Hammer down your hurricane pins, don’t want your roof to fly,
Whichever way the varkie spins don’t want your life to go by,
Hold on to your lifeline however slender it may seem
Reach out for the rainbow and our African daydream
Show me all your broken dreams I’ve got some of mine
However far our roots begin our branches still entwine
Hold on to your lifeline however slender it may seem
Reach out for the rainbow and our African daydream
And I saw my father crying it was late one afternoon
He was contemplating dying and how it comes to soon
As I watched him in the twilight he just looked so scared and small
Like a shy child in a schoolyard with his back against the wall
Hold on to your lifeline however slender it may seem
Reach out for the rainbow and our African daydream
To rise above this bleeding earth need wings to fly
To make it through this difficult birth
We all need some how to die
Hold on to your lifeline however humble it may seem
Reach out for the rainbow and our African daydream
