Kauai February 2016

 

 

Lyrics: 'Time After Time' and 'I'll Be There'

Time After Time


"Time After Time" (1947 song), a jazz standard written by Sammy Cahn and Jule Styne,  covered by many artists 
Time after time
I tell myself that I'm
So lucky to be loving you

So lucky to be
The one you run to see
In the evening, when the day is through

I only know what I know
The passing years will show
You've kept my love so young, so new

And time after time
I tell myself that I'm
So lucky to be loving you

I only know what I know
The passing years will show
You've kept my love so young, so new

And time after time
You'll hear me say that I'm
So lucky to be loving you

And time after time
I tell myself that I'm
So lucky to be loving you

........................
 
I'll Be There

You and I must make a pact
We must bring salvation back
Where there is love
I'll be there

I'll reach out my hand to you
I'll have faith in all you do
Just call my name
And I'll be there

[Chorus:]
I'll be there to comfort you
I'll build my world of dreams around you
I'm so glad I found you
I'll be there with a love so strong
I'll be your strength
You know I'll keep holding on

Let me fill your heart with joy and laughter
Togetherness well it's all I'm after
Just call my name
And I'll be there

I'll be there to protect you
With an unselfish love that respects you
Just call my name
And I'll be there

[Chorus]

If you should ever find someone new
I know she better be good to you
'Cause if she doesn't
Then I'll be there

Don't you know baby
I'll be there
I'll be there
Just call my name
And I'll be there

I'll be there baby
You know I'll be there
Just call my name
And I'll be there

Just look over your shoulder
Just call my name
And I'll be there

Story about Kumu (meaning Hawaiian teacher) Haunani Kaui, a third-generation Kauai resident, exceptional entertainer

Except for website screenshot, photos here taken in Feb. 2016 by Taxi Off Duty.  Photos include Haunani Kaui and Linda Tani performing as "Tropical Groove" played Island favorites and oldies at Trees Lounge in Kapaa on Feb. 25, 2016.

By Amanda C. Gregg
Special to The Garden Island newspaper of Lihue, Hawaii
5/22/2010

An escape from the daily grind, Haunani Kaui, Hawaiian entertainer, guitarist and singer of local music and hula mele alike, offers soothing memories alluding to those of a backyard lu‘au.

A 40-year veteran of music, Kaui got her start with her family, owners of the well-known Smith’s Motor Boat Service in Wailua, playing with her grandpa and grandma. After that, it was high school and then playing for American Hawai‘i cruises in 1980.

“I was on the Constitution and the Independence,” Kaui said, recalling the names of the cruise ships that have since retired. Following that, Kaui played for the Celebrity Cruise line for five years before coming home to take care of grandma in 1998.

“She asked me, ‘When are you going to come back home and take care of me?’” Kaui said.

Following her grandmother’s passing in 2008, Kaui has been able to accomplish something many aspiring musicians dream of: Becoming a career artist.

“This is now my main job,” Kaui said, noting she’s recently upped her shows to four days a week, including a recently successful bid to play Saturday nights at Lihu‘e Airport — a highly competitive venue.

“Seventy-eight musicians went for it,” Kaui said, noting there are a mere seven nights per month on which to bid.

One of the reasons Kaui looks forward to “playing the airport,” she said, is spotting the tourists who have seen her play around the island.

“It’s like the icing on the cake,” Kaui said, noting she enjoys recognizing visitors and remembering from where they’re visiting.

No doubt the tourists remember her, too, for her sing-a-longs and penchant for covering the staples oft’ listened to by Hawaiian-music lovers, such as “Ulupalakua,” “Hene hene ko aka, and the “Hawaiian Wedding Song.”

But Kaui is hardly just for the tourists — ask her enough and she will admit humbly that she has a local following, fans for which she keeps “early-gig hours,” from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

“I take the earlier set because by the later set, everyone who comes would be home asleep already,” she said. Truly devout fans make it all the way from Anahola, Princeville and Kalaheo, she added.

Regulars who came to see Kaui May 13 had an added bonus, as her show was followed by belly dancers.

Of the belly dancers, Kaui said it’s more often than not that she’s paired up with talent.

Fans come back not only for their fix of traditional Hawaiian tunes, but also her sets made up of various duos, including “Auntie Elaine,” hula talents Irene Yoshida and songwriter Lei Contrades.

Of course, her ongoing repartee with the audience doesn’t hurt either.

Her signature song, Kaui added, is the “Hawaiian War Chant,” (Kaua i Ka Huahua ‘i). “I get the audience to participate, and then they sing along and I pick my guitar at the end,” she said.


WEBSITE
http://haunanikaui.com

FACEBOOK PAGE
https://www.facebook.com/haunani.kaui

STORY FROM 1995 issue of The Oklahoman
http://newsok.com/article/2489621



Photo (March 2013) from The Garden Island newspaper 

http://thegardenisland.com/kaui-cds-jpg/image_f6fbfdea-99a1-11e2-94cd-001a4bcf887a.html