OLIVIA - Africa
Lyrics: David Paich,
Jeff Porcaro
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I hear the drums echoing tonight
But she hears only whispers of some quiet conversation
She's coming in 12:30 flight
The moonlight wings reflect the stars that guide me toward salvation
I stopped an old man along the way
Hoping to find some long-forgotten words of 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 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 have*
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 Seragetti
I seek to cure what's deep inside
Frightened of this thing that I've become
*repeat
"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 [x5]
Gonna take some time to do the things we never have