Africa
Chris De Burgh

I hear the drums echoing tonight,
But she hears only whispers of some quiet conversation,
She's coming in twelve-thirty flight,
Her moonlit wings reflect the stars
That guide me towards salvation,
I stopped an old man along the way,
Hoping to find some long forgotten words or ancient memories,
He turned to me as if to say,
Hurry boy, it's waiting there for you

Gonna to take a lot to drag me away from you,
There's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do,
I'll bless the rains down in Africa,
Going to take some time to do the things we never had;

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,
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,

Gonna to take a lot to drag me away from you,
There's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do,
I'll bless the rains down in Africa,
Going to take some time to do the things we never had;

Hurry boy, she's waiting there for you,

Gonna take a lot to drag me away from you,
There's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do,
I'll bless the rains down in Africa,
I'll bless the rains down in Africa,
I'll bless the rains down in Africa,
I'll bless the rains down in Africa,
I'll bless the rains down in Africa,
Going take some time to do the things we never had


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  A Celebration   A New Star In Heaven Tonight   A Night on the River   A Rainy Night in Paris   A Rainy Night in Paris [Multimedia Track]   A Spaceman Came Travelling   A Spaceman Came Travelling [DVD][Live]   A Spaceman Came Travelling [Live][*]   A Woman's Heart   A Woman's Heart   All The Love I Have Inside   Already There   Always On My Mind   Always on My Mind [5.1 DTS   Another Rainbow   Bal Masqué   Bal Masqué   Bal Masque   Blonde Hair, Blue Jeans   Blue Bayou   Borderline   Borderline [Multimedia Track]   Brazil   Broken Wings   Broken Wings [Live]   Brother John   By My Side   Carry Me   Carry Me (Like A Fire In Your Heart)   Carry Me (Like a Fire in Your Heart) [5.1 Dolb [...   Carry Me(Like A Fire In Your Heart)   Carry On   Carry On (reprise)   Catch The Wind   Corinna, Corinna   Crusader   Crying and Laughing   Crying In The Rain   Day After Day   Diamond In The Dark   Discovery   Discovery [DVD]   Do What You Do   Don't Look Back   Don't Pay The Ferryman   Don't Look Back   Don't Pay The Ferryman   Eastern Wind   Even Now   Every Drop of Rain   Every Step Of The Way   Everywhere I Go   Fatal Hesitation   Fire on the Water   First Steps   Five Past Dreams   Five Past Dreams [Multimedia Track]   Flying Home   For Rosanna   For Two Days And Nights...   Forevermore   Girl   Go Where Your Heart Believes   Goodnight   Greater Love   Guilty Secret   Have A Care   Heart of Darkness   Here For You   Here Is Your Paradise   High On Emotion   High on Emotion [DVD]   High on Emotion [Multimedia Track]   Hold On   I Had The Love In My Eyes   I See You Everywhere   I Want It   I Want It (And I Want It Now)   I Will   I'm Counting On You   I'm Going Home   I'm Not Crying Over You   I'm Not Scared Anymore   I'm Counting On You   I'm Going Home   I'm Not Crying Over You   I'm Not Scared Anymore   If Beds Could Talk   If You Really Love Her, Let Her Go   In A Country Churchyard   In a Country Churchyard (Let Your Love Shine On)   In Dreams   In Dreams [DVD]   In Love Forever   In Love Forever [DVD]   In The Ghetto   In The Years That Followed...   In Your Eyes   It's Me   It's Me (And I'm Ready To Go)   It's Such A Long Way Home   It's Me   It's Such A Long Way Home   Just a Word Away   Just Another Poor Boy   Just In Time   Kiss Me From A Distance   La Dama De Ayer   Lady In Red   Lady in Red [DVD]   Lady Madonna   Last Night   Le Coeur D'une Femme   Le Coeur D'une Femme   Leather on My Shoes   Lebanese Night   Lebanese Night [Multimedia Track]   Leningrad   Let It Be   Liberty   Light a Fire   Little Angel   Live For The Day   Living In The World   Living in the World [Multimedia Track]   Living On The Island   Lonely Sky   Lonesome Cowboy   Long Train Running   Love & Time   Love And Time   Love Is My Decision   