Rain falling like a symphony On the roof top of my heart There's a movement in the whispering deep Before the new dream starts I see your eyes shining like a ne...

Trapped in a moment of history You changed the world and the day was yours Laughing sun flashing from your smile Your beach-bronzed body braced against the wind...

If you come to my house I will show you something to see It's a picture of a man I used to be But these days I'm running through the dark Like a blind man -- wh...

African sky blue, your children wait for the dawn African sky blue, soon a new day will be born African sky blue African sky blue, will you bless my life? Afric...

Something's changed in the weather There's a movement underground Something slipped from the finger And may never again be found Standing lost by a river In a l...

Hawu! Bheka Mama! Oye! Hamb'ugadile! (be alert and be on guard) I feel a river in flood in my veins I can feel your love in my brain It wants to dan...

All the young and brave Will turn to face the empty days To dream tomorrow Into shape And those that fall will pray That some will fight on through the dark Not...

Chorus: Asimbonanga--------------------(We have not seen him) Asimbonang' uMandela thina-----(We have not seen Mandela) Laph'ekhona--------------------(In the p...

Welcome to my island But please don't you stay too long I wouldn't want anyone to think That something's going on Toe the line And you'll be fine You'll see ano...

It was a day or so ago I saw him run into the night And on his face, more than a trace Of wild fear in the eye He was haunted by a tragic dream Of people in de...

Baba, ngizwe isimanga, mina Ngizwe isimanga Baba, ngizwe isimanga, mina Ngizwe isimanga Isoka ladlala ngentombi, isoka (repeat) Isoka alikhiphanga inkomo, isoka...

In the history of all dreams None has shone as brightly as you Wrestling with your book of colours Page by page I look for clues >From the gloom of my dark wind...

Umoya wami onakele kunsela elangena Lapha enhlizweni yami (X2) (My spirits are down, a thief has entered my heart) Laqegeza lathatha uthando lwami lonke, ngasal...

You have to wash with the crocodile in the river You have to swim with the sharks in the sea You have to live with the crooked politician Trush those things tha...

It's a world of "hang on to what you've got" It's a world of "do or die" I know you never take it serious And you keep your head up high I know you'd like to sp...

One day I looked up and there you stood Like a simple question looking for an answer Now I am a whale listening to some inner call Swimming blindly to throw mys...

One day I looked up and there you were Like a simple question looking for an answer Now I am a whale listening to some inner call Swimming blindly to throw myse...

Chorus Wanderers and nomads have gone to see their chieftains Will this be the end of the rain and the birds? Who can send an emissary to speak to the seasons? ...

Dogs in the backyard And the flies are on the wall Thunder and lightning But the rain don't ever fall If there's a flower in this desert It's your picture on my...

I don't want to be a tourist in your heart I don't want to visit someone else's ruins Don't want a day trip to the feelings in the dark Don't want a quick-fix h...

(for jenny) I'm a working alien in a land of heat and stone A casulaty of an economic war That took me away from home It's the politics of money and power It's...

(for Jenny) I'm a working alien in a land of heat and stone a casulaty of an economic war that took me away from home It's the politics of money and power It's...

Ngiyesaba kwelamabhaca, ngiyesaba Kwelamabhaca, ngiyesaba (repeat) Gijim'beke, kwelamabhaca, gijim'beke Chorus Gijim'beke, kwelamabhaca, gijim'beke Wo-hum Wo-hu...

Siyayibiz' as'hambeni! Hayi, Ngane -----------(We are calling: hey! let's go child of YamaShangane!----------the Shangaan) Oh the river is wide And the water i...

The world is full of strange behaviour Every man has to be his own saviour I know I can make it on my own if I try But I'm searching for a Great Heart to stand ...

Wo liyeza - wo tomorrow Wo liyeza - it's coming down You've got to rol with the punches and change with the times Don't let today forget yesterday's smiles Und...

I want to look into the heart of the dancer His movements have a magic mystery They must have a message and a meaning 'Cause he's doing something to me Please d...

There's a girl who lives in the high country Where the willows do not weep And the rain falls softly and gently And does not disturb her sleep There's a girl wh...

You see no ship in the harbour No match left to strike a light You couldn't try any harder To make a lie out of life Unfolding everywhere is tragic fate No-one ...

