David Bowie
African Night Flight
Music by - David Bowie & Brian Eno
Lyrics by - David Bowie
From - Lodger
African nightmare, one time Mormon
More men fall in, Hullabaloo men
I slide to the nearest bar
Undermine chairman, I went too far
Bent on a windfall, rent a Sony
Wonder how the dollar went down
Gotta get a word to Elizabeth's father
Hey, no, he wished me well

Chorus 1: (2 x's)
Seemed like another day
I could fly into the eye of god on high

Chorus 2: (2 x's)
His burning eye will see me through
One of these days, one of these days
Gotta get a word through one of these days

Chorus 3: (2 x's)
Asanti habari habari habari
Asanti nabana nabana nabana

Getting in mood for a Mombassa night flight
Pushing my luck, gonna fly like a mad thing
Bare strip takeoff, skimming over Rhino
Born in slumber, less than peace
Struggle with a child whose screaming, dreaming
Drowned by the props, all steely sunshine
Sick of you, sick of me
Lust for the free life
Quashed and maimed
Like a valuable loved one
Left unnamed

Chorus 1 (2 x's)

Over the bush land over the trees
Wise like orangutan that was me

Chorus 2 (2 x's)

Chorus 3 (Repeat to fade)
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