Album Credits
All music and lyrics by Amy Kucharik, except "Cthu-Luau" (by Amy Kucharik and Andrew Delaney) and "Bored in Bora Bora" (by Tim Lewandowski and Amy Kucharik)
Recorded at Studio V Arlington by Michael Valdez and at Studio 51 by Amy Kucharik
Produced and mixed by Amy Kucharik
Olivia, Lisa, and Bill recorded themselves
Mastered by Ariel Bernstein
THE CEPHALOPOPS:
Amy Kucharik - Vocals, Ukuleles, Kazoos, Vibraslap, Flexatone
Michael Valdez - Keyboards, Drum kit
Greg Toro - Bass
Dan Fox - Trombone, Conga drums, Percussion
John Borecki - Electric guitar
FEATURING:
Olivia Brownlee - Vocals
Lisa Webb - Vocals
Kellian Pletcher - Vocals
Tim Lewandowski - Trombone
Bill Wynne - Steel guitar
(C)(P) 2025 Rag Tiger Music
Recorded at Studio V Arlington by Michael Valdez and at Studio 51 by Amy Kucharik
Produced and mixed by Amy Kucharik
Olivia, Lisa, and Bill recorded themselves
Mastered by Ariel Bernstein
THE CEPHALOPOPS:
Amy Kucharik - Vocals, Ukuleles, Kazoos, Vibraslap, Flexatone
Michael Valdez - Keyboards, Drum kit
Greg Toro - Bass
Dan Fox - Trombone, Conga drums, Percussion
John Borecki - Electric guitar
FEATURING:
Olivia Brownlee - Vocals
Lisa Webb - Vocals
Kellian Pletcher - Vocals
Tim Lewandowski - Trombone
Bill Wynne - Steel guitar
(C)(P) 2025 Rag Tiger Music
LYRICS
The Ladies' Auxiliary Luau
Light up the tiki torches, and hang that garland lei
Break out your best aloha shirt. Today’s the day!
Tune up your oo-koo-lay-lay; We’re striking up the band
Justine brought her brand new hula-hoop, So hula if you can…
If you can,
if you can,
if you can
Whoaaaaaaa!
It’s the Ladies’ Auxiliary Charity Luau
It’s time to have a good time; We’re gonna show you how
It’s the Ladies’ Auxiliary Charity Luau
You know you’re a Big Kahuna If you are here right now
We’ve got Star-Kist Tuna dumplings, Pineapple Jello fluff!
Mary Ellen’s Pears with Miracle Whip -- You can never get enough!
We’ve got Frances Thurston’s pu-pu spread in the shell of a giant clam
And you haven’t lived until you’ve seen what Babs can do with SPAM
Do with Spam,
do with Spam,
do with Spam!
Whoaaaaaaa!
It’s the Ladies’ Auxiliary Charity Luau
It’s time to have a good time; We’re gonna show you how
It’s the Ladies’ Auxiliary Charity Luau
You know you’re a Big Kahuna If you are here right now
[Instrumental]
Something seems “off” with Edna... Seems like she’s not the same
Can’t put my finger on it -- it’s like some problem with no name!
It’s like some eldrich horror... (WHAT?!)
But all the same, we’re glad you came!
we’re glad you came!
we’re glad you came!
Whoaaaaaaa!
It’s the Ladies’ Auxiliary Charity Luau
It’s time to have a good time; We’re gonna show you how
It’s the Ladies’ Auxiliary Charity Luau
You know you’re a Big Kahuna If you are here right now
It’s the Ladies’ Auxiliary...
(Sign in with Aunt Hillary!)
Nineteen sixty-two luau!!!
Edna
Edna! Edna!
Take the idol! Take the idol, Edna!
Take the idol! Take the idol, Edna!
I know sometimes you’re lonely, feeling you’re obsolete
Why don’t you wash the dishes, why don’t you change the sheets?
You’re house is nice and tidy, garden is trimmed and neat
You know there’s something in you, I know you hear the beat.
Edna! Edna!
