kasiwa i
  makasimba ere
  ndakasimba kana makasimba ow
  ndakasimba
  you raise your head, you beat the sun
  but your boys they lie so close to you
  do you dare get up and wake the two
  oh elias, I see you there at work in the day time
  do you think you could answer all the questions in the world
  in just one word- I think you could
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  'cause if you die will I get word that your gone
  or will I hear it in passing conversation
  or will I stop short and fall to the ground
  distance is short when your hand carries what your eye found
    hold my hand just one more time
  to see if you're really going to meet me
  hold my hand just one more time
  to see if you're really going to meet me
  honest and manuel, well they're at school now
  given the chance that their father's never seen
  to see what's beyond section 17
  and in ten years when you look back at your boys
  well you know they've grown way taller than the tallest
  sugar cane in the field
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    I see your wife she stands stooped over by the fire outside
  and I see your boys and when they look up
  you know I think they got their mother's eyes
  'cause she looks so proud she looks so happy
  she looks so proud she looks so happy
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