Talk To The People Lyrics - Johnny Clegg & Savuka

There's a brawl in a lonely 'whites only' bar 

A lekker groove in a classy shebeen 

Someone betrayed in a government car 

A silent movement on the stock market screen 

A watchman playing on a Zulu guitar 

A white soldier's blues in camouflage green 

A migrant worker who come too far 

A sailor aground in a submarine 

Phendula wendoda 

Lendlela sizofika kanjani 

Phendula wendoda 

Lendlela sizofika kanjani 

Talk to the people 

Walk through the country, oh 

Listen to the children 

Do you know the dreams they dream at night? 

Only you, only you can see me 

Only you, only you can free me 

Only you breathe life into the land 

Touch me with your healing hand 

There's a township mongrel on the scrounge 

A tribal feud in a municipal pound 

A squatter with an ox, no land to plow 

A shipment of A.K's on the underground 

A throw of the dice on a Soweto train 

A waiting knife, if you should win the game 

A human rights lawyer with a torture claim 

A union activist never ever seen again 

Phendula wendoda 

Lendlela sizofika kanjani 

Phendula wendoda 

Lendlela sizofika kanjani 

Talk to the people 

Walk through the country, oh 

Listen to the children 

Do you know the dreams they dream at night? 

Only you, only you can see me 

Only you, only you can free me 

Only you breathe life into the land 

Touch me 

Phendula wemadoda, phendula, phendula 

(Talk to me) 

Phendula wemadoda, phendula, phendula 

Phendula wemadoda, phendula, phendula 

(Oh, they talk to me) 

Phendula wemadoda, phendula, phendula 

Phendula wemadoda, phendula, phendula 

(Talk to me) 

Phendula wemadoda, phendula 

God hear the children 

God save the country, oh 

God hear the people 

God bless the dreams we dream at night? 

Talk to the people 

Walk through the country, oh 

Listen to the children 

Do you know the dreams they dream at night? 

Only you, only you can see me 

(It's only you) 

Only you, only you can free me 

(It's only you) 

Only you, only you can see me 

(It's only you) 

Only you, only you can free me 

Only you, only you can see me 

Only you, only you can free me 

Only you, only you can see me 

Only you, only you can free me