africa (toto)

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i hear the drums echoing tonight
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but she hears only whispers of
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some quiet conversation
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she`s coming in twelve thirty flight
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her moonlit wings reflect the stars
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that guide me towards salvation
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i stopped an old man along the way
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hoping to find some old forgotten words
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or ancient melodies
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he turned to me as if to say
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hurry boy its waiting there for you

(chorus:)
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its gonna take a lot to drag me away from you
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theres nothing that a hundred men
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or more could ever do
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i bless the rains down in africa
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gonna take some time to do
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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 whats right
sure as kilimanjaro rises like olympus
above the serengeti
i seek to cure whats deep inside
frightened of this thing that i`ve become.

(repeat chorus)

hurry boy its waiting there for you.

(repeat chorus).