Johnny Clegg Across the River song lyrics

I've been watching you now for a long long time

Across the river you've been waiting for the tide

Everything that you ever did is in your eyes

I can see you coming out in the shadow of the moonlight

Like you I've struggled with the question of right life

Like you I've been in the belly of the night

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Hold me close it's dark and cold outside

It's raining days and nights into our lives

Into our Lives

The captain says that it doesn't look so good from here

Hope and mercy are stranded on the pier

Love is the prisoner of the dark and the weird

Only the stars in heart will guide you clear

Like you I've struggled with the question of right life

Like you I've been in the belly of the night

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Hold me close it's dark and cold outside

It's raining days and nights into our lives

I can make it on my own

But it's good to have you by my side.

Hold me close it's dark and cold outside

Only the stars in your heart (Yelele mama)

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Hold me close it's dark and cold outside

It's raining days and nights into our lives