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I can't forget you my little Mushanga |
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I keep a place in my heart for you |
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The days of waiting they keep getting longer |
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And not a thing I can do |
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I was a poet, a magazine writer |
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Sent to report on political views |
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It was by chance through a lens that I met you |
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A Capetown girl with no shoes |
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You were runnin' down the road |
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I was going your way |
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I stopped and turned around to lent you my hand |
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You smiled though you were suffering |
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I didn't understand, then |
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You broke into my heart |
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I saw your eyes and then I knew |
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You broke into my heart |
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Like the wind and rain that followed you |
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You broke into my heart |
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Had the Lord above forgotten you? |
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You broke in from the start |
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And all my tears belong to you |
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Mushanga, oh, Mushanga, oh |
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I sat and watched as she danced by the fires |
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Through ancient songs did the tale unfold |
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They sang of diamonds that came from their mountains |
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The loss of lives mining white man's gold |
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I had to leave and go back to Manhattan |
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Where all my stories are bought and sold |
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I know the city would surely be saddened |
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If what I knew could be told |
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You were runnin' down the road |
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I was going your way |
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I stopped and turned around to lent you my hand |
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You smiled though you were suffering |
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I didn't understand, then |
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You broke into my heart |
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I saw your eyes and then I knew |
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You broke into my heart |
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Like the wind and rain that followed you |
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You broke into my heart |
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Had the Lord above forgotten you? |
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You broke in from the start |
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And all my tears belong to you |
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Mushanga, oh, Mushanga, oh |
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[Instrumental break] |
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It's been so long since I last heard your laughter |
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So many letters and still no news |
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I hope you find all the things that you're after |
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You know my heart is with you |
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You were runnin' down the road |
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I was going your way |
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I stopped and turned around to lent you my hand |
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You smiled though you were suffering |
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I didn't understand, then |
|
You broke into my heart |
|
I saw your eyes and then I knew |
|
You broke into my heart |
|
Like the wind and rain that followed you |
|
You broke into my heart |
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Had the Lord above forgotten you? |
|
You broke into my heart |
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I saw your eyes and then I knew |
|
You broke in from the start |
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And all my tears belong to you |
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Mushanga, oh, Mushanga, oh |