Johnny Clegg Rolling Ocean Lyrics

Rolling Ocean Lyrics

Chorus:
You are the rolling ocean
You are the mighty sea
You are the
breath that brings each new day to me
You are what you are, you are
You
be what you are, you be what you are

Some came to conquer
Some came
to understand
Some came to live their lives as best they can
Me, I looked
up at the stars to find my way
But I was young and I got them mixed up
And
so forgot my name
As I tried to remember you were standing next to
me
While other came seeking power
You, you had come to set them
free

Chorus

Women of salt and earth
They tell the same
story
They saw you walking wounded
Wearing rags of glory
And when you
rejoiced they saw you smiling at your rejoicing
When you wept they saw you
smiling at your weeping
When you smiled they saw you smiling at your
smiling
And you said "That's the way I've survived these years of dust
and
blood."

Chorus

Suffer little children
Suffer
sister, brother too
Suffer mother, father
That's all the world can
promise you
In our hearts we feel it
A mighty dream is coming
true
Hold on and we'll dream it
Keep it up we're going to push it
through
Don't give it up, don't give it up