Afrika mimi naku penda.

Day 6: A song that reminds you of somewhere

A song that always fills my heart with memories is:

"Africa" by Paul Colman

Every lyric and every note brings me back to the emotions I felt and the things I saw when I went to Africa.  Paul Colman got down the startling perspective-change that occurs after you've spent some time in a third world country.

Africa, I came to change you, but instead you changed me.

And I confess, I came to frame you in a photograph.

But you showed me why and you changed this heart around.

And I see your smile. How can it be so much brighter than me?

And your silent eyes, they scream of hunger and meaning and eternal dreaming.

Africa.

Africa, we smiled at you from behind the glass.

And without reserve and whiter than snow, you smiled back at us.

And you showed me who and you changed this mind around.

And I see your hands reach out to God, so much higher than ours.

And your silent eyes, they scream of hunger and meaning and eternal dreaming.

Africa.

Afrika mimi naku penda.