Hamilton: “Henry came in with this great riff and I had no idea what the hell I was going to do with it. But we worked and worked on the arrangement and got it trimmed down to what it is. And the lyric is just wordplay. In the Eighties I played in this band in Brooklyn and the singer would always do...
Land sakes alive, the steak's alive
Give him a hug and he drinks and
He drives
Why the long face Mr.Ed? It's
The hour of darkness and
The hour of dread
Hey Betty
Find 'em and grind 'em and
Never remind 'em
Biscuits and jam you're
Eating your pie too. Minor legends
And you're right too
Give 'em a hug
The Silver Hawaiian was written by Henry Bogdan & Page Hamilton.
The Silver Hawaiian was produced by Martin Bisi & T-Ray & Howie Weinberg & Andy Wallace & Anton Pukshansky.
Helmet released The Silver Hawaiian on Tue Jun 21 1994.