I hear the drums echoing tonight But she hears only whispers of some quiet conversa --tion She's coming in, twelve-thirty flight The moonlit wings reflect the stars that guide me towards salva--tion I stopped an old man along the way Hoping to find some old forgotten words or ancient melo-dies He turned to me as if to say Hurry boy its 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 Afri-ca Gonna take some time to Do the things we never haaaaaaaaaave 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 Seren-geti 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 Afri-ca Gonna take some time to Do the things we never haaaaaaaaaave I bless the rains down in Afri-ca repeat