Toto – Africa Lyrics There's nothing that a hundred men or
more could ever do
I bless the rains down in Africa
1. Put the words in the correct order
I bless the rains down in Africa
(I bless the rain)
Flight – ancient – salvation - Drums – I bless the rains down in Africa
moonlit- whispers (I bless the rain)
I hear the ____________ echoing tonight I bless the rains down in Africa
But she hears only ____________ of some I bless the rains down in Africa
quiet conversation (Ah, gonna take the time)
She's coming in, twelve-thirty flight Gonna take some time to do the things we
The ____________ wings reflect the stars never had
that guide me towards ____________
I stopped an old man along the way 5. Write the correct preposition
Hoping to find some old forgotten words or
____________ melodies Song facts
He turned to me as if to say, "Hurry boy, This song tells the story ______a man who
it's waiting there for you" comes ______ Africa and must make a
decision ______ the girl who comes to see
2. Choose the correct word him. He is enamored ______ the country,
It's gonna take a lot to drag/rag me away but must leave if he is going to be with her.
from you
There's nothing that a hundred/under men Toto keyboard player David Paich wrote
or more could ever do the song, and explained ______ the liner
I bless/guess the rains down in Africa notes ______Toto's Best Ballads
Gonna take some time to do the things we compilation: " ______ the beginning of the
never/ever had '80s I watched a late night documentary
______TV __________all the terrible
3. Order the sentences death and suffering ______ the people in
____I know that I must do what's right Africa. It both moved and appalled me and
____I seek to cure what's deep inside, the pictures just wouldn't leave my head. I
____As sure as Kilimanjaro rises like tried to imagine how I'd feel ______ if I
Olympus above the Serengeti was there and what I'd do." Paich had
____As they grow restless, longing for never been to Africa when he wrote the
some solitary company song.
____frightened of this thing that I've
become
____The wild dogs cry out in the night
4. Fill in the gaps
It's gonna take a lot to drag me
____________from you
There's ___________ that a hundred men
or more __________ ever do
I bless the rains ______________ in Africa
Gonna______________ 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
