Intro
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Two years ago Ali Farka left his people
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Looking for wisdom
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And as soon as he'd found it he'd return To his people
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Master has been long away from us on his trip
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None of us have heard a word from him in two years
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Everyone is waiting for the day of his return, but
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wait the silence's breaking, I climb up in the nearest tree to
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see who could be coming round to visit us
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I can see Farka coming
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riding on his arabian horse, the
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shade of him, it can't be mistaken
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I can see our master come
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Still he's far away too far away for me to see, per-
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haps I was mistaken when I thought I saw him come
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Intuition tells me I could maybe be wrong, but
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wait the silence's breaking, I go up on the mountain side, to
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see who could be coming round to visit us,
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there must be something big going on now
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I can see Farka coming
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riding on his arabian horse, the
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shade of him, it can't be mistaken
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I can see our master come
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Party's on, the people gathers, Farka's brought his
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wisdom to us, his wisdom to us
[Solo: Over verse]
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I can see Farka coming
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riding on his arabian horse, the
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shade of him, it can't be mistaken
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I can see our master come