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Copper sun sinking low
Scatterlings and fugitives Hooded eyes and weary brows Seek refuge in the night Chorus They are the scatterlings of Africa Each uprooted one On the road to Phelamanga Where the world began I love the scatterlings of Africa Each and every one In their hearts a burning hunger Beneath the copper sun Ancient bones from Olduvai Echoes of the very first cry "Who made me here and why Beneath the copper sun?" African idea African idea Make the future clear Make the future clear Chorus..... And we are the scatterlings of Africa Both you and I We are on the road to Phelamanga Beneath a copper sky And we are the scatterlings of Africa On a journey to the stars Far below, we leave forever Dreams of what we were |
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The world is full of strange behaviour
Every man has to be his own saviour I know I can make it on my own if I try But I'm searching for a Great Heart to stand me by Underneath the African sky A Great Heart to stand me by Chorus: I'm searching for the spirit of the Great Heart To hold and stand me by I'm searching for the spirit of the Great Heart Under African sky I'm searching for the spirit of the Great Heart I see the fire in your eyes I'm searching for the spirit of the Great Heart That beats my name inside Sometimes I feel that you really know me Sometimes there's much you can show me There's a highway of stars across the heavens The whispering song of the wind in the grass There's the rolling thunder across the savanna A hope and dream at the edge of the sky And your life is a story like the wind Your life is a story like the wind Chorus Guka 'mzimba (body grow old) Sala 'nhliziyo (but heart remain behind) |
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Asimbonanga (We have not seen him)
Asimbonang' uMandela thina (We have not seen Mandela) Laph'ekhona (In the place where he is) Laph'ehleli khona (In the place where he is kept) Oh the sea is cold and the sky is grey Look across the Island into the Bay We are all islands till comes the day We cross the burning water Chorus.... A seagull wings across the sea Broken silence is what I dream Who has the words to close the distance Between you and me Chorus.... Steve Biko, Victoria Mxenge Neil Aggett Asimbonanga Asimbonang 'umfowethu thina (we have not seen our brother) Laph'ekhona (In the place where he is) Laph'wafela khona (In the place where he died) Hey wena (Hey you!) Hey wena nawe (Hey you and you as well) Siyofika nini la' siyakhona (When will we arrive at our destination) |
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Oh no, you've gone again
I feel like Daniel in the lion's den Stone cold in the afternoon So alone in the empty room They say that four walls do not a prison make I'm trying to find a way out but there seems no escape When I feel the hidden power that lies inside your sound Like the ghost inside the atom that spins it round and round There's magic in some words, some things you can't explain That conjures up that feeling of the sun inside the rain Chorus When the wind is blowing like a lonesome train I reach out and touch you and I call your name When the night is lonely and I fear the coming day I reach out and touch you And I call your name -- ngibiza igama lakho Oh no, don't let the sun go down I'm so low, I feel underground There's no easy road and no easy way To say the things I have to say 'Cause I know that time is a distance and distance is a space I've come so far to find you, it's you I can't replace When I feel the hidden power that lies inside your sound Like the ghost inside the atom that spins it round and round There's magic in some words some things you can't explain That conjures up that feeling of the sun inside the rain Chorus |
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Chorus
Take my heart away (repeat) To be the sound of wild geese calling To be ten seasons in a night To dance the sun beyond the tides of war and peace To put silence stained by crimes to flight I need to heart-break-loose-the wind Dedela umoya wami, Baba (Set my spirit free, father) Chorus To see your eyes shine like two desert stars To see life burning with a mission To break the empty circle of living and dying To leave a child with a vision I need to heart-break-loose-the wind Dedela umoya wami, Baba (Set my spirit free, father) Chorus Sing me the songs that won the battle Sing me the first and the last man's glory Sing me the songs that taste of freedom Thread me through with your sacred needle Liyeza, liyeza, liyeza ilanga lami seliyeza (It's coming, it's coming, my day is coming) |
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If you come to my house
I will show you something to see It's a picture of a man I used to be But these days I'm running through the dark Like a blind man -- what's happened to me? These days I'm searching for a sign In the badlands -- oh give it to me Chorus African shadow man tell me the future if you can Tell it to me There's magic in your hands Touch my life and set me free African shadow man I am a refugee In a world that once was mine Hunting my tomorrow On the edge of time But these days I'm running through the dark Like a blind man -- what's happened to me? There days I'm running from a tribe in the badlands Oh set me free Chorus African shadow man tell me the future if you can Tell it to me There's magic in your hands Oh touch my life and set me free African shadow man tell me the future if you can Tell it to me I don't need a Cadillac To take me where I have to be It feels alright, it feels alright to me It feels alright, it feels alright to be An African E-ye hum-o-hum-hum-oh Chorus African shadow man show me the future if you can Tell it to me There's magic in your hands Oh touch my life and set me free African shadow man tell me the future if you can Tell it to me I don't need a Cadillac To take me where I have to be A shadow man |
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One day I looked up and there you were,
