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Johnny Clegg & Savuka

Dela

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South Africa

Dela was released on July 7, 1994 by Parlophone UK as a part of the album The Best of Johnny Clegg & Savuka - In My African Dream

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OVERVIEW

LYRICS

Music Video

Music Video

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Johnny Clegg

Vocals

Savuka

Performer

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Johnny Clegg

Composer

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Don Was

Producer

Lyrics

One day I looked up

And there you were

Like a simple question

Looking for an answer

Now I am a whale

Listening to some inner call

Swimmin' blindly

To throw myself upon your shore

What if I don't find you

When I have landed?

Would you leave me here to die

On your shore stranded?

I think I know why the dog howls at the moon

I think I know why the dog howls at the moon

I say, "Dela, dela ngyanya dela"

When I'm with you

Dela, sondela mama sondela

I burn for you

I've been waiting for you all my life

Hoping for a miracle

I've been waitin' day and night

Day and night

I've been waiting for you all my life

Waiting for redemption

I've been waitin' day and night

I burn for you

A blind bird sings

Inside the cage that is my heart

The image of your face comes to me

When I'm alone in the dark

If I could give a shape

To this ache that I have for you

If I could find the voice

That says the words that capture you

I think I know, I think I know

I think I know, I think I know

I think I know why the dog howls at the moon

I think I know why the dog howls at the moon

I say, "Dela, dela ngyanya dela"

When I'm with you

Dela, sondela mama sondela

I burn for you

I've been waiting for you all my life

Hoping for a miracle

I've been waitin' day and night

Day and night

I've been waiting for you all my life

Waiting for redemption

I've been waitin' day and night

I burn for you

Sondela, sondela, mama sondela

I burn for you

I've been waiting for you all my life

Hoping for a miracle

I've been waitin' day and night

Day and night

I've been waiting for you all my life

Waitin' for redemption

I've been waitin' day and night

I burn for you

Burn for you

I burn for you

Burn for you

I burn for you

Burn for you

I burn for you

Burn for you

I burn for you

Burn for you

I burn for you

Burn for you

I burn for you

Written by: Johnny Clegg

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