It's an Illusion - Johnny Clegg & Savuka



     
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It's an Illusion Lyrics


It's an illusion, it's an illusion
It's just a trick of the light, it's an illusionOnce again my wings on fire
Flapping round your deadly flames
Walking on the old high wire
Trying to keep myself awayYou come dancing down your marble stairs
Throwing back your yellow hair
And I want you and I need you
But every time you let me near
You leave me feeling such sweet despairGoing to keep away, away
Going to keep awayIt's an illusion
To think I can keep away from you
It's an illusion
Like Eskimos in MogadishuIt's an illusion
This state of independence I'm in
It's an illusion
Like polar bears in BerlinWhen I feel happy, you feel deep
You always go out when I want to sleep
Fire, water, sun and rain

War and peace and night and dayWho can understand
Love's magic incompatibilities?
Who can understand
Love's magic incompatibilities?Going to keep away, away
Going to keep away, keep away
Keep away, keep awayIt's an illusion
It's just a cheap masquerade
It's an illusion
Hiding this love I can't evadeIt's an illusion
Can't you see through the camouflage?
It's an illusion
Without you life is a mirageI'm a foot without a shoe
I'm the fuzz without a clue
I'm a ship without a crew
I'm lost without youOne and one that can't make two
Carrots looking for some stew
A lawyer with no one to sue
I'm lost without youI'm the sky that's lost its blue
I'm the beer that just won't brew
I'm a stamp that has no glue
Oh I'm lost without youA hound with no fox to pursue
I'm a cat that's lost its mew
A star without an interview
I'm lost without you

Enjoy the lyrics !!!
Johnny Clegg's second crossover band Savuka takes its name from the Zulu word for "We have risen". Savuka, like Clegg's first band Juluka before it, mixes African music with Celtic folk music and international rock sounds. They recorded four albums: Third World Child (1987), Shadow Man (1988), Cruel, Crazy, Beautiful World (1989), Heat, Dust & Dreams (1993). The last album was nominated for a US Grammy Award for the best world music album in 1993.

In the United States songs performed by Johnny Clegg have appeared in three well-known feature films: "Scatterlings of Africa" in Rain Main, "Dela" in George of the Jungle, and "Life Is a Magic Thing" in the animated film Ferngully.


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