When They Closed The World Lyrics

Where were you when they closed the world

Where were you when they closed the world

Where were you when they closed the world

I was right where I belong

There's a boarded up storefront

Where an old man used to sit and sell his trinkets

He always had a smile and a wave as I walked down to the beach

And I know its not just him or the smile or the wave I'll be missing

As I walk these empty streets of Waikiki

There's a hollowed out trolley and it's rolling it's way down Kuhio

I can hear the drivers voice but his words are just out of my reach

And I tell myself it won't be long until we find our new normal

As I walk these empty streets of Waikiki

There's a rusty old surf rack where a beach boy used to sit and rent his longboards

Just a memory now of a ghost of a man and the sea

Well I stop and watch the waves and I pray the sun will return to this city

As I walk these empty streets of Waikiki

For the human in us this is turning into quite a little nightmare

Either stand six feet away or they say you'll be six feet underground

And I remember all the people who won't get to see the sunrise of tomorrow

As I walk these empty streets of Waikiki

Where were you when they closed the world

Where were you when they closed the world

Where were you when they closed the world

I was right where I belong

Where were you when they closed the world

Where were you when they closed the world

Where were you when they closed the world

I was right where I belong