[Intro]
Small boat heartbeat, morning light on the reef
Lae city hum, I whisper to the sea
[Verse 1]
Mi stand long port, map crumple inna me hand
Dreamin' bout Morobe, where da hills meet the land
One year away, kain kain wind blow strange and loud
Mek I go work site, but da roads pull me down
[Pre-Chorus]
Every turn, somebody tell me go diff’rent way
I trust my meles, but dem mislead I astray
[Chorus]
Mi a local tourist, from Morobe to a distant shore
Mi a Morobean boy, yearn for home I long for more
Dis place feel strange, yet da heart keep a steady drum
Home soon, home soon, home soon, come back to where I’m from
[Verse 2]
Travel chaos stack up like kain big cargo nets
Buses singe, timetables slide like wet nets
Mi hear stories, dem say one guy take wrong turn
But I keep eyes for Morobe, for the home I yearn
[Pre-Chorus]
Maia la-la, malay, I listen for the sound of rain
Mi long for morobe breeze, hear the river call my name
[Chorus]
Mi a local tourist, from Morobe to a distant shore
Mi a Morobean boy, yearn for home I long for more
Dis place feel strange, yet da heart keep a steady drum
Home soon, home soon, home soon, come back to where I’m from
[Bridge]
Time stretch like a long sea rope, pull me back to you
One year pass, but your outline stays in my view
Mi carry home in pocket, in memory and in song
When I step off da road, Morobe waits where I belong
[Chorus]
Mi a local tourist, from Morobe to a distant shore
Mi a Morobean boy, yearn for home I long for more
Dis place feel strange, yet da heart keep a steady drum
Home soon, home soon, home soon, come back to where I’m from
[Outro]
Lae to Morobe, I trace the line in the sand
One day I walk that road, and I touch my homeland again