Africa-Nektar/Bobby Kimball/Patrick Moraz

[ti:Africa] [ar:Nektar] [al:A Spoonful of Time - Deluxe Edition] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Africa - Nektar/Bobby Kimball/Patrick Moraz [00:38.02]I hear the drums echoing tonight [00:41.61]But she hears only whispers of some quiet conversation [00:49.75]She's coming in the 12:30 flight [00:53.35]The moonlit wings reflect the stars that guide me towards salvation [01:01.62]I stopped an old man along the way [01:05.21]Hoping to find some old forgotten words or ancient melodies [01:13.64]He turned to me as if to say [01:17.08]"Hurry boy it's waiting there for you " [01:22.70] [01:23.90]It's gonna take a lot to drag me away from you [01:29.15]There's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do [01:34.22]I bless the rains down in Africa [01:39.40]Gonna take some time to do the things we never had [01:46.62] [01:57.80]The wild dogs cry out in the night [02:01.23]As they grow restless longing for some solitary company [02:08.86]I know that I must do what's right [02:12.28]Sure as Kilimanjaro rises like Olympus above the Serengeti [02:21.17]I seek to cure what's deep inside [02:24.80]Frightened of this thing that I've become [02:31.61]It's gonna take a lot to drag me away from you [02:36.81]There's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do [02:42.03]I bless the rains down in Africa [02:47.20]Gonna take some time to do the things we never had [02:52.91]Hurry boy she's waiting there for you [03:22.61] [03:27.71]It's gonna take a lot to drag me away from you [03:33.01]There's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do [03:38.15]I bless the rains down in Africa I bless the rains down in Africa [03:48.55]I bless the rains down in Africa [03:54.71]Gonna take some time to do the things we never had