Seagulls And Crows Lyrics

Welcome to my house of tin

I'm living here cos I don't fit in

Eyes open, sand keeps blowing in

This is my story

I make a living from the rubbish that I see

A cereal packet makes a necklace of beads

Painting pictures of the baobab trees

My hands are moving

I wanna feel the grass in my toes

Been living on a hard clay road

Why is life like seagulls and crows?

We're only half flying

Remember when Robert Sithole played

His penny whistle blew us all away

Down Hanover Street was a real parade

Singing and dancing

We went to Douts Café

A curry was a shilling a plate

Drank into the night and got carried away

Your green eyes shining on me

I wanna feel the grass in my toes

Been living on a hard clay road

Why is life like seagulls and crows?

We're only half flying

I wanna feel the grass in my toes

Been living on a hard clay road

Why is life like seagulls and crows?

We're only half flying

Kana

Kanala

Kanala

Kana

Kanala

Kanala

Kana

Kanala

Kanala

Kana

Kanala

Kanala

Kana

Kanala

Kanala

There's grass growing where we once lived

No one's gonna build because it condones what they did

They left our churches asking us to forgive

We're still praying

We were moved beyond Hout Bay

30,000 people living there today

The people up the hillside will be swept away

History's repeating

I wanna feel the grass in my toes

Been living on a hard clay road

Why is life like seagulls and crows?

We're only half flying

From the Bo-kaarp to the sea

A patchwork quilt made by you and me

Letting go of all this history's hard

A new day is dawning

There's a mosaic beneath my feet

Nelson Mandela's looking up at me

We built a school and our children run free

They're all smiling

I wanna feel the grass in my toes

Been living on a hard clay road

Why is life like seagulls and crows?

We're only half flying

I wanna feel the grass in my toes

Been living on a hard clay road

Why is life like seagulls and crows?

We're only half flying