Look how you watch your diet, look how you keep so clean
But what if you’re a pirate? What if you are a queen?
What if you are ascending? Rising up on your throne?
Look how their knees are bending; you’ll never be alone.
Edna! Edna!
Take the idol! Take the idol, Edna!
Take the idol! Take the idol, Edna!
You’ve been a model mother, you’ve been the perfect wife;
See how your friends must envy having a perfect life.
But you’re the one in power, you are the one who’s deep
Rise up now in your tower, lady who leads the sheep!
Edna! Edna!
Take the idol! Take the idol, Edna!
Take the idol! Take the idol, Edna!
Hear the island breezes calling,
Whispering your name
Filling you with strange desire
Rise, and light the flame!
Take the idol! Take the idol, Edna!
Take the idol! Take the idol, Edna!
Take the idol! Take the idol, Edna! (Edna! Edna!)
Take the idol! Take the idol, Edna! (Edna! Edna!)
The Ukulele in the Basement
Grandma Lulu practiced hoodoo
In her bygone siren days
Jazz and jive and rugaru
Ranked among the hell she raised
Then one day, she packed it up
Settled down and raised my mom
But down in her old steamer trunk
Sat this four-stringed cherry bomb:
The ukulele in the basement
Got me dreaming of a distant shore
A paradisiac displacement
That I’ll crave forevermore
That ukulele in the basement
Tied its strings around my heart
Rationality’s replacement
Is the strength of its black art
The music puts its listeners in a trance
But oh! To see the way those zombies dance
The ukulele in the basement
It’s the one and only sound I crave
And in my sweet eternal torment
You’ll hear me strumming from beyond the grave
That ukulele in the basement’s got me strumming from beyond the grave
[Instrumental]
A transformation happens when I play it
It casts its magick spell, and I obey it
The ukulele in the basement
It’s the one and only sound I crave
And in my sweet eternal torment
You’ll hear me strumming from beyond the grave
That ukulele in the basement’s got me strumming from beyond the grave
Bored in Bora Bora (By Tim Lewandowski and Amy Kucharik)
What do you do when you're bored in Bora Bora
Blue in your beachfront bungalow
In the sand and the sun,
You've had all the fun
You can have when you're drinking at a table for one
I would go back to before Bora Bora
So I could bring you along
Hawaii, Tahiti,
just come down and meet me
Be bored in Bora Bora with me
Blowfish Rangoon
Blowfish rangoon! Blowfish rangoon!
Say the name and your tastebuds will swoon
Blowfish rangoon! Blowfish rangoon!
Just one taste and you're over the moon
When you want a taste of the islands
(We're not really sure which islands)
Revolutionary and in style
(It's all the rage in Saugus)
With its perilous implication,
A hint of danger for your vacation
But you'll never know until you try
Blowfish rangoon! Blowfish rangoon!
Say the name and your tastebuds will swoon
Blowfish rangoon! Blowfish rangoon!
Pull a chair; we're preparing it soon
Cut around the mouth and take the skin off
(Watch out for tetrodotoxin)
Then you gut and wash your pufferfish
(Remove the eyes -- the eyes are toxic)
Always using a good, sharp knife
Filet with caution to save your life
And if you survive, it's so delish
Blowfish rangoon! Blowfish rangoon!
Say the name and your tastebuds will swoon
Blowfish rangoon! Blowfish rangoon!
Pull a chair, we're preparing it soon
Mix your blowfish with cream cheese and scallions
(Did we mention there'd be cream cheese?)
Place it on your wonton and then fold
(Your life is in our hands now!)
Deep fry until golden brown...
You're all excited, but please sit down
Acclimate your pallet to behold!
Blowfish rangoon! Blowfish rangoon!
Say the name and your tastebuds will swoon
Blowfish rangoon! Blowfish rangoon!
Just one taste and you're over the moon
Blowfish rangoon! Blowfish rangoon!
Edna Reprise
Edna! Edna!
How are we gonna stop it?
How do we set it right?
