Lyrics
Intro
(Trumpet solo)
(Cowbell rhythm)
Hey
Yeah
Verse 1
Coal smoke
Black smoke
Choking the morning air
Steam whistles
Loud whistles
Wailing in the Witbank dust
I see them
Coming
Deep in the belly of the machine
Mothers
Crying
Waiting by the track for the ghost
Chorus
Bring the music back to the street
Bring the music back to the street
We are dancing while we bleed
We are dancing while we bleed
From the township to the world
From the township to the world
Let the brass cry out
Let the brass cry out
Verse 2
Sophiatown
My town
Bulldozed into the dirt
Concrete
Broken
Under the boots of the law
I left
Fled
With a horn in a cardboard box
New York
Bright
But my heart is a desert bird
Chorus
Bring the music back to the street
Bring the music back to the street
We are dancing while we bleed
We are dancing while we bleed
From the township to the world
From the township to the world
Let the brass cry out
Let the brass cry out
Bridge
I hear the rhythm of the Congo
I hear the rhythm of the Guinea coast
I hear the rhythm of the free soul
One land
One blood
One song
Free the man in the stone cell
Free the land from the wire fence
Free the spirit of the people
Solo
(Flugelhorn solo)
(Heavy cowbell and conga breakdown)
Verse 3
Sun
High
Burning on the stadium grass
Voices
Rising
Like a thunder in the hills
I came
I saw
I finally found my way back
The train
Stops
The exile is coming home
Chorus
Bring the music back to the street
Bring the music back to the street
We are dancing while we bleed
We are dancing while we bleed
From the township to the world
From the township to the world
Let the brass cry out
Let the brass cry out
Outro
(Trumpet and vocal call and response)
Set them free
(Set them free)
Let us dance
(Let us dance)
Hear the cry
(Hear the cry)
The sun is rising
The sun is rising
The sun is rising
(Fade out with flugelhorn)
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