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Africa Lyrics

by Toto

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Africa” is a song by Toto. This page features time-synced lyrics that highlight each line as the song plays — press play to sing along in real time. The lyrics contain 34 lines.

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I hear the drums echoing tonight

But she hears only whispers of some quiet conversation

She's comin' in, 12:30 flight

Her moonlit wings reflect the stars that guide me towards salvation

I stopped an old man along the way

Hopin' 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 nothin' that a hundred men or more could ever do

I bless the rains down in Africa

We're gonna take some time to do the things we never had

Ooh-hoo

♪ ♪ ♪

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 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 nothin' that a hundred men or more could ever do

I bless the rains down in Africa

We're gonna take some time to do the things we never had

Ooh-hoo

♪ ♪ ♪

"Hurry, boy, she's waiting there for you"

It's gonna take a lot to drag me away from you

There's nothin' 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 rains)

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

I bless the rains down in Africa

I bless the rains down in Africa

We're gonna take some time to do the things we never had

Ooh-hoo

♪ ♪ ♪

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I hear the drums echoing tonight But she hears only whispers of some quiet conversation She's comin' in, 12:30 flight Her moonlit wings reflect the stars that guide me towards salvation I stopped an old man along the way Hopin' 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 nothin' that a hundred men or more could ever do I bless the rains down in Africa We're gonna take some time to do the things we never had Ooh-hoo 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 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 nothin' that a hundred men or more could ever do I bless the rains down in Africa We're gonna take some time to do the things we never had Ooh-hoo "Hurry, boy, she's waiting there for you" It's gonna take a lot to drag me away from you There's nothin' 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 rains) I bless the rains down in Africa (I bless the rains) I bless the rains down in Africa I bless the rains down in Africa We're gonna take some time to do the things we never had Ooh-hoo
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