Breaking away
   I want to stay
   Lay in your arms awhile
   And watch break of day
  
   Safe in your smile
   Mile after mile
   I have a photograph
   Containing my view
   Image of you
  
   Hear the drums
   Caress the sound
   The music is all around
   Each beat could be the start
   The end for a lonely heart
  
   [Chorus:]
   Come to me go with me Africa
   Here in your mystique Africa
  
   Dark and serene
   Just like a dream
   Gaze at the deepest eyes
   That I've ever seen
  
   Live for today
   Watch child at play
   He speaks of innocence
   So far from away
   Stay understood
  
   All of life before you stands
   Beginning the ancient man
   Each beat be the one
   A shot from a loaded gun
  
   [Chorus]
  
   I have a photograph Africa
   Lay in your arms awhile Africa
  
   [Chorus 2x]