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I hear the drums echoing tonight 00:14
But she hears only whispers of some quiet conversation 00:17
She's coming in 12:30 flight 00:25
The moonlit wings reflect the stars that guide me towards salvation 00:28
I stopped an old man along the way 00:37
Hoping to find some old forgotten words or ancient melodies 00:40
He turned to me as if to say, "Hurry boy, it's waiting there for you" 00:49
It's gonna take a lot to take me away from you 00:59
There's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do 01:04
I bless the rains down in Africa 01:09
Gonna take some time to do the things we never had 01:14
01:22
The wild dogs cry out in the night 01:33
As they grow restless, longing for some solitary company 01:36
I know that I must do what's right 01:45
As sure as Kilimanjaro rises like Olympus above the Serengeti 01:48
I seek to cure what's deep inside 01:56
Frightened of this thing that I've become 02:00
It's gonna take a lot to drag me away from you 02:07
There's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do 02:12
I bless the rains down in Africa 02:17
Gonna take some time to do the things we never had 02:22
02:29
Hurry boy, she's waiting there for you 02:56
It's gonna take a lot to drag me away from you 03:03
There's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do 03:08
I bless the rains down in Africa 03:13
I bless the rains down in Africa (I bless the rain) 03:18
I bless the rains down in Africa (I bless the rain) 03:24
I bless the rains down in Africa 03:29
I bless the rains down in Africa (ah, gonna take the time) 03:34
Gonna take some time to do the things we never had 03:39
03:45

Africa – English Lyrics

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[English]
I hear the drums echoing tonight
But she hears only whispers of some quiet conversation
She's coming in 12:30 flight
The moonlit wings reflect the stars that guide me towards salvation
I stopped an old man along the way
Hoping to find some old forgotten words or ancient melodies
He turned to me as if to say, "Hurry boy, it's waiting there for you"
It's gonna take a lot to take me away from you
There's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do
I bless the rains down in Africa
Gonna take some time to do the things we never had
...
The wild dogs cry out in the night
As they grow restless, longing for some solitary company
I know that I must do what's right
As sure as Kilimanjaro rises like Olympus above the Serengeti
I seek to cure what's deep inside
Frightened of this thing that I've become
It's gonna take a lot to drag me away from you
There's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do
I bless the rains down in Africa
Gonna take some time to do the things we never had
...
Hurry boy, she's waiting there for you
It's gonna take a lot to drag me away from you
There's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do
I bless the rains down in Africa
I bless the rains down in Africa (I bless the rain)
I bless the rains down in Africa (I bless the rain)
I bless the rains down in Africa
I bless the rains down in Africa (ah, gonna take the time)
Gonna take some time to do the things we never had
...

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