like a simple question looking for an answer. Now I am the whale listening to some inner call, swimming blindly to throw myself upon your shore. What if I don't find you when I have landed? Will you leave me here to die on your shore stranded? I think I know why the dog howls at the moon. I think I know why the dog howls at the moon. I sing dela, dela ngyanya dela when I'm with you, dela, sondela mama sondela, I burn for you. I've been waiting for you all my life hoping for a miracle, I've been waiting day and night, day and night. I've been waiting for you all my life waiting for redemption, I've been wating day and night, I burn for you. A blind bird sings inside the cage that is my heart, the image of your face comes to me when I am alone in the dark. If I could give a shape to this ache that I have for you, If I could find the voice that says the words to capture you. I think I know, I think I know, I think I know, I think I know why the dog howls at the moon. I think I know why the dog howls at the moon. I sing dela, dela ngyanya dela when I'm with you, dela, sondela mama sondela, I burn for you. I've been waiting for you all my life hoping for a miracle, I've been waiting day and night, day and night. I've been waiting for you all my life waiting for redemption, I've been wating day and night, I burn for you. Sondela, sondela, mama sondela, I burn for you. I've been waiting for you all my life hoping for a miracle, I've been waiting day and night, day and night. I've been waiting for you all my life waiting for redemption, I've been wating day and night, I burn for you. Burn for you, I burn for you... |
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Yashimbawula! (the watchman's fire is burning)
What happened to the diamonds in your eyes, What happened to the hunger for the day's chase? What happened to the electric smile That danced across your face We used to talk about changing the world Now all you want to do is change your name Come on baby don't surrender now to the empty heart of these days. We used to talk so deep into the night You had the heart of a wild horse running You bared your soul to me and we both knew these days were coming Chorus: These days -- blood in the heavens These days -- fire and ice These days -- burning streets and visions These days -- of the loveless child Yashimbawula! You were the reason I came here You will always be the one I am looking for I can't stand to see the way these days are pushing you against the wall Got to get up, got to move out Face the tide beyond the door Outside there's a whole world changing We can't stand here, trapped inside Let's step out and test the weazther Hang on baby, it's going to ge a rough ride thru' Chorus These days -- searching for a vision These days -- gun metal blue These days -- changing my religion These days -- heartless and cruel say the words and fill my sails I will love you through the coming gale we'll get through the darkest heart of these days "It's killing time" Who will watch the watchers? Who will keep the keepers? Who will love the lovers -- could you? Chorus.... |
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Something broke the place where the rain is bornb
something stole the promise from the light of dawn people, people were everywhere struggling to get their share honest cruelty in the eyes of the innocent squeezing one more harvest from this tired earth they call to you, but the wind just blows away their words didn't believe in miracles, didn't believe you'd come didn't see any reason to carry on Chorus: But in my African Dream, you touched my face raised up my children and gave them grace in my African Dream you wiped away my tears and whispered the promise of a thousand years Children with eyes like souls ready to fly looking at me -- for some kind of sacred sign who will teach the young, the names of the ancient ones who will tell them from whence they come I have no answer, don't even have a prayer All I can do is close my eyes and hope that you will be thre In my African Dream you blessed the rain let me stand proud, eased the pain, you raised me up, gave me love, filled my cup. Old man sits in the shade of the thorn treee he says "these thorns are all that are true life is suffering, suffering is life, be happy with the small things that come to you They will come to you, come to you." Chorus |
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One day I looked up and there you were,
like a simple question looking for an answer. Now I am the whale listening to some inner call, swimming blindly to throw myself upon your shore. What if I don't find you when I have landed? Will you leave me here to die on your shore stranded? I think I know why the dog howls at the moon. I think I know why the dog howls at the moon. I sing dela, dela ngyanya dela when I'm with you, dela, sondela mama sondela, I burn for you. I've been waiting for you all my life hoping for a miracle, I've been waiting day and night, day and night. I've been waiting for you all my life waiting for redemption, I've been wating day and night, I burn for you. A blind bird sings inside the cage that is my heart, the image of your face comes to me when I am alone in the dark. If I could give a shape to this ache that I have for you, If I could find the voice that says the words to capture you. I think I know, I think I know, I think I know, I think I know why the dog howls at the moon. I think I know why the dog howls at the moon. I sing dela, dela ngyanya dela when I'm with you, dela, sondela mama sondela, I burn for you. I've been waiting for you all my life hoping for a miracle, I've been waiting day and night, day and night. I've been waiting for you all my life waiting for redemption, I've been wating day and night, I burn for you. Sondela, sondela, mama sondela, I burn for you. I've been waiting for you all my life hoping for a miracle, I've been waiting day and night, day and night. I've been waiting for you all my life waiting for redemption, I've been wating day and night, I burn for you. Burn for you, I burn for you... |
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