Someday When my life is over I will meet my mother In the heart of Africa On that day If you see my lover Tell her that I'll find her In the light of Africa But while I am young I will be your soldier I will be the shelter Through the storms of Africa My mother told me there'd be times like these But just close your eyes son and think of me 'Cause life can break you, bring you to your knees So I'll close my eyes and I will be free Cause in my dreams I run with the lions I run with the lions Through all of my pain And oh, my heart It flies like an eagle It flies like an eagle Over my shame And all of the hurt And all of the weight They all wash away In African Rain Your soul is a light, swimming through an ocean Bursting in slow motion, through the tears of Africa So while you are young, I will light the fire I can be the fighter, through the wars of Africa My mother told me there'd be times like these But just close your eyes son and think of me 'Cause life can break you, bring you to your knees So I'll close my eyes and I will be free Cause in my dreams I run with the lions I run with the lions Through all of my pain And oh, my heart It flies like an eagle It flies like an eagle Over my shame And all of the hurt And all of the weight They all wash away In African Rain From the top of Kilimanjaro To the edge of the mighty Red Sea Oh, African Rain, African Rain is falling on me In the songs and the voices of my town To the broken pieces in me Oh, African Rain, African Rain is setting me free Cause in my dreams I run with the lions I run with the lions Through all of my pain And oh, my heart It flies like an eagle It flies like an eagle Over my shame And all of the hurt And all of the weight They all wash away In African Rain