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 i m searching for a sign in the badlands oh give it to me chorus 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 chorus 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 it feels alright it feels alright to me it feels alright it feels alright to be an african e ye hum o hum hum oh chorus african shadow man show 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 a shadow man