Toto Iv

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"

Chorus:
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

Chorus

(instrumental break)

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

You stole my heart the moment you came to town
I said hello but you were gone when i turned around
You can't get away, can't get away, even if you try now
I wanna tell you but the words just can't be found

I like the way you move and just the way you are
I can't take anymore, 'cos girl, you're pushin' too hard
You can't get away, can't let you go, what's a boy to do now
You got me askin' myself how i survived this far

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I gotta get away from you, girl
'cos i've never been afraid of love 'til i met you
Never thought a girl could make me feel the way you do
Never been afraid of - never been afraid of love 'til i met you
Ooh, yes you say

(instrumental break)

Can't be something that you never ever had
When i stop and think about you, it makes me laugh
You took me by surprise, i saw it in your eyes, i never had a chance, girl
Now that i see what you are, it doesn't hurt so bad

Chorus

Chorus:

Why don't we make believe we're in love again
Who said the crimson moon doesn't shine
Where do people go when they're lookin' for that one of a kind

Why don't we make believe that we're sorry
Why must we hold it all inside
Where do lovers go when they're runnin' and there's no place to hide

Always remember - the day we met in the foreign rain
You were content and - we went our seperate ways
No matter which way the wind blows now, hang on to it anyhow
Don't ever say it could never be the same

Chorus

Always remember - holding hands on a summer day
You were content ob das stimmt?? and - you took it all away
I didn't come here to change your mind, lead you on and waste your time
All alone in the evening, gettin' blue

Why don't we make believe

(instrumental break)

Chorus

Why don't we make believe, why don't we make believe

Bad time for love - you caught me on your birthday
I could feel your heart break into a hundred pieces
We were too torn apart, now it seems so senseless
And if we're clever, we'll put it together, it may be forever

Chorus:
We made it, made it, made it before, i know that we can make it again
We made it, made it, made it before, i know that we can make it again

Down on my luck, you arrived just in time, my angel
Thought you'd given me up, like a rhyme that needs no reason
I want you enough to keep my life untangled
If we're clever, we'll put it together, 'cos it may be forever

Chorus

(instrumental break)

I want you enough to keep my life untangled
If we're clever, we'll put it together, 'cos it may be forever

Chorus repeats 2x

If ever we'll make it, we're gonna make it girl
And i know we can take it, we got to take it, girl

If ever we can make it, we gotta make it
And i know we can take it...

If i had another chance tonight
I'd try to tell you that the things we had were right
Time can't erase the love we shared
But it gives me time to realize just how much you cared

Now you're gone, i'm really not the same
I guess i have myself to blame
Time can't erase the things we said
But it gives me time to realize that you're the one instead

Chorus:
You know i won't hold you back now, the love we had just can't be found
You know i can't hold you back now

Now that i'm alone it gives me time
To think about the years that you were mine
Time can't erase the love we shared
But it gives me time to realize just how much you cared

Chorus
(instrumental break)
You know i won't hold you back now,
The love we had just can't be found
Listen to me baby
You know i can't hold you back now