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
OOh

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 Serengetti
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
OOh

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