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Driving down the road

 Under the southern light

Looking back to see

 Where we've come from

As we watched the sun go down

Rain it fell like diamonds

 From Kimberley mines

On the road to Jo'burg

 With the dying light

Farewell Durban

 City of Natal

Stopped a while to stretch my thoughts

As we crossed the borderline

 And into Transvaal

I saw the sun go down

Under the southern skies

Over and over

 I'll always remember

 Those beautiful African nights

In the old VW

 We'd count the miles

 We travelled with a friend

 Whose name was Farr

 The stories that he told us

 Talked of faces

Times and places

 Sang and played his guitar

Driving down the road

 We hear the morning rise

Leaving all the past

 So far behind

 The sound man played the Eagles

 As we listen

"Take It Easy"

 Echoes on through our lives

I saw the sun go down

Under the southern skies

Over and over

 I'll always remember

 I still hear them call

 No matter how far

 Those beautiful African nights