Something broke the place where the rain is bornb   Something stole the promise from the light of dawn   People, people were everywhere struggling to get their share   Honest cruelty in the eyes of the innocent   Squeezing one more harvest from this tired earth   They call to you, but the wind just blows away their words   Didn't believe in miracles, didn't believe you'd come   Didn't see any reason to carry on      Chorus:   But in my african dream, you touched my face   Raised up my children and gave them grace   In my african dream you wiped away my tears   And whispered the promise of a thousand years      Children with eyes like souls ready to fly   Looking at me -- for some kind of sacred sign   Who will teach the young, the names of the ancient ones   Who will tell them from whence they come   I have no answer, don't even have a prayer   All I can do is close my eyes and hope that you will be thre      In my african dream you blessed the rain   Let me stand proud, eased the pain,   You raised me up,   Gave me love, filled my cup.      Old man sits in the shade of the thorn treee   He says "these thorns are all that are true   Life is suffering, suffering is life,   Be happy with the small things that come to you   They will come to you, come to you."      Chorus