"Africa" by Toto (lyrics)

"Africa"

by: Toto

(Instrumental)

I hear the drums echoing tonight
But she hears only whispers of some quiet conversation
She's coming in, 12:30 flight

The 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 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 bless the rains down in Africa
Gonna take some time to do the things we never had

(Instrumental)

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
As 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

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 bless the rains down in Africa
Gonna take some time to do the things we never had

(Instrumental)

Hurry boy, she'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 bless the rains down in Africa
I bless the rains down in Africa
(I bless the rain)

I bless the rains down in Africa
(I bless the rain)

I bless the rains down in Africa

I bless the rains down in Africa
(Ah, gonna take the time)

Gonna take some time to do the things we never had

Facts:

"Africa", is a 1982 song by the American rock band ToTo. It was included from their 1982 album "Toto IV", and released as a single on September 30, 1982. The song was written by the band's keyboardist/vocalist David Paich and drummer Jeff Porcaro.

 David Paich said: 

"At the beginning of the '80s I watched a late night documentary on TV about all the terrible death and suffering of the people in Africa. It both moved and appalled me, and the pictures just wouldn't leave my head. I tried to imagine how I'd feel about if I was there and what I'd do." He also explained,  the song is about a man's love of a continent  Africa, rather than just a personal romance".

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