Kokua Festival 2007. A benefit Festival organized to support the Kokua Hawaii Foundation, a non-profit organization founded by Jack and Kim Johnson to support environmental education programs in Hawaii. During Jack Johnson's encore set , Ed Vedder gets on stage for a 'drunken and unstable' version of 'Soon forget'. Shortly after, a wonderful gem: an 'old' Jack Johnson's song played by Jack himself with Ernie Cruz Jr. and Pearl Jam's leader. An amazing version of a song which is so intimate, sweet, 'sunny' and... lacking other words, it's such a wonderful song... here it is, 'Constellations'.

The light was leaving
in the west it was blue
The children's laughter sang
and skipping just like the stones they threw
the voices echoed across the waves
its getting late

It was just another night
with the sun set
and the moon rise not so far behind
to give us just enough light
to lay down underneath the stars
listen to papas translations
of the stories across the sky
we drew our own constellations

The west winds often last too long
the wind may calm down
nothing ever feels the same
Sheltered under the Kamani tree
waiting for the passing rain
clouds keep moving to uncover the scene
stars above us are chasing the day away
to find the stories that we sometimes need
Listen close enough
all else fades
fades away

It was just another night
with the sun set
and the moon rise not so far behind
to give us just enough light
to lay down underneath the stars
listen to all the translations
of the stories across the sky
we drew our own constellations

words and music @ jack johnson