
Date of issue: 25.03.1990
Record label: Parlophone
Song language: English
Woman Be My Country |
Here we stand on the edge of the day |
Faces melting in the african rain |
So many seasons of silent war |
So many drowned before they reached the shore |
Nothing is clear to me any more in this sad and strange landscape |
I’ve got no defense, I’ve got no attack |
I can’t leave, I can’t stay and I’ve got no way back |
Hard to deal with the way things have been |
I can’t lie but the truth is so extreme |
Woman be my country, 'till my country can be mine |
Hide me deep inside your borders in these dark and troubled times |
Remember me my innocence before I drowned in the sea of lies |
Woman be my country, 'till my country can be mine |
Too many seasons of quiet rage |
Too many young people just wasted away |
Too many futures hanging in the balance |
Too much owing nothing left to pay |
A lonely flag flutters in the breeze |
For the hardened hearts who still want to believe |
Am I the witness or am I the crime |
A victim of history or just a sign of the times |
Across my heart questions and shadows still fly |
But in the dead of the night I know where the answer lies |
Woman be my country, 'till my country can be mine |
I have no flag, I sing no anthem, I no longer carry an armalite |
Bathe me in you sweet rivers, anoint me with your touch and your smile |
To your colours I give my allegiance, I lay it on the line |
Ngikhathele ngifile wena weqat' izwe |
(I am dead tired of you who causes friction in the land) |
Ngikhathele ngifile zindaba zakho |
(I am dead tired of you, and your matters) |
Yash' imizi yobada |
(the homes of my fathers are burning) |
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