Abbey Lincoln - Africa
I took a trip to Paris, I saw the Eiffel Tower
I flew to Honolulu, it's a South Pacific flower
I traveled away to Burma all across the Bay of Bengal
I went to old Malaya, what a perfect locale
Traveled here and yonder
And I never found a home
I guess it must be written
All my life to roam
★ Verse 2 ★
There's a land of milk and honey
On the river they call the Nile
And every day is bright and sunny
On the river they call the Nile
It's a Garden of Eden
With richеs untold
And it's on this land of milk and honey
On the river thеy call the Nile
★ Verse 3 ★
Beautiful, wonderful Africa, someday I'm coming
I'm coming for to see the promised land
With days of sunshine and nights of heavenly starlight
It's a paradise of sea and sky and sand
With some talking drums that tell of love, tell of love and laughter
They're telling of a new and a brighter day
Telling all the people that from here and hereon after
There ain't gonna be no trouble on the way
★ Saxophone Solo ★
★ Verse 2 ★
It's a Garden of Eden
With riches untold
And it's on this land of milk and honey
On the river they call the Nile
★ Verse 1 ★
'Cause I took a trip to Paris and I saw the Eiffel Tower
I flew to Honolulu, it's a South Pacific flower
I traveled away to Burma all across the Bay of Bengal
I went to old Malaya and it's got a perfect locale
I traveled here and yonder
And I never found a home
I guess it must be written
All my life I'm gonna roam
★ Verse 4 ★
Gonna roam, roaming now
I'm roaming, right on
Going east and west and north and south
I'm roaming
Slipping, sliding
Moving, going, coming
Roaming, roaming, roaming
Roaming, roaming
★ Verse 5 ★
Oh my God
Oh my ❲?❳
Roaming, roaming
Roaming
Roaming
Roaming
Woah, woah, woah
★ Outro ★
It's gonna be
It's gonna be
All, all my life to roam
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