jacaranda bougainvillea

Singer:al jarreau

oh what a dream

oh what a story. don't have to weep

come and enjoy a smile. opening scene is just like a doorway. here's a story

in rhythm and rhyme. there is a tree on the street and in the forest. lavender dream whispered a poet. bright potpourri. the envy of orchids

when it's dressed in a pink and fuchsia twine. jacaranda tree and the bougainvillea vine. oh mandela

that garden that you made

is a vision of the prayer

you must've been prayin' everyday. sweet azaleas

every color every kind. and the first and the last are all divine. there is a dream of the trees and of the flowers. there is a season of peace at the borderline. where we're redeemed and history will crown us. jacaranda tree and bougainvillea vine. oh mandela

would you say that it's alright?

when the children play they always say

they say that we were like

cinderella

in your garden there's a shrine

to the first and the last they're all divine. one and all

big and small

a common birth. each and every child for all his worth. take the one who's always last and make him first. take these seeds. seed the earth. comin' along

oh what a long way we have come. comin' along

makin' a home for everyone. comin' along

way down south in africa

look at the jacaranda tree huggin' the bougainvillea