i hear the drums echoing tonight but she hears only whispers of some quiet conversation she s coming in 12 30 flight moonlit wings reflect the stars that guide us towards salvation i stopped an old man along the way hoping to find some long forgotten words or ancient memories he turned to me as if to say hurry boy it s waiting there for you it s gonna take a lot to drag me away from you there s nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do i ll bless the rains down in africa gonna take some time to do the things we never have ooh ooh wild dogs cry out in the night as they grow restless longing for some solitary company i know that i must do what s right sure as kilimanjaro rises like olympus above the serengeti i seek to cure what s deep inside frightened of this thing that i ve become it s gonna take a lot to drag me away from you there s nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do i ll bless the rains down in africa gonna take some time to do the things we never have ooh ooh  hurry boy it s waiting there for you it s gonna take a lot to drag me away from you there s nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do i bless the rains down in africa i bless the rains down in africa i bless the rains down in africa i bless the rains down in africa i bless the rains down in africa gonna take some time to do the things we never have ooh ooh