Lyrics Bobby McFerrin

Bobby McFerrin

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Non est ad astra mollis e terris via

Non est mollis via, no no no

Emitte animo lucem veritatem

Non est mollis via, no no no

Et sicut vita fine ita

cura cura kama cura cura kama

Padres, madres, old compadres

Speaking on and on

(whispered): Bella Elena, bellis perennis primula too

Yes, I remember, vinca in bloom

and lilac alba opened for you,

rosa canina! Bella, it's true!

Unsolved problems, small suggestions

Though all the ones they loved are long gone

They keep passing their messages along

cura cura kama cura cura kama cura

Daughter's lessons, grandson's questions,

Wishes, prayers and vows

(whispered): Mama, he"s praying to Buddha, Jesus, Allah and you

He tells me now his favorite is Zeus!

He could have learned his Bible from you

For me it's all a spiritual groove

Meditations, celebretions

Music flloating out to starlight

In from starlight, voices fill the air

Songs so lonely, songs so lovely

Songs of pure despair

Spirit of love, come to us

Songs of our Fathers, can you hear them?

Tura lura, Thula Niña, Nana, Tixo, lullaby you away

Mama, oye, come away, hear the waves of love

Laila, nocte, dorme nene,

Papa, oye, hush-a-bye-away

Bey An, oya, fa Nina Nanna

Mama, Tixo, pára coração

Nini cante, komoriuta

Faris Dodo, Ho Nena Ho

Jo Jo Raama, fa Nina Nanna

Papa, oye, hush-a-bye-away

Bey An, oya, fa Nina Nanna

Sometimes we live so deeply unaware

We never hear the voices in the air

As goes the life, so goes the death

With every breath joining in a deeper song

Cura voces, voix de désespoir

Giß acht! Pass auf! Stia attento!

Chui! Muchi! May yo fa lu

Schönheit zerstört, nomine Deo

Earth to the stars, songs from all those we

Shared our light with, days and nights with

Gardens blooming, old friends moving on

All those we loved, every day you can listen

And you'll hear

Padres, madres, old compadres,

Husbands, wives and all taken from us

Can they hear us calling through the air

Songs so lonely, songs so lovely

Songs of pure despair

Spirit of love, come to us

Songs of our Fathers we hear

Voices through darkness and light

Sometimes in sleep or throughout sleepless nights

'til that first hush comes, before the dawn comes

Your sense of peace comes for a moment

In the wuiet hear the stillness

fading shifting lifting stirring breathing ringing

singing into sound

Spirit and song, listen,

cantus feret sensa nobis per saecula

Ita que sicut vita ita fine

Cura voces, cura voces,

Ita fine, cura voces,

Cura voces, canto alto

Sicut vita, ita fine