Driving down the road
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Under the southern light
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Looking back to see
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Where we've come from
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As we watched the sun go down
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Rain it fell like diamonds
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From Kimberley mines
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On the road to Jo'burg
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With the dying light
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Farewal Durban
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City of Natal
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Stopped a while to stretch my thoughts
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As we crossed the borderline
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And into Transvaal
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I saw the sun go down
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Under the southern skies
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Over and over
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I'll always remember
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Those beautiful African nights
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In the old VW
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We'd count the miles
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We travelled with a friend
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Whose name was Farr
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The stories that he told us
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Talked of faces
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Times and places
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Sang and played his guitar
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Driving down the road
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We hear the morning rise
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Leaving all the past
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So far behind
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The sound man played the Eagles
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As we listen
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"Take It Easy"
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Echoes on through our lives
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I saw the sun go down
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Under the southern skies
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Over and over
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I'll always remember
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I still hear them call
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No matter how far
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Those beautiful African nights
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African Nights
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Barclay James Harvest |