Baleka uzohaqwa! (Escape before you are injured!) Uwahaqwa! (Too late he is injured!) Webaba sicel'impilo (Father, give us life, save our lives) At the end of ...

Oh no, you've gone again I feel like daniel in the lion's den Stone cold in the afternoon So alone in the empty room They say that four walls do not a prison ma...

Oh no, you've gone again I feel like Daniel in the lion's den Stone cold in the afternoon So alone in the empty room They say that four walls do not a prison ma...

Shooting star across my sky I wanted to keep you in my heaven "i will be anything you want!" I said "i will live into your dream just to see you smile" "be my b...

Shooting star across my sky I wanted to keep you in my heaven "I will be anything you want!" I said "I will live into your dream just to see you smile" "Be my b...

Ithikiti esandleni - Ma wezibukeli zonke ezakithi! (twice) (tickets in your hands all you spectators of ours !) 0 narnhlanje sizoqeda zonke Izinkulumo, wezibuke...

Chorus Wemadiliza, wemadiliz' inkani! iJwanasibeki langenzani! Wemadiliza, wemadiliz' inkani! iJwanasibeki langenzani! Qed' inkani eyamadoda! iJwanasibeki lange...

Chorus: Impi! wo 'nans' impi iyeza Obani bengathinta amabhubesi? All along the river Chelmsford's army lay asleep Come to crush the Children of Mageba Come to e...

Somebody broke the place where the rain is born something stole the promise from the light of the dawn people, people everywhere struggeling to get their share ...

Sizwa ukukhala emzini wendoda (we hear crying in the home of a man) Kukhala intombazane (it is a young girl who is crying) Ithi, "wemama, ngiyesaba ukuya emzini...

Hum mmm oh, hum mm oh yehum It's an illusion! Once again my wings on fire Flapping round your deadly flames Walking on the old high wire Trying to keep myself...

Sizofika nini (when will we arrive) Kuhomhlaba wakiti (in this[our]world) Awu ngiphe amandla, 'Nkosi yami (give me strength, my Lord) Ikusasa lethu (our tomorro...

You are a dreamer of dreams walking a lonely shore Dream if you will but remember there are iron laws However much you seek to solve this mystery No one ignores...

She rises for work early each day She's tough and she's straight and her words never ricochet The wounds that you gave her she wears like a bouquet It's crazy, ...

Every day now when I wake up You know I feel just a little bit stronger I stir my coffee with the promise I'll find you Although I know the road is much longer ...

Long ago there was a sound in the night A Kwela man singing under the street light With a cheap guitar he gave his sorrow a smile And he sowed his songs in the ...

( Official song for World Cup ) CHORUS SOBASHAYA BAKHUMBULA EKUBO ( We shall defeat our opposition so that they begin yearning for their homes) ANODLALA ANODLA...

Something in the way she moves In the way she touches me In a way that no one can ever do Something in the way I feel When she's standing there Makes me feel mo...

Impela ayikho into esifuna lemhlabeni madoda (x2) (indeed, our desire in this world for some truth always seems to come to Nothing, men) Ngibona abantu behleban...

An old lady walking down the dusty farm road Looking for a simple home She doesn't want anything extremely smart And she doesn't need a telephone She's the chil...

Umbaqanga man won't you play it if you can That special music Umbaqanga man -- he's an African He's got a special music Chorus And we'll move it, we'll move it ...

Burning tyres on the freeway Noone in sight Thre's a raging calm Across the land tonight Voice on the radio says Another one's down tonight It don't matter anym...

Hawu baba ngashada intombi yami esikolweni emoliva (Oh father I married my girl at the school on Mooi River) Kwashunqa uthuli kwandlovu madoda silwela lobuhle (...

The watchman's fire is burning but the watchman has gone The singer knows the words but she cn't recall the song The passenger is waiting but the train won't co...

Bayeza abafana bancane wema Bayeza abafana bancane wema Baphethe iqwasha, baphethe ibazooka Bathi "sangena savuma thina, Lapha abazange bengena abazali bethu Na...

In ships they came from Europe, across the salt sea Come for the build and raise a colony And in the jungle green their citadels did gleam In tribute and homage...

Beyond freedom and dignity Beyond the dying of the light She takes me Beyond reason and the trinity Beyond the sun and out of sight Oh no, uh no, oh she did it ...

