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Johnny Clegg
Johnny Clegg
Performer
Juluka
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Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Johnny Clegg
Johnny Clegg
Songwriter

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Copper sun sinking low
Scatterlings and fugitives
Hooded eyes and weary brows
Seek refuge in the night
[Chorus]
They are the Scatterlings of Africa
Each uprooted one on the road to Phelamanga
Where the world began
I love the Scatterlings of Africa
Each and every one
In their hearts a burning hunger
Beneath the copper sun
[Verse 2]
Broken wall, bicycle wheel
African sun forging steel
Singing magic machine cannot match
Human being, ye ye, human being
African ideas, African ideas
Make the future clear
Make the future clear
[Chorus]
They are the Scatterlings of Africa
Each uprooted one on the road to Phelamanga
Where the world began
I love the Scatterlings of Africa
The journey has begun
Future find their hungry eyes
Beneath the copper sun
[Verse 3]
Ancient bones from Olduvai
Echoes of the very first cry
Who made me here and why?
Beneath the copper sun
My very first beginnings
Beneath the copper sky
Lie deeply buried
In the dust of Olduvai
[Chorus]
And we are Scatterlings of Africa
Both you and I
Along the road to Phelamanga
Beneath this copper sky
And we are Scatterlings of Africa
On a journey to the stars
What we know we leave forever
Dreams of what we are
[Outro]
In the beginning
Beneath the copper sky
Ancient bones
In the dust of Olduvai
Who made us, here, and why?
Remember
Scatterlings of Africa
Scatterlings of Africa
Scatterlings of Africa
Scatterlings of Africa
Scatterlings of Africa
Scatterlings of Africa
Scatterlings of Africa
Scatterlings of Africa
Scatterlings of Africa
Written by: Johnny Clegg

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