Toto - Africa (Key: OR Bmaj)

Title: Africa
Format: MP3 Backing Track - Instrumental - Karaoke
Created in the style of: Toto
Genre: Pop & Pop Rock; Rock & Soft Rock
Language: English
Era: 1980s
Key: OR Bmaj
Backing vocals: No
More info: Toto is an American rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1976. Toto is known for a musical style that combines elements of pop, rock, soul, funk, progressive rock, hard rock, R&B and jazz. They are regularly associated with the soft rock genre. "Africa" (1982) is one of the band's most recognizable songs.
Lyrics: Yes
 
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 old 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
As 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

INTERLUDE

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 rain)
I bless the rains down in Africa
I bless the rains down in Africa
I bless the rains down in Africa
(Gonna take the time)
Gonna take some time to do the things we never had
 
Composer: D. PAICH/J. PORCARO (HUDMAR/ASCAP)