Al Jarreau - Jacaranda Bougainvillea (Album Version)(2002)

[00:20.86] Oh what a dream, Oh what a story.
[00:23.70] Don't have to weep, Come and enjoy a smile.
[00:28.49] Opening scene is just like a doorway.
[00:32.96] Here's a story, in rhythm and rhyme.
[00:38.28] There is a tree on the street and in the forest.
[00:42.89] Lavender dream whispered a poet.
[00:47.45] Bright potpourri. The envy of orchids,
[00:52.44] When it's dressed in a pink and fuchsia twine.
[00:56.94] Jacaranda tree and the Bougainvillea vine.
[01:02.14] Oh Mandela, that garden that you made,
[01:07.54] Is a vision of the prayer, you must've been prayin' everyday.
[01:11.88] Sweet Azaleas, every color every kind.
[01:17.14] And the first and the last are all divine.
[01:31.21] There is a dream of the trees and of the flowers.
[01:36.07] There is a season of peace at the borderline
[01:41.32] Where we're redeemed and history will crown us.
[01:45.52] Jacaranda tree and Bougainvillea vine.
[01:50.44] Oh Mandela, would you say that it's alright?
[01:55.66] When the children play they always say, they say that we were like
[02:00.47] Cinderella, in your garden there's a shrine,
[02:05.59] To the first and the last they're all divine.
[02:13.18] One and all, big and small, a common birth.
[02:17.32] Each and every child for all his worth.
[02:21.92] Take the one who's always last and make him first.
[02:26.78] Take these seeds. Seed the earth.
[02:32.58] OUTRO:
[03:04.30] Comin' along,
[03:06.70] Oh what a long way we have come.
[03:08.46] Comin' along,
[03:10.63] Makin' a home for everyone.
[03:13.06] Comin' along, way down South in Africa
[03:17.62] Look at (Study) the Jacaranda tree huggin' the Bougainvillea
[03:22.65] REPEAT OUTRO X 4
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