♫Too Long on Maui♫

Franklin was the keyboard player and all-around musical contributor to our first 4 albums with The Critical List. He was also the recording engineer. When I left Maui to go to Europe for 15 years that put an end to it and I wound up doing albums all by myself from idea to finished product. Now there are something like 25 albums and there will be more like 40 when the year reaches its finish because every week, from Sunday to Thursday evening I will be posting a song. It’s a challenge and I like challenges.

Here are the lyrics to today’s song=

Just the other day...

I was talking to an old friend

and she said...

her time spent here,

was almost over

and that it didn't reall matter,

whether she stayed...

or if she were to go

Time goes by,

yeah... but it goes so slow

and soon...

your plane departs at noon

I said you had a lot of nerve...

leaving me out here... on a sea... of blue

and she said... that her time spent here...

was almost over...

and then she said,

you stayed, one day too long... on Maui

you... stayed... one... too long

and then she said,

you stayed, one day too long... in paradise

you... stayed... one... too long

you stayed too long

you stayed too long

you stayed too long

Yes... you stayed too long

and... now... she's... gone.

I guess it didn't matter...

Love walked out the door...

your ship... went sailing...

disappearing from the shore...

inconsequential...

this romance of mine...

maybe... just maybe...

I said, so long sweetheart...

maybe... some... other... time.

I'll see you... somewhere...

that... great... lost... love of mine

somewhere in a sea of blue...

maybe...... just maybe.

and she said... that her time spent here...

was almost over...

and then she said, you spent...

one day too long... on Maui

you... stayed... one... too long

and then she said,

you spent... one day too long... in paradise...

you... stayed... one... too long

you stayed too long

you stayed too long

you stayed too long

you stayed too long

and... now... she's... gone.

Yes... now... she's... gone.

Aloha... Aloha...