Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song Badagry Beach , by - Ben Onono. Song from the album Native Stranger, in the genre ПопRelease date: 22.02.2009
Record label: Jos
Song language: English
Badagry Beach |
| Mongo Park |
| The explorer loved the light of Badagry Beach |
| The singer Fela sang of the lights and the noise in her city air of Badagry |
| Beach. |
| The Portuguese sailors found trade on the malarious shores of Badagry Beach. |
| The rusty shackles remain and bare testament of what went before. |
| And I, if I knew her less, would I love her more? |
| Coz when I get to close to her |
| Is when I can’t see the beauty of her anymore |
| A masquerade, a beggar man, an Iroko tree, palm wine, a coral snake |
| Badagry was one of those beautiful and deadly things at the same time. |
| Down by the mission under the Agia tree of Badagry Beach |
| And I wonder to myself how many secrets she holds and will never let show. |
| And as I walk along her golden shore line |
| Diesel oil and sand under my feet |
| Washed by the tides that came before and come again |
| Harmattan winds are blowing |
| Harmattan winds are blowing |
| Spirits that swirl in the dust devils and disappear |
| A loneliness that is continental wanders far and wide |
| A loneliness that is an inward thing |
| Can rock itself to sleep every night |
| And I, if I knew her less, would I love her more? |
| If I knew her less, would I love her more? |
| Coz when I get too close |