oh what a dream oh what a story don t have to weep come and enjoy a smile opening scene is just like a doorway here s a story in rhythm and rhyme there is a tree on the street and in the forest lavender dream whispered a poet bright potpourri the envy of orchids when it s dressed in a pink and fuchsia twine jacaranda tree and the bougainvillea vine oh mandela that garden that you made is a vision of the prayer you must ve been prayin everyday sweet azaleas every color every kind and the first and the last are all divine there is a dream of the trees and of the flowers there is a season of peace at the borderline where we re redeemed and history will crown us jacaranda tree and bougainvillea vine oh mandela would you say that it s alright when the children play they always say they say that we were like cinderella in your garden there s a shrine to the first and the last they re all divine one and all big and small a common birth each and every child for all his worth take the one who s always last and make him first take these seeds seed the earth outro comin along oh what a long way we have come comin along makin a home for everyone comin along way down south in africa look at the jacaranda tree huggin the bougainvillea repeat outro x 4