

BUT THIS IS A SONG THAT SPEAKS ABOUT CHANGE.

THE WAY PEOPLE CHANGE, THE WAY PLACES CHANGE, HOW WE PUT THOSE THINGS TOGETHER IN OUR LIFETIME.

FOR IT IS IN REMEMBERING WHERE WE COME FROM, THAT WE KNOW WHO WE ARE AND WE HAVE THE FOUNDATION TO GREET ANYTHING THAT WILL COME DOWN THE ROAD.

(KUU HOME O KAHALUU) ♪ I REMEMBER DAYS WHEN WE WERE YOUNGER ♪ ♪ WE USED TO CATCH OOPU IN THE MOUNTAIN STREAM ♪ ♪ 'ROUND THE KOOLAU HILLS WE'D RIDE ON HORSEBACK ♪ ♪ SO LONG AGO, IT SEEMS IT WAS A DREAM ♪ ♪ LAST NIGHT I DREAMT I WAS RETURNING ♪ ♪ AND MY HEART CALLED OUT TO YOU ♪ ♪ BUT I FEAR YOU WON'T BE LIKE I LEFT YOU ♪ ♪ ME KE ALOHA KUU HOME O KAHALUU ♪ ♪ I REMEMBER DAYS WHEN WE WERE WISER ♪ ♪ WHEN OUR WORLD WAS SMALL ENOUGH FOR DREAMS ♪ ♪ AND YOU HAVE LINGERED THERE MY SISTERS ♪ (I HAVE SIX OF THOSE) ♪ AND I NO LONGER CAN IT SEEMS ♪ LAST NIGHT I DREAMT I WAS RETURNING ♪ ♪ AND MY HEART CALLED OUT TO YOU ♪ ♪ BUT I FEAR I AM NOT AS I LEFT YOU ♪ ♪ ME KE ALOHA KUU HOME O KAHALUU ♪ (INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC) ♪ CHANGE IS A STRANGE THING, IT CANNOT BE DENIED ♪ ♪ IT CAN HELP YOU FIND YOURSELF ♪ ♪ OR MAKE YOU LOSE YOUR PRIDE ♪ MOVE WITH IT SLOWLY AS ON THE ROAD WE GO ♪ ♪ PLEASE DO NOT HOLD ON TO ME ♪ WE ALL MUST GO ALONE ♪ I REMEMBER DAYS WHEN WE WERE SMILING ♪ ♪ WHEN WE LAUGHED AND SANG THE WHOLE NIGHT LONG ♪ ♪ AND I WILL GREET YOU AS I FIND YOU ♪ ♪ WITH THE SHARING OF A BRAND NEW SONG ♪ ♪ LAST NIGHT I DREAMT I WAS RETURNING ♪ ♪ AND MY HEART CALLED OUT TO YOU ♪ ♪ TO PLEASE ACCEPT ME AS YOU'LL FIND ME ♪ ♪ ME KE ALOHA KUU HOME O KAHALUU ♪ ♪ ME KE ALOHA KUU HOME O KAHALUU ♪ ♪ ME KE ALOHA KUU HOME O KAHALUU ♪ (INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC) ♪ (MOON OVER MANOA) ♪ ♪ MOON OVER MANOA ♪ HELP ME FIND A LOVE THAT USED TO BE ♪ ♪ MOON OVER MANOA ♪ LIGHT THE PATH THAT LEADS HER BACK TO ME ♪ ♪ LONG AGO WE DANCED BENEATH YOU PROMISING OUR HEARTS ♪ ♪ AND NOW THE RAINS OF KOOLAU ♪ HAVE DRIVEN US APART ♪ MOON OVER MANOA ♪ TOUCH HER HEART AS MUCH AS YOU TOUCHED MINE ♪ ♪ MOON OVER MANOA ♪ LET HER KNOW MY LOVES STANDS FOR ALL TIME ♪ (INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC) ♪ ♪ (HOA I KA RAIN TUAHINE) ♪ AUHEA WALE OE E KUUIPO ANUHEA ♪ ♪ EIA NO WAU ME KOU ALOHA ♪ EHEA HOI KEIA MAI KA PUUWAI ♪ NO KUU HOA I KA RAIN TUAHINE ♪ O OE NO KAU I HOOHENO MAU AI ♪ A HE LEI HIIPOI MA KUU POLI ♪ HOOKAHI NO KAUOHA KAU IA OE ♪ HO MAI KO ALOHA E PILI HEMO OLE ♪ ♪ PUANA NEIA MELE E KUUIPO ANUHEA ♪ ♪ NO KUU HOA I KA RAIN TUAHINE ♪ ♪ ♪ >> I'D LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU A MELE INOA OR NAME SONG WRITTEN BY MY FRIEND TRACIE FARIAS FOR A MUTUAL FRIEND OF OURS, MR. KALANIKOA IOANE.

