[VERSE 1] Laural left Hawaii on a feeling and a prayer Traded Maui for salt and Koro island air Something in the ocean called her name across the sea Koro Island said come home and she said yes, that's me Little Lili grew up wild beneath the jungle green Sharpest eyes on Koro, knows every path between Home schooled by the forest, by the tide and by the rain This girl knows things no classroom could explain [CHORUS] Laural and Lili, jungle women of Koro Roots down deep where the wild breadfruit grow They've seen the storm come, they've seen the storm go Stronger than the wind, stronger than the undertow Planting in the morning, cooking by the flame Solar on the rooftop, living off the rain Laural and Lili, this island is their own Jungle women of Koro, they are finally home [VERSE 2] Then Winston came howling, the strongest ever known Tore across the Pacific, shook them to the bone But when the sky went quiet and the morning showed its face They looked at one another and they started to replace Every board, every seedling, every broken thing Lili planted taro while Laural fixed the swing What the cyclone levelled, their own hands rebuilt again Jungle girls don't buckle underneath the rain [CHORUS] Laural and Lili, jungle women of Koro Roots down deep where the wild breadfruit grow They've seen the storm come, they've seen the storm go Stronger than the wind, stronger than the undertow Planting in the morning, cooking by the flame Solar on the rooftop, living off the rain Laural and Lili, this island is their own Jungle women of Koro, they are finally home [BRIDGE — tender, almost spoken, grandmother and granddaughter] Sunday morning smells like donuts and woodsmoke and dew… Lili checks the garden while Laural lights the stove Oil is heating slowly, golden batter in a bowl The world outside is crumbling, they hear it now and then They look at what they've built and turn to face the sun again Lili knows the jungle like she knows her own heartbeat Laural knows that everything they need is at their feet Hawaii was a lifetime, Koro is the dream And together they are more than what they separately seem [VERSE 3] Solar panels humming as the afternoon burns bright The garden full of colour in the golden fading light Cassava, sweet potato, papaya on the vine The kind of table spread that makes you think life's doing fine Lili laughs at something only island girls would know A gecko, or a story, or the way the trade winds blow Laural watches, smiling, at the woman she's become A jungle girl of Koro underneath the Fiji sun [FINAL CHORUS — full gospel warmth, deeply felt] Laural and Lili, jungle girls of Koro Roots down deep where the wild breadfruit grow They've seen the storm come, they've seen the storm go Stronger than the wind, stronger than the undertow Planting in the morning, cooking by the flame Solar on the rooftop, living off the rain Laural and Lili, this island is their own Jungle women of Koro… …they were always home [OUTRO — ukulele, soft voices, fading into jungle sounds]
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