Paul Simon's
Lyrics
Paul Simon Frankfurt 2002

Homeless

ŠPaul Simon and Joseph Shabalala, released on Graceland, 1986

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Emaweni webaba

Silale maweni

Webaba silale maweni

Webaba silale maweni

Webaba silale maweni

Webaba silale maweni

Webaba silale maweni

Webaba silale maweni

Webaba silale maweni

Webaba silale maweni

Webaba silale maweni

.

Homeless, homeless

Moonlight sleeping on a midnight lake

Homeless, homeless

Moonlight sleeping on a midnight lake

We are homeless, we are homeless

The moonlight sleeping on a midnight lake

And we are homeless, homeless, homeless

The moonlight sleeping on a midnight lake

.

Zio yami, zio yami, nhliziyo yami

Nhliziyo yami amakhaza asengi bulele

Nhliziyo yami, nhliziyo yami

Nhliziyo yami, angibulele amakhaza

Nhliziyo yami, nhliziyo yami

Nhliziyo yami somandla angibulele mama

Zio yami, nhliziyo yami

Nhliziyo yami, nhliziyo yami

.

Too loo loo, too loo loo

Too loo loo loo loo loo loo loo loo loo

Too loo loo, too loo loo

Too loo loo loo loo loo loo loo loo loo

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Strong wind destroy our home

Many dead, tonight it could be you

Strong wind, strong wind

Many dead, tonight it could be you

.

And we are homeless, homeless

Moonlight sleeping on a midnight lake

Homeless, homeless

Moonlight sleeping on a midnight lake

Homeless, homeless

Moonlight sleeping on a midnight lake

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Somebody say ih hih ih hih ih

Somebody sing hello, hello, hello

Somebody say ih hih ih hih ih

Somebody cry why, why, why?

Somebody say ih hih ih hih ih

Somebody sing hello, hello, hello

Somebody say ih hih ih hih ih

Somebody cry why, why, why?

Somebody say ih hih ih hih ih

.

Yitho omanqoba (ih hih ih hih ih) yitho omanqoba

Esanqoba lonke ilizwe

(ih hih ih hih ih) Yitho omanqoba (ih hih ih hih ih)

Esanqoba phakathi e England

Yitho omanqoba

Esanqoba phakathi e London

Yitho omanqoba

Esanqoba phakathi e England

.

Somebody say ih hih ih hih ih

Somebody sing hello, hello, hello

Somebody say ih hih ih hih ih

Somebody cry why, why, why?

Somebody say ih hih ih hih ih

Somebody sing hello, hello, hello

Somebody say ih hih ih hih ih

Somebody cry why, why, why?

.

Kuluman

Kulumani, Kulumani sizwe

Singenze njani

Baya jabula abasi thanda yo

Ho

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