Africa - Toto

            
I hear the dru

            
ms echoing ton

 
ight 
            
She hears only

            
 whispers of s

           
ome quiet conv

        
ersa - tion 
            
She's coming i

            
n twelve thirt

            
y flight   the

  
 moonlit winds

 
            
     Reflect t

              
he stars that 

          
guide me towar

           
d salva-tion 
            
I stopped an o

            
ld man along t

    
he way 
            
Hoping to find

            
 some old forg

           
otten words or

            
 ancient melo-

    
dies 
            
He turned to m

          
e as if to say

              
  hurry boy it

            
's waiting the

       
re for you 
           
     Gonna tak

             
e a lot to dra

            
g me away from

   
 you 
           
     There's n

              
othing that a 

             
hundred men or

            
 more could ev

   
er do       MT

M 
           
     I bless t

             
he rains down 

         
in   Africa 
           
     Gonna tak

             
e some time to

            
 do the things

       
 we never  had

    
 
 
            
The wild dogs 

            
cry out in the

   
 night 
            
As they grow r

            
estless longin

           
g for some sol

            
itary compa-ny

   
 
          
I know that I 

              
must do what's

  
 right 
            
Sure as Kilima

            
njaro rises li

           
ke Olympus abo

              
ve the Serenge

      
ti 
            
     I seek to

            
 cure what's d

      
eep inside 
            
Frightened of 

            
this thing tha

         
t I've become 
           
     Gonna tak

             
e a lot to dra

          
g me away from

 
 you 
           
     There's n

             
othing that a 

             
hundred men or

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 more could ev

 
er do 
           
     I bless t

             
he rains down 

      
in   Africa 
           
     Gonna tak

             
e some time to

            
 do the things

      
 we never  had

  
 
 
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 hurry boy it'

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s waiting ther

  
e for you 
           
     Gonna tak

             
e a lot to dra

          
g me away from

 
 you 
           
     There's n

             
othing that a 

             
hundred men or

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 more could ev

 
er do 
           
     I bless t

             
he rains down 

      
in   Africa 
    

          
     I bless t

            
he rains down 

    
in   Africa 
           
     I bless t

             
he rains down 

      
in   Africa 
           
     I bless t

             
he rains down 

      
in   Africa 
           
     I bless t

             
he rains down 

      
in   Africa 
           
     Gonna tak

             
e some time to

            
 do the things

      
 we never  had