The Hawaiian Sundance Kid
TITLE: SUNDANCE (Island Story Version) [Intro] [soft slack key guitar and ambient ukulele] [distant wind and low upright bass] [deep storyteller voice] Lemme tell you one wild story… About one tough little braddah… Who somehow survived everything life threw at him… Even himself. [Verse 1 – Spoken] Down one back road outside Hilo town One small pup came tumbling down Fell from one pickup moving way too fast Everybody thought he would never last But one wahine found him near the roadside Held him close and whispered one prayer He opened one eye, let out one cry Then took off running like he was never there [Hook] [male island choir] Sundance… The Sundance Kid [Verse 2 – Spoken] He wandered hungry through the rail yard shadows Following the smell of old canned fish Then BOOM one noise shook the whole night air And sparks flew everywhere in one burning mist [lighter local voice] Eh brah… little too much dynamite yeah? The blast had his poor head spinning sideways Couldn’t even remember his own name Only flashes and dust and one old friend And one wild life he barely could explain [Hook] Sundance… The Sundance Kid [Verse 3 – Spoken] Now the pound had trackers looking all around him Cold-eyed hunters trying make their claim So he climbed uphill through the lava rock trails Till one steep cliff finally stopped the game [pause] Then he looked down deep into the ocean And realized both choices looked rough The jump looked bad… But staying looked worse… And deep inside he knew… He wasn’t built to give up [Hook] Sundance… The Sundance Kid [Bridge] [melodic ukulele lead with vocal hums] [soft female harmony enters] Sometimes lost souls keep running… Till love finally catches them. [Verse 4 – Spoken] The shoreline waves finally washed him inward Where the same sweet wahine found him again She brought him food and one old towel And promised him someday his heart would mend From the cold hard roads he once wandered lonely To warm island skies and the Kona sun Still carrying scars… Still searching his past… Still hoping his forever home would come [Final Verse] Then one couple grieving from heartbreak Came driving slow through the countryside The pup looked up… Something clicked… And he jumped straight into the big guy’s ride One soft embrace… One lick across the face… And something broken inside healed that day No more running… No more hiding… The Sundance Kid had finally found his way [Final Hook] [full layered Hawaiian choir] Sundance… The Sundance Kid [Outro] [slack key guitar and ukulele fading softly] [higher voice softly] Wait… I remember now… Yeah… I think my name really is Sundance. [music fades into ocean ambience]
