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The Promise

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Electric chair didn't burn a hair
And the newspaperman asked why
While the warden explain in great detail
The newsman looked in the sky
"I'm sure!", he said, "if you look a little deeper
For something in his life
We could understand the reason why
He reached out for a knife."

Chorus :
Oh! what happened to the promise ?
Oh! what happened to the one we knew ?

So, into a train the news paperman
Rode down to the southern lands
To find out about a child long gone
Turned into a lightning man.

Chorus :
Oh! what happened to the promise ?
Oh! what happened to the heart so true ?

"Some of them make it through", she said
"Some of them never do, and one of them got lost in time
That child of mine
Oh, I really loved that child of mine !"
Arriving in a country town
With a notepad in his hand
He spoke to the mother and the father
And a friend and a teacher and a preacher man
They all recalled a regular boy
Chewing gim and playing in the sand
Nothing could explain how he became
A lonely lightning man

Chorus :
Oh! What happened to the promise ?
Oh! What happened to the one we knew ?

And When the coffin cameon the southbound train
And the old folks shuffled by
The one they came to bury was not very heavy,
Just a child lost in time

Chorus :
Oh! What happened to the promise ?
Oh! What happened to the one we knew ?
Oh! What happened to the promise ?
Oh! What happened to the heart so true ?

"Some of them make it through", she said
"Some of them never do,
One of them got lost in time - That child of mine
Oh, I loved that child of mine! Lost in time"
What happens to the clear blue eye
When it enters the forest ?
Does anybody know where the little one goes ?
What happens to the child in time ?

Oh Oh - Oh Oh - Oh Oh - Oh Oh
Some of them make it through
Some of them never do
Some are lost, some are saved
Some of them find their way
Oh - Hold on to the promise
Oh - Hold on to the promise - We're going to make it through my baby
Oh - Hold on to the promise - We're going to make it through my little darling

- In My African Dream -
The Johnny Clegg Discography