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African Night Flight Lyrics
African nightmare one-time Mormon
More men fall in Hullabaloo men
I slide to the nearest bar
Undermine chairman I went too far
Bent on a windfall rent a sony
Wonder how the dollar went down
Gotta get a word to Elizabeth's father
Hey no, he wished me well
CHORUS 1 (two times)
Seemed like another day
I could fly into the eye of god on high
CHORUS 2 (two times)
His burning eye will see me through
One of these days, one of these days
Gotta get a word through one of these days
CHORUS 3 (two times)
Asanti habari habari habari
Asanti nabana nabana nabana
Getting in mood for a Mombassa night flight
Pushing my luck, gonna fly like a mad thing
Bare strip takeoff skimming over Rhino
Born in slumber less than peace
Struggle with a child whose screaming dreaming
Drowned by the props all steely sunshine
Sick of you, sick of me
Lust for the free life
Quashed and maimed
Like a valuable loved one
Left unnamed
CHORUS 1 (two times)
Over the bushland over the trees
Wise like Orangutan that was me
CHORUS 2 (two times)
CHORUS 3 (repeat ad inf.)
More men fall in Hullabaloo men
I slide to the nearest bar
Undermine chairman I went too far
Bent on a windfall rent a sony
Wonder how the dollar went down
Gotta get a word to Elizabeth's father
Hey no, he wished me well
Seemed like another day
I could fly into the eye of god on high
His burning eye will see me through
One of these days, one of these days
Gotta get a word through one of these days
Asanti habari habari habari
Asanti nabana nabana nabana
Pushing my luck, gonna fly like a mad thing
Bare strip takeoff skimming over Rhino
Born in slumber less than peace
Struggle with a child whose screaming dreaming
Drowned by the props all steely sunshine
Sick of you, sick of me
Lust for the free life
Quashed and maimed
Like a valuable loved one
Left unnamed
Wise like Orangutan that was me
Song Info
Submitted by
saturnine On Apr 09, 2004
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LOVE this tune! The tribal beats and Bowie's beautiful voice doing that fast-chanting thing. Yes, it was about the trip to Kenya that The Gentleman took with his then-small son. The "screaming dreaming child" was presumably little Zowie. Don't know who Elizabeth was though unless Mister Bowie was cheating on Angie (who was then Mrs. Bowie);)
Maybe the queen..?
Maybe the queen..?
Bowie and his son had gone on a trip to Africa and he got part of the inspiration for this song. Also, he told Eno that he liked the idea of "talking fast." Kind of like rapping but not the same. He did this so well!
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Please cease existing.
Please cease existing.