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Elongo Lyrics
The last of some bad debris
Falls through the coconut trees
Twilight claims me
Inching calmly.
Through restaurant radios
Came a calypso
Stood with elongo
Inside a shadow.
Elongo how long though
from here to san pedro
we draw lines in the sand.
Elongo how long though
Until we will get back home
The sun is setting low.
Will youth come and go
Singing the songs they know
Like Mother Teresa
And ????
And you fly paper planes
A cow wake is where they lay
The roots of your family
The guns of your history.
Eloongo how longo
From here to san pedro
We draw lines in the sand.
Elongo how long though
Until we will get back home
The sun is setting low.
Is it sailing away
Or am I waiting in vain?
Do you break all your chains
For it to all wash away.
Elongo how longo
From here to San Pedro
We draw maps in the sand.
Elongo how long though
Until we will get back home
The sun is setting low.
Elongo how longo
From here to San Pedro.
Elongo how longo
From here to San Pedro
We draw lines in the sands
We draw lines in the sands.
Falls through the coconut trees
Twilight claims me
Inching calmly.
Came a calypso
Stood with elongo
Inside a shadow.
from here to san pedro
we draw lines in the sand.
Elongo how long though
Until we will get back home
The sun is setting low.
Singing the songs they know
Like Mother Teresa
And ????
And you fly paper planes
A cow wake is where they lay
The roots of your family
The guns of your history.
From here to san pedro
We draw lines in the sand.
Elongo how long though
Until we will get back home
The sun is setting low.
Or am I waiting in vain?
Do you break all your chains
For it to all wash away.
From here to San Pedro
We draw maps in the sand.
Elongo how long though
Until we will get back home
The sun is setting low.
From here to San Pedro.
Elongo how longo
From here to San Pedro
We draw lines in the sands
We draw lines in the sands.
Song Info
Submitted by
historicalline On Mar 16, 2011
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I wonder if this song has roots in the ongoing conflict in Ivory Coast? San Pedro is one of the cities there and the conflict has been going on for at least 10 years. In any case, it's a beautiful song.
I think it does have to do with conflict. I'm not sure about the meaning of the song, but "we draw lines in the sand," I think is telling. That boundaries between countries are constantly shifting and human-made and can be washed away easily.
I think it does have to do with conflict. I'm not sure about the meaning of the song, but "we draw lines in the sand," I think is telling. That boundaries between countries are constantly shifting and human-made and can be washed away easily.