If you come to my house   I will show you something to see   It's a picture of a man, I used to be      But these days I'm running through the dark   Like a blind man, what's happened to me?   These days searching for a sign   In the badlands, oh, give it to me      African shadow man   Tell me the future if you can, tell it to me   There's magic in your hands   Touch my life and set me free   African shadow man      I am a refugee in a world that once was mine   Hunting my tomorrow on the edge of time   But these days I'm running through the dark   Like a blind man, what's happened to me?   There days I'm running from a tribe in the badlands   Oh, set me free      African shadow man   Tell me the future if you can, tell it to me   There's magic in your hands   Oh, touch my life and set me free      African shadow man   Tell me the future if you can, tell it to me   I don't need a Cadillac   To take me where I have to be      Oh, it feels alright, it feels alright to me   Oh, it feels alright, it feels alright to be      An African, an African   An African, an African   An African, an African      African shadow man   Tell me the future if you can, tell it to me   There's magic in your hands   Oh, touch my life and set me free      African shadow man   Show me the future if you can, tell it to me   I don't need a Cadillac   To take me where I have to be      (Oh, shadow man)   A shadow man   (Oh, shadow man)   A shadow man      (Oh, shadow man)   A shadow man   (Oh, shadow man)   A shadow man      (Oh, shadow man)   A shadow man