Somebody broke the place where the rain is born
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something stole the promise from the light of the dawn
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people, people everywhere struggeling to get their share
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honest cruelty in the eyes of the innocent
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squeezing one more harvest from the tired earth
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they call to you, but the wind just blows away their words
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I didn't believe in miracles, I didn't believe you'd come,
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I didn't see any reason to carry on
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But in my African Dream, you touched my soul
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raised up the children, made them whole
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in my African Dream you wiped away my tears,
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whispered the promise of a thousand years
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Children with eyes like souls ready to fly
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looking at me -- for some kind of sacred sign
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who will teach the young, the names of the ancient ones
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who will tell them from whence they come
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I have no answer, I don't even have a prayer
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All I can do is close my eyes and hope that you will be there
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In my African Dream, you touched my soul
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raised up the children, you made them whole
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in my African Dream you wiped away my tears
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whispered the promise of a thousand years
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In my African Dream you blessed the rain
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let me stand proud, eased my pain,
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African dream,you raised me up,
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gave me love, you filled my cup.
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Old man sitting in the shade of the thorn treee
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he says "these thorns are all that is true,
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life is suffering, suffering is life,
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be happy with the small things that come to you,
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that come to you, oh they come to you,
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They will be coming to you, oh come to you."
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In My African Dream
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Johnny Clegg & Savuka |