Chorus: You are the rolling ocean You are the mighty sea You are the breath that brings each new day to me You are what you are, you are You be what you are, yo...

Copper sun sinking low Scatterlings and fugitives Hooded eyes and weary brows Seek refuge in the night Chorus They are the scatterlings of Africa Each uprooted...

Shine a light, shine a light Oh you've got to careful in this world a little sister said to me Beware of the silver tongue which hides a gun and a tyranny It w...

Rain forest talking to the dragon-mountain-moon Stars infest the heavens in the southern skies Otter swim against the river, whisper in the water The stars are ...

Chorus Siyayibamba siyayilanda Ngithibamba siyayilanda Sithibamba siyayilanda Fetch it siyayilanda (We are fetching our future, grabbing our tomorrow) Repeat H...

Ploughed the moon reached an island Balanced on the edge of the sky But something always stayed the same Deep down inside No matter where I've been the places d...

She's round like the moon, loves like a big monsoon And she keeps me crazy Like a great gondola on a midnight lake She floats in my heart big and lazy She says,...

Chorus Take my heart away (repeat) To be the sound of wild geese calling To be ten seasons in a night To dance the sun beyond the tides of war and peace To put...

There's a brawl in a lonely whites only bar A lekker groove in a classy shebeen Someone betrayed in a government car A silent movement on the stock market scree...

Johnny: Eshe mfowethu! ithini lenkunzana yasesemanzani? (hi there 'bro! what does litte bull from the place of waters, say? Sipho: Hayi, noma izacile isandonsa-...

Zisho inggaba Iyangala intombazane eShawela Hawu! inyangala intombazana, Womama! (repeat) Ngeke kulunga mina Ngiphuma leNatali, Thandiwe mama Chorus Hawu inyang...

(for Dudu) Through all the days that eat away at every breath that I take through all the nights I've lain alone in someone else's dream, awake all the words i...

Electric chair didn't burn a hair and the newspaperman asked why and while the warden explain in great detail the newsman looked in the sky "I'm sure!", he said...

Chorus Here we stand waiting on the plain Darkness has taken the last outpost of the day Somewhere gunships hunt their illusive prey And I know inside you feel ...

Yashimbawula! (the watchman's fire is burning) What happened to the diamonds in your eyes, What happened to the hunger for the day's chase? What happened to t...

Bits of songs and broken drums Are all he could recall So he spoke to me In a bastard tongue Carried on the silence of the guns "It's been a long long time sinc...

Wetholakele ngiyakuthanda Wetholakele ungiphoxa ngento eyodwa wetholakele (x2) (tholakele I love you tholakele But you upset me badly over one thing) Wayifakela...

I nearly disappeared into the mouth of a crocodile I nearly touched the rain deep in the heaven on high I could have been a sad piece of news on the radio But y...

LOMHLABA UNZIMA, LOMHLABA [this world is a harsh place, this world] Picture the end of a cycle here's the fire from heaven There's a tired planeet closing down...

Ngikhanyisele weDlozi lami Two humans on the run (repeat) The autumn leaves have trooped their colours Rumours of the battle to come Intelligence says you have ...

Ngahlangana nomfo' kasibiya izolo (I met up with sibiya yesterday) Wathi "we-jonathan, angiphathekile kahle mina (he said, "jonathan, I am in a very bad way) Ng...

Kuthi angihambe, ngihamba lekhaya, ngidlala isangoma (I felt I should go, I should leave this home and visit a diviner) -- hawu! ayikho into enjalo madoda! (x2)...

Carry him, carry him, onana Carry the spirit of unkosibomvu Wema man Carry the breath of the nation Find it into the summer's winds Wema man Remember him to his...

Amambuka, amambuka azothengisa izwe lakithi, izwe lakithi (the betrayers, the betrayers will sell our land, our land) He was taken in the night They came witho...

Sweat in the heat for days on end waiting for you to come again to hear the words spill from your lips "the system has fallen" Mass action on the radio like a ...

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 cl...

WAQAMB' AMANGA MUS' UKUQAMB' AMANGA [you were lying, do not tell lies] WANGI QAMBELA AMANGA UFUNA UKUNGILAHLISA ITHEMBA LAMI WEMAME! [You told lies, trying to ...