Lyrics
and the street is full of empty spaces
Of a kwela song, you gave it your life
Did he find a song that took him back to the heartland, of a kwela man singing in the long gone twilight Kwela, ye hum ho la lo kwela man
Ye hum ho la lo kwela man, and he sowed his songs in the alley ways mile upon mile Juluka, long ago there was a sound in the night
You filled my soul, ye hum ho la lo kwela man, you gave it your life
Of a kwela song, ye hum ho la lo kwela man Johnny, i followed him home and he danced as he sang
Of a kwela man singing in the long gone twilight, of a kwela song &, ye hum ho la lo kwela man
I followed him home and he danced as he sang, you gave it your life Johnny, you gave it your life
And he sowed his songs in the alley ways mile upon mile, you gave it your life
When you sang your song kwela man, ye hum ho la lo kwela man
living low with the pennywhistle-tea-chest-base-gang
Ye hum ho la lo kwela man, ye hum ho la lo kwela man
With a cheap guitar he gave his sorrow a smile, you gave it your life
And he sowed his songs in the alley ways mile upon mile, nobody knows did he survive the winding road
When i followed you home kwela man, ye hum ho la lo kwela man Clegg, but now he s gone
of a kwela song
You gave it your life, when i followed you home kwela man Johnny, with a cheap guitar he gave his sorrow a smile
Nobody knows did he survive the winding road, of a kwela man singing in the long gone twilight Johnny, ye hum ho la lo kwela man
Ye hum ho la lo kwela man, i followed him home and he danced as he sang man, you gave it your life
A kwela man singing under the street light, of a kwela song
Of a kwela man singing in the long gone twilight, ye hum ho la lo kwela man man, when you sang your song kwela man
Ye hum ho la lo kwela man, you gave it your life, here i stand lost in a memory
And he sowed his songs in the alley ways mile upon mile, here i stand lost in a memory
did he find a song that took him back to the heartland
living low with the pennywhistle-tea-chest-base-gang
Ye hum ho la lo kwela man, ye hum ho la lo kwela man
Ye hum ho la lo kwela man, of a kwela song, you gave it your life
And the street is full of empty spaces, ye hum ho la lo kwela man, of a kwela man singing in the long gone twilight
Here i stand lost in a memory, you gave it your life Juluka, ye hum ho la lo kwela man
And the street is full of empty spaces, did he find a song that took him back to the heartland Clegg, and the street is full of empty spaces
Did he find a song that took him back to the heartland, of a kwela song
You gave it your life, when i followed you home kwela man
And the street is full of empty spaces, of a kwela song
But now he s gone, you gave it your life
I followed him home and he danced as he sang, not even the slightest traces
You gave it your life, ye hum ho la lo kwela man Clegg, you filled my soul
you gave it your life
Ye hum ho la lo kwela man, a kwela man singing under the street light Juluka, ye hum ho la lo kwela man