The stories behind Aloha Aunty

• Liner Notes on the Acoustic Warmth of Aloha Aunty — Take B delivers a gentle 108 BPM tropical folk arrangement rich in ukulele strums and lap steel swells.
• Restoring Oxygen and Community in Aloha Aunty — Take A tells the story of servicing an oxygen concentrator on Maui with patient warmth and island tradition.

Lyrics

Aloha Aunty, don't you worry about the

breathing machine Let the ocean breeze take

care of it

Trade winds blowing through the coconut palms

Soothing the clinic with sweet island bones

And his oxygen pump made a coughing sound

sealed bed clogged up with the moisture round, I pulled

up a chair on the open line, beneath the blue arch

of the pacific sky,

unscrewed the casing with an easy slow grace,

bringing the calm to this tropical place,

pour out the zeolite, seal up the bed, listen

to what the old ancestors said,

work with Aloha, take all the time keep

every heartbeat and peaceful sweet rhyme

breathe with the island gentle and slow watch the

sweet oxygen freely flow

ukulele strumming lap steel sigh the biomed

spirit beneath maui sky no rush

No hurry,

the tide comes around

Healing is living in this sacred sound

Flipped on the compressor

It purred like a breeze

Soft as the leaves on the kukui trees 94

purity on the display

Auntie smiled big as she leaned back to pray

Handed me a mango from her garden tree

The sweetest reward that an engineer could see

Machines are just instruments made out of clay

It's the spirit of caring that carries the day

When you fix up a pump with a loving intent

Every pure breath is a blessing that's sent

Breathe with the island, gentle and slow

Watch the sweet oxygen freely flow

Ukulele strumming, lap steel sigh

The biomed spirit beneath

Maui sky No rush, no hurry,

the tide comes around

Healing is living in this sacred sound

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