Harry Belafonte Capetown Lyrics

Capetown Lyrics

She sparkles like a diamond 

  Look at all her people 

  Look at them dance, look at them laugh 

  Singing a song 

  They make like happy children 

  Wearing friendly faces 

  Everyone knows, everyone knows they belong 

  Where they belong 

  

  Capetown, I’m drowning in your beauty 

  Capetown, but my heart’s not feeling nicely 

  Capetown, angel black, white sin 

  Capetown, there’s a shadow on your mountain 

  Capetown, there’s a flaw in your sparkle 

  Capetown, there’s a crying at your crossroads 

  Let me in, let me in, let me in 

  

  The rush of silky color 

  The sound of Dixie Banjos 

  Mongrel melodies in quarter tones 

  Streets of Malay marchers  

  Hatted in their feathers 

  The lilt, the lilt of xhosa Saxophones, xhosa saxophones 

  

  Capetown, there’s a hole at the heart of you 

  A hole where district six used to be 

  Capetown, now brown ghosts are dancing 

  To be free, oh to be free 

  Capetown, there’s an island in your ocean 

  Capetown, where black blood is running 

  Capetown, hear the voices calling from your sea 

  You belong to me, oh you belong to me,hmm 

  

  Tidy whitewashed houses 

  Sprays of wild flowers 

  The heart and soul of gentility 

  The vineyards, and the orchards 

  Warm white sandy beaches 

  Old and graceful luxury 

  

  Capetown, they’re squatting in your desert 

  Capetown, in shanties made of plastic 

  Capetown exiles in your homeland 

  Capetown, struggling with your reason 

  Capetown, holding back your madness 

  Capetown, it’s a bitter fruit you harvest 

  Capetown, oh, oh 

  

  Capetown I’m drowning in your beauty 

  Capetown, but my heart’s not feeling nicely 

  Capetown, angel black, white as sin 

  

  Capetown there’s a shadow on your mountain 

  Capetown, there’s a flaw in your sparkle 

  Capetown, there’s a crying at your crossroads 

  Let me in, let me in, let me in 

  

  Capetown, it’s a bitter fruit you harvest 

  Capetown, let me in, ah let me in 

  Capetown you belong to me, 

  Capetown you belong to me