Great Heart By: Johnny Clegg 1987 Travelling always increases the appetite for new music and I found Johnny Clegg tapes in the south of France and was immediately hooked on them. I'm glad there are still younger artists who write and play their own songs that I wish I had written. This is one of them. (chant)
The world is full of strange behavior Every man has to be his own savior I know I can make it on my own if I try But I'm searchin' for a great heart to stand me by Underneath the African sky A great heart to stand me by
Chorus: I'm searching for the spirit of the great heart To hold and keep me by I'm searching for the spirit of the great heart Under African sky Sometimes I feel that you rarely know me (sometimes) Sometimes there's so much you can show me (sometime)
There's a highway of stars across the heavens There's a whispering song of the wind in the grass There's a rolling thunder across the savannah And a hope and a dream at the edge of the sky And your life is the story of the wind Your life is a story like the wind
Chorus: I'm searching for the spirit of the great heart To hold and keep me by I'm searching for the spirit of the great heart Under African sky I'm searching for the spirit of the great heart I see the fire in your eyes I'm searching for the spirit of the great heart That beats my name inside Sometimes I feel that you rarely know me (sometimes) Sometimes there's so much you can show me (sometime)
(chant)
Chorus: I'm searching for the spirit of the great heart To hold and stand me by I'm searching for the spirit of the great heart Under African sky I'm searching for the spirit of the great heart I see the fire in your eyes I'm searching for the spirit of the great heart That beats my name inside Sometimes I feel that you rarely know me (ah... sometimes) Sometimes there's so much you can show me (ay yai... sometime)
Coda: I'm searching for the spirit of the great heart Guk a 'mzimbo sala 'nhilziyo I'm searching for the spirit of the great heart Guk a 'mzimbo sala 'nhilziyo I'm searching for the spirit of the great heart Guk a 'mzimbo sala 'nhilziyo I'm searching for the spirit of the great heart Guk a 'mzimbo sala 'nhilziyo