Johnny Clegg & Savuka - The Promise Lyrics
Electric chair didnt burn a hairAnd the newspaperman asked whyAnd while the warden explain in great detailThe newsman looked in the skyIm sure!, he said, if you look a little deeperFor something in his lifeWe could understand the reason whyHe reached out for a knife.Oooh! what happened to the promise?Oooh! what happened to the one we knew?So, onto a a train the newspaperman rodeDown to the southern landsTo find out about a child long goneTurned into a lightning man.Chorus:Oooh! what happened to the promise?Oooh! what happened to the one we knew?Oooh! what happened to the promise?Oooh! what happened to the heart so true.Some of them make it through, she saidSome of them never do, and one of themGot lost in time -- that child of mineOh, I loved that child of mine!Arriving in a country townWith a notepad in his handHe spoke to the mother and the fatherAnd a friend and a teacher and a preacher manThey all recalled a regular boy chewing gimAnd playing in the sandNothing could explain how he becameA lonely lightning manAnd when the coffin cameOn the southbound trainAnd the old folks shuffled byThe one they came to buryWas not very heavy, just a child lost in timeChorusWhat happens to the clear blue eyeWhen it enters the forest?Does anybody know where the little one goes?What happens to the child in time?-- some of them make it through-- some of them never do-- some of them are lost and saved-- some of them find their wayOooh -- hold on to the promiseWere going to make it through my babyWere going to make it through my little darling
