I hear the drums echoing tonight
  But she hears only whispers of some quiet conversation
  She's coming in twelve-thirty flight
  Her moonlit wings reflect the stars that guide me towards salvation
  I stopped an old man along the way
  Hoping to find some old forgotten words or ancient melodies
  He turned to me as if to say: "Hurry boy, it's waiting there for you"
    [Chorus:]
  It's gonna take a lot to drag me away from you
  There's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do
  I bless the rains down in Africa
  Gonna take some time to do the things we never had
    The wild dogs cry out in the night
  As they grow restless longing for some solitary company
  I know that I must do what's right
  Sure as Kilimanjaro rises like Olympus above the Serengeti
  I seek to cure what's deep inside, frightened of this thing that I've become
    [Repeat chorus]
    [Instrumental break]
    Hurry boy, she's waiting there for you
    [Repeat chorus]