Africa Lyrics

Africa I came to change you but instead you changed me And I confess I came to frame you in a photograph But you showed me why And you turned this heart around And I see your smile how it can be So much brighter than me And your silent eyes they scream Of hunger and meaning and eternal dreaming Africa Africa We smiled at you from behind the glass And without reserve and whiter than snow You smiled back at us And you showed me who And you turned this mind around And I see your hands reach out to God So much higher than ours And your silent eyes they scream Of hunger and meaning and eternal dreaming Africa Afrika mimi naku penda Dedicated to Mutisya (World Vision - Kenya) Let Love Grow You know that you're such a lonely child Did you ever let me know? You say our love was an oversight And now that you're gone you can grow And there you go Love is emotion and wanderlust And feelings too deep for a song But love is decision and sacrifice And without them love can't go on But there you go There you go Bring back the flowers of spring in this heart Heal up the wounds that have torn us apart Fall like the rain in the midst of a drought And wherever you go Let love grow Time to pick up these pieces and start again And draw a new map of the world The regeneration of all of creation Begins with a soul that will turn So here I go Here we go