Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song Woman Be My Country , by - Johnny Clegg. Song from the album Cruel Crazy Beautiful World, in the genre ПопRelease date: 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) |