Love Of The Heart Devine   Love of The Heart Divine   Love's Got A Hold On Me   Love's Got A Hold On Me   Making The Perfect Man   Man on the Line   Missing You   Missing You [5 [2.0 Dolby Stereo]   Moonfleet Bay   Moonlight and Vodka   Moonshadow   Much More Than This   My Father's Eyes   My Father's Eyes   My Lover Is   Natasha Dance   Natasha Dance [Multimedia Track]   New Moon   Nothing Ever Happens Round Here   Oh My Brave Hearts   Old Friend   Old-Fashioned People   On a Christmas Night   Once Upon A Time   One Life, One Love   One More Mile To Go   One Word (Straight to the Heart)   One World   Patricia The Stripper   People Of The World   Perfect Day   Polly Von   Quand Je Pense A Toi   Quand Je Pense À Toi   Quiet Moments   Quiet Revolution   Raging Storm   Read My Name   Read My Name [Multimedia Track]   Rhythm of the Rain/Crying in the Rain [*]   Riding On A Rainbow   Rose Of England   Round and Around   Sailing Away   Sailing Away [Multimedia Track]   Sailor   Saint Peter's Gate   Saint Peter's Gate   Satin Green Shutters   Save Me   Say Goodbye To It All   Say Goodbye to It All [5.1 [DVD]   Separate Tables   Seven Bridges   Shadows and Lights   She Means Everything To Me   She Must Have Known   Shine On   Ship to Shore   Ship to Shore [DVD]   Sight and Touch   Sin City   Snow Is Falling   Snow Is Falling [Multimedia Track]   Snows of New York   So Beautiful   Some Things Never Change   Something Else Again   Songbird   Sos   Spanish Train   Spirit   Strangers On A Train   Suddenly Love   Summer Rain   Taking It To The Top   Talk To Me   Tender Hands   That's What Friends Are For   That's What Friends Are For   The Ballroom of Romance   The Best That Love Can Be   The Connemara Coast   The Days Of Our Age   The Devil's Eye   The Devil's Eye   The Ecstasy Of Flight   The Ecstasy of Flight (I Love the Night)   The Escape   The Getaway   The Girl With April in Her Eyes   The Grace Of A Dancer   The Head and The Heart   The Head and the Heart [5.1 DT [5.1 DTS]   The Journey   The Journey   The Journey [Multimedia Track]   The Key   The Lady In Red   The Lady in Red [DVD]   The Lady in Red [From Working Girl]   The Lady in Red [Live][*]   The Lady in Red [Multimedia Track]   The Last Moments of The Dawn   The Last Time I Cried   The Leader   The Light On The Bay   The Long and Winding Road   The Mirror Of The Soul   The Missing You   The Moonfleet Finale   The Nightingale   The Painter   The Record Company Bash   The Revolution   The Risen Lord   The Rivers of Abraham   The Road To Freedom   The Road to Freedom [Multimedia Track]   The Same Sun   The Same Sun [Multimedia Track]   The Secret Of The Locket   The Shadow Of The Mountain   The Simple Truth   The Simple Truth (a child is born)   The Snows Of New York   The Snows of New York [5.1 DTS   The Snows of New York (co-written with Albert Hamm...   The Snows of New York [Multimedia Track]   The Son and The Father   The Sotoryman   The Sound of a Gun   The Spirit of Man   The Spirit of Man [*]   The Storm   The Sweetest Kiss Of All   The Tower   The Traveller   The Village Of Moonfleet...   The Vision   The Words "I Love You"   The Words I Love You   There's a New Star Up In Heaven Tonight   There's Room In This Heart Tonight   There's A New Star Up In Heaven Tonight   There's Room In This Heart Tonight   This Is Love   This Silent World   This Song For You   This Waiting Heart   This Weight On Me   Time In A Bottle   Timing Is Everything   Tonight   Tourist Attraction   Tower   Transmission Ends   Treasure and Betrayal   Turn, Turn, Turn   Turning   Turning Round   Two Sides To Every Story   Up Here In Heaven   Waiting For The Hurricane   Wall Of Silence   Watching the World   What About Me?   What You Mean To Me   When I See You Tonight   When I Think Of You   When Winter Comes   When Winter Comes [Multimedia Track]   Where Peaceful Waters Flow   Where We Will Be Going   While You See A Chance   Why Mona Lisa Smiled   Windy Night   With Heavy Heart...   Without You   You and Me   You Are The Reason   You Look Beautiful

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