Sierra Leone

SIERRA LEONE

i Chance In A Million

I found this object deep below the ground

Chance in a million under rubbish town

Where little barefoot children scratch around

Fishing for treasure in the broken glass

Dug around for years

In darkness and in sweat

Finding nothing yet until today, until today

A billion years of waiting

For me to come along

Bigger than my hand, how can this be?

Now I’m free

But I won’t sell this diamond

I won’t sell this diamond

ii The White Sand

I’m sleeping in the white sand

I’m sleeping in the white sand

I’m dreaming in the white sand of Sierra Leone

I’m sleeping in the white sand

I’m dreaming in the white sand

I’m sleeping in the white sand

Of Sierra Leone

iii The Diamond

I won’t sell this diamond

I won’t sell this diamond

I know she could give me

Incalculable riches

Everything I ever wanted

All that men desire

I don’t need that now

I won’t sell this diamond

Though I have no need for it

Except to be me

To do as I please

I will hide this diamond

And I’ll never be the same again

Finally I’m free

To have my own mind

For the first time in my life

Walking free

In Freetown

Walking free

Dozing in the sunset like the haze on the road

Shimmering my head

iv The Blue Warm Air

Hold her to my eye

Starin’ at the sky

See the colours split and light divide

She sends me into dreams

A fire she has inside

Indigo and green

Shot through with laser beams

And visions too

Sparkle in the blue warm air

Sparkle in the blue warm air

Of Sierra Leone