The Color of Evening

Intro

Mm

Mm-hmm

Oh-oh

Verse 1

I crossed the wide water with a borrowed name

The sun here burns differently

She carried her basket down a red clay lane

And smiled like the rain was free

Pre-Chorus

I did not come to stay

I did not come to fall

Chorus

Now I wake to her singing

Her singing wakes me

I wake to her singing

And I am home

Post-Chorus

Woza woza

Woza kimi

Woza woza

Stay with me

Verse 2

My father spoke of borders and maps he drew

I left the cold behind me

She braids her hair the way her mother taught her to

And tells me of the hills she sees

Pre-Chorus

I did not plan to stay

I surely planned to leave

Chorus

But I wake to her singing

Her singing wakes me

I wake to her singing

And I am home

Post-Chorus

Woza woza

Woza kimi

Woza woza

Stay with me

Bridge

My skin is pale as paper

Hers is the color of evening

She calls me by my given name

And the name sounds worth believing

Chorus

I wake to her singing

Her singing wakes me

I wake to her singing

And I am home

Drop

Woza woza

Woza kimi

Woza woza

Stay with me