I bless the rains down in Africa It's gonna take a lot to drag me away from you There's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do Gonna take some time to do the things we never have I bless the rains down in Africa (I bless the rain) I hear the

These are just a few of my favorite things Does your god come in a capsule, To sedate you tear the walls down, Headless prison cannibals chew, To consume you bring the alien, Halcium and morphine, 5-methoxy-n, n-dimethyltryptamine, Psilocybin, mescaline,

I'd do about anything you ask me to I'm just plain crazy bout a lot of things baby But I'm ten times crazier about you I'm ten times crazier about your lovin' girl Well I'm crazy about fast cars, football and guitars All them old country songs Daddy used

But it's alright, it's alright They only hear of the things that you know of And you're wishing one day you will soar So let's have a talk Like grownups do Let's do the things that grown folks do There's a lot of silly young girls wanna show off And

So bury me in memory His smile's your rope So wrap it tight around your throat Stop burning bridges, and drive off of them So I can forget about you Light that smoke, that one for giving up on me And one just 'cause they'll kill you sooner than my

One day things must get better Hold a firm meditation Don't you go down Keep your head above the water Said I had a close one yesterday Jah put an angel over me, be strong Say, one day things must get better Say, one day things must get better, be strong

You could be doing anything you dream of If you believe in the things that make you strong Maybe, I know it's just maybe And we're only dreaming For how this will go, o-o-oh We could be doing anything that we love Just be carried by the way the wind

'Cause when you're conquering my day and night Easing the pain inside Keep the bad things out of my mind, out of my mind Got me loving, all of the time I don't mind wasting time Let's stop and smell the roses Are we going round in circles Are we running

Memories of shadows haunt me From the years when I was young Things that used to terrify me Are the things, that I've become Bloody bone gon' get you And to this day There's a dark moon in the clouds Misty fog in the swamp Crickets chirpin' outside my

Maybe it's the things we don't say Maybe, love is the new maybe You could write, you could think, you could have sex You could leave your jewelry in a bowl beside the bed Stare out the window, down the lawn, to the lake For as long as it takes I know