kasiwa i

makasimba ere

ndakasimba kana makasimba ow

ndakasimba

you raise your head, you beat the sun

but your boys they lie so close to you

do you dare get up and wake the two

oh elias, I see you there at work in the day time

do you think you could answer all the questions in the world

in just one word- I think you could



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'cause if you die will I get word that your gone

or will I hear it in passing conversation

or will I stop short and fall to the ground

distance is short when your hand carries what your eye found



hold my hand just one more time

to see if you're really going to meet me

hold my hand just one more time

to see if you're really going to meet me

honest and manuel, well they're at school now

given the chance that their father's never seen

to see what's beyond section 17

and in ten years when you look back at your boys

well you know they've grown way taller than the tallest

sugar cane in the field



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I see your wife she stands stooped over by the fire outside

and I see your boys and when they look up

you know I think they got their mother's eyes

'cause she looks so proud she looks so happy

she looks so proud she looks so happy



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