JOINING ME ON BASS, WALLY SUENAGA AND ON UKULELE BRYAN TOLENTINO.

♪ (E KALANIKOA) ♪ AIA I KE AWAWA O PALOLO ♪ NOHO MAI KA LEI O KA PUUWAI ♪ MOANI NEI KE ALA O NA PUA ♪ HU MAI KA MANAO NO KE ONAONA ♪ >> THESE WORDS SAY THERE IN THE VALLEY OF PALOLO, DWELLS THE LEI OF MY HEART, MY SPECIAL LEI.

AND AS THE WIND CARRIES TO ME THE FRAGRANCE OF THE FLOWERS, MY THOUGHTS ARE FILLED WITH ALOHA FOR YOU.

♪ ♪ ONAONA I KA LEI KE HONI IHO ♪ KA WEWEHI I KA MAKA O NA HOAALOHA ♪ ♪ POHAI IA MAKOU ME KE ALOHA ♪ KOU ALOHA MAKAMAE I OHU NO MAKOU ♪ ♪ >> AND SO FRAGRANT IS MY SPECIAL LEI.

CHERISHED IN THE EYES OF ALL OUR MANY FRIENDS.

FOR WE HAVE BEEN SURROUNDED BY THAT LOVE.

THE LOVE THAT ADORNS US AND WE HOLD CLOSE INSIDE.

♪ ♪ AHE KE KAHAWAI MAI KE KUAHIWI ♪ ♪ E HANAI I KA AINA ULUWEHI ♪ KE LOHE PONO I KE KANI A KA WAI ♪ ♪ LOHE IA KA LEO NAHENAHE MAI ♪ >> THE STREAM FLOWS DOWN FROM THE MOUNTAIN SIDE AND AS IT PASSES THROUGH IT NOURISHES THE VERDANT LAND BELOW.

AND IF WE LISTEN CLOSELY TO THE SOUND OF THE WATERS, THAT SWEET VOICE CAN BE HEARD THERE.

♪ ♪ HUI IA KA MAKANI ME KA UA LII ♪ ♪ E HULA ONIONI PU ME KA HAUOLI ♪ ♪ PIHA KA MANAO ME NA MELE KAMAAINA ♪ ♪ NA MELE HOONI I KA PUUWAI ♪ >> WELL, THE WIND AND THE GENTLE RAIN COME TOGETHER TO DANCE A DANCE THAT IS FILLED WITH JOY, AS OUR THOUGHTS ARE FILLED WITH THOSE OLD FAMILIAR MELODIES.

THE MELODIES THAT STIR UP THE REMEMBRANCE OF ALOHA INSIDE.

♪ ♪ KUPAOA MAU I KE ALA ONAONA ♪ E HIIPOI KAKOU I KE ALOHA ♪ HAINA IA MAI ANA KA PUANA ♪ EO E KALANIKOA, HE INOA ♪ >> AND SO MAY IT LINGER FOREVER, THIS WONDERFUL FRAGRANCE.

JUST AS WE ARE SURROUNDED BY THAT EVER-PRESENT LOVE.

AND IT IS WITH A GREAT DEAL OF ALOHA THAT WE SAY FOR YOU KALANIKOA IS THIS MELE INOA.

♪ ♪ KUPAOA MAU I KE ALA ONAONA ♪ E HIIPOI KAKOU I KE ALOHA ♪ HAINA IA MAI ANA KA PUANA ♪ EO E KALANIKOA, HE INOA ♪ ♪ HE MELE INOA KEIA NO KOU MAKOU ♪ EO E KALANIKOA, HE INOA ♪ ♪ HE MELE INOA KEIA NO KOU MAKOU HOAALOHA O ♪ ♪ KALANIKOAKAUINOHEAMAHALEAKALA ♪ >> A SONG OF ALOHA FOR OUR FRIEND KALANIKOA IOANE.

