Shimoni - Roger Whittaker

Shimoni, oh Shimoni

You’ll have to find the answer

And the answer has been written down

In Shimoni, Shimoni

We have to find the answer

And the answer has been written down

In Shimoni, Shimoni, Shimoni, Shimoni

There’s a hole in the side of Africa

Where the walls will speak if you only listen

Walls that tell a tale so sad

That the tears on the cheeks of Africa glisten

Stand and hear a million slaves

Tell you how they walked so far

That many died in misery

While the rest were sold in Zanzibar

Shimoni, oh Shimoni

You’ll have to find the answer

And the answer has been written down

In Shimoni, Shimoni

We have to find the answer

And the answer has been written down

In Shimoni, Shimoni, Shimoni, Shimoni

Africa, you are a sleeping child

Woken by the kiss of liberty

I feel the power of yesterday’s madness

I feel the fear of the yet to be

I feel the power of yesterday calling

I feel the power that’s been set free

I feel the pain and fear surround me

Listen to the story that the walls tell me

Shimoni, oh Shimoni

You’ll have to find the answer

And the answer has been written down

In Shimoni, Shimoni

We have to find the answer

Cause the answer has been written down

In Shimoni, Shimoni, Shimoni, Shimoni

Mother, you may think it’s over

Shut your eyes and walk away

I tell you it’s just begun

And somebody will have to pay for Shimoni, Shimoni

You’ll have to find the answer

Cause the answer has been written down

In Shimoni, Shimoni

We have to find the answer

And the answer has been written down

In Shimoni, Shimoni, Shimoni, Shimoni

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