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
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
Siyayibiza Ye! As'hambeni Hayi 'Ngane (We are calling: hey! let's go child of Yam ashangane the Shangaan) Oh the
Chorus: Asimbonanga (We have not seen him) Asimbonang' uMandela thina (We have not seen Mandela) Laph'ekhona (
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
Hawa Beke Mama Oye Hamba ugadile (be alert and be on guard) I feel a river in flood in my veins I can feel your love in my brain It wants
(for Jenny) I'm a working alien in a land of heat and stone a casulaty of an economic war that took me away from home. It's the politics of money and
(for Dudu) Through all the days that eat away at every breath that I take through all the nights I've lain alone in someone else's dream, awake all the
Beyond freedom and dignity Beyond the dying of the light She takes me Beyond reason and the trinity Beyond the sun and out of sight Oh no, uh no, oh she
Sweat in the heat for days on end waiting for you to come again to hear the words spill from your lips "the system has fallen" Mass action on the radio
Bits of songs and broken drums Are all he could recall So he spoke to me In a bastard tongue Carried on the silence of the guns "It's been a long long
WAQAMB' AMANGA MUS' UKUQAMB' AMANGA [you were lying, do not tell lies] WANGI QAMBELA AMANGA UFUNA UKUNGILAHLISA ITHEMBA LAMI WEMAME! [You told lies,
LOMHLABA UNZIMA, LOMHLABA [this world is a harsh place, this world] Picture the end of a cycle here's the fire from heaven There's a tired planeet closing
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
Shooting star across my sky I wanted to keep you in my heaven "I will be anything you want!" I said "I will live into your dream just to see you smile
Chopper standing in the clearing, fuelled and ready to ride Captain in the doorway, telling us to step inside last minute check, all weapons set parachute
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
African sky blue, your children wait for the dawn African sky blue, soon a new day will be born African sky blue African sky blue, will you bless my life