♪ ♪ (FIRST TIME LOVE) ♪ MISTY RAIN, FULL OF ROMANCE ♪ WE WALKED THE SHORE HAND IN HAND ♪ ♪ OUR HEARTS BEAT LIKE DISTANT DRUMS ♪ ♪ FOR YOU AND I, IT'S FIRST TIME LOVE ♪ ♪ FIRST TIME LOVE ♪ LIKE THE FIRST TIME FOR ANYTHING ♪ ♪ FIRST TIME LOVE ♪ MORE THAN I EVER THOUGHT ♪ A FIRST TIME LOVE COULD BE ♪ SOME SAY TIME, TIME MAKES DREAMS COME TRUE ♪ ♪ AS DID MINE, WHEN I MET YOU ♪ IT FELT SO RIGHT, FIT LIKE HAND IN GLOVE ♪ ♪ FOR YOU AND I, IT'S FIRST TIME LOVE ♪ ♪ FIRST TIME LOVE ♪ LIKE THE FIRST TIME FOR ANYTHING ♪ ♪ FIRST TIME LOVE ♪ MORE THAN I EVER THOUGHT ♪ A FIRST TIME LOVE COULD BE ♪ (KUU LEI AWAPUHI) ♪ AUHEA LA OE E KE ALOHA ♪ AWAPUHI PALA O KA UA NOE ♪ A EIA NO ME AU ♪ I KA POLI O KE ALOHA ♪ E KUU ALOHA E (E O) ♪ AUHEA LA OE (E IA NO AU) ♪ A HULI AKU AU IA OE ♪ E KUU ALOHA E (E O) ♪ AUHEA LA OE (E IA NO AU) ♪ A HULI AKU AU IA OE (INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC) ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ E KUU ALOHA E (E O) ♪ AUHEA LA OE (E IA NO AU) ♪ A HULI AKU AU IA OE ♪ E KUU ALOHA E (E O) ♪ AUHEA LA OE (E IA NO AU) ♪ A HULI AKU AU IA OE ♪ MISTY RAIN, FULL OF ROMANCE ♪ SILENT GAZE, MIDNIGHT DANCE ♪ THE SOUND OF WIND BLOWS UP ABOVE ♪ ♪ FOR YOU AND I, IT'S FIRST TIME LOVE ♪ ♪ FIRST TIME LOVE ♪ LIKE THE FIRST TIME FOR ANYTHING ♪ ♪ FIRST TIME LOVE ♪ MORE THAN I EVER THOUGHT ♪ A FIRST TIME LOVE COULD BE ♪ LIKE THE FIRST TIME FOR ANYTHING ♪ ♪ FIRST TIME LOVE ♪ MORE THAN I EVER THOUGHT ♪ A FIRST TIME LOVE COULD BE ♪ FIRST TIME LOVE, FIRST TIME LOVE ♪ (INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC) ♪ (WALKIN' AFTER MIDNIGHT) ♪ I GO OUT WALKIN' AFTER MIDNIGHT ♪ ♪ OUT IN THE MOONLIGHT ♪ JUST HOPIN' YOU MAY BE SOMEWHERE OUT WALKIN' ♪ ♪ AFTER MIDNIGHT, SEARCHIN' FOR ME ♪ ♪ I WALK FOR MILES ALONG THE HIGHWAY ♪ ♪ IT'S JUST MY WAY ♪ OF SAYIN' I LOVE YOU, I'M ALWAYS WALKIN' ♪ ♪ AFTER MIDNIGHT, SEARCHIN' FOR YOU ♪ ♪ YOU KNOW I'VE SEEN A WEEPIN' WILLOW ♪ ♪ CRYIN' ON HIS PILLOW ♪ MAYBE HE'S CRYIN' FOR ME ♪ AND WHEN THE NIGHT TURNS GLOOMY ♪ ♪ THE NIGHT WIND WHISPERS TO ME ♪ ♪ I'M LONESOME AS I CAN BE ♪ I'M ALWAYS WALKIN' AFTER MIDNIGHT ♪ ♪ OUT IN THE MOONLIGHT ♪ JUST HOPIN' YOU MAY BE ♪ SOMEWHERE OUT WALKIN' ♪ AFTER MIDNIGHT, SEARCHIN' FOR ME ♪ ♪ PLAY SOME UKULELE BRYAN (INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC) ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ YOU KNOW I'VE SEEN A WEEPIN' WILLOW ♪ ♪ CRYIN' ON HIS PILLOW ♪ MAYBE HE'S CRYIN' FOR ME ♪ AND WHEN THE NIGHT TURNS GLOOMY ♪ ♪ THE NIGHT WIND WHISPERS TO ME ♪ ♪ I'M LONESOME AS I CAN BE ♪ I'M ALWAYS WALKIN' AFTER MIDNIGHT ♪ ♪ OUT IN THE MOONLIGHT ♪ JUST HOPIN' YOU MAY BE SOMEWHERE OUT WALKIN' ♪ ♪ AFTER MIDNIGHT, SEARCHIN' FOR ME ♪ (MAANEI MAI OE) ♪ MAANEI MAI OE ♪ OH, YOU SWEET THING ♪ MAANEI MAI OE ♪ OH, YOU SWEET THING ♪ KO MAKA EUEU ♪ KULANA HOOHAEHAE ♪ MAANEI MAI OE ♪ A NAU OE E HONI AKU ♪ EIA AU LA ♪ OH, YOU SWEET THING ♪ EIA AU LA ♪ OH, YOU SWEET THING ♪ PEHEA O NEIA KINO ♪ PEHEA O NEIA KIKALA ♪ EIA AU LA ♪ MAI KE POO A KA HIU (I FALL TO PIECES) ♪ YOU WALK BY AND I FALL TO PIECES ♪ ♪ WELL I FALL TO PIECES ♪ EACH TIME I SEE YOU AGAIN ♪ WELL I FALL TO PIECES ♪ HOW CAN I BE JUST YOUR FRIEND ♪ ♪ YOU WANT ME TO ACT LIKE WE'VE NEVER KISSED ♪ ♪ YOU WANT ME TO FORGET ♪ PRETEND WE'VE NEVER MET ♪ BUT I'VE TRIED AND I'VE TRIED ♪ ♪ BUT I HAVEN'T YET ♪ OH, YOU WALK BY AND I FALL TO PIECES ♪ ♪ PLAY SOME BASS WALLY (INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC) ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ YOU WANT ME TO ACT LIKE WE'VE NEVER KISSED ♪ ♪ YOU WANT ME TO FORGET ♪ PRETEND WE'VE NEVER MET ♪ BUT I'VE TRIED AND I'VE TRIED BUT I HAVEN'T YET ♪ ♪ OH, YOU WALK BY AND I FALL TO PIECES ♪ ♪ OH, YOU WALK BY AND I FALL TO PIECES ♪ (INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC) ♪ (HOME) ♪ I FOUND THE REASON FOR STAYING ♪ ♪ I FOUND THE BEAUTY IN STAYING ♪ ♪ THIS IS MY, MY HOME ♪ BECAUSE, HERE THERE ARE RAINBOWS ♪ ♪ AND MID-MORNING SHOWERS ♪ PEOPLE ARE LAUGHING, AND LOVING THEIR HOURS ♪ ♪ THE YOUNG AND THE OLD MEN, BACK HOME WE ARE BROTHERS ♪ ♪ I'M STAYING ON ♪ HOME, I'VE GOT TO BE HERE >> WELL, I'M HAPPY I HAD THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE A LITTLE MUSIC WITH YOU.

YOU KNOW WE LIVE IN ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PLACES IN THE WORLD, AND IT'S UP TO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US TO TAKE CARE OF IT.

TO TAKE CARE OF THE LAND, THE OCEAN, OUR PRECIOUS WATER AND EACH OTHER WITH A LITTLE ALOHA.

HERE'S HOPING THAT THE SPIRIT THAT IS HAWAII WILL FILL YOUR DREAMS WITH PEACE AND YOUR HEARTS WITH LOVE.

NA KE AKUA E HOOPOMAIKAI IA OUKOU A PAU ME KE ALOHA PAU OLE ♪ ALOHA.