Is there some kind of prophet
Spelling eternal night
This is a real doozy
It's a catch 22
I think I'm gonna lose it
I don't know what to do
Edna! Edna!
Edna! Edna!
Dread Cthulhu
Ia! Ia! Ia! Ia!
Otherworldly voices sing
Hali our rising loathsome king
No sound meant for human tongue
When our dread Cthulhu comes
(growling)
Minds break under Yr Nhhngr
Behold the now that is before
Billions screaming, formless void
All once known, ever destroyed
Ia! Ia! Ia! Ia!
Island Time
Life is good when you’re on Island time
Lazing with friends In the warm sunshine
It’s paradise, with a slice of lime
And life is good When you’re on island time
You can dream of all the things
That you’ve always longed to scheme
But not merely dream -- you can do it
‘Cause the dreams’ll all come true
With you and you and you
You’ll see there’s really nothing else to it
Life is good when you’re on Island time
Time with the gals, Time to unwind
If your meter’s blown and your words don’t rhyme
Just set your clocks for island time
Friends like us will stick together
Through any kind of weather
But it’s better when the weather is balmy
If I’m in the Bahamas
With my all-time favorite mamas
I can weather any little tsunami
Life is good (life is good) when you’re on Island time (on island time)
Lazing with friends (lazing with friends)
In the warm sunshine (the warm sunshine)
It’s paradise, (it’s paradise) with a slice of lime (with a slice of lime)
And life is good When you’re on island time
There’s no ironing or washing
No endless grocery shopping
When we’re basking in our beachy bungalow
There’s no every-nightly snorer
No otherworldly horror
No shoveling a metric ton of snow
Life is good (life is good) when you’re on Island time (on island time)
Lazing with friends (lazing with friends)
In the warm sunshine (the warm sunshine)
It’s paradise, (it’s paradise) with a slice of lime (with a slice of lime)
And life is good When you’re on island time
Cthu-Luau (By Amy Kucharik and Andrew Delaney)
Last night I had that dream again, some loathsome feeling I can't name
That as we walk upon white sands, a terror wakes beneath the waves
I smell it on the island wind: A special guest arrives tonight
So gather one and all, my friends. The evening's clear, the stars are right
It's a Cthu-luau
Let's party 'cause we're screwed now
For something stirs in R'lyeh
And the Big Kahuna's on his way
We've got kalua pigs and hula girls
And a beachfront view of the end of the world
`Okole maluna -- it's Cthu-Luau Day.
You're just a speck upon a speck in a universe so vast and strange
With truths so horrid and grotesque they'd melt your fleshy mammal brain
So why not share umbrella drinks, a bit of poi and merriment
We'll toast till we're too numb to think, ignore the drums and rising chants.
And all the cultists say:
Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn
Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn
It's a Cthu-luau
Let's party 'cause we're screwed now
For something stirs in R'lyeh
And the Big Kahuna's on his way
We've got kalua pigs and hula girls
And a beachfront view of the end of the world
`Okole maluna -- it's Cthu-Luau Day.
Light up the tiki torches, and hang that garland lei
Break out your best aloha shirt. Today’s the day!
Tune up your oo-koo-lay-lay; We’re striking up the band
Justine brought her brand new hula-hoop, So hula if you can…
If you can,
if you can,
if you can
Whoaaaaaaa!
It’s the Ladies’ Auxiliary Charity Luau
It’s time to have a good time; We’re gonna show you how
It’s the Ladies’ Auxiliary Charity Luau
You know you’re a Big Kahuna If you are here right now
We’ve got Star-Kist Tuna dumplings, Pineapple Jello fluff!
Mary Ellen’s Pears with Miracle Whip -- You can never get enough!
We’ve got Frances Thurston’s pu-pu spread in the shell of a giant clam
And you haven’t lived until you’ve seen what Babs can do with SPAM
Do with Spam,
do with Spam,
do with Spam!
Whoaaaaaaa!
It’s the Ladies’ Auxiliary Charity Luau
It’s time to have a good time; We’re gonna show you how
It’s the Ladies’ Auxiliary Charity Luau
You know you’re a Big Kahuna If you are here right now
[Instrumental]
Something seems “off” with Edna... Seems like she’s not the same
Can’t put my finger on it -- it’s like some problem with no name!
