I can't forget you my little Mushanga  I keep a place in my heart for you  The days of waiting they keep getting longer  And not a thing I can do  I was a poet, a magazine writer  Sent to report on political views  It was by chance through a lens that I met you  A Capetown girl with no shoes    You were runnin' down the road  I was going your way  I stopped and turned around to lent you my hand  You smiled though you were suffering  I didn't understand, then    You broke into my heart  I saw your eyes and then I knew  You broke into my heart  Like the wind and rain that followed you  You broke into my heart  Had the Lord above forgotten you?  You broke in from the start  And all my tears belong to you    Mushanga, oh, Mushanga, oh    I sat and watched as she danced by the fires  Through ancient songs did the tale unfold  They sang of diamonds that came from their mountains  The loss of lives mining white man's gold    I had to leave and go back to Manhattan  Where all my stories are bought and sold  I know the city would surely be saddened  If what I knew could be told    You were runnin' down the road  I was going your way  I stopped and turned around to lent you my hand  You smiled though you were suffering  I didn't understand, then    You broke into my heart  I saw your eyes and then I knew  You broke into my heart  Like the wind and rain that followed you  You broke into my heart  Had the Lord above forgotten you?  You broke in from the start  And all my tears belong to you    Mushanga, oh, Mushanga, oh    [Instrumental break]    It's been so long since I last heard your laughter  So many letters and still no news  I hope you find all the things that you're after  You know my heart is with you    You were runnin' down the road  I was going your way  I stopped and turned around to lent you my hand  You smiled though you were suffering  I didn't understand, then      You broke into my heart  I saw your eyes and then I knew  You broke into my heart  Like the wind and rain that followed you  You broke into my heart  Had the Lord above forgotten you?  You broke into my heart  I saw your eyes and then I knew    You broke in from the start  And all my tears belong to you    Mushanga, oh, Mushanga, oh [repeat 3x]