Letters to Lusaka

Verse 1

Dust

Red roads

Bicycles pass the gate

Mama cooked nshima on the stove

The air smelled like rain and charcoal smoke

You had blue ribbons in your hair

Remember

I tried to be a man

Sixteen years old with no plan

Walking through Manda Hill

Hiding from the sun

I told you I would stay

But then the bus came

Chorus

Oh my lover from the valley

I search for you in every face

Oh my lover from the valley

Time will never take your place

Will never take your place

Will never take your place

Post-Chorus

He-ya

Mama he-ya

He-ya

Mama he-ya

Verse 2

Stuck

Traffic on Great East Road

I look at the window and see ghosts

Thinking bout the letters that I wrote

But never had the nerve to send

Silver lining

Bitter ending

Heavy heart

The city got loud and we got quiet

Searching for a signal

Lost in the noise of the market stalls

Cairo road is long

Too long to walk alone

Chorus

Oh my lover from the valley

I search for you in every face

Oh my lover from the valley

Time will never take your place

Will never take your place

Will never take your place

Post-Chorus

He-ya

Mama he-ya

He-ya

Mama he-ya

Bridge

Copper sun goes down

Copper sun goes down

Copper sun goes down

Wait for the moon

Wait for the stars

Wait for the girl I knew

Chorus

Oh my lover from the valley

I search for you in every face

Oh my lover from the valley

Time will never take your place

Will never take your place

Will never take your place

Outro

Found you in a dream

Lost you in the light

Goodnight

Goodnight

Goodnight