[ti:Under African Skies]
[ar:Paul Simon]
[al:The Paul Simon Anthology CD2]
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[00:21.18]Joseph's face was black as night, the pale yellow moon shone in his eyes
[00:33.23]His path was marked by the stars in the southern hemisphere
[00:40.16]and he walked his days under African skies
[00:44.28]
[00:46.40]This is the story of how we begin to remember
[00:50.08]
[00:53.14]This is the powerful pulsing of love in the veins
[00:57.07]
[00:59.50]After the dream of falling and calling your name out
[01:03.94]
[01:05.81]These are the roots of rythm and the roots of rythm and rain
[01:09.99]
[01:24.84]In early memory, mission music was ringing around my nursury door
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[01:37.19]I said take this child, Lord, from Tucson Arizona
[01:43.87]Give her the wings to fly from harm
[01:47.05]and she won't bother you no more
[01:50.11]
[01:51.23]This is the story of how we begin to remember
[01:54.79]
[01:57.60]This is the powerful pulsing of love in the veins
[02:01.34]
[02:03.96]After the dream of falling and calling your name out
[02:08.21]
[02:10.33]These are the roots of the rythm and roots of rythm and rain
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[02:16.05]Chant-like duet with harmony:
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[02:20.06]A-oom-ba-oom-ba-oom-ba-Oooooooooooooh
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[02:42.21]Josephs face was as black as the night
[02:47.08]
[02:47.64]and the pale yellow moon shone in his eyes
[02:52.63]
[02:54.38]His path was marked by the stars in the southern hemisphere
[03:00.75]and he walked the length of his days under African skies.