Woman Be My Country (女人是我的国家) - Johnny Clegg & Savuka
Written by：Johnny Clegg
Here we stand on the edge of the day
Faces melting in the african rain
So many seasons of silent war
So many drowned before they reached the shore
Nothing is clear to me any more in this sad
And strange landscape
I've got no defense I've got no attack
I can't leave I can't stay and I've got no
Way back
Hard to deal with the way things have been
I can't lie but the truth is so extreme
Woman be my country
'Till my country can be mine
Hide me deep inside your borders in these dark and
Troubled times
Remember me my innocence before I drowned in the sea
Of lies
Woman be my country
Untill my country can be mine
Too many seasons of quiet rage
Too many young people just wasted away
Too many futures hanging in the balance
Too much owing nothing left to pay
A lonely flag flutters in the breeze
For the hardened hearts who still want to believe
Am I the witness or am I the crime
A victim of history or just a sign of the
Times
Across my heart questions and shadows still fly
But in the dead of the night I know where
The answer lies
Woman be my country
'Till my country can be mine
I have no flag I sing no anthem I no
Longer carry an armalite
Bathe me in you sweet rivers
Anoint me with your
Touch and your smile
To your colours I give my allegiance
I lay it on the line
Ngikhathele ngifile
Ngikhathele ngifile
Ngikhathele ngifile
Wena weqat izwe
Yash imizi yobada
Ngikhathele ngifile
Wena weqat izwe
Ngikhathele ngifile
Zindaba zakho
Woman be my country
'Till my country can be mine
I have no flag I sing no anthem I no
Longer carry an armalite
Bathe me in you sweet rivers anoint me with your
Touch and your smile
To your colours I give my allegiance
I lay it on the line
Be my country
Oh be my country tonight
Be my country
So many wings to the wind
Be my country
And here it up the light
Be my country
Be my country
Oh baby baby by yourself
Be my country
Be my country
Be my country
Be my country
Be my country
Be my country
