Song: Africa ~~ 1982 ~~ 4:59
Artist: Toto
LP/CD: IV ~~ Columbia ~~ 1982
Composers: Paich~Porcaro

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 stop to know that 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 passed some rains down in Africa
Gonna take some time to do 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 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 passed some rains down in Africa
Gonna take some time to do the things we never had

“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 passed some rains down in Africa
I passed some rains down in Africa (I passed some rains)
I passed some rains down in Africa (I passed some rains)
I passed some rains down in Africa
I passed some rains down in Africa
Gonna take some time to do the things we never had

Transcribed by: Char Star
Uploaded on: February 22, 2003