I hear the drums echoing tonight
She hears only whispers of some quiet conversation
She's coming in twelve-thirty 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 drag me away from you
There's nothing that a hundred men
Or more could ever do
I met some 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
Sure as Kilimanjaro rises like a leprous
Above the Seregeti
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 met some rains down in Africa
Gonna take some time to do
The things we never have
(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 met some rains down in Africa
I met some rains down in Africa
I met some rains down in Africa
I met some rains down in Africa
I met some rains down in Africa
Gonna take some time to do
The things we never have