Reo Maori Blues

(sung to Jackson Browne's Cocaine)

I watched primetime and Maori TV too
There's a big difference between the two
Reo Maori runnin' round my brain

It had kapa haka and hip hop shows
Ask Auntie almost anything goes
Reo Maori runnin' round my brain

First the powhiri followed by four
by the end I only wanted more
Reo Maori runnin' round my brain

Free classes at campuses on all shores
One downtown who could ask for more
Reo Maori runnin' round my brain

Before it was over I learned a few words
but the songs are all I heard
Reo Maori runnin' round my brain

Back in New Mexico withdrawal sets in
Reo Maori sets me to spin
Reo Maori runnin' round my brain

Hey, sister, you'd better come here quick
this Reo 'drawal 'bout to make me sick
Reo Maori runnin' round my brain