Al Jarreau - Jacaranda Bougainvillea (Album Version)

[00:20.86] Oh what a dream, Oh what a story. [00:23.70] Don't have to weep, Come and enjoy a smile. [00:28.49] Opening scene is just like a doorway. [00:32.96] Here's a story, in rhythm and rhyme. [00:38.28] There is a tree on the street and in the forest. [00:42.89] Lavender dream whispered a poet. [00:47.45] Bright potpourri. The envy of orchids, [00:52.44] When it's dressed in a pink and fuchsia twine. [00:56.94] Jacaranda tree and the Bougainvillea vine. [01:02.14] Oh Mandela, that garden that you made, [01:07.54] Is a vision of the prayer, you must've been prayin' everyday. [01:11.88] Sweet Azaleas, every color every kind. [01:17.14] And the first and the last are all divine. [01:31.21] There is a dream of the trees and of the flowers. [01:36.07] There is a season of peace at the borderline [01:41.32] Where we're redeemed and history will crown us. [01:45.52] Jacaranda tree and Bougainvillea vine. [01:50.44] Oh Mandela, would you say that it's alright? [01:55.66] When the children play they always say, they say that we were like [02:00.47] Cinderella, in your garden there's a shrine, [02:05.59] To the first and the last they're all divine. [02:13.18] One and all, big and small, a common birth. [02:17.32] Each and every child for all his worth. [02:21.92] Take the one who's always last and make him first. [02:26.78] Take these seeds. Seed the earth. [02:32.58] OUTRO: [03:04.30] Comin' along, [03:06.70] Oh what a long way we have come. [03:08.46] Comin' along, [03:10.63] Makin' a home for everyone. [03:13.06] Comin' along, way down South in Africa [03:17.62] Look at (Study) the Jacaranda tree huggin' the Bougainvillea [03:22.65] REPEAT OUTRO X 4 [03:34.95]