Africa Dream Again Lyrics - Dakar-kingston - Youssou N'dour

The telephone's not answered 

So many times you'll call 

For many different reasons 

So many tears will fall 

Before you find your love 

Before it comes knocking at your door 

Before you know for sure 

This is what you were waiting for 

So many tears will haunt you 

Deny them or regret 

Some man will make you want to 

And you will not forget 

Before you find your love 

Before it comes knocking at your door 

Before you know for sure 

This is what you were waiting for 

There's a story of a man 

Who loved too much 

He ended up inside a prison cell 

You've got to want to give to get it 

Or you could land up 

In the same suspicious hell 

It's happened before, it's happened before 

Coincidence and patience 

Will mend this fatal flaw 

Though it may seem a long wait 

Others have been here 

Before you find your love 

Before it comes knocking at your door 

Before you know for sure 

This is what you were waiting for 

One day when the phone starts ringing 

You'll answer to the words 

You're longing for 

No tears no trade no prison cell 

Whatever you need 

He will return more 

It's happened before, it's happened before