Rain Over Ghana

(Soft percussion and distant thunder) (Ahh-ahh-ahh… rain fall down…) I crossed the ocean where the red earth breathes Past crowded markets and the tamarind trees Drums in the distance carried through the heat Like the old world rising underneath my feet (Background vocals: hey-ya… hey-ya…) Women in colors bright as morning flames Children laughing, calling out my name And the air grew heavy by the Volta shore Like the sky was holding back something more (Pre-chorus) Then an elder smiled with silver in his hair Said, “Listen closely, there is wisdom in the air” (Chorus) Rain over Ghana (Fall soft tonight) Wash through the valleys (Beneath the moonlight) Every drop carries the stories of the land Passed from heart to heart and hand to hand Rain over Ghana (Let the dry earth sing) The elders are calling (Hear the rivers ring) And when the clouds roll from the mountain side You can feel the spirit come alive (Highlife guitar flourish) We sat together where the lanterns swayed Under wide umbrellas woven in the shade One old man spoke while the thunder rolled low Said, “The rain teaches everything we know” (Whispered backing vocals: everything… everything…) “It feeds the ground and bends the strongest tree It reminds the proud how small they can be No king commands it, no border keeps it still Rain belongs to heaven and the ancient hills” (Pre-chorus) And the drums— They answered like a heartbeat in the dark While lightning stitched silver through the sparks (Chorus) Rain over Ghana (Fall soft tonight) Wash through the valleys (Beneath the moonlight) Every drop carries the stories of the land Passed from heart to heart and hand to hand Rain over Ghana (Let the dry earth sing) The elders are calling (Hear the rivers ring) And when the clouds roll from the mountain side You can feel the spirit come alive (Bridge – layered chants and percussion) Hey-ya hey-ya (The river remembers) Hey-ya hey-ya (The old songs remain) Hands to the sky as the first drops came And every face was shining in the rain (Final chorus – soaring harmonies) Rain over Ghana (Falling forever) Sweet holy water (We belong together) Every road led me to this night somehow To the wisdom in the thunder rolling now Rain over Ghana (Calling my soul) Deep as the ocean (Ancient and whole) And long after the storm has passed me by I will hear those voices in the sky (Fade out with chants) Hey-ya hey-ya… (Rain fall down…) Hey-ya hey-ya… (Bring the earth to life…)