Johnny Clegg & Savuka - The Crossing (Osiyeza) (Key: OR Cmaj)

Title: The Crossing (Osiyeza)
Format: MP3 Backing Track - Instrumental - Karaoke
Created in the style of: Johnny Clegg & Savuka
Genre: South African; World Music; Afropop; Pop & Pop Rock
Language: English; African
Era: 1980s
Key: OR Cmaj
Backing vocals: No
More info: Johnny Clegg (born 7 June 1953) is a musician from South Africa, who has recorded and performed with his bands Juluka and Savuka. Sometimes called Le Zoulou Blanc ("The White Zulu"), he is an important figure in South African popular music history, with songs that mix Zulu with English lyrics, and African with various Western European music styles.
Lyrics: Yes
 
Through all the days that eat away
At every breath that I take
Through all the nights I have lain alone
In someone else's dream, awake
 
All the words in truth that were spoken
That the wind has blown away
Oh, it's only you that remains with me
Clear as the light of day
 
O siyeza, o siyeza
Sizofika webaba noma
O siyeza, o siyeza
Siyagudle lomhlaba
Siyawela lapheshaya
Lulezontaba ezimnyama
Lapha sobheka phansi
Konke ukhulupheka
 
A punch-drunk man in a downtown bar
Takes a beating without making a sound
Through swollen eyes, he sways and he smiles
'Cause no one can put him down
 
Inside of him a boy looks up to his father
For a sign or an approvin' eye
Oh, it's funny how those once so close and now gone
Still so affect our lives
 
O siyeza, o siyeza
Sizofika webaba noma
O siyeza, o siyeza
Siyagudle lomhlaba
Siyawela lapheshaya
Lulezontaba ezimnyama
Lapha sobheka phansi
Konke ukhulupheka
 
Take me now
Don't let go
Hold me close
I'm comin' home
 
O siyeza, o siyeza
Sizofika webaba noma
O siyeza, o siyeza
Siyagudle lomhlaba
Siyawela lapheshaya
Lulezontaba ezimnyama
Lapha sobheka phansi
Konke ukhulupheka
 
O siyeza, o siyeza
Sizofika webaba noma
O siyeza, o siyeza
Siyagudle lomhlaba
Siyawela lapheshaya
Lulezontaba ezimnyama
Lapha sobheka phansi
 
Composer: JOHNNY CLEGG (RHYTHM SAFARI)