Koos Kombuis African Skyline
There's a warrior searching for lines in the sand
But the footprints of time have erased
All the tracks from the land
There's a woman who's waiting by the side of a shack
With paint on her face and the sun on her back
She's dreaming of friendship, she's hoping for love
But suffering, hunger and black is all she understands
African skyline
African skyline
There's a lioness standing, she's sniffing the air
She's afraid that a fire is raging somewhere on the
plain
She's afraid that the soldiers with guns will come back
again
No one can remember who started this war
Few comprehend whatever they died for
The guerrillas are sponsored by men with an appetite
for pain
All they desire is the blood of the slain
It's a struggle for unlawful profits and gain
African skyline
African skyline
Your leaders are lying
Your children are dying
African skyline
The trails of the fighters are stretching like scars
As the screams of their victims reach up to the stars
There's nowhere to hide, there's no blanket to warm you
No peace from the village, no eyes of the storm
You can run, you can flee
You can stumble and fall, or you can fight
The cease fire will end with a slaughter by dawn's
early light
African skyline
African skyline
Your leaders are lying
Your children are dying
Your hunters are shooting
Your tsotsis are looting
African skyline
African skyline
African skyline
