There's a brawl in a lonely 'whites only' bar   A lekker groove in a classy shebeen   Someone betrayed in a government car   A silent movement on the stock market screen      A watchman playing on a Zulu guitar   A white soldier's blues in camouflage green   A migrant worker who come too far   A sailor aground in a submarine      Phendula wendoda   Lendlela sizofika kanjani   Phendula wendoda   Lendlela sizofika kanjani      Talk to the people   Walk through the country, oh   Listen to the children   Do you know the dreams they dream at night?      Only you, only you can see me   Only you, only you can free me   Only you breathe life into the land   Touch me with your healing hand      There's a township mongrel on the scrounge   A tribal feud in a municipal pound   A squatter with an ox, no land to plow   A shipment of A.K's on the underground      A throw of the dice on a Soweto train   A waiting knife, if you should win the game   A human rights lawyer with a torture claim   A union activist never ever seen again      Phendula wendoda   Lendlela sizofika kanjani   Phendula wendoda   Lendlela sizofika kanjani      Talk to the people   Walk through the country, oh   Listen to the children   Do you know the dreams they dream at night?      Only you, only you can see me   Only you, only you can free me   Only you breathe life into the land   Touch me      Phendula wemadoda, phendula, phendula   (Talk to me)   Phendula wemadoda, phendula, phendula      Phendula wemadoda, phendula, phendula   (Oh, they talk to me)   Phendula wemadoda, phendula, phendula      Phendula wemadoda, phendula, phendula   (Talk to me)   Phendula wemadoda, phendula      God hear the children   God save the country, oh   God hear the people   God bless the dreams we dream at night?      Talk to the people   Walk through the country, oh   Listen to the children   Do you know the dreams they dream at night?      Only you, only you can see me   (It's only you)   Only you, only you can free me   (It's only you)      Only you, only you can see me   (It's only you)   Only you, only you can free me      Only you, only you can see me   Only you, only you can free me   Only you, only you can see me   Only you, only you can free me