Long ago there was a sound in the night
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A Kwela man singing under the street light
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With a cheap guitar he gave his sorrow a smile
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And he sowed his songs in the alley ways mile upon mile
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Chorus
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Ye hum ho la lo Kwela man
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Ye hum ho la lo Kwela man
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Ye hum ho la lo Kwela man
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You gave it your life
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Living low with the pennywhistle-tea-chest-base-gang
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I followed him home and he danced as he sang
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But now he's gone
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Not even the slightest traces
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Of a Kwela song
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And the street is full of empty spaces
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Chorus
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Nobody knows did he survive the winding road
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Did he find a song that took him back to the heartland
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Here I stand lost in a memory
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Of a Kwela man singing in the long gone twilight
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Chorus
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When I followed you home Kwela man
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You filled my soul, Kwela Kwela
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When you sang your song Kwela man
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You gave it your life
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Ye hum ho la lo Kwela man
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Ye hum ho la lo Kwela man
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Ye hum ho la lo Kwela man
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You gave it your life
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Kwela Man
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Johnny Clegg & Savuka |