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In Suva

33 In Suva In Suva the buses rumble, rumble, rumble cough, cough, cough In Suva the grass grows tall houses grow between houses In Suva Lani paints the ocean in her hair sea green, sea blue In Suva Rusi paints a fist and I go, Ouch In Suva Filipe and the guys carve the thirty-two teeth of Tangaloa In Suva Epeli is here, there and everywhere In Suva Tere looks twenty on her fortieth birthday is she a witch? In Suva Tevi raises us high, high, high with kava, kava, kava In Suva Jazz handles her shit In Suva Sinu dances in the air and Glenville, Pelu, Etu, Nisi, Kata, Ateca, Sachan, and always Tulevu like birds, birds, birds In Suva Lani teaches me to weave a Suva lei make a basket with your hands gather left 34 gather right gather forward and wear it here (around the collar) wear it here (at the heart) wear it here (on the ear) alofa atu loloma ...