TOTO - Past to Present 1977-1990

Africa

I hear the drums echoing tonight
But she hears only whispers of some quiet conversation
She's coming in 12:30 flight
The moonlit wings reflect the stars that guide me towards salvation
I stop to know that along the way
Hoping to find some long forgotten words or ancient melodies
I stopped an old man along to say, "Hurry boy, it's waiting there for you"
  It's gonna take a lot to drag me away from you
  There's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do
  I bless the rains down in Africa
  Gonna take some time to do the things we never had
The wild dogs cry out in the night
As they grow restless longing for some solitary company
I know that I must do what's right
As sure as Kilimanjaro rises like Olympus above the Serangetti
I seek to cure what's deep inside, frightened of this thing that I've become
  It's gonna take a lot to drag me away from you
  There's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do
  I bless the rains down in Africa
  Gonna take some time to do the things we never had
Hurry boy, she's waiting there for you
It's gonna take a lot to drag me away from you
There's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do
I bless the rains down in Africa, I passed some rains down in Africa
I bless the rains down in Africa, I passed some rains down in Africa
I bless the rains down in Africa
Gonna take some time to do the things we never had
Hold the line
It's not in the way that you hold me
It's not in the way you say you care
It's not in the way you've been treating my friends
It's not in the way that you stayed till the end
It's not in the way you look or the things
That you say that you'll do
Hold the line
Love isn't always on time
Oh oh oh
Hold the line
Love isn't always on time
Oh oh oh
It's not in the words that you told me, girl
It's not in the way you say you're mine, ooh
It's not in the way that you came back to me
It's not in the way that your love set me free
It's not in the way you look or the things
That you say that you'll do
Hold the line
Love isn't always on time
Oh oh oh
Hold the line
Love isn't always on time
Oh oh oh

It's not in the words that you told me
It's not in the way you say you're mine, ooh
It's not in the way that you came back to me
It's not in the way that your love set me free
It's not in the way you look or the things
That you say that you'll do
Hold the line
Love isn't always on time
Oh oh oh
Hold the line
Love isn't always on time
Oh oh oh
Love isn't always on time
Hold the line
Love isn't always on time
Love isn't always
Love isn't always on time
Hold the line
Love isn't always on time
Love isn't always on time
Love isn't always on time
Love isn't always on time
Oh oh oh 
Rosanna

All I wanna do when I wake up in the morning is see your eyes
Rosanna, Rosanna
I never thought that a girl like you could ever care for me, Rosanna
All I wanna do in the middle of the evening is hold you tight
Rosanna, Rosanna
I didn't know you were looking for more than I could ever be
Chorus:
Not quite a year since you went away, Rosanna yeah
Now she's gone and I have to say:
Meet you all the way, meet you all the way, Rosanna yeah
Meet you all the way, meet you all the way, Rosanna yeah
I can see your face still shining through the window on the other side
Rosanna, Rosanna
I didn't know that a girl like you could make me feel so sad, Rosanna
All I wanna tell you is now you'll never ever have to compromise
Rosanna, Rosanna
I never thought that losing you could ever hurt so bad
chorus
(Instrumental break)
chorus
Meet you all the way, meet you all the way, Rosanna yeah
Meet you all the way, meet you all the way, Rosanna yeah
I won't hold you back

If I had another chance tonight
I'd try to tell you that the things we had were right
Time can erase the love we shared
But it gives me time to realize just how much you cared
Now you're gone, I'm really not the same, 
I guess I held myself to blame
Time can erase the things we said
But it gives me time to realize that you're the one who's sad
 Chorus:
You know I won't hold you back now, 
the love we had just can't be found
You know I can't hold you back now
Now that I'm alone it gives me time 
to think about the years that you were mine
Time can erase the love we shared
But it gives me time to realize just how much you cared
chorus
(Instrumental break)
You know I won't hold you back now, 
the love we had just can't be found
You know I can't hold you back now, 
the love we had just can't be found
 (repeats out)

PAMELA

Side by side
I'll be yours forever
Rain or shine
any kind of weather
There isn't anything I wouldn't
do for you
Let's take what's getting old
and make it new
Eye to eye
it's a blinding confrontation
You and I
we're a deadly combination
Well don't start mixing truth
with jealousy
The road we're on is clear as
far as I can see.
Pamela
don't break this heart of mine
just remember
it may not heal this time
Pamela
there is no second chance
For the one who leaves it 
all behind
Black and white
always go together
Day  and  night 
you're the precious jewel 
I tresure
Wanting every part of you is  
not a crime
Well could it be that you're the 
one who's wrong this time?
Pamela   
don't break this heart of mine
just remember
it may not heal this time
Pamela
there is no second chance
For the one who leaves it 
all behind
Pamela
thousand of miles away but 
always in my heart
Pamela   
don't break this heart of mine
just remember
it  may not heal this time
Pamela there is no second chance
For the one who leaves it 
all behind
Pamela 
don't break this heart of mine
just remember it may not heal this time
Pamela 
there is no second chance
For the one who leaves it 
all behind
It all behind