It’s like some eldrich horror... (WHAT?!)
But all the same, we’re glad you came!
we’re glad you came!
we’re glad you came!
Whoaaaaaaa!
It’s the Ladies’ Auxiliary Charity Luau
It’s time to have a good time; We’re gonna show you how
It’s the Ladies’ Auxiliary Charity Luau
You know you’re a Big Kahuna If you are here right now
It’s the Ladies’ Auxiliary...
(Sign in with Aunt Hillary!)
Nineteen sixty-two luau!!!
Edna
Edna! Edna!
Take the idol! Take the idol, Edna!
Take the idol! Take the idol, Edna!
I know sometimes you’re lonely, feeling you’re obsolete
Why don’t you wash the dishes, why don’t you change the sheets?
You’re house is nice and tidy, garden is trimmed and neat
You know there’s something in you, I know you hear the beat.
Edna! Edna!
Look how you watch your diet, look how you keep so clean
But what if you’re a pirate? What if you are a queen?
What if you are ascending? Rising up on your throne?
Look how their knees are bending; you’ll never be alone.
Edna! Edna!
Take the idol! Take the idol, Edna!
Take the idol! Take the idol, Edna!
You’ve been a model mother, you’ve been the perfect wife;
See how your friends must envy having a perfect life.
But you’re the one in power, you are the one who’s deep
Rise up now in your tower, lady who leads the sheep!
Edna! Edna!
Take the idol! Take the idol, Edna!
Take the idol! Take the idol, Edna!
Hear the island breezes calling,
Whispering your name
Filling you with strange desire
Rise, and light the flame!
Take the idol! Take the idol, Edna!
Take the idol! Take the idol, Edna!
Take the idol! Take the idol, Edna! (Edna! Edna!)
Take the idol! Take the idol, Edna! (Edna! Edna!)
The Ukulele in the Basement
Grandma Lulu practiced hoodoo
In her bygone siren days
Jazz and jive and rugaru
Ranked among the hell she raised
Then one day, she packed it up
Settled down and raised my mom
But down in her old steamer trunk
Sat this four-stringed cherry bomb:
The ukulele in the basement
Got me dreaming of a distant shore
A paradisiac displacement
That I’ll crave forevermore
That ukulele in the basement
Tied its strings around my heart
Rationality’s replacement
Is the strength of its black art
The music puts its listeners in a trance
But oh! To see the way those zombies dance
The ukulele in the basement
It’s the one and only sound I crave
And in my sweet eternal torment
You’ll hear me strumming from beyond the grave
That ukulele in the basement’s got me strumming from beyond the grave
[Instrumental]
A transformation happens when I play it
It casts its magick spell, and I obey it
The ukulele in the basement
It’s the one and only sound I crave
And in my sweet eternal torment
You’ll hear me strumming from beyond the grave
That ukulele in the basement’s got me strumming from beyond the grave
Bored in Bora Bora (By Tim Lewandowski and Amy Kucharik)
What do you do when you're bored in Bora Bora
Blue in your beachfront bungalow
In the sand and the sun,
You've had all the fun
You can have when you're drinking at a table for one
I would go back to before Bora Bora
So I could bring you along
Hawaii, Tahiti,
just come down and meet me
Be bored in Bora Bora with me
Blowfish Rangoon
Blowfish rangoon! Blowfish rangoon!
Say the name and your tastebuds will swoon
Blowfish rangoon! Blowfish rangoon!
Just one taste and you're over the moon
When you want a taste of the islands
(We're not really sure which islands)
Revolutionary and in style
(It's all the rage in Saugus)
With its perilous implication,
A hint of danger for your vacation
But you'll never know until you try
Blowfish rangoon! Blowfish rangoon!
Say the name and your tastebuds will swoon
Blowfish rangoon! Blowfish rangoon!
Pull a chair; we're preparing it soon
Cut around the mouth and take the skin off
(Watch out for tetrodotoxin)
Then you gut and wash your pufferfish
(Remove the eyes -- the eyes are toxic)
Always using a good, sharp knife
Filet with caution to save your life
And if you survive, it's so delish
Blowfish rangoon! Blowfish rangoon!
Say the name and your tastebuds will swoon
Blowfish rangoon! Blowfish rangoon!
Pull a chair, we're preparing it soon
Mix your blowfish with cream cheese and scallions
(Did we mention there'd be cream cheese?)
Place it on your wonton and then fold
(Your life is in our hands now!)
Deep fry until golden brown...
You're all excited, but please sit down
Acclimate your pallet to behold!
Blowfish rangoon! Blowfish rangoon!
Say the name and your tastebuds will swoon
Blowfish rangoon! Blowfish rangoon!
Just one taste and you're over the moon
Blowfish rangoon! Blowfish rangoon!
Edna Reprise
Edna! Edna!
How are we gonna stop it?
How do we set it right?
Is there some kind of prophet
Spelling eternal night
This is a real doozy
It's a catch 22
I think I'm gonna lose it
I don't know what to do
Edna! Edna!
Edna! Edna!
Dread Cthulhu
Ia! Ia! Ia! Ia!
Otherworldly voices sing
Hali our rising loathsome king
No sound meant for human tongue
When our dread Cthulhu comes
(growling)
Minds break under Yr Nhhngr
Behold the now that is before
Billions screaming, formless void
All once known, ever destroyed
Ia! Ia! Ia! Ia!
Island Time
Life is good when you’re on Island time
Lazing with friends In the warm sunshine
It’s paradise, with a slice of lime
And life is good When you’re on island time
You can dream of all the things
That you’ve always longed to scheme
But not merely dream -- you can do it
‘Cause the dreams’ll all come true
With you and you and you
You’ll see there’s really nothing else to it
Life is good when you’re on Island time
Time with the gals, Time to unwind
If your meter’s blown and your words don’t rhyme
Just set your clocks for island time
Friends like us will stick together
Through any kind of weather
But it’s better when the weather is balmy
If I’m in the Bahamas
With my all-time favorite mamas
I can weather any little tsunami
Life is good (life is good) when you’re on Island time (on island time)
Lazing with friends (lazing with friends)
In the warm sunshine (the warm sunshine)
It’s paradise, (it’s paradise) with a slice of lime (with a slice of lime)
And life is good When you’re on island time
There’s no ironing or washing
No endless grocery shopping
When we’re basking in our beachy bungalow
There’s no every-nightly snorer
No otherworldly horror
No shoveling a metric ton of snow
Life is good (life is good) when you’re on Island time (on island time)
Lazing with friends (lazing with friends)
In the warm sunshine (the warm sunshine)
It’s paradise, (it’s paradise) with a slice of lime (with a slice of lime)
And life is good When you’re on island time
Cthu-Luau (By Amy Kucharik and Andrew Delaney)
Last night I had that dream again, some loathsome feeling I can't name
That as we walk upon white sands, a terror wakes beneath the waves
I smell it on the island wind: A special guest arrives tonight
So gather one and all, my friends. The evening's clear, the stars are right
It's a Cthu-luau
Let's party 'cause we're screwed now
For something stirs in R'lyeh
And the Big Kahuna's on his way
We've got kalua pigs and hula girls
And a beachfront view of the end of the world
`Okole maluna -- it's Cthu-Luau Day.
You're just a speck upon a speck in a universe so vast and strange
With truths so horrid and grotesque they'd melt your fleshy mammal brain
So why not share umbrella drinks, a bit of poi and merriment
We'll toast till we're too numb to think, ignore the drums and rising chants.
And all the cultists say:
Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn
Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn
It's a Cthu-luau
Let's party 'cause we're screwed now
For something stirs in R'lyeh
And the Big Kahuna's on his way
We've got kalua pigs and hula girls
And a beachfront view of the end of the world
`Okole maluna -- it's Cthu-Luau Day.
