We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

Little Hula Girl

from Twitter, Buzz, Howl by Chris Velan

/

  • Streaming + Download

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    Purchasable with gift card

      $1 CAD

     

  • Buy the Full Digital Album

  • Compact Disc (CD)

    TBH was recorded over the summer of 2005 in the Eastern Townships outside of Montreal near the town of Sutton. We set up a makeshift studio in a barn and basically tracked everything while the insects buzzed and birds sang during the day; and the crickets chirped and the coyotes howled at night.
    ships out within 2 days

      $10 CAD

     

lyrics

LITTLE HULA GIRL

Queen of the concrete
Heels on your small feet
Head at an angle
Like you know something, thing, thing
You know something
Car takes a right turn
Rolls to a slow burn
And you start shaking
‘Cause it’s just what you do, do
It’s just what you do

Little hula girl
You’re absorbing the world
With your swing-around hips
In a grass skirt swirl
Little hula girl
You’re like a plastic pearl
And we’ll all spin around you,
On a tilted world
Does it ever get you down, down
‘It ever get you down
Never even make a sound, sound
You never make a sound//

Shadow-maker
Sweet love-faker
City is breathing
And whispering your name, name
Whispering your name
You’re Flowers for the ugly
And warmth for the lonely
You’re food for the hungry
And everything in between, ‘tween
Everything between

Little hula girl
You’re absorbing the world
With your swing-around hips
In a grass skirt swirl
Little hula girl
You’re like a plastic pearl
And we’ll all spin around you,
On a tilted world
Does it ever get you down, down
‘It ever get you down
Never even make a sound, sound
You never make a sound//

Orange hand says you should know
White man walking says let’s go//

Windshield gazes
And awkward phrases
The restaurant neon
Is winking and blinking, ‘king
Winking and blinking
And I passed you last night
My head was not on right
I was scared that you just might
Sprinkle your dust on me, me
Your dust on me

Little hula girl
You’re absorbing the world
With your swing-around hips
In a grass skirt swirl
Little hula girl
You’re like a plastic pearl
And we’ll all spin around you,
On a tilted world
Does it ever get you down, down
‘It ever get you down
Never even make a sound, sound
You never make a sound//

credits

from Twitter, Buzz, Howl, released January 8, 2007

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

Chris Velan image

Chris Velan Montréal, Québec

Montreal singer-songwriter and producer, Chris Velan, has always been crossing borders with his brand of world music- influenced, singer-songwriter pop. Drawing comparisons to the smart, genre-mixing writing of Neil Finn, Nick Lowe and Paul Simon, Velan's
latest album, “Amateur Hour”, will be released September 14th with touring to follow. ... more

contact / help

Contact Chris Velan

Streaming and
Download help

Shipping and returns

Redeem code

Report this track or account

If you like Chris Velan, you may also like:

Bandcamp Daily  your guide to the world of Bandcamp

On Bandcamp Radio

Beans joins the show to discuss his album release, "ZWAARD".

listen now