[Verse 1] Harry Bridges, labor fights, eye el double you you rights, Red scare buzzing in the air, Beekman labeled, "Communist" there. Heelow riot, martial law, Union struggles, no more raw, Sugar mills and slaving rates, Cops and bosses play their fates. Strikers on the picket line, Bosses draw a crooked line. Sugar camps, pineapple mills, Plantation towns, overdue bills, Chinatown, gambling raids, Drunks get beat, charges paid, Cops rough up the union men, Record prints it all again. [Chorus] Honolulu Record Heat, Truth the bosses can't delete, Honolulu Record Heat, Truth the bosses can't delete, [Verse 2] Junior Chamber, striptease banned, Liquor laws were swept from hand, Advertiser covered up, McElrath called the bluff, what’s up? McCarthy scares, Red tag games, Loyalty oath, blacklisted names, Filipino cook complains, Boss man laughs, but truth remains, Wages low, hours long, Solidarity makes you strong. G.I. Bill denied again, Locals stuck in tenement pens, Veteran speaks, writes it down, His letter spreads all through town. Red Barber’s book, nowhere found, In the Record’s pages, truth is crowned. [Chorus] Honolulu Record Heat, Truth the bosses can't delete, Honolulu Record Heat, Stories rise from the street, [Verse] Kauai nurses underpaid, Strikers stalk the promenade, Judge and cop wear clown masks. Comic strip, satiric blast, Snooks with Tiny Todd in tow, TIME Magazine, they let it show, Maharajahs and rich man’s schemes, No working class in their dreams. Japanese prostitutes in pain, Exploited lives and loss, they gain, Fifteen years, they can't escape, Trapped in the game, no way to break. Obake tales in Kalihi, Wahiawā gets rowdy, Haleiwa housing vote, Scandal in a trench coat. [Chorus] Honolulu Record Heat, Truth the bosses can't delete, Honolulu Record Heat, ʻaʻole hiki ke kāohi. Mānoa cop, secret deal, "Anonymous tip" was real, Bail too high, lawyer crook, Everything’s inside the book! Kōkua, protest, tenants sue, Editor gets subpoenaed too, Printer broke, ad funds thin, Still they fight and print again. Advertiser plays it safe, Star-Bulletin twists the tape, But the Record calls their bluff, Says the truth is rough enough. The Judge and cops don’t make it right, Record printed it every night, Martial law and workers' plea, In the streets, they want to be free. [Outro] Honolulu Record Heat, Truth the bosses can't delete, Honolulu Record Heat, Stories rise from the street, Honolulu Record Heat, Truth the bosses can't delete, Stories rise from the street, ʻaʻole hiki ke kāohi. Solidarity makes you strong
