Shango

When i was a young boy
I was raised in africa
In a little village
Deep in the heart of kenya
I remember one time
I was outside hunting game
When i heard the thunder
Of a storm that frightened me


Suddenly
All around me darkness
And i could feel
Something evil near me
Closing in
So i started running
I tried to hide
But it overcame me


I became a prisoner of
The spell that entered me
And the same thing happened
To my friends and family
In the yeart that followed
Drought and famine filled the land
Many days of sorrow
Endless nights of burning pain


Suddenly
A light appeared before me
And i could see
The virgin shining on me
And in her arms
Was the child inside me
And i could feel
Everlasting freedom all around me

don't rush me just this once
I want to make this moment last
Slow down the pace, there's no hurry
I can't let another pass me by again
Let me be the one to say when i've had enough


Just let me close my eyes, memorize
The way things are this minute
So when you're gone i can go on
If memory can hold within it what i'm feeling
Should time try fading or stealing something away


Chorus:
Hold on, nothing's the same
Tell me why i feel this way
Life wouldn't be worth living without you
All along i've been the pretender
But now that's gone forever
Nobody's ever loved me like you do
Nobody's broken through


Got to concentrate, file away
Every last detail
Don't want to lost what's going down
I want to remember everything i'm feeling
Should time try fading or stealing something away


Chorus

Woke up into a dream
And i was walking
Up and down the streets
Of cairo


And then i heard a voice
That said i know you
It's time for you to turn
And face me


Her hair was long
Her eyes reached out and touched me
She said i know just
What it is you're after


Death is all around you
So you look for freedom
I know where to find it
Let's go to the river


We sailed upon the nile
I was enchanted
By the beauty in her magic
She showed me that my fears were unimportant
And then she touched me
With her vision


Her skin was dark
Her voice was liquid fire
She said i am your mate
And soul's desire


Love is all around you
Light is deep within you
Life is always flowing
Let's go down the river

Drunk all the whiskey
But i still can't get no rest
Brain trapped on a roller coaster
Got a pain in my chest
Cold water on my eyeballs
Send a shiver up my spine
Hit the street in the wee wee hours
This is the night hunting time


Chorus:
Don't know what i'm doing here
Don't know what i'm doing here
Got to get my senses clear


Stumble in off the footpath
Heard the sounds from below
Get accustomed to the darkness
Got to take it real slow
Sweat streamin' down my cheekbones
Smoke stingin' my eyes
Walls drippin' like the jungle
But this ain't no paradise


Chorus


Stumble up to the counter
Catch the tension in the air
Black sabbath drive a young boy crazy
This ain't no frivolous affair
Young girl sipping pernod
Budy hunger in her glance
No stoppin' when it comes to doin'
The heavy metal romance


Chorus

Night ain't a friend
It's black and so still
It waits like a cat
Then moves in for the kill
It casts its shadows high on the wall
It's givin' me no peace at all
Now you're gone
The pain goes on
You're so deep into me
Now i'm begging you to
Set me free


Chorus:
I've got nowhere to run
Nowhere to hide
No way to stop
This hurt deep inside
That you gave to me
Nowhere to run
Nowhere to run
Nowhere to run


The sound of your voice
It comes in the night
It stays with me there
Until the light
When you say the words
That you said before


When you said you'd stay
You walked out the door
I can take the afternoon
But then comes the night
Instead i walk the floor
Till the light


Chorus (twice)