Hawaii Bombay Lyrics in English Mecano

Picture a lazy, dreamy afternoon in a cramped Spanish apartment. The narrator of “Hawaii Bombay” is fed up with routine, so he invents his own calendar—“Sunday, December 42, year 321 of the Walter Era”—and whisks his friend Sally away on an imaginary getaway. When real-world hiccups ruin their travel plans, he turns his bathtub into the Pacific, a hammock into a tropical beach, and a desk lamp into island sunshine. By chanting Hawaii-Bombay like a mantra, he transforms everyday objects into two far-off paradises, proving that wanderlust can live inside four walls.

Beneath the playful steel-drum vibe and tongue-in-cheek humor lies a bittersweet message about escapism. The singer’s homemade vacation lets him flirt, daydream, and beat the heat, yet reality keeps crashing in: a mysterious detour “not on any map,” a mother who might be lonely, and a final twist where Sally vanishes after a motorcycle accident. Mecano reminds us that imagination is a powerful life raft, but it cannot shield us forever. The result is a fun, quirky anthem about longing for places we may never reach, while warning us not to ignore the real world—especially when someone needs a helmet.