I hear the drums echoing tonight

 But she hears only whispers of some quiet conversation

 She's coming in 12:30 flight

 The moonlit wings reflect the stars that guide me towards salvation

 I stopped an old man along the way

 Hoping to find some long forgotten words or ancient melodies

 He turned to me as if to say, "Hurry boy, it's 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 Africa

 Gonna take some time to do the things we never had

 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

 Sure as Kilimanjaro rises like Olympus above the Serengeti

 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 Africa

 Gonna take some time to do the things we never had

 Hurry boy, she's 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 Africa, I bless the rains down in Africa

 I bless the rains down in Africa, I bless the rains down in Africa

 I bless the rains down in Africa

 Gonna take some